Development Committee Meeting Minutes Date: Tuesday, October, 24th 1995 Time: 7:30pm Item 1: Roll Call: Gordon Pearson au167 Andre Ouellette bf766 Rebecca Last as006 Mike Mason aw956 Steve Morisson bd577 Brett Delmage aa693 Michael Zahab as240 Gordon Pearson brought the meeting to order at 7:30pm Item 2: Project updates: ======================== a) Loonie Bin Party ------------------ Andre Ouellette reported that the Loonie Bin party is expecting some 90 people, with no doubt more that have not RSVP'd, simply dropping in. Riley's Food & Fun Emporium on Rideau Street will host this event. Riley's has a seating capacity of 175. A large number of people are expected to wear some sort of costume, but this is not mandatory. A multitude of prizes will be awarded at this event. The prizes are donated by: The Bank of Nova Scotia and Riley's. b) Auction Supplemental ----------------------- Mike Mason has confirmed a date for this auction, starting at 9pm Saturday November 18th to 9pm Saturday December 2nd. This will be a sealed bid auction and all bids will be sent to a special e-mail address on NCF which will be accessible only at the end of the auction. Brett Delmage will arrange for the e-mail address. Mike Mason will set up a custom designed bid menu. c) Zaphod's concert Night -------------------------- This concert will be held on Sunday, November 5th, from 5pm to 8pm. at Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York Street. Two local bands, The Daisykillers and Dyssia are donating their considerable talents for this occasion and Zaphod's is donating the space. Online announcements and news releases have been sent out. Posters will be up soon. Steve Morisson (bd577) has graciously volunteered to look after the posters, and will be the NCF's on-site representative. Admission is $4 loons a head at the door. With the exception of the technician's fee, all proceeds from ticket sales will go to NCF. Item 3: Donor recognition Program: ================================== a) Finalizing Donor Levels -------------------------- We have come up with some names for the various donor levels for this program: Surfers... Programmers... Sysops...Gurus...etc... The final decision will be made by Gordon Pearson. b) Coming of Age Reception: -------------------------- Rebecca Last (Chair of the Reception Committee) informed us of the format for this event: V.I.P.'s between 5 -5:30pm 5:30 -6pm Open public 6 -7pm Introductions and awards ceremonies A) Announcment of recent donations by Hardware Canada Computing (SPARC), Fulcrum Technologies (Surfboard), Carleton University (new office space), Plaintree-Levy (ethernet switch) and Oracle (database software) plus awards ceremonies. B) Announcement of NCF's Donor Recognition Program featuring Personalized IDs, adopt-a-modem and new Gold Key Circle. C) Presentation of Gold Key Circle memberships and personalized IDs to NCF's "Key Partners" D) Awarding of a certificate to NCF's 50,000th member. This reception is to be held on Thursday, December 7, 1995. Location to be announced. A list of potential Masters of Ceremonies was drawn up and these people will be contacted shortly. Item 4: Corporate Sponsorship Update: ==================================== Gordon Pearson announced that a possible donation of a number of modems was in the works and things were looking bright. Item 5: Other Business: ======================= Andre Ouellette read a message from the Volunteer Coordinators, regarding the "Criteria for the Awarding of PIDS to Volunteers". Brett Delmage asked for an e-mail copy of this message, so that he might make some suggestions. Once this is finalized, the Criteria will be made public. Item 6: The meeting was adjourned at 9:20pm. The date of the next Development Committee meeting is set for November 28, 1995, RMOC, Honeywell Room. ***Please note the change of date and room, for this next meeting. Our Community. Our FreeNet. Working together. "go funding" / "go helpers" Gordon Pearson (au167), Director of Development, NCF/LCN