Vancouver Community Network
Board Meeting Minutes - November 21, 2000

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Vancouver Community Network, Board
of Directors, held on Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 5:30 P.M. in the
Boardroom, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC.

Present: Alison Curtis, Tom Hanson, Lyle Gardiner, Sujay Nazareth, Greg Sturk, Suzanne Klinga, Jason Currell, Richard Songhurst, Penny Goldsmith, Sadia Ramirez, Michael Gurstein,

Staff: Peter Royce

Absent: Jonn Olldym, Richard Smith

Chair: Alison Curtis               Secretary: Sujay Nazareth

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

2.    Acceptance of minutes of October 24th, 2000 meeting, with 	amendments M/S/C

3.    The auditor has pointed out that the internal controls that VCN 	currently has for accounting for the donations made to VCN are in 	need of improvement. This will be looked into and discussed at the 	next board 	meeting on how it can be resolved. Currently VCN's 	monthly expense is at 	approximately $30,000 per month. 

	Motion to accept Financial Statements as prepared by the auditor, 	and presented by Treasurer Tom Hanson M/S/C

	Move to approve statements that have to be sent to the BC Gaming 	Commission with regards to Casino Funds M/S/C

	Motion that all future grant applications take into account a 6% 	increase in wages for the core VCN positions as of January 1, 	2000. M/S/C

	Motion that the annual increase for the wages of the core staff be 	tagged to the average rate of increase in BC Wages.

5.    Michael informed the board that the BCCNA conference in to be held 	in March at Lumby, BC. Telecommunities Canada may also be holding 	their	conference at the same time at the same place.

	Motion that VCN supports the idea of holding the Global CN 	Conference in Vancouver in 2002 and is willing to be a sponsor 	of the event M/S/C

	Meeting was Adjourned at 6:30PM