Vancouver Community Network
Board Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2000

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Vancouver Community Network, Board
of Directors, held on Saturday, January 22, 2000 at 2:50 P.M. on the
third floor at, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC.

Present: Alison Curtis, Steve Forrest, Lyle Gardiner, Penny Goldsmith,
Michael Gurstein, Suzanne Klinga, Jonn Olldym, Sadia Ramirez, Richard
Smith, Richard Songhurst, Greg Sturk

Staff: Jason Currell, Carolyn Nantais

Absent: Sujay Nazareth

Chair: Alison Curtis               Secretary: Greg Sturk

1.    Adoption of the Agenda, M/S/C.

2.    Motion to accept the minutes of the November 30, 1999 meeting,
M/S/C.

3.    Motion to have the Board send flowers to Terry's family, M/S/C.

4.    Agreed that regular Board meetings will be held on the last
Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30.

5.    Financial Statements:
The financial statements for the months of November and December 1999,
were presented by Carolyn. She noted that we are within budget on
everything and well accounted for - for each month. Most of our income
is from the VolNet project and we are on budget. We expect funds from
the delivery agency next month and for March and April. We received the
Professional Organization and Development (POD) grant in early December.
This is intended to build board capability for volunteer organizations.
Michael suggested that it be used for long term planning. Carolyn noted
that memberships are up a little and non-profit services are up
considerably.
Motion to approve the financial statements,  M/S/C.

6.    Technical Report:
Motion to adopt the Terms of Reference Report, as written by Stephen
Chan, M/S/C.
Motion to impliment a server backup, with funds up to $10,000 allocated,
M/S/C.
Steve Forrest recommmended that a second server be purchased, more
details to come at the next Board meeting. The Technical Committee will
look at the total costs for such a system.

7.    Staff Reports:
a)  The office is looking to add a part-time office administration
assistant while Peter is away, and to hire a volunteer 
co-ordinator/technical back-up person. Finances and job descriptions are
still being worked out. The Board will be advised by e-mail.
b)  Jason informed us that it cost $4,500 for us to get back on-line,
after our recent outage. We plan to develop a better system for backup.
We have installed a UPS and the server problem is fixed, also used 17"
monitors have been installed in the office. New group telephone lines
have been ordered. A general discussion followed, concerning modems to
be purchased, with the technical committee recommending 56K.
Motion to approve up to $9,000 for modems and a box, depending on
project funding, M/S/C.
c)  Motion to approve Carolyn as Acting Co-ordinator, M/S/C.
Motion to approve a salary adjustment, M/S/C.

8.    Agreed that Michael will replace Alison as the BCCNA liason.

9.    Other Business:
Michael mentioned that David Newman, who is very involved with community
networks, will be in town on April 29 & 30.
Motion to have Steven Chan, Michael and Peter draft a letter of support
to Look TV, concerning a recent proposal, M/S/C.

The Board Meeting was adjourned at 3:30 P.M.