Board report for the months of April, May and June 2007.

The office continues to operate well with each of the staff carrying their
share of the members support functions.  With the reduced summer load
we have reduced the number of staff and volunteers in the office.  To cover
vacations and maintain a high level of service we have hired Emma, a 3rd year
university student.  Emma has been a great success and we will miss her in
the fall.  A number of the volunteers are taking vacations for the summer
and are planning to return when the load re-appears in the fall.

Member donations for the period showed a 10% decline over the previous
year, dropping from $51K to $46K.  Fortunately revenue from members using the
high speed service rose from $34K last year to $98K during the current period.
After all expenses are netted out, the NCF finds itself in a slightly better
financial picture than last year.

Expenses for Telus have been reduced for the summer months with the suspension
of two PRI.  Given the lighter load there should be no effect to the service
received by dial-up members.  With summer vacation the payroll should also
be lighter during the months of June through August.

The NCF has recently negotiated an agreement with the Employment and
Financial Assistance Branch (EFA) of the City of Ottawa for a trial program
to help fund internet access for families in financial distress.  We are required
create an online survey to better understand the needs and financial standing of
new and renewing members.  I am obviously quite positive about the potential of
this program to help the NCF to afford to bring the internet to more local residents.
I will bring more details about the program to the upcoming Board meeting.

The end of June found the NCF with 1033 high speed members.  This is about on
forecast although we expect new registrations to be slow through the remaining
summer months.

We have completed out negotiations with Carleton University to continue hosting
our services in their data centre.  The settling of past accounts resulted in an
outstanding balance of $11,000.00 payable to Carleton.  This required us to
draw down out resurves to cover this amont.

I have found a lead on OC-Transpo bus advertising.  They are prepared to give the
NCF a significant discount the bus ads (90cm X 30cm) that live over the riders heads.
I am trying to develop the material right now for posting in August.  If you have
ideas on what would catch your eye while riding on the bus please forward me your
ideas.  Tee time is short if we are going to take advantage of this opportunity
before the fall.

All of our Board members and officers will be happy to learn that we have renewed our
D&O insurance with the Encon group.  This years premium remains unchanged at $2,273.00.

See you Tuesday night

john