Report on the Telecommunites '95 Annual General Meeting        S. Toy (aa102)
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Here is my brief report on the Telecommunities '95 Annual General Meeting as
the voting delegate representing the National Capital FreeNet.  It was a 
pleasure to serve the NCF during my holidays while in Victoria.

1. TC home page = http://www.freenet.mb.ca/tc/index.html
   Most of this will be available here.

2. Motion to accept the minutes with some corrections
   NCF Vote: for
   Motion: carried

3. Motion on Making the Bylaws Gender Neutral
   NCF Vote: against
   Motion: defeated

4. Motion to adopt the Bylaws
   NCF Vote: for
   Motion: carried

5. Motion to accept the Financial Statements
   NCF Vote: for
   Motion: carried

6. Motion to dispense with the auditors for 1995
   NCF Vote: for
   Motion: carried

7. Elections of Board of Directors for TC

   Nominated         Affiliation    Elected/term             Office
   ---------         -----------    ------------             ------

  *Andre Laurendeau  Montreal       Elected  2 yrs           Secretary
  *Jon Hall          Edmonton       Elected  1 yr
   Kevin Nuget       Chebucto       
   Lynda Williams    Prince George  (withdrew nomination)
  *Roger Hart        Vancouver      Elected  1 yr
  *Gareth Shearman   Victoria       Elected  1 yr
  *Lisa Donnelly     NCF            Elected  2 yrs
  *Garth Graham      NCF            Elected  2 yrs
  *Michael Gillespie Blue Sky       Elected  2 yrs           President
   Geoff Goodship    Campbell River
   Shawn Henry       Calgary
   
   * indicates how NCF voted.

8. Membership Fees
   
   There was consensus that TC rely on voluntary donations from it's membership.
   One suggestion was a donation of 0.5% of revenues be established.  The TC
   board will discuss the actual amount. 

9. Motion to create a "clearinghouse" called the Canadian Community Networks
   Design Centre (CCNDC).
   
   NCF vote: for
   Motion: carried

   This was a proposal by Garth Graham and will be lead by Garth.

10. The next conference will be held in Edmonton.  Suggested "tracks" are:
       - New FreeNet
       - Existing FreeNet
       - Organization and volunteers
       - Technical
       
   To be included are: trade show, and public seminar.

11. Reports:
  
    NPTN: It was suggested that organizations using the word "freenet"
          or variations of it, change it to something like community 
          network just in case of a law suite from NPTN.

    Charitable Status: It was suggested that a "foundation" be formed with
    charitable status who will receive money and then in turn dish it out
    to local Freenets.  

    No FreeNet should apply or overturn the current decision.  Instead we 
    should let TC arrange everything.  This way there will be consistancy
    and better status for all when it comes to grants etc.  

--
 Stephen E. Toy           | 120 Metcalfe Street | Tel : 613-598-4022   
 Head, Computer Systems   | Ottawa, Ontario     | Fax : 613-567-4013 
 Ottawa Public Library    | K1P 5M2             | aa102@freenet.carleton.ca
 & National Capital FreeNet Board of Directors, SIG Administrator