Trent Radio BoD                                          03 December 2003

       MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held on
       Wednesday, 03 December 2003 at StudioC, Trent Radio House,
       715 George Street North, Peterborough, Ontario.

P R E S E N T: Laura Farina, Kim Fielding, James Kerr, Al Kirkcaldy,
               Reuben Maan and Kristine Williams.

R E G R E T S: Joel Buxton

ALSO PRESENT: John Muir, General Manager

Notice of this meeting having been made to all the Directors, and a
majority of the being present, the meeting was declared duly constituted
and called to order at 7:45 p.m., with James Kerr acting as acting as
Chair and John Muir acting as Secretary.

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' meetings, held on 23 Nov 2003, were
approved unanimously.

A brief run down of the Board's function and mandate was provided by the
General Manager, along with an overview of committee and officer roles was
given.

Director's Availability
Board Meeting times are set for 4th Monday of every month at 6:30pm

It was noted that both Laura Farina and Reuben Maan were uncertain of
their plans after 01 May 2004, and this might affect their availability
after that date.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved
that James Kerr be appointed Chair and President.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved
that Laura Farina be appointed Vice Chair.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved
that Kristine Williams be appointed as Secretary.

UPON a motion duly made seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved
that, John K. Muir be confirmed as General Manager and Vice-President and
Sue Newman be confirmed as Bookkeeper.

Discussion followed regarding committee work and appointing chairs.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the following
appointments were approved;

Kim Fielding - Chair of Membership and Fundraising Committee;
Reuben Maan - Social Convenor & Chair of the "Trout Rodeo" Committee;
Al Kirkcaldy - Chair of the Sponsorship and Earned Revenue Committee;
James Kerr - Chair of the Trent University, Community Relations Committee
  and Board Development Committee;
Laura Farina - Chair of the Summer Radio Camp Committee.

General Manager's Report - (see attached)
Two fundraising events are scheduled;
a) An Emergency Fundraising Broadcast set for 12 Dec 03, and organised by
Laurel Paluck and Jill Staveley, and,
b) the annual "Radio Marathon", set for 19 Dec 03, and organised by Barb
Bell, and Barb and Henry Holtmann.

Both events will target obtaining money for the new antenna.

HRDC SEED 2003 Funding; The situation is to be pursued with our MP if
ongoing negotiations are unsatisfactory with the local HRDC office.

Antenna Move:  A place has been approved by CHEX on the new tower at 100m,
not as high as we'd hoped, but much better than the height of the current
antenna.

Studio C: The CD rack have been dismantled and are for sale.

Tenants for 715 Upr: A couple have moved in and have made a commitment to
stay until the end of Aug 04. The rent is $627 per month.

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the General
Manager's report was accepted.

Fundraising Endeavours
The sale of used t-shirts and silkscreen with the picture of a radio
tower by Michael Waterman by Pink House Productions.  Wise Buys has
donated 35 t-shirts. The prices are $12 for short sleeves, & $15 for long
sleeves.  Downtown stores may be invited to sell any surplus.  Trent Radio
buttons have been made, and a secure donations jar will be set up.

For publicity, ad space was donated by Arthur with an article to follow in
January 2004, the Peterborough Examiner has been following our story, and
a poster campaign is planned under the director of the Laurel Paluck and
Jill Staveley.

Entre Season
Al Kirkcaldy will organise this.

TCSA - Levy Increase
The TCSA will be requested to run a referendum to raise the current levy
for full time students from $15 to $18 per year, cost of living indexed.
This would be the first increase since 1989.

The next Meeting is 26 Jan 04 at 6:30pm in Studio C at Trent Radio House.

The being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9pm.

_________________________________              ______________________________
 James Kerr, President & Chair                   Kristine Williams, Secretary