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CSIRP BoD Meeting                                           01 November 2003 

   MINUTES of the CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR INDEPENDENT RADIO PRODUCTION BOARD OF 
   DIRECTORS MEETING held in the Court Room, Arts Court 2 Daly Avenue, 
   Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6E2 on 09 Aug 2003 at the hour of Noon and just 
   following a Special Meeting of Members. 

P R E S E N T: Rick Cousins, Lois Ross, Douglas Samuel, and John K Muir 

R E G R E T S: Janna Graham, Angela M. Blake and Audrey Churgin 

Also present: Hal Doran VP Administration and Finance. 

Notice of this meeting having been made to all Directors, and a majority of 
the Board being present in person, the meeting was declared duly constituted 
and called to order at 11:55am, with John Muir acting as Chair. 

01. Approval of Agenda 

An agenda was agreed upon and discussion followed. 

It was noted that the minutes for the previous Board Meeting held just prior 
to the Special Meeting of Members, and this Meeting will be presented to the 
Board at its next Meeting. 

02. Appointment of Officers 
John Muir restated this intention and reasons for tendering his resignation 
as President and Chair.  It was noted that he is constrained by his other 
commitments from carrying-on in this role.  It was also noted that John 
expressed his heartfelt thanks to Hal Doran, Doug Samuel and Janna Graham for 
their support in his undertaking these roles for the past year. 

A summary of the responsibilities of the President and Chair was presented. 

Discussion and nominations followed. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, Rick Cousins was 
appointed Chair and President of CSIRP. 

A five minute recess was agreed upon and thereafter the Meeting continued 
with Rick Cousins acting as Chair. 

03. Planning next steps. 
a) Review of 08Oct03 BoD Meeting information. (Agenda and minutes) 
The minutes and Meeting package were reviewed in an effort to clarify what 
steps should be taken next.  John Muir declared a conflict of interest in the 
matter of two Trent Radio proposals for OTF Year 3 activities and left the 
meeting room. 

UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the Trent Radio 
proposals to conduct "First Person Singular" and an AudioSoup event for 
Ottawa were approved. 

At this time John Muir rejoined the Meeting. 

b) NAISA proposed contract for "Radio Without Boundaries 2004" RWB 04 
UPON A MOTION duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, the proposal to 
sponsor the "Radio Without Boundaries" portion of Deep Wireless 2004 for the 
sum of $7,000 was approved. 

It was noted at this time that the wording of the proposed contract would be 
blending into the CSIRP standard master contract before being executed. 

04. It was decided that the time and date for the next Meeting would be 
arranged over the next few weeks. 

05. Adjournment. 

There being no further business the Meeting was adjourned at 11 a.m. 

 _______________________________      _______________________________ 
 Rick Cousins, President & Chair       John K Muir, Board Member 

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