Vancouver CommunityNet
Board Meeting
February 17, 1998

Present:  Penny Goldsmith, Margaret Coates, Larry Kuehn, Lyle Gardiner,
Richard Songhurst, Sujay Nazareth, Greg Sturk

Regrets:  Marie Carter, Lily Fu, Darlene McBain.

Staff:  Peter Royce, Jason Currell.

1. Agenda.

M/S/C   	That the agenda be adopted.

2. Minutes of January 20, 1998 meeting.

M/S/C		That the minutes of the January 20, 1998, meeting be adopted.

3. Staff reports.

Tax receipts are being sent out.  Communities Connect project meetings and
training sessions have been held.  Fundraising phoning based on past donors
is being carried out.  The new digital modems are ready to install.
Consideration is being given to what phone carrier should be used.

4. Committee reports.

Fundraising-The priority for fundraising is corporate donations for phone
lines.

Web Working Group-The group is examing revisions to the VCN Web page.  The
main priority is updating the information on a regular basis.  The
intention is to work with the IP's to keep their information up to date.

People's Summit-The People's Summit is giving $3000 to the VCN to hire a
person to polish the Virtual Summit Web site, to manage the apec-l
listserv, and generally maintain the Virtual Summit until it is clear about
a continuing project for next year's People's Summit on APEC in Malaysia.
Terre Flower will carry out the work on the project.

Presidents' Council-A meeting of the Council was held to develop plans on
how to turn the priorities set in the planning meeting into activities.
Three areas of activity were identified:  access, community development and
organizational support.
Staffing requirements were identified:  a person to carry out
administrative work (20 hours a week for six months); two positions for the
job creation partnership (supported by Section 20 grants).  Work for the
partnership positions would focus on communtiy development and training.  A
grant for planning will be used to assist in developing a three-year plan
for the VCN.

M/S/C 		That an administrative assistant position be created for 20 
hours a week for six months and the hiring process begin immediately. 

5. Cash position.

The total cash balance after anticipated expenses:  $51,065.84

6. Policy issues.

M/S/C		That the phone service for modem pool access be moved to 
MetroNet, if the necessary arrangements with the VPL can be made.

It was agreed that the VCN should encourage community groups to keep the
information on their Web pages updated, and provide assistance in that
where possible.

It was agreed that Penny, Margaret and Peter would draft a policy proposal
on student projects with VCN.

7. Announcements.

A. Community Development Institute Workshop-Penny has proposed a workshop
for the Institute on the VCN and Povnet as examples of community
development using the Internet.

B.  Net '98 Conference-Penny and Jason will attend the Communitynet part of
the conference and Jason to the technical workshop.   Richard, Greg, Lyle
and Sujay are also interested in attending.