Message from the Board of Directors:

Dear members and friends,

For decades, you have received a message from our President, Frank Meixner. Following his
passing, we miss his presence at the Club and especially at our monthly board meetings. As
an update, Vice President Mike Rogi has been voted interim-President, Helmut Schoderbock
has been voted interim-Vice President, longtime voting member Andy Hofmann has been
voted in interim-Board Member. This allows us to carry on our work so that we have a full
board for votes and signing authority.

On Saturday, March 14th, we held a wonderful memorial for Frank at the Club. Thank you
to all who made the event so special: his daughter Ramona, our staff, Choir Heimatecho,
and all of the attendees. Thank you to Nikolaus Demiantschuk (Austrian Consulate) and
Andy Bukovski (President -Polish Canadian Association) for their speeches. It truly was a
celebration of life!

We are grateful to Harry Griesser and our staff for their incredible work at the club. We are
consistently trending in the right direction. We know Frank would continue to be very
proud of this.

Thank you as well to everyone who came out to the annual Hunter’s Dance and all those
who participated in supplying trophies. Thank you to Joe Kury for helping to organize the
event. The dinner was absolutely delicious, the elk ragu and bison was a big hit!

Thank you to interim-Vice President Helmut Schoderbock for facilitating the annual
certificate of life work. This is an important and valuable task that our club assists with.

Our recent Crazy Canucks film screening was a fun event for us with actors and the
director in attendance. Thank you to our friends, the Wirth Institute, for sponsoring the
event. The recent Easter Crafts for Families event was well-attended and it was lovely to see
so many families and kids working on crafts together.

Thank you to everyone who has paid for the annual memberships, we have seen success
with payments and auto-renewals using an online service, Communal. If you are unfamiliar
with it, it is posted on austrianclub.ca. You can also renew at the club or by calling the
office.

In other news, we have installed new illuminated signs at the Club! We are excited that this
improvement will be seen from Deerfoot Trail! Our working agreement with the Danish
Canadian Club continues to be a fruitful and positive partnership. We are glad to be
working together and appreciate all the fun events they have introduced us to. The future
looks bright!

Best regards,
Board of Directors