CSIRP BoD Meeting 12 June 2003 MINUTES of the CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT RADIO PRODUCTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING held by telephone and convened from 640 Reid Street, Peterborough, Ontario on 12 June 2003 at the hour of 7:05 p.m,, EDT. P R E S E N T: Doug Samuel, Heather Majaury, Dominique Soutif, & John K Muir. R E G R E T S: Steve Wadhams and Janna Graham Also Present: Hal Doran, CSIRP VP Admin & Finance. Notice of this meeting having been made to all Directors, and a majority of the Board being present in person or by telephone, the meeting was declared duly constituted and called to order at 7:05pm, with John Muir acting as Chair and Secretary. An agenda, as circulated, was agreed upon. The minutes of the previous Board meeting were presented. UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the minutes of the previous Board of Directors' meeting, held on 22 May 2003 were approved. Agenda Item #04 - Communications a) Current Wavelength Progress Report Hal Doran reported that the deadline for submissions has been pushed back twice and now stands as Fri, 13 June 03. b) Internet Entities - Control of fmok.org is listed as Barry Rueger & Bagatelle Communications. Control of the general CSIRP Topica listserv is shown as Owner 1 & Owner 2. Control of the CSIRP Board listserv is shown as "suppressed". Agenda Item #05 - Membership Hal Doran reported that CSIRP has 40 members, with two addition in the last week. In addition to the letters of letters of notice a reminder to renew were sent to CSIRP members whose membership had lapsed in the last six months. Through a deal struck with the Canadian Association of Journalists Members may renew by credit card. The Board thanked Hal for his work. Agenda Item #07 - Full Moon Report. A brief update from Janna Graham on the progress for Full Moon 2003 was presented (see attached). Agenda Item #08 - OTF CRI Year 02 & 03 John Muir presented a brief report regarding OTF CRI Year 02 & 03 funding and reporting requirements. (see attached) Agenda Item #09a A email letter dated 23 may 03 sent from Steve Wadhams was presented. UPON A MOTION duly made seconded and carried unanimously, the Board accepts the resignation of Steve Wadhams from the Board with regret. Agenda Item #09b Douglas Samuel indicated that he wished to resign as Treasurer. Various members of the Board heartily thanked Mr. Samuel for his hard work over the past two years. UPON A MOTION duly made seconded and carried unanimously, the Board accepts the resignation of Douglas Samuel as Treasurer with regret. Agenda Item #09c A proposal was presented to manage the financial administration of the Society. (see attached) UPON A MOTION duly made seconded and carried unanimously, the Board accepts the proposal the manage the financial administration of the Society as presented. Agenda Item #10 Hal Doran reported that Notice of the AGM was mailed and dated in time to comply with the requirements of the Society's by-laws. Agenda Item #11 It was reported that a determination as to an amount owed under a contractual obligation has been made by the CSIRP bookkeeper along with the report of the amount. UPON A MOTION duly made seconded and carried unanimously, the Board accepts the report of the Bookkeeper as to the amount owed to Victoria Fenner under various contracts as being $6,246.15 It was noted that confirmation of this amount was to be sent by real mail to the CSIRP Head Office and that this amount will be certified by the CSIRP auditor. Agenda Item #11 The matter of legal fees was brought forward. UPON A MOTION duly made seconded and carried a maximum amount of $1,000 without further board approval was allocated for legal services pursuant to settling a claim for compensation with Victoria Fenner. Agenda Item #06 - Nominating Committee Dominique Soutif reported that eight names have been brought forward for consideration of the membership at the Annual General Meeting. They are; Audrey Churgin, Rick Cousins, Fred Eckert-Maret, Janna Graham, John K. Muir, Lois Ross, Doug Samuel, & Dominique Soutif This concludes the first part of the nomination process. More information is available at; http://www.radiosite.ca/nomination.html The Board thanked Dominique for his work The next Meeting of the Board was set for Saturday, 09 August 2003 at 10am EST at Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario CANADA. This is at the same place and one hour before the time set for the CSIRP AGM. It was noted that Dominique Soutif will be in Paris, France at that time. The issue of proxy voting at a Board meeting will be investigated prior to the meeting. There being no further business the Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 pm _______________________________ _______________________________ John K. Muir, President & Chair Janna Graham, Secretary [end]