• To receive the annual report and the financial statements of the corporations for the year ended October 31st, 2005 (and the report of the auditors thereon);
• To appoint officers and directors in accordance with procedures, as determined by the bylaws;
• To appoint auditors for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix the auditors' remuneration; and
• To transact such further or other business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Dated at Toronto this 18th day of August, 2005.

Both the Canadian and American by-laws of the Canadian Snowbird Association Inc. provide that a nominating committee comprising ordinary members be established by the board of directors to name a slate of candidates for the CSA board of directors prior to the annual meeting. The next Annual General Meeting will be held in Lakeland, Florida on January 18, 2006.

The 2006 – 2008 CSA national board of directors will be based on regionalization comprising 1 director for Western Canada (BC, AB, YT, NT), 1 director for Central Canada (SK, MB, NU), 3 directors for Ontario (ON), 1 director for Québec (QC) and 1 director for Atlantic Canada (NB, NS, PE, NL) for a total of 7 directors plus the position of immediate past president.

The following are brief overviews of the candidates being put forward by the nominating committee for the positions of officers and directors-at-large on the CSA board of directors. Due to space limitations, we are unable to reflect in detail the extensive background and experience of the nominated candidates. All candidates are CSA members in good standing.

Any member in good standing who wishes to stand as a candidate for election to the board of directors of the Canadian Snowbird Association Inc., Canadian and American corporations, in opposition to those persons who have been nominated by the nominating committee, either as an officer or director-atlarge, for the taking of office at the annual general meeting of the association to be held in Lakeland, Florida on January 18, 2006 must submit his/her name in writing, indicating the position sought, supported by fifty (50) signatures of bona fide, active members in good standing, no later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, November 9, 2005 to the CSA legal counsel, on behalf of the secretary: