Location: Feenie’s
Call to Order: at 3pm
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Rob, Sid, Vikram, Tiffany, Julian
Absent: Sinclair, Robert C, Jack, Patrick, Thomas, Jamie

  1. Membership & AGM Notes
    • Rob F. reviewed topics discussed at a meeting following the September 25th board meeting.
    • AGM to be moved to the New Year.   Followed by a social and a student chef’s competition.
    • Julian will approach local cooking schools to invite student chefs to compete for a $5000.00 (voted and passed by the board present) scholarship.  Students will need to bring 100 portions of appetizers to compete.  Judging will be performed by members of the Chefs Table Society.  The society will cover food cost (maximum $2.00 per portion).
    • Julian will prepare the criteria for the competition.
    • January 15th is a possible date for the AGM.

      • Tiffany will contact the Vancouver Aquarium to see if they could host the AGM.

      • Agenda items for AGM include:

        • Vikram will address the membership and announce new board

        • Financial statement presentation by Jack

        • Presentations by Ocean wise and Green Table

        • Panel of  4 chefs for Question and Answer

    • New board to be established before the AGM and announced at the AGM.  Tiffany will draft a letter to the present membership seeking nominations for new board members.
    • The board positions that still need to be filled include:
      Director of communications/PR
      Fundraising
      Growers and Producers
      Sid Cross and Jamie Maw sit on the board as honorary members.
  2. Website
    • Jack to pay the invoice from photographer for use of the photo on website.  Pay for the year to date.

Meeting adjourned at 4:20pm

Board meetings will be held the last Monday of every month.  Meetings will not be held in July, August or December.
Next Board meeting will be held Monday, December 4, 2006 3pm, Vij’s Restaurant.