Trent Radio BoD Meeting                                 28 August 2003  

       MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held at
       Trent Radio House, 715 George St. N., Peterborough,
       Ontario on 28 August 2003 at 7:30 pm.

P R E S E N T: Emily Addison, Laura Farina, Al Kirkcaldy,
               Kim Fielding, Ryder Ziola

Also Present:  John K. Muir, General Manager

Regrets:       Anne Stevenson, Joel Buxton 

Notice of this meeting having been made to all the Directors, and all of 
the Directors being present in person, the meeting was declared duly 
constituted and called to order at 7:30 p.m., with Ryder Ziola acting as 
Chair and Secretary. 

Chair's Opening Remarks: The Chair welcomed back the Board after an 
extended summer break and noted the departure of Anne Stevenson. 

The minutes of the previous board meeting were presented.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the minutes of 
the previous Board of Directors' meeting, held on 24 April 2003, were 
approved. 


COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Sponsorship and Earned Revenue:
Sponsors to date are;
Bryston, McWilliams (renewal?), MBE, Pipcom, Peterborough Arms, Elections ON
and Cogeco (revised live copy)

Trent University and Neighbourhood Relations:
It was noted Trent's proposed policy governing non-academic conduct had 
not been advanced during the summer and that attention must be given to 
its expected tabling this fall. 

General Manager's Personnel Committee Report
The General Manager's Personnel Committee presented the attached report. 
The Committee recommends an increase to the GM's pay based on the Consumer 
Price Index.  This opportunity was also taken to express the Board's 
desire to resolve the Contractual Obligation owing to the General Manager.  
The Committee's recommendations were unanimously accepted by the Board. 

Summer Radio Camp: 
It was reported that the Summer Radio Camp didn't take place as planned 
due to problems with staffing and the chaos caused by the Studio C 
project. 

Membership and Fundraising:
The issue was raised of Trent Radio's lack of involvement with students on 
the Oshawa campus.  As well, it was agreed that the possibility of a levy 
from part-time students will be explored. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, all committee reports were 
accepted. 


OPERATIONS REPORT:

The General Manager's report was presented, including the Summer Programme 
Coordinator's report (see attached). 

It was noted that the Financial Statements would be prepared for review at 
the next meeting of the Board. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Operations 
report, including the Summer Programmer Coordinator's report was approved. 

AVAILABILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS:
Ryder Ziola informed the Board of his imminent departure for Halifax. It 
was agreed that he would stay on in his current capacity until the AGM in 
November.  A nominating committee was struck, consisting of Emily Addison 
and Laura Farina, to suggest potential new candidates for the Board. 

The next board meeting will be held at 7.00pm 25 September 2003 

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned.


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    Ryder Ziola, President         A. N. Other Director