Trent Radio Annual General Meeting 23 November 2003 MINUTES OF THE MEETING of MEMBERS held on Sunday, 23 November 2003 in the City of Peterborough, at the Squash Court Hall Junior Common Room at Peter Robinson College, Trent University, 751 George Street North. P R E S E N T: Emily Addison, Joel Buxton, Laura Farina, Kim Fielding, Kinya Fujiwara, James Kerr, Al Kirkcaldy, Reuben Maan, Jason Marshall, Emily McClung, John Muir, Laurel Paluck, and Jill Staveley R E G R E T S: none Notice of this meeting having been made to all the members, the meeting was declared duly constituted and called to order at 2:10 p.m., with John Muir acting as Chair. CHAIR's OPENING REMARKS AND CALL TO ORDER The Chair welcomed the Members and presented the meeting's agenda. The minutes of the previous AGM were presented. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the minutes of the previous Annual General meeting, held on 24 Nov 2002, were approved unanimously. PRESENTATION of Reports of the Directors, Committee Chairs, Staff and Officers. Board Development - Ryder Ziola (see attached) Physical Plant and Technical - John Muir (see attached) Sponsorship and Earned Revenue - Al Kirckcaldy (see attached) Social Convener - Anne Stevenson (see attached) Fundraising - Kim Fielding (see attached) Trent University and Neighbourhood Relations - Ryder Ziola (see attached) Summer Programme Coordinator - Keren E (see attached) Production Director - Jill Staveley (see attached) Programme Directors - Barb Woolner (see attached), and Laurel Paluck (see attached) General Manager - John K Muir (see attached) President - Ryder Ziola (see attached) Concerns regarding the significant expenditures for the move of transmission equipment to the new CHEX TV tower were voiced. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the reports of the committee chairs, staff and officers were accepted. PRESENTATION of the Financial Statements for One Year Ending 31 Aug 2003 The Financial Review was presented for the corporation for the fiscal year ended 31 August 2003, as prepared by McColl Turner Chartered Accountants, the auditors of the Corporation, consisting of a statement of the Financial Position, a Schedule of Changes of Net Assets, a Statement of Operations, a Statement of Changes in Cash Position, and Notes to the Financial Statements - dated 14 November 2003. Discussion followed. It was noted there had been a rise of about 15% in student membership. Past student levy numbers were continuing to be investigated by the Trent Central Student Association and Trent Radio will be kept apprised of the situation as it progresses. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the financial review, as prepared by McColl Turner Chartered Accountants, for one year ending 31 Aug 2003 was accepted. A short break was taken at 3:10pm. The AGM was reconvened at 3:20pm, with Laura Farina acting as Chair and John K Muir acting as Secretary. MOTION to confirm all resolutions of the Board All Board Minutes since the last AGM were made available to the membership at the meeting, in addition to being available to the general public on the Trent Radio website throughout the year. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved that all resolutions and acts of the Board since the last AGM held on 24 November 2002 as set out in the Minutes of Directors and the Corporation or in the Annual Report of the Corporation submitted to this meeting were approved and confirmed by the membership. REPORT of the nominating committee and election of Directors. The General Manager reported that no further nominations had been received, as provided by the bylaws of the corporation. The Chair reminded the members that the bylaws of Trent Radio Provided that: "Members of the Board of Directors shall be at all times, Canadian citizens, except when seen to be of exceptional benefit to Trent Radio and its direction, and an application for their membership is made to the Government of Canada. A majority of the Board shall be enrolled students of Trent University. Board Members must be eighteen years of age or older." The Chair asked the Nominees present to confirm that they were Canadian citizens and have achieved the age requirements and declared that a majority of the nominees were enrolled as students of Trent University. The Nominees then introduced themselves and explained their reasons for their interest in sitting on the Board. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved that the report of the Nomination Committee be accepted, and that the Nominees presented, namely, Joel Buxton, Laura Farina, Kim Fielding, James Kerr, Al Kirkcaldy, Reuben Maan, & Kristine Williams, be appointed to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall be considered duly elected to represent the Corporation and to hold office until next annual election of Directors subject to provisions and bylaws of the Corporations. Any other business: It was noted that new letter head will be prepared to reflect the change of directors. Kinya Fujiwara was especially thanked for providing catering and excellect sushi for the Meeting. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15. _____________________________ _____________________________ Laura Farina, Meeting Chair John K Muir, General Manager