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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
OBITUARY
Olof Gudrun
Margret Bertram
May 15, 1919 – September 4, 2018
Olof Bertram (nee Sigfusson),
passed away peacefully at the age of
99 on September 4, 2018 in Brandon,
MB. Olof was predeceased by her
parents Skuli and Gudrun, siblings
Arthur, Loa (Maria), Svein, Skuli,
Thomas and her husbands Gerry and
Don.
As matriarch of the family, Olof
embodied the qualities of the Icelandic
people: hard-working, independent,
self-sufficient, thrifty, stubborn,
hospitable and generous.
Honouring her loving supportive
spirit, courage and tenacity are her
children: Christine, Wayne, Brenda
(Lawrence Donald), Jamie (Judy
Goodman) and Janet (Laurie Penton),
grandchildren Erika and Sean Donald,
Connor and Erik Penton, and great-
grandson Henry.
Olof was born on May 15, 1919,
and raised on the family farm in Lundar,
the sixth of seven children to Skuli
Sigfusson and Gudrun Arnason. Her
father, Skuli was an original pioneer
who became a farmer, businessman,
and Liberal MLA for the Interlake for
twenty years. Her brothers were well
known for founding the Sigfusson
Transportation and J. S. Sigfusson
companies.
Proud of her Icelandic heritage,
Olof’s ties to Iceland remained strong
through her many trips there to visit
her sister Loa and family.
Olof graduated as a psychiatric
nurse from the Brandon Mental Health
Centre in 1940, and then worked in
the medical field in Winnipeg. With
the shortage of teachers during the
war, Olof stepped in for a year, so her
younger brother, Tom, could complete
his schooling. She continued her
teacher’s training and taught in
Somerset and Winnipeg.
In Somerset she met her
husband, Gerry McMahon. They raised
five children in Boissevain, where
they were active in many community
organizations. They moved to Brandon
in 1966 when Gerry became Area
Manager of Manitoba Hydro.
Gerry passed away suddenly in
1967. With five children to support,
Olof returned to University, at age 48,
completing a B.A. in Psychology and
a B.Ed. degree. She was a respected
instructor at Assiniboine Community
College in Brandon until she retired.
She inspired her children and
grandchildren to complete university
degrees and seek professional
careers.
In 1979, Olof married her second
husband, Don Bertram, a widower with
five sons. They retired to Nanaimo, in
1986, where Don passed in 1993.
For thirty years, each summer Olof
returned to her roots at her cottage on
Lake Winnipeg near Gimli.
Olof was an active, outgoing
person who enjoyed teaching
Icelandic, singing in a choir, swimming
and exercise classes, attending Unity
Church, and dabbling in watercolour
painting. She could talk with anyone
and had a great memory for genealogy.
Her children joke that she could be
put anywhere in the world and would
find either someone she knew or was
related to. Everyone who knew her
has an amusing story of time spent
with her.
The family thanks the Hillcrest
staff for the wonderful care and
attention she received.
A Celebration of Life event will
take place at a later date.
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Regarding SECTION 7 DIRECTORS – NOMINATIONS
AND ELECTIONS AGM 2018 CRITERIA
I, Margaret Amirault, move that requirement 7.03 (i)
be rescinded and replaced by the present requirement
7.03 (ii)
Seconded by: Judy Richardson
It shall read:
SECTION 7 DIRECTORS – NOMINATIONS AND
ELECTIONS AGM 2018 CRITERIA
7.03 QUALIFICATION: No person shall be qualified for
election as a Director if such a person is less than 18
years of age; is not an individual; or has the status of
a bankrupt. A majority of the Directors shall be resident
Canadians. Each Director shall, at the time of election
or appointment, or within ten (10) days thereafter and
throughout their term of office:
(i) be a subscriber to the newspaper of the
Corporation in each year.
Amendment to:
7.04 ELECTION AND TERM: The election of Directors
shall take place at each annual meeting of Members
and all the Directors then in office shall retire, but, if
qualified, shall be eligible for reelection. The number of
Directors to be elected at any such meeting shall be the
number of Directors then in office unless the Directors
or the Members otherwise determine. The election shall
be by resolution. If an election of Directors is not held at
the proper time, the incumbent Directors shall continue
in office until their successors are elected or until the
Director resigns by written notice to the Board or is
otherwise removed by the Board.
I, Gunnvor Asmundsson, make a motion to this Section
to add (i) as follows:
Seconded by: Shawn Bjornsson
(i) All Executive positions be a 2-year term,
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary of the
Board.
I move that the following addition be made to the
by-laws of Lögberg-Heimskringla under SECTION 10
PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS:
Judy Richardson
Seconded by: Shawn Bjornsson
10.04 The Corporation shall not tolerate harassment
of any individual operating under the mandate of the
Corporation or any member of the Corporation, including
but not limited to employees, members of the Board, or
Committee members operating within the Corporation by
any individual or individuals.
10.04 (a) The Corporation shall maintain this
commitment by setting in place policies and procedures
to ensure adherence to this by-law, and resolution to any
possible complaint under this by-law. These policies and
procedures shall, from time to time, be reviewed to ensure
that there is strict compliance to the legal codes of the
incorporating province and country of the Corporation.
Definition addition: Harassment shall be defined in
strict accordance to the Human Rights Code of Canada
and the Criminal Codes of Manitoba and of Canada, as
the incorporating bodies of the Corporation.
I move that the following additions be made to the
by-laws of Lögberg-Heimskringla under Section 10
PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS:
Judy Richardson
Seconded by: Shawn Bjornsson
10.05 The Corporation does not tolerate bullying
behavior by any member of the Corporation, employee
of the Corporation, Board member or other individual
or individuals toward Corporation members in their
work, paid or otherwise, which is conducted under the
auspices of the Corporation. The Corporation will comply
with the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act,
its amendments to the Act, and its interpretations and
definitions of workplace bullying.
10.05 (a) The Corporation commits to following guidelines
laid out by the Canada Safety Council and the Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority dealing with workplace bullying
and to using policies and procedures which address
any potential situation falling under their guidelines.
From time to time, the policies and procedures may be
reviewed to ensure strict compliance to the laws of the
jurisdiction under which the Corporation operates.
Lögberg-Heimskringla Inc.
Motions to Amend By-laws
Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund
kjarninn.is – The Ministry of Finance and
Economic Affairs is formulating plans for a
Sovereign Wealth Fund that would play the role
of catastrophe insurance for Iceland, should the
state treasury be faced with financial pressures
related to major unforeseen economic disasters.
These pressures might be due to a sudden loss
of earnings or to the cost of responses that the
government felt obliged to undertake. The ideas of
the ministry will be incorporated into a legislative
bill on setting up a reserve fund to deal with
such rare economic reversals, such as massive
natural catastrophes that might seriously hurt
populated areas, communications infrastructure,
or hydropower plants and heavy industry, and so
forth. Other serious economic losses that might
be met by the fund include ecological shifts,
diseases, or further threats. This anticipated bill
on establishing precautionary reserves is also
occasioned by expectations that the state treasury
may in coming years receive substantial new
revenues through profits or natural resource fees
paid by state-controlled energy producers, including
Landsvirkjun, the national power company.
CBI increases economic growth forecast
vb.is – Iceland’s economic growth this year
will be 3.6 percent, as it was last year, if the Central
Bank of Iceland’s (CBI) forecast materializes. This
forecast is an increase of 0.3 percentage points
from CBI’s May forecast. The prospects are for
slower growth in tourism this year than the bank
forecast in May, counterbalanced by considerably
more growth in the export of fisheries products.
As in its previous forecasts, the bank thinks that
economic growth will slow over the next two
years, and that it will be 2.7 percent next year and
then increase slightly in 2020 to 3 percent. The
total number of hours worked by Icelanders has
fallen and the import of personnel has peaked,
even though it is still strong. Inflation in July was
2.7 percent, an increase of nearly a full percentage
point relative to the same period last year. The
underlying inflation rate has also increased and
was 2.9 percent in July, relative to the median
value of various scales. Inflation expectations
have increased for both the short and long term.
CBI expects inflation to increase to 2.8 percent
in the third quarter and by about 3 percent in the
fourth quarter, after which CBI forecasts that it
will start dropping again.
New car sales decrease
ruv.is – Car sales in Iceland decreased in
August by 3.7 percent compared to the same
period last year, according to a summary from the
Motor Dealers and Services Federation. During
the first eight months of 2018, new car sales
decreased by nearly 12 percent compared to the
same period last year. By vehicle type, gasoline
automobiles accounted for 42 percent of the cars
sold, diesel automobiles 39 percent, and electric-
powered cars 12 percent.
Little increase in tourists foreseen
Morgunblaðið – Arion Bank’s Research
Department projects that there will be very little
increase in the number of tourists to Iceland over
the next several years. Specialist Erna Björg
Sverrisdóttir said that the industry had reached a
watershed. The department’s forecast provides for
an increase of 4.5 percent this year in the number
of tourists, 1.4 percent in 2019, 2.4 percent in
2020, and 2.7 percent in 2021.
Reprinted with permission from Icelandic
News Briefs, published by KOM PR.
Economic News Briefs