Trent Radio Minutes                        3 March 2000

  MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held at
  751 Water St., 3 March 2000, at 5:30 p.m.

P R E S E N T: Emily Addison, Andra Kelly, Al Kirkcaldy,
               Nancy Logger, Cliff Rutledge, and
               Chris Tonelli.

R E G R E T S: Grant Ball

Also Present : John Muir, General Manager

Notice of this meeting having been made to all the
Directors, the meeting was declared duly constituted
and called to order at 5:40 p.m., with Emily Addison
acting as Chair and Secretary.

Orientation and Orientation Planning:
The General Manager led the Board of Directors
through an orientation as to the functioning of the
Board, the various roles, responsibilities and
duties.  A information package was given to each
Director.

Nancy Logger arrived at this time.

Introductions of those present followed.

The minutes of the two Board meetings held on 13
February 2000, just prior to and just after, the AGM
were presented.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Minutes of the two Board meetings,
held on 13 February 2000, just prior to and just
after the AGM were approved.

Appointment and Confirmation of Officers:
The General Manager gave an orientation as to the
Corporate officer positions of President, Vice-
President, General Manager, Chair, Vice-Chair,
Secretary and Bookkeeper.

Nominations were made for each vacant positions, and
duly voted upon with each nominee having left the
room for the vote concerning their nomination.  In
addition the positions of Vice-president, General
Manager and Bookkeeper were discussed.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board hereby confirms John K. Muir
to the positions of Vice-President and General
Manager of the Corporation.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board hereby confirms Sarah Bailey
as the Bookkeeper of the Corporation.

It was noted at this time that the Bookkeeper shall
act in all respects as the Treasurer of the
Corporation, save that they shall not normally be
required attend Board meetings, however they shall
do so upon request.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board appointed Emily Addison to
the positions of President and Chair.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board appointed Chris Tonelli to
the position of Vice-Chair.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board appointed Nancy Logger to the
position of Secretary.

Committees:
Discussion ensued regarding committee work:

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Board hereby appoints the following
people to chair the following committees;

Sponsorships and Earned Revenue - Al Kirkcaldy
Board Development               - Emily Addison
Social Secretary                - Emily Addison
Spoken Word Archive             - Nancy Logger
Membership and Fundraising      - Chris Tonelli
Propaganda and Community Links  - Andra Kelly
Megaganda and Foreign Links     - Cliff Rutledge
Music                           - Grant Ball

It was also noted that Terry Ethridge will be
formally approached to act as the committee chair of
the Physical Plant and Technical committee.

Operations Report:
The General Manager raised the issue of an unused
phone line at Trent Radio costing 500.00 a year.
Discussion ensued as to cutting the phone line.  It
was pointed out that there would be a saving of
500.00 per year as well as the return of
approximately 2000.00 given to Trent University as
an advance for technical work not undertaken.  It
was also noted that there might be some
inconvenience for a few months however, on balance,
the saving outweighed the inconvenience.

The General Manager announced that Trent Radio had
not received the grant requested for 'RaDio Burst'.
An alternative plan is being examined. Discussion
followed as to summer employment grants.

A rough plan for the summer season will be present
at the next meeting, it is available in an
unapproved form at

    http://www.trentu.ca/trentradio/00sumpln.htm

It was noted the Neighbouring Right Collective of
Canada (NRCC) has demanded Trent Radio pay a yearly
fee of 100.00 with current and retroactive payments
of 300.00.  The General Manager has been, and will
continue to discuss the matter with NRCC.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried
unanimously, the Operations Report was approved.

Other Business:
Emily Addison informed the Board about the making of
bumper stickers and showed them the design.

It was noted that the next meeting will be held
29 March 2000 at 5:30 p.m.

There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned.

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Emily Addison, President    Nancy Logger, Secretary