Trent Radio BoD                                           02 February 2003



       MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held on

       Wednesday, 02 February 2004 at StudioC, Trent Radio House,

       715 George Street North, Peterborough, Ontario.



P R E S E N T: Joel Buxton, Laura Farina, Kim Fielding, James Kerr,

               and Al Kirkcaldy.



R E G R E T S: Reuben Maan and Kristine Williams.



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 5:15 p.m., with James Kerr as acting as Chair and Secretary. An

agenda was agreed upon and discussion followed.



01. 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 03 December 2003, were

approved unanimously.



02. There was no business arising.



03. Committee Reports

It was reported that the Toronto Blues Society has taken out a sponsorship

to promote their activities, and that long-time sponsor, Bryston, was having

difficulty renewing.  It was decided that broadcast of Bryston sponsor

messages would continue in any case.



04. Operations Report Financial

The financial statements as prepared by the Bookkeeper were presented for

the period ending 31 Dec 03. It was noted that the bank account totals was

$54,810.10 at 31 Dec 03, some portion of which represents unspent monies

received for the StudioC project. It was reported that payroll information

as required by CCRA had been prepared and submitted, and that HRDC will

honour the SCP2003 contract and send a final cheque for $685.



A statement showing fundraising activities which are to be used for the

antenna move was presented, indicating revenues of $6,736.29.  It was noted

that t-shirt sales, concerts & other activities were ongoing, and that the

TCSA had made a commitment for a $1,000 donation which is to be received in

February 2004.



It was noted that as of 01 Feb 04, the new CHEX-TV tower appeared to be less

that half built, and as a consequence, installation of the Trent Radio

antenna would be delayed.



It was reported that the TCSA had approved the putting forward the following

referendum question to the full-time students in March;



  Do you support a non-refundable levy increase for Trent Radio in

  the amount of $3, to $18 and indexed annually to the Consumer

  Price Index, from the amount passed by Trent students in 1989 of

  $15, to support and sustain student and community programming and

  broadcast operations, and Trent Radio as a non-profit, cultural

  and educational facility, sponsored and operated by the students

  of Trent University, shared with the community as a whole, and

  governed by an independent Board of Directors?





UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the operations

report, including the financial statements to 31 December 2003, was approved

unanimously.



05. Any Other Business

a) Given the delays with the installation of a PIPCOM antenna at Trent Radio

house, our signal is being streamed temporarily from the General Manager's

computer.



b) Letters of thanks should be sent out, and personal request to business

should be made to further fundraising efforts.



c) A proposal for the installation of a radio at the TrentU, Symons campus

bus stop met with concerns, primarily that it come be a nuisance.



06. The date for the next BoD meeting was set for 5:30pm on Mon, 23 Feb 2003

at Trent Radio House, StudioC.



07. There being no further business, the Meeting was adjourned at 6:15pm.





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 James Kerr, President & Chair                   Kristine Williams, Secretary