Vancouver Community Network Board Meeting Minutes - December 12, 2000 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Vancouver Community Network, Board of Directors, held on Tuesday, December 12, 2000 at 6:30 P.M. in the Boardroom, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC. Present: Alison Curtis, Greg Sturk, Alexandra Samuel, Jason Currell, Jim Sayre, Jonn Olldym, Mary Hammond, Michael Gurstein, Sharlene Smith, Sujay Nazareth, Veronica Aimone Staff: Peter Royce, Carolyn Nantais, Steven Chan Absent: Suzanne Klinga, Richard Songhurst, Lyle Gardiner Chair: Alison Curtis Secretary: Sujay Nazareth 1. Adoption of the Agenda, M/S/C. 2. Motion for Alison Curtis to remain President of VCN, M/S/C Motion for Greg Sturk to remain Vice-President of VCN, M/S/C Motion for Sujay Nazareth to remain Secretary of VCN, M/S/C 3. Acceptance of minutes of November 21, 2000 meeting, M/S/C 4. A budget for VCN will be made ready and available to the board in January. Tom Hanson has resigned from the post of treasurer of VCN as well as from the board of directors. A job posting has been posted for the post of treasurer. Motion that Jason Currell, Greg Sturk, Alison Curtis, Jim Sayre, and Richard Songhurst be signing officers on the VCN account, M/S/C 5. Peter Royce gave a brief description of all the projects that VCN is currently involved in and their status. Steven Chan explained the technical background of the VCN as well as some stats regarding our telephone line usages and some changes that have been made to ease the congestion of lines. 6. Motion that VCN gets a Corporate Credit Card for Rupinder and Steven subject to usage guidelines with a credit limit of upto $5,000, M/S/C, 1 opposed Motion that VCN buys a membership with the United Community Services Co-Op, M/S/C 7. The issue of the PIAC Consultation has been tabled for the next meeting. 8. It has been decided that board meetings will now be held on the last Monday of every month. The Board retreat will be held on January 13,2001 from 10:00 AM to 3:00PM. 9. A finance Committee is to be formed to monitor VCN's financial situation and to set up operating budgets and set up scenarios for what needs to be done in a financial shortage. This committee will comprise of Alison Curtis, Jason Currell, Peter Royce and the new treasurer. 10. The next board meeting will be held on January 29, 2001 Meeting was adjourned @ 9:00 PM