Canadian Macedonian
Historical Society - Annual General Meeting
The Canadian Macedonian Historical Society held its Annual General
Membership Meeting on Friday, May 2, 2003 at the Canadian Macedonian
Place in Toronto.
The president, Alexander Nitsis, welcomed and thanked current
and new members for attending. Before he gave his report for the
past
season he made a special presentation to two of the societies long-time
members,
 Pete & Mary Kondoff. Mr. & Mrs. Kondoff were honoured
for their dedication and commitment to maintaining and promoting
the accurate presentation of Macedonian History. Pete James Kondoff
is the founding father and the society's first president. He was
the catalyst that started it all and with the help of Mary Kondoff,
they were the glue that held the society together during some of
the turbulent years.
Some of Pete's accomplishments include:
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Working as a chief engineer |
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Executive Secretary of the United Macedonians (1960-1970) |
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Mary & Pete with Anton Pavlov & Mile Niklovski started
broadcasting on CHIN the Makedonski Glas radio program |
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Founding members & one of the first board of directors
of the St. Clements of Ohrid Church (1963-1988) |
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A veteran and organizer of the Druzestvo Na Borcite Od Makedonia
vo Canada |
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Past director of the Canadian Macedonian Place Senior Citizens
Association |
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Past teacher professional engineer & chairman of the
Ontario Drafting teachers & president of the Technical
Teachers of the Ontario Educational Association. |
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Listed in Who's Who in Ontario |
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And many, many more qualifications & honours |
Pete & Mary Kondoff were made Honorary Life-Time Members and
presented with silver lapel pins emblazoned with the Macedonian
Lion. The pins were made by Richard Dubiel, husband to Virginia
Dubiel one of our newly elected board of directors.
Pete agreed to continue to support the society with his invaluable
wisdom and knowledge in an advisory role.
The meeting then continued with the presentation of the presidents
report outlining the past years accomplishments and successes.
This was followed by John Thomas's treasurer's report and the financial
statement for the year 2002. All in all the society was once again
in the black. Nomination were then made by the board for new directors
with two members being nominated from the floor. All nominations
were accepted and passed.
The evening concluded with food drink and conversation. Chestito!
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