Kootenay Cooperative Radio Annual General Meeting Minutes 2007
Meeting Date: Wed Oct 24 2007
Kootenay Co-op Radio
Annual General Meeting
October 24, 2007
Minutes
1. Sign-in of members and guests
Directors in attendance: Lise Godin, Neil Sorochan, Richard Metzner, Della McLeod, Bob Olsen, Fred Rosenberg, Andrew Creighton
Staff: Bill Metcalfe, Terry Brennan, Zoë Creighton, Deb Burnett
Plus the following 40 members:
James Miller
John Humphrey
Ceilidh Sutherland
Paul Adam
Jamie Donaldson
Wendy Nelson
Tamasine Drisdale
Gord Andrews
Scott Gain
Brigitte Hus
Sebastien DeMarre
Holley Rubinsky
Bill Levey
Mike Chapman
David Wells
Normand Richard
Hal Mitchell
Sue Schultz
Dave Ambry
Jim Terral
Judy Wapp
David Everest
Vita Marguin
Heather Dahlgrin
Catherine Fisher
Tom Clegg
Daniel Bishop
Linda Sawchyn
Gerry Ring
Richard Rosenstock
Donovan Carter
Richard Carver
Jon Steinman
Olindo Chiocca
Sandra Hartline
Hannah Friesen
Gabriel Keczan
Jocelyn Carver
Catherine McGrath
Illegible signature
Charles Jeanes
2. Approval of Agenda
moved by Charles Jeanes, seconded by Zoe Creighton, carried.
3. Acceptance of AGM minutes of October 26, 2006
moved by Charles Jeanes, seconded by Bob Olsen, carried.
4. Year in Review presented by Bob Olsen
5. Committee Reports
Building Report-- David Everest
Technical Report-- Terry Brennan
Finance Report-Teressa Hodsall
Personnel Report-Lise Godin
Policy Report-Andrew Creighton
Programming Report-Terry Brennan
Outreach Report-- Neil Sorochan
Acceptance of all reports moved by Charles Jeanes, seconded by Deb Burnett, carried.
6. Audit
Moved by John Humphrey, seconded by Judy Wapp, that for the fiscal year 2007-08, we do an internal audit and a review engagement, and not an external audit, provided that our new charitable status will allow this.
7. Hall of Fame
This year's Hall of Fame award was presented to Eva DeFoor.
8. Special Resolution
The following resolution was presented to the meeting:
Be it resolved that:
1. We add to our Memorandum of Association the sentence, "The Association is a Community Service Cooperative, and its purposes are to provide social, educational, and other community services."
2. We add to the Rules of the coop:
Rule 9.4, which would read, "The Co-op will not issue investment shares."
Rule 52.2, which would read, "No part of the property of the co-op is to be distributed to members while it is in operation."
3. We remove the KCR address in the Memorandum of Association and update it to our current address.
4. From the Rules of the Co-op, we delete Rule 4.1 which reads, "A member will be deemed to have applied to withdraw from the Cooperative if the member ceases to reside in the territory covered."
Moved by Charles Jeanes and seconded by Gord Andrews, carried unanimously.
8. Election of Board
The following people were elected to the board:
Teressa Hodsall, Judy Wapp, Alon Gelcer, Ceilidh Sutherland, Gord Andrews, Heather Dahlgrin, and Scott Gain.
to join the following people beginning the second year of their term:
Bob Olsen, Fred Rosenberg, Andrew Creighton, and Della McLeod.
Meeting Adjourned
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