MINUTES OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL FREENET BOARD MEETING
                        27 August 1996
          held at the St. Laurent Public Library

The following board members were in attendance:
Julie Chahal, 2nd Vice President, ab161
Jessica Cohen, aa724
Rosaleen Dickson, ac174
Jim Elder, aa456
Rebecca Last, as006
Andrew Patrick, 1st Vice President, aa118
Dave Sutherland, President, aa001 (Chair)
Richard Taylor, Secretary, aa333
Jean Wilmot, aa145

Absent:
Jeff Bossert, au025
Nadia Diakun-Thibault, ab341
Yvonne Dionne, ao594
Chris Hawley, ah654
Natalie Munro, aa966
Andre Vellino, an386

NCF Staff Present:  
Lisa Donnelly, Executive Director, xx412, 
Angela Lukach, Development Officer, ag544
Sheila Currie-Alder, Admininstrative Coordinator, xx001
Roy Hooper, Systems Administrator, xx016

NCF volunteers/members present:
Andre Oulette, Jean-Yves Fortin, Mike Mason, John Stewart

Dave Sutherland called the meeting to order shortly after 7:10 p.m.

  1.  Introductions
Nadia Diakun-Thibault, Jeff Bossert, Chris Hawley and Andre Vellino sent their
regrets at not being able to attend the meeting. (Yvonne was on her
honeymoon - congratulations!!)
 
  2.  Approval of the minutes of the 16 July, 1996 meeting
Moved A. Patrick, seconded J. Elder
PASSED without change.

For: 
Julie Chahal,
Jessica Cohen,
Rosaleen Dickson,
Jim Elder,
Rebecca Last,
Andrew Patrick,
Dave Sutherland,
Richard Taylor,

Abstain:
Jean Wilmot,

Absent:
Jeff Bossert,
Nadia Diakun-Thibault,
Yvonne Dionne,
Chris Hawley,
Natalie Munro,
Andre Vellino, an386
 
  3.  Review of the Agenda
No changes.
 
  4.  Financial Report                                  (J. Wilmot)

Urgent need to increase revenue. Discussion of immediate actions to
solicit donations and to renew line sponsorships. A campaign has already
started to ask regular members for donations. 9000 e-mail letters have
been sent to members. To increase immediate revenue, Board members
volunteered to approach specific former line sponsors. A. Lukach will send
out a sample letter and names of contacts to use to approach sponsors.
Board members will report back at next Board meeting. 

Brief discussion of improvements to login screen to increase prominence of line
sponsorship.
R. Hooper is tasked to make the improvements.

  5.  Fundraising update.                               (A. Lukach)
Combined with previous item.

  6.  New Business
        a) Review of suggested Committee mandates
                1) Development committee                (R. Last)
See proposed mandate on-line.
Looking for a new chair for the committee.
Suggestion that Lisa take the role of chair temporarily. Staff meeting tomorrow
will reassign staff priorities.

MOTION:
That the Development Committee be given the mandate as proposed.
Moved R.Taylor, seconded R. Last
PASSED

For: 
Julie Chahal,
Jessica Cohen,
Rosaleen Dickson,
Jim Elder,
Rebecca Last,
Andrew Patrick,
Dave Sutherland,
Richard Taylor,
Jean Wilmot,

Absent:
Jeff Bossert,
Nadia Diakun-Thibault,
Yvonne Dionne,
Chris Hawley,
Natalie Munro,
Andre Vellino, an386

                2) Executive committee mandate                  (J. Cohen)
See proposed mandate on-line.

MOTION:
That the proposed mandate be adopted for the executive committee.

Moved by J. Cohen, seconded by R. Last
Discussion of items 3 and 6 of areas of responsibility. Are other aspects
falling between the cracks? Relationship with Planning Committee is not well
defined. 
MOTION TO DEFER:
Moved by A. Patrick seconded J. Cohen
PASSED unanimously

For: 
Julie Chahal,
Jessica Cohen,
Rosaleen Dickson,
Jim Elder,
Rebecca Last,
Andrew Patrick,
Dave Sutherland,
Richard Taylor,
Jean Wilmot,

Absent:
Jeff Bossert,
Nadia Diakun-Thibault,
Yvonne Dionne,
Chris Hawley,
Natalie Munro,
Andre Vellino, an386

        b) Review of NCF Development strategy    (committee of the whole)
Open discussion including members present. Ideas for immediate actions were
suggested and briefly discussed. L. Donnelly will summarize and produce list
of tasks to be done. These will be brought to the Development Committee at
the meeting next Tuesday (1996-09-05) 7:00 pm at RMOC Headquarters - all Board
members are strongly encouraged to attend. Need to rebuild this committee.

  7.  Reports
        a) Operations Update                            (L. Donnelly)
Will e-mail later. No other urgent items.
        b) FreePlan Update                              (Donnelly/Allen)
Brief discussion of status. Board members agreed that FreePlan initiatives
should be visibly implemented as soon as possible.
        c) Project Coordinator's Report                 (J. Wilkinson)
 
  8.  Next meeting
Tuesday, 17 September, 1996, OPL St. Laurent
 
  9.  In camera session 
        Discussion of OPL partnership.

L. Donnelly asked Board members for a date for the final Board development
Workshop. An agenda is also needed - Board members were asked for a list of
agenda items. Aim for Board meeting in November.
 
  10.  Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 10:15 pm.