Frances Sommerville
Distinguished guests, Freemen, ladies and gentlemen.
I am honoured to stand before you as the second female Master of the Honourable Company of Freemen of the City of Toronto of North America.
My first and most important task is to thank Past Master Ken Foxcroft for guiding and leading our Company over the past year.
Ken and his court have worked tirelessly on your behalf to keep our company solvent, compliant with regulations, and provide an interesting and enjoyable array of social functions.
I would also like to thank all our Court of last year who attended court meetings to run the Company on your behalf.
A special thanks goes to the trustees of our charity who worked closely with the University of Western Ontario in London to consolidate our scholarship agreement with them for students to study in the city of London.
It is with regret that we say goodbye to Ashley who has been a great asset to the Court and will be greatly missed.
However we are delighted that he has agreed to take on the important role of The Company's Clerk in London. Our best wishes to Ashley and Sylvia.
As you can see, I have an excellent Court, and as a team, we will work over the next year on behalf of the company;
- To continue to bring you a variety of events and raise money for the Company's charity which sends students to London, England
- To improve communication with our members and update the website to include videos of events
- With the expertise of our treasurer Roger McMillan to review and strengthen the Company's financial position
I would like to take a moment to thank the staff of The National Club.
I think you will agree the food and service have been excellent as usual, and of course well complimented by the wines from Arthurs Cellars, thank you.
Most especially, I would like to thank the Events Committee of John Welch, John Smith and John Bishop who helped to plan and execute this event, thank you.
I hope the guests who have joined us have enjoyed the evening and hopefully we might have encouraged you to join our Company.
Ladies and Gentlemen this concludes our Annual dinner, have a safe journey home.
Company Comment - Summer 2013
The Unique City
The City Livery Companies
Freedom of The City
The Constitution of Company