MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRENT 
      RADIO, held at 356 Stewart Street, Peterborough Ontario, 
      on Sunday 10 March 1996. 

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

Also Present: Barb Woolner, Programme Director & John K Muir, 
           General Manager 
 
REGRETS:   Lisa Howard
 
The meeting was called to order by Scott Gordon as Chair, with Suzie 
Young 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. 
           
Minutes of the 11 Feb 96 BoD meeting:  accepted with amendments (see 
attached sheet) which John will communicate to Lisa for her records.  
 
 
President's Remarks:  Scott Gordon
 
(1)  Scott distributed a photocopy of a G&M article on CJRT-FM.

(2)  John Muir is now laid off (until the Fall); as previously 
     arranged, he receives $50/week for work carried on during the 
     summer. 

(3)  The Ontario Government has a new program to reward volunteers, and 
     some information on the (a) Volunteer Service Award, and (b) 
     Outstanding Achievement Award, has been sent to Trent Radio.  Up 
     to 7 nominations can be made for (a) but only 1 can be made for 
     (b).  Scott suggests we don't nominate for (a) as it may be "too 
     controversial" to identify 7 out of all our volunteers for it.  
     There was some discussion, after which the Board agreed.  Scott 
     moved, seconded by Andrew, that Andrew Cousins be nominated for 
     (b); all approved; Scott will complete the nomination form. 
 
Program Director's Report:  Barb Woolner
 
(1)  There will be a get-together at Hangman's on a Sunday afternoon 
     around April 15th; Ray will provide the food. 

(2)  Tony Tarle is doing the computer work for the New Program 
     Proposals; everyone (who wants to do a program) has to re-apply. 

(3)  Radio Project Day was March 8; 50 women were involved with shows 
     that day. 

(4)  The Workshop Day went well; 9 women were involved. 

(5)  There will be another Workshop Day (c/o Scott and Barb W.) at the 
     end of March. 

(6)  Barb went to Toronto for the `IDEAS' meeting; she had sent ahead a 
     few tapes, and one of the radio plays was played as a sample 

(7)  Barb will attend a National Community Radio Conference held in 
     Hamilton in June; the fee is $115 for a week. 
     
General Manager's Report:  John K. Muir 
 
(1)  The logger has been replaced with a VHS hi-fi machine; John will 
     buy four more tapes. 

(2)  A mic-selector box has been installed and is working well; the 
     cost was approx. $300. John suggests it will take a month or so 
     for everyone to feel comfortable with the changes. 

(3)  Scott, Barb W., Lisa, and John went to the CBC `IDEAS' meeting, at 
     which there were 6 radio organizations (including York, Guelph, 
     U/T, Waterloo, and Trent).  Trent Radio was offered Robert 
     Theobald's Massey lectures on `work;' John has spoken with John 
     Wadland (Trent's Canadian Studies), who is very interested in the 
     lectures. 

(4)  CRTC application will be finished this coming Tuesday. 
 
Spoken Words Committee Report:  Jonathan Priddle
 
Jonathan distributed a report at the meeting.  An amendment was 
suggested, and accepted, which adds the word "cultural" to the 4th item 
listed under "Aims;" the sentence now reads:  "-information concerning 
social, cultural, environmental, and human rights."  A copy of the 
amended report will be filed at the Station, c/o John Muir. 
 
Music Committee Report:  Darcie Death
 
Darcie distributed a report at the meeting; a copy of it will be filed 
at the Station, c/o John Muir. 
 
Everyone appreciated the reports, and thanked Jonathan and Darcie for 
their great work on the committees.  John encouraged everyone to 
include an electronic copy of their reports (on a disk or via email) so 
that he can file reports electronically. 
 
Frequency & Power-Boost Report:  Scott Gordon & John Muir 
 
An appointment has been made with Bank of Montreal for next Wednesday; 
Scott, John, and Andrew Cousins will be there to represent Trent Radio.  
Andrew suggests that we try the Peterborough Credit Union if we have no 
success for the loan at the Bank of Montreal. 
 
Fundraising & Outreach Report:  Barb Bell & Suzie Young 
 
(1)  Trentwinds has agreed to provide space for our Country Dance and 
     food for the artists (on April 14, from 1 to approx. 6pm); a 
     letter detailing our needs and the terms of the agreement was sent 
     to Mr. Tom Malakos (owner of Trentwinds) on Feb.6.  Barb has the 
     commitment from 10 artists so far.  Volunteers to staff the dance 
     are needed; Darcie and Jonathan both volunteered. 

(2)  Raffle tickets will be sold in the Fall; Jonathan suggests the 
     amount of $1003; all agreed. Everyone agreed careful control of 
     the tickets and money would be essential; Suzie volunteered to 
     coordinate and/or help plan the distribution of the ticket-books 
     and to collect the money from the sales. 
     
Physical Plant Report:  Andrew Fogarasi
 
The toilet always runs, but all else is fine.
 
Summer Board
 
Darcie will be in Guelph, but everyone else will be available to meet 
through the summer. 
 
Summer Broadcasting
 
Summer broadcasting begins on May 1st.  Scott is working on a grant to 
hire summer students; the application deadline is the end of March. 
 
Next Board Meeting
 
April 15th (Monday), 1:30pm, at John's (640 Reid St; at Reid and 
Edinburgh). 
 
There being no further business (and the Board having accomplished so 
much already!), the meeting was adjourned at (approximately) 6pm. 

Amendments to the minutes of Feb.11/96 BoD meeting, made at the 
Mar.10/96 meeting: 
 
(p.2:)  Security
 
A rough (and by no means definitive) survey of Trent's c.d. collection 
showed that there was very little improvement of the theft problem 
(this despite the new electric strike).  It was suggested that if these 
security measures did not achieve the desired ends, then perhaps our 
security policy should be reconsidered.  Some operators like the 
strike; however, the strike may negatively affect Trent Radio's 
environment such that `outreach' is affected.  There is no desire to 
create an atmosphere of escalating suspicion.  (The last sentence in 
the submitted minutes to be deleted.) 
 
 
(This is an attachment to the 10 Mar 96 meeting's minutes.)


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Scott Gordon, Chair                  H. Lisa Howard, Secretary