Location: Miele Showroom
Call to Order: at 12:08pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  John, Andrew, David, Don, Scott, Neil, Rob Clark, Pino, Hidekazu Tojo, Tony, Vikram, Mary, Tiffany, Dino, Julian, Karri
Absent: Rob Feenie, Jamie Maw, Sid Cross

Approval of board minutes Sept. 3, 2008 Scott, David

  1. Board of Directors
    • James Walt and Hidekazu Tojo nominated to the board.  Andrew made motion to extend board to include Director of outreach.
    • Pino nominated Tojo, Robert 2ndDiscuss outreach program at future board meetings
    • Vikram passed motion to accept 2008/2009 board John, Dino 2nd
    • Vikram thanked Tiffany for hard work, suggests that we hire a part time administrator to cover some of Tiffany’s work.
    • Vikram recommends that accountability of director positions steps up.
    • Board has seconds for directors to support busy directors that can’t make every meeting.
    • Pino suggests that board and members spread the news about CTS.
    • Andrew – website is complete, just waiting on transferring pay pal and then the new website will go live.
    • Mary will contact Jeremy regarding a code for Andrew.
    • Don – hold directors more responsible, need to right up an agenda for the year, Rob will talk about solutions at AGM
    • All members should be Ocean Wise, Pino suggests, seminars in areas of sustainabilityEach director to write up a job description
  2. Financial
    • $45,000 cash position, net $7000 from fermentation dinner, $5000 donation from Cactus Club
    • Need to generate more cash to support a part time admin position.
    • Tiffany to send a thank you letter to Richard at Cactus Club for donation
    • A budget and business plan will be set for the 2008/2009 year. Directors should set a budget for each event or activity they run.
    • Neil suggests that $50,000 be maintained at all times.
    • Neil will submit an income tax for the society.
  3. New Business
    • Michael Stadtlander’s mission and CTS mission are aligned.  Rob and Vikram suggest hosting the next Chef’s Congress in BC by the CTS.  Vikram and Rob attended the event in Ontario.  Rob suggests raising funds in order to host this event.  Virkram was the BC’s rep.  Week long event held in Toronto.  Next event will be held in 2 years.  Rob and Vikram would like to present BC as the host for summer of 2010.  CTS could bring chefs in from other provinces for fundraising dinners.  CTS to raise funds for a congress to be held in other regions of the province. CTS would need to get organized with sponsors and lock down for event.  John suggested the slow food movement in Italy is a good model.
    • Motion to move forward with bringing Chef Congress to BC, Rob 1st, John 2nd, show of hands – passed.
    • Karri introduced a new water supplier Glas Water Company who will bottle local water in glass bottles, interested in sponsoring the CTS.
  4.  Topics for next meeting
    • Fundraising dinners

Meeting adjourned at 12:59pm

  • Next Board meeting will be held Monday, October 27th at Nu Restaurant, 2pm.
  • Board meetings will be held the last Monday of every month.  Meetings will not be held in July, August or December.