Tuesday, November 21, 1995
Director of Development's Report
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There are no "Action" items for the Board in this report.

Bell Sponsorship Proposal
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A major sponsorship proposal has been submitted to Bell. It is still making
its way through the Bell system. 

The most positive response to date has been an offer made on Friday November
17th by Worldlinks (Bell's internet subsidiary) to provide funding based on
the number of subscribers it receives through NCF. Worldlinks is striking
commercial distribution arrangements with retailers to promote and
distribute its product & service -- the important distinction is that the
administrative burden of distribution would be off-loaded to Bell's
subsidiary in NCF's case.

I will be seeking input about this from the Executive Committee this week
before going any further.

December 7th "Coming of Age" Reception
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The reception is being held at Ottawa City Hall in the Rotunda. Mayor
Holzman has confirmed her attendance and willingness to say a few words of
congratulations on behalf of the City.

I have contacted all our Key Partners by phone to confirm their attendance
and arranged for Targetted Communications Management to assist with the news
media. The Key Partner invitations will be signed by Dave Sutherland. I will
be invitating all NCF connection sponsors, NCF donors and RMOC and City of
Ottawa Councillors. Rebecca Last is in charge of on-site logistics and is
taking care of invitations to the NCF Board, Federal MPs, Provincial MPPs
and NCF's 50,000th member.

Equipment Donations
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Sponsorship proposals to two corporations to donate a Terminal Server (for
the new phone lines) and a Router are in preparation and will be sent this week.

SGI is reviewing a proposal submitted last week for the donation of one of
their new WEBForce Servers.

Mitel has provided a list of the equipment it is donating (several Sun 4/280
servers) and this has been forwarded to John Stewart for comment.

Online Funding Drive
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A funding drive is being prepared to begin in December with the
implementation of the new Donor Recognition Program outlined to the Board
last month. The campaign will be announced on December 7th.

Government Grants
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Final reports have been submitted to the RMOC in connection with the
Challenge Fund grant ($50,000) and the Economic Development grant ($40,000).
I expect the first installment amounting to 90% of the challenge fund grant
to be issued this month. The Economic Development grant has already been
received.

I submitted a number of proposals to the Finance Committee for basing NCF's
1996 application to the RMOC's Economic Development Program. With input from
the Committee and advice from Andrew Patrick, an application will be
submitted on December 15th.

Connection Sponsors
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Professional Engineers Ontario - Ottawa Chapter and the Ottawa Regional
Cancer Centre have come on board as Connection Sponsors.

ShowCase Sponsors
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Campaign materials, including a covering letter, program blurb, screen
captures and prospect lists, have been prepared to begin soliciting new
ShowCase Sponsors from the business community. The campaign will be ongoing
with volunteer help in faxing out the proposals and following up by phone.

             Our Community. Our FreeNet. Working together.
                     "go funding"  / "go helpers"
       Gordon Pearson (au167), Director of Development, NCF/LCN