MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held at 715 George St. N., on 28 April 2000, at the hour of 5:30 p.m. in the evening. P R E S E N T: Emily Addison, Grant Ball, Al Kirkcaldy, Nancy Logger, Cliff Rutledge, and Chris Tonelli. R E G R E T S: Andra Kelly. Also Present: John K. Muir, General Manager, and, Barb Woolner, Programme Director. Notice of this meeting having been made to all Directors, the meeting was declared duly constituted and called to order at 5:40 p.m., with Emily Addison acting as chair, and Nancy Logger acting as secretary. UPON A NOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the previous Board of Directors' meeting, held on 10 April 2000, were approved. Business arising: The grant for the Summer Career Placement job has been approved and will last 12 weeks this summer, as opposed to the 14 weeks allotted in the year previous. The sponsorship brochure is now finished and copies were distributed to the Board. OPERATIONS REPORT: The General Manager presented the operations report along with the financial statements to 31 March 2000 as prepared by the Bookkeeper. It was noted that the only major adjustment needed would be to record an amount of about $1,000 revenue for brokered programming for March 2000. Work continues on the application to the Canadian Radio- television and Telecommunications Commission for the renewal of Trent Radio's broadcast licence. The application form was received at Trent Radio House on 14 April, the due day for the application, so a three week extension to 5 May 2000 has been secured. The application is to comprise additional briefs to elaborate and clarify Trent Radio's role and approach as a broadcast licensee. The General Manager announced that he will not be involved as extensively with Full Moon over Killaloe project this summer as last. The Programme Director gave an verbal report. It was noted that a written report on programming will be presented at a later date. Discussion followed. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the Operations report, including the reports of the Program Director and the General Manager, and the financial statements, were approved. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Sponsorships and earned revenue: A verbal report was presented by Al Kirkcaldy to accompany his written report (see attached). It was noted that since the filing of the written report, one sponsor has been confirmed. Discussion of the Sponsorship brochures, as well as potential sponsors, followed. Board Development/Social Secretary: The President gave an verbal report to accompany the written report (see attached). It was noted that both committees have remained inactive since the last meeting. The President is schedule to be out of town from 4 June to 23 June, and again from July 27 until August 22, 2000. Spoken Word Archives: Nancy Logger gave a verbal report to accompany her written report (see attached). It was noted that the Spoken Word Archives finished for the year on April 28, 2000, and thus the committee will remain inactive over the summer months. Membership and Fundraising: Chris Tonelli gave an oral report to accompany his written report (see attached). Propaganda and Community Links: In Andra Kelly's absence, her written report was read by the Board. Megaganda and Foreign Links: Cliff Rutledge noted that his committee has been inactive since the last meeting, and therefore there was no report to be given. Music: Grant Ball provided an oral report, mentioning his on-going checking of Jean Reno's e-mail account. Brian Russell, owner of Bryston's, was contacted by Grant, and as a result will contact Ellen Waterman concerning the SoundEscape/RaDio Burst Project. UPON A NOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the committee reports were accepted. It was noted that the next meeting will be held at 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday 23 May 2000, at 715 George Street North. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. ___________________________ __________________________ Emily Addison, President Nancy Logger, Secretary