IBAC – 2008 Annual General Meeting

The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) held its 2008 annual general meeting at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The social program on Sept. 19 started with a traditional pub fare lunch at the Middle Deck restaurant, followed by an afternoon Harbour Cruise under sunny skies aboard the Tall Ship Silva. After reaching shore, the group boarded a bus and headed out to the Shore Club for a traditional lobster meal. Prior to eating the lobsters, several IBAC representatives were handpicked to participate in the lobster races, with proceeds of the betting going to the Terry Fox Foundation. Using poles provided by the restaurant, IBAC representatives banged the bottom of a water tank as a means to move the lobsters from one end of the tank to the other. Disqualifications abounded, as IBAC vice president Andrew Walker actually picked up fellow contestant Jane Stack, IBAC director Garry Stack’s wife, on the word ‘Go’ and moved her out of harm’s way.