MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRENT RADIO MEETING, held at 798 Donwood Drive on 24 June 1998 at 7:00 p.m. P R E S E N T: Grant Ball, Barb Bell, Esther Caldwell, and Bill Thompson R E G R E T S: Francesca Cioffi, Andrew Parker and Nick Smith Also Present: John K. Muir, General Manager Notice of this meeting, having been duly communicated to the Directors, the meeting was declared duly constitutioned and called to order at 7:06 p.m., with Bill Thompson acting as Chair and John K Muir acting as Secretary. PREVIOUS MINUTES: UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Minutes of the Board meeting held 27 May 1998 were approved as read. BUSINESS ARISING: There was no business arising. OPERATIONS REPORT: John Muir presented the Operations Report including a report from Chris Tonelli, the Summer Programme Coordinator; and Brent Wood, the Radio Drama Series Producer. (See attachments) UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Operations Report was accepted. It was noted this time that a budget proposal for another series of radio drama productions next year will be put before the Board COMMITTEE REPORTS Community Links Committee: Francesca Cioffi was not present. It was noted that copies of the PSA Pamphlet presented to the BoD at the last meeting will be made at the Trent Print Shop shortly. Social Secretary The Board received a written report from Andrew Parker regarding a series of "salons" to be held in the Fall. It was noted that a schedule and budget shall be forthcoming. Board Development Committee: Bill Thompson advised thqat there was no report for this meeting. Fundraising and Membership Committee: Barb Bell reported that eight people need to be recruited to commit to sell eight tickets each. The selling price is $13.00. John Muir is to be responsible for having the tickets prepared. Music Committee A written email report was not available for the meeting. However, Grant Ball advised that great deal of work has been done on the Music Archive, thanks in part to the good work of Chris Tonelli. The email report is to be found and attached to the reports presented at the next Board meeting. ANY OTHER BUSINESS John Muir made a request pursuant to his honorarium and contract of employment. After providing some background to his request, Mr. Muir left the meeting room. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved that the Board authorise an advance payment to John Muir of his summer honorarium. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, it was resolved that Bill Thompson as President and Barb Bell shall negotiate an agreement with Mr. Muir as provided by his employement contract, which shall be presented to the Board at the next meeting for their consideration. At this time Mr. Muir was called back to the meeting and informed of the Board's decision. The next meeting of the Board shall be on 26 August 1998, at a time and place to be determined. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m. ____________________________ _____________________________ Bill Thompson, Chair John K Muir, General Manager