THE DANISH CANADIAN CLUB

President's Message

Calgary Danish Canadian Club report, December 2024

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At the start of 2024 we all thought that our future home for the DCC should be a restaurant we could adapt to suit the future needs of the Club. The Club future committee spent a considerable amount of time looking at or discussing different available restaurants.

These discussions were reported to the board and led to a number of open houses held to get feedback from members and shareholders. Through it all it became clear to the board that a restaurant would not be the way forward after all, so a new direction had to be chosen.

The general consensus became a desire to join an existing facility with kitchen and staff in place. A place with sufficient parking, easy handicap
access and a somewhat central location. 

This brought up a number of different scenarios to consider, including, but not limited to, the Scandinavian Centre, the Legion in Kensington, the
Italian Club and the Austrian Club.

Again a lot of leg work and meetings to access the different options. By the time the AGM was held in September the board had a good idea of
which would be the best option and asked for the shareholders to approve negotiations that would lead to a proposal for a suitable facility. We
received the approval on the condition the shareholders would have the final say in the decision.

We look forward to update you with the new location once an agreement has been struck.

We have decided to close the Club operations in our current facility on the 31st of May 2025.

Next year, 2025, will be very busy with having to finalize negotiations for a new location, relocate to a new facility and invest the funds from the sale of
the land and building of the current facility.

Sincerely
Per Andersen, President