MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRENT RADIO MEETING, held at the Jolly Hangman, Peter Robinson College, 751 George Street on 22 Nov 1998 at 1:12 p.m. P R E S E N T: Grant Ball, Esther Caldwell, Bill Thompson and Andrew Parker. R E G R E T S: Francesca Cioffi Also Present: Barb Woolner, Programme Director & John K. Muir, General Manager Notice of this meeting, having been duly communicated to the Directors, and a quorum being present, the meeting was called to order declared duly constituted at 1:12 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 30 September 1998 were approved as amended. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Minutes of the Board meeting held 26 October 1998 were approved. PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: The General Manager presented to the the financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended 31 August 1998, consisting of statement of financial position, a statement of operations, a statement of changes in net assets, a statement of changes in cash position along with the Notes to the financial statements and the review engagement report as prepared by McColl Turner, Chartered Accountants, the auditors of the Corporation, dated the 18 November 1998. Discussion and questions followed. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and, unanimously carried, it was resolved that the financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended 31 August 1998, consisting of statement of financial position, a statement of operations, a statement of changes in net assets, a statement of changes in cash position along with the Notes to the financial statements and the review engagement report as prepared by McColl Turner, Chartered Accountants, the auditors of the Corporation, dated the 18 November 1998, are hereby approved. It was noted that news elements have been added to the financial statements which shall be incorporated as of 31 August 1998. The General Manager then presented the financial statements of the Corporation for 31 October 1998 UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and, unanimously carried, it was resolved that the financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended 31 October 1998, be accepted as presented ANY OTHER BUSINESS: The General Manager reported that a the transmitter failed on Halloween night around 11:45pm. The final stage power supply unit (PSU) broken down, which may in turn have been caused by a loose connector failing to feedback control to the exciter/drive unit. John Matthews of Promethean Electronics did a good job and was able to attend the following afternoon. The PSU was reinstalled in the early morning hours of Wednesday, 4 Nov 98, with the help of Paul Cleveland, who took fully responsibility for the transmitter failure in his capacity of Official Scapegoat. The being no further business the Board members thanked one another for their work over the last year and wished each other well. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m. ____________________________ _____________________________ Bill Thompson, Chair John K Muir, General Manager