The 1975 Annual General Meeting was held at the El Mirador Motor Inn on the evening of 28^th April. The following officers were elected for 1975/1976 :

Commander	Ralph C. Smith, JN
Lieut. Commander and Executive Officer	Ellen Devine, AP
First Lieut. and Secretary	Louis A. Campbell, S
First Lieut. and Treasurer	Desmond Moyles, AP
First Lieutenant	Herbert Viney, AP
First Lieutenant	Howard Holliday, S
George Shurman, AP was appointed Training Officer with the rank of Lieut. Commander.

At the Annual Meeting the Treasurer was able to report another satisfactory year.

Of the ninety-four students who registered for the Boating Course in September 1974, fifty-four wrote the examination of whom forty four were successful, a pass rate of eighty one percent. The results on the other courses were equally good or better.

The Squadron membership was now 188 full members, 51 lady associates and 3 juniors, a total membership of 242.

The Commander appointed Norman Avery, S, Jack Buchanan, S, Herbert Law, David Plaunt, AP, Lloyd Thayer, JN and Doris Viney, AP to the rank of Squadron Lieutenant.

In April the Chief Commander, on the recommendation of the National Flag and Etiquette Committee, approved the design of a pennant for the Britannia Power Squadron. The designer of this pennant for the Squadron was James Craig, JN.

The Squadron hosted the Annual Rideau District Conference on Sunday, 11^th May at the Britannia Yacht Club. The arrangements were coffee and cakes available for the delegates on arrival and a cash bar at the luncheon break followed by a cafeteria style lunch. The arrangements proved to be popular with the participants.

Retired Commander James B. Milne wrote an article titled "Britannia The Sailing Power Squadron". It was the story of the formation and the early years of the Squadron. It was an excellent informative article and was published in the June, 1975 issue of the Port Hole.

The plans for a Rendezvous and other summer social activities were cancelled because boat owning members were fully involved with events associated with the yacht clubs on Lac Deschenes.

1^st Lt. Campbell resigned as Secretary when he was transferred to Vancouver in September. The Commander appointed Claire Geoffrion, AP to be First Lieutenant and Secretary until April, 1976.

In September there was a total of 266 students registered of whom 171 were in the Boating Course. This course was offered in three separate classes, two in English and one in French. This year the Britannia Power Squadron became the first Squadron in the National Capital Region to offer the Boating Course in French.

The Squadron arranged with the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys for a film night on surveying and chart making. These films were screened on the evening of 28^th November for members and students of the Ottawa and Britannia Power Squadrons. There was a break for coffee and cakes and afterwards the Dominion Hydrographer, Mr. Harvey Blandford and two of his staff offered to answer questions. This produced a lively discussion. The evening proved to be both highly enjoyable and educational for the many members and their friends who were present.

Another achievement in 1975/76 was inauguration of the Squadron newsletter, Running Fix. The first issue of the Running Fix, appeared in February, 1976. The editor was Lieutenant Norman Avery, S. Flattering comments were received from Rideau District and from the Commander of the Ottawa Power Squadron. This newsletter format was well received by members of the Britannia Squadron and there were four issues during the year.

The Annual Graduation Dinner and Dance was held in the ballroom of the Ottawa Holiday Inn, Kent Street on 26^th April. One hundred and sixty members and guests were present. The guests of honour were District Commander George T. Fowler, AP, Commander Archibald Grier, AP, of the Ottawa Power Squadron, Commodore Blair Cook of the Britannia Yacht Club and Mr. Joseph Koscher of the Ottawa Board of Education.

Year 13 – 1976 / 1977 Year 11 - 1974 / 1975