Please forward to the board of directors the following motions to 
ammend the FreeNet's by-laws for at the Annual General Meeting.


motion 1 is to change by-law #3 on membership fees to read

"3. There shall be no membership fee in money or in labour."

justification: to prevent the imposition of a fee of labour as a 
requirement for membership.

moved by: William Watt ag384
seconded by: Candace L. Faucher dl865


motion 2 is to change by-law #3 on membership fees to read

"3. There shall be an annual membership fee. The fee may be paid 
in money or labour at the choice of the member. The fee for 1999 
is $24 or 12 hours of labour. Thereafter the fee may be increased 
once in any year by a majority vote of the members at the Annual 
General Meeting. The fee may be decreased at any time by a 
majority vote of the board of directors."

justification: to allow the imposition of a fee of money or labour 
as a requirement for membership and to prevent the fee from being 
increased without the usual approval of the members. The amounts 
proposed for 1999 are the amounts recommended by members on the 
board of directors. Putting the initial fee in the by-law prevents 
a situation in which the imposition of the fee is approved but the 
fee itself in a separate vote is not.

moved by: William Watt ag384
seconded by: Candace L. Faucher dl865

motions 1 and 2 give the members the opportunity to chose 
clearly and democratically whether they want to have a membership 
fee paid in money or labour.


motion 3 is to change the name of the FreeNet 

"The name of the corporation is 'The Ottawa-Carleton Community 
Network'."

justification: to reflect the possible imposition of a membership 
fee, and to remove the ambiguous word "national" in a global 
communication context where there are many nations.

moved by: William Watt ag384
seconded by: Candace L. Faucher dl865


Thank you,

Wm. R. Watt
membership no. ag384