Trent Radio Minutes                                          5 March 1999

    MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held at 751 George
    Street North, on 5 March 1999, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the
    afternoon.

P R E S E N T: Grant Ball, Barb Bell, Lauren Hughes, Nancy Logger,
               and Ellen Waterman.

R E G R E T S: Emily Addison, and Derek Martin.

Also Present: John K. Muir, General Manager; and Barb Woolner,
              Programme Director

Notice of this meeting having been made to all the Directors, the meeting 
was declared duly constituted and called to order shortly after 2:00 pm, 
with Grant Ball acting as Chair and Ellen Waterman taking notes for the 
Secretary, Emily Addison. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, all business conducted at 
the Meeting held without a quorum on 18 December 1998 was duly regularised 
and the minutes of that same Meeting were approved. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the Meeting 
held on January 29 1999 were approved. 

Business Arising:
It was noted that there was no business arising other than the information 
held in the reports to be presented later during the meeting. 

Operations Report:
The General Manager introduced the Operation report.

Barb Woolner presented the Programme Director's report (see attached). 

John Muir presented the General Manager's report (see attached). 

This included the financial statements for the period ending 31 January 
99, subject to adjustment.  It was noted that amount for student 
memberships for the current year had yet to finalised, and in addition, 
adjustments for the University account and year-end adjustments pursuant 
to the Financial Review prepared by  McColl Turner were not yet reflected 
in the statements as presented. 

It was also noted during the General Manager's report that although our 
cash position is $1,500 ahead of last year's position, there is still the 
need to lay off the General Manager beginning March 9 1999 due to lack of 
funds.  Also noted was the work that the General Manager had done towards 
contributing to a levy reporting policy originally proposed by the TCSA in 
the interests of the organisation. 

It was noted at this time that John K. Muir should spearhead the response 
to the CRTC call for responses to their proposed policies concerning 
campus radio (PN 1999-30).  Ellen Waterman and Michael Waterman (Radio 
Artist in Residence) will work towards developing a definition of audio 
art and Professor Marian Bredin will be consulted regarding overall 
policy. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the Operations Report was 
accepted. 


COMMITTEE REPORTS

Board Development:
Grant Ball stated in a verbal report that he would attempt to make a 
meeting of the Board of Directors at the Peterborough Public Library. 

Physical Plant and Technical:
There was no report submitted for the Meeting. 

Spoken Work Archive:
Nancy Logger provided a written report (see attached) which stated that a 
new staff member had been hired to replace the previous individual who had 
to bow out owning to academic commitments. 

Music Committee:
Lauren Hughes provided a verbal report.  Among other items it was proposed 
that a list be posted at Trent Radio for  people who would be available 
for interviews so that programmers can take advantage of those 
opportunities. 

It was at this time that Emily Addison arrived from a previous engagement.

Fundraising and Membership:
Barb Bell provided a verbal report in which was discussed the idea of a 
fundraising event to Casino Rama.  Barb Bell also announced that there 
would be a fundraising evening held by the Good n' Country Gals.  No dates 
were finalised for either event. 

Social Secretary:
Ellen Waterman provided a verbal report which proposed the organisation of 
one last Radio Salon in April which would be dedicated to programmers 
discussing their shows.  A tentative date of April 7 1999 was suggested. 

Propaganda and Community Links:
Emily Addison provided a verbal report to accompany her written report 
(see attached). Emily Addison will work with the Programme Director and 
the General Manager in preparation for an upcoming 'Radio On The Lawn' 
radio day. 

It was noted that the next meeting be held on April 2 1999. 

The General Manager and Programme Director then left the meeting. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried, the lay-off of the General 
Manager as of 9 March 1999 was accepted due to the lack of funds. 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. 

  ______________________     __________________________
   J. Grant Ball, Chair       Emily Addison, Secretary