TRENT RADIO MINUTES                                     15 August 1997

         MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRENT RADIO,
         held at 640 Reid Street, Peterborough Ontario, on August 15, 1997.

P R E S E N T: 
         Barb Bell, Andrew Fogarasi, Dean Girard, Lisa Howard, 
         Danielle Tassie 


R E G R E T S: Franca Cioffi and Emily Watkins.

Also Present: Barbara Woolner, PD and John Muir GM.

The meeting was called to order at 2:25 p.m. with Andrew Fogarasi acting 
as Chair and Lisa Howard acting as Secretary. 

Previous Minutes:
John Muir produced a set of minutes using the Secretary's notes from the 
previous meeting held on June 13th, 1997. Approval of the minutes was 
deferred until these could be reviewed by the Secretary herself as she 
had not reviewed them. The Secretary made a statement to the effect that 
she had not consented to the use of her notes for this purpose. John 
Muir was anxious to have minutes available within seven days of Board of 
Director's meetings. 

Upon a motion duly made seconded and carried, the approval of the minutes 
was deferred until the secretary was able to look over and make 
necessary changes to, the document presented; and that the Secretary 
produce an amended document and minutes for the August 15th meeting 
within seven days of the August 15th meeting. 

Summer Administrator's Report:
Danielle Tassie reported that she enjoyed the final 'Radio Project' day 
of the summer season. It's theme had been 'International Day' and 
included international programming from noon until six in the evening. 
The event also featured 'international' food. The summer social was a 
lounge party. Some people came dressed for the occasion, e.g. Dean 
Girard. The next social will be held on August 17th - a picnic on Armour 
Hill. 

Archiving parties were a good way to get people out and create community 
while also getting work done. Some people requested evening archiving 
because this made it easier to fit them into their schedule. Some people 
brought their families. Meetings for Executive Producers were held four 
times.  Danielle has been working with Barb Woolner on the fall schedule 
and intro week events. She is also suggests that tours of Trent Radio 
were a good way to interest people. Her office hours were from noon 
until two p.m. week days throughout the summer season. 

Upon a motion duly made, seconded and carried the report by Danielle 
Tassie was accepted. 

The board would like to Thank Danielle Tassie for her work during the 
summer season. 

Programme Director's Report:
Barbara Woolner is looking at the overall context of radio in 
Peterborough as she plans for the fall season. She hopes to make 
improvements to the fall season by introducing more structure to 'Radio 
Project' days. She would like Trent Radio to step up promotion of itself 
as a venue for both community and campus issues and events. Her strategy 
for promotion would involve more on-air type training events (in the 
hopes of creating programmers out of listeners) and 'Radio Cafes' in 
outlying areas on a variety of subjects. Some contacts were made last 
year with the airing of workshops for operators. 

She is working on a speaker series and has one speaker lined up already. 
Andra Mcartney an audio artist has suggested that she would like to 
participate. Barbara has changed the programme proposals to include a 
space for learning interests. For instance some people might want to 
learn how to fix a V.C.R, how to build your own transmitter or even how 
to cheat on your tax return. Her personal goals this year include 
managing her stress levels, and creating a suitable work environment for 
herself. 

Programme proposals should be available starting the week of the 18th of 
August. The due date for programme proposals is the 12th of September. 
She is also planning some events for Intro week at Trent. 

A new category of operators is being created to train others. These will 
be called 'Trainers'.  Barbara is also looking to encourage Trent Radio 
to not only include outreach activities but also to consolidate the 
structure and interests which currently exist. 

Upon a motion duly made, seconded and carried, the Programme Director's 
report was accepted by the Board of Directors. 

Planning:
John has produced a calendar of significant dates for Trent Radio. This 
includes a schedule of proposed Board of Directors meetings and the 
dates where Trout Rodeo would go to press. 

Committees
A membership I.D. card is being prepared for programmers and potential 
volunteers. 

Dean Girard reports that "Trout Rodeo" is ready to go to press. 

Intro week stickers are being prepared. 

Radio Reconnaissance:
Danielle Tassie has been distributing Trent Radio propaganda to outlying 
areas that may now be receiving our broadcasts. Andrew Fogarasi reports 
that The Gordon Best theatre is now being booked by Dave Robertson. John 
has already arranged a booking with Mr. Robertson for Imbayacuna. The 
event will be held on October 10. 

Fundraising & Special Events
The Sadie Hawkins benefit was cancelled due to low ticket sales. Barb 
Bell is looking into rescheduling the benefit (it may have been poorly 
timed). She is also planning a benefit on the 14th of September. Hank 
Fisher has agreed to host the event. Steve May is unavailable to pursue 
a carwash moneymaking event for Trent Radio, he's been accepted at 
Ryerson. Barb is still entertaining the thought of organising such an 
event, however. 

Financial Report:
John reports that we have nearly ten months worth of loan payments in the 
bank, thanks largely to Barb Bell.  The twelve hundred dollars owed to 
us in rental income (or its equivalent in work) has been received from 
Trent Radio's tenant. The demand loan is up to twenty thousand dollars, 
since John has recently withdrawn the remaining five thousand available 
to us (this is not reflected in the attached financial report). 

Upon a motion duly made, seconded and carried, the Board of Directors 
accepted John Muir's financial report. 

General Manager's Report: 
A proposal to broadcast two half hour programmes every weekday
morning at seven would bring nearly eighteen thousand dollars in
revenue to Trent Radio.

Upon a motion duly made, seconded and carried a committee was
struck which would be empowered to review samples of these
broadcasts and make decisions with respect to the details of a
proposal to accept paid religious programming as a fundraising
measure. The committee would report its decision to the Board of
Directors at the next meeting. Members of the committee would
include Barb Bell, Danielle Tassie, Dean Girard, Lisa Howard and
Andrew Fogarasi since these Board members have expressed interest
in the committee.

It was noted that if this proposal were accepted it would not come under 
the responsibility of the Programme Director.  It was suggested that 
these paid programmes would be better broadcast on weekends. It was 
agreed to look into scheduling options. 

There was some concern over the possible intolerance of the 
fundamentalist Christian message.  Andrew Fogarasi volunteered to 
produce a disclaimer for such a broadcast, including a contact name for 
complaints if it were accepted as a proposal.  It was suggested that the 
programming would be reviewed yearly. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried a committee was struck 
which would be empowered to review samples of these broadcasts and make 
decisions with respect to the details of a proposal to accept paid 
religious programming as a fundraising measure. The committee would 
report it's decision to the Board of Directors at the next meeting. 
Members of the committee would include Barb Bell, Danielle Tassie, Dean 
Girard, Lisa Howard and Andrew Fogarasi since these Board members have 
expressed interest in said committee. 

John reported that there is some trouble with the SP25 turntables. Ron 
Shupka still owes Trent Radio for proposed repairs to the turntables 
which he did not do. John suggested that we spend money on new tape 
decks and C.D. players (two of each). The new music logging system will 
not be ready for labour day. He also reported that Kristina Rawlings 
has re-organised the entire basement. The front door handle will be 
replaced since the round door knob is difficult to turn in winter. New 
keys are being made and Trent Radio is changing its locks. The missing 
C.R.O.P. grant report has been filed. O.W.S.P. positions are worth nine 
hundred dollars not six hundred as reported earlier. However, this is 
still less than in previous years. John has bought an air blower which 
he plans to use to clear the air in the two studios. He hopes to wire 
the fan so that it will shut off when the mic is on. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried the Board of Directors 
accepted the report of the General Manager. 

It was noted at this time that Trent Radio is supportive of the 
initiative to preserve Market Hall as a performance space. 

John has agreed to book the Senior Common Room at Peter Robinson College 
for the next Trent Radio meeting. 

The next Trent Radio meeting will be held on September 19, 1997, at 2:00 p.m.. 

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.


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 Andrew Fogarasi, President      H. Lisa Howard, Secretary