MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRENT 
      RADIO, held at #5 Fleming Place, Peterborough Ontario, on 
      Sunday January 14 1996. 

P R E S E N T: 
           Barb Bell, Darcie Death, Andrew Fogarasi, Scott Gordon,
           Lisa Howard, Jonathan Priddle, and Suzie Young; being 
           Directors of the Corporation.

Also present: Barb Woolner & John K Muir.

The meeting was called to order with Scott Gordon acting as 
Chair, and Lisa Howard acting as Secretary. 

With all the directors being notified of the time and place of 
the meeting, and a quorum present the meeting was declared duly 
constituted. An agenda was agreed upon and discussion followed. 

Previous Minutes:
A motion was made seconded and carried to pass the minutes of the
previous Board meeting i.e minutes from December 3rd/95.

Future Meetings:
Barbara Woolner said she would have trouble attending meetings if
they occurred late on Sunday. It was agreed that items concerning
Barbara could be placed high on the agenda, so that she could leave
early. It was agreed that February 11th, March 10th, April 7th were
suitable days for future meetings. The next meeting would take
place at 356 Stewart Street, i.e. Jonathan Priddle's house.

Scott Gordon submitted printed summary of the various priorities
suggested by members of this year's Board. He had solicited these
ideas and goals as a way of planning for the year ahead. His own
emphasis was on diversity and on 'outreach'.

Manager's Report:
A discussion of logger tapes followed. VHS Hi-Fi i.e. video tape
was considered to be better than quarter inch reel to reel tape for
the logger. The technology is less clumsy and it is easier to
search with VHS Hi-Fi.

John Muir reported that he had received an invoice from John Dunn
for services said to have been rendered to Board members five years
ago. 

Bank Accounts:
Three new bank accounts were opened instead of only two. The third
account is a booster account for the frequency change and power
boost only.

The Turkey Raffle:
It was estimated that 100 dollars were raised from the turkey
raffle.


Budget E.T.A.:
John expects to have a budget ready in two weeks. The budget covers
the period beginning in August and ending the same month of the
following year.

Two comparative development students will be conducting a research
project involving Trent Radio. Anna and Alice are the two students
and they will be testing both the theories they are learning in
Comparative Development and Trent Radio's efficiency.

The Programme Director's Report:
Kirsten Addis has been hired for 5 weeks on a futures placement to
co-ordinate an afternoon time slot. She is interviewing community
members and co-ordinating coverage of local events. Though the
position is very short term, it is hoped that the project will
spark some interest in community 'outreach'. It is also hoped that
the show will develop some momentum of its own. Part of the show
will be devoted to job searching since Kirsten is anticipating
being out of a job sometime in the future. It airs daily between 1
and 4pm.

Co-op Student Placement:
Trent radio's co-op student placement has ended.

Radio Project Days:
Barbara Woolner is organizing a radio project day about community
radio. She has set up a site on the net calling for submissions
from community radio stations from all over. The meta project day
has garnered much support from community stations already. Scott
complimented Barbara on her year end report.

Committees:
Scott gave advice to those members of the Board who were also
members of committees: he suggested that they come well prepared
for meetings, since this would allow some progress to be made, and
would ensure that nobody's time is wasted.

Suzie Young has agreed to give thank-you notes to those who as was
mentioned in last week's meeting, contributed to the power boost
fund. Suzie also expressed an interest in bringing Leora Salter to
Peterborough. Ms. Salter was involved in Co-op radio in Vancouver
and is currently teaching at Osgoode Hall. Some guarantee was
sought that people would attend a talk with Ms Salter. John assured
Suzie that if she asked Ms. Salter to speak an audience would
surely come. 

Other Business:
The electric strike security system was discussed. Barb Bell
suggested that increased security would lessen the chances of
people wandering in like they did one Saturday while she was in
doing her show.

Overdue rent of approximately four hundred and eighty two dollars
was received from a former tenant. It was noted that Harrison John
owed Trent Radio thirty dollars.

Any Quick Business:
Suzie Young mentioned that she would like to see some interesting
radio happening around international women's week. She also
mentioned Born In Flames (a documentary film) as an example of what
she had in mind.

Problems and Solutions:
Three to four thousand dollars is the estimated sum needed to
change Trent Radio's frequency. Eight to nine thousand would be
needed to boost Trent Radio's power. John Muir expressed confidence
that this money could be raised.

Possible levy increases, raffle tickets, and a variety style
benefit were discussed. Barb Bell was confident that big benefit
style concerts were the way to raise large sums of money. Suzie
suggested that Trent Radio exploit contemporary society's visual
fetish by associating Trent Radio visually with current events.
Perhaps an arrangement with the Cultural Studies department would
yield something. Darcie volunteered to write articles for the
Arthur about Trent Radio. Suzie suggested some form of ethical
advertising. The meeting continued in the financial vein for some
time with various ideas being discussed.

A date was set for a meeting of the fundraising committee: 
20 January 1996. 

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.

_____________________________      _____________________________
Scott Gordon, Chair                H. Lisa Howard, Secretary