Date:                            Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Location:                    Campagnolo, 1020 Main Street

Call to Order:            Scott Jaeger at 14h01

Roll Call:                    Céline Turenne

Board Attendance:        Andrea Carlson, Scott Jaeger, Danny Markowicz, Céline Turenne

Guests:                         Kathleen Beveridge (Town Hall Communications), John Blakeley (Pastis Restaurant)

Approval of Board Meeting Minutes from May 26, 2015

1st: Scott; 2nd: Danny

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  1. Financial Report

–         F/U on GST liability: work in progress; waiting on accountant’s paperwork to verify filing to date;

–         > $50K in RBC accounts

 

  1. Membership Committee

–         Emails to be sent by Céline to all lapsed members (include link and logon name to facilitate process);

–         111 members in good standing (includes PICA student volunteers from SPF)

 

  1. Sustainability/Growers/Green Initiatives Committee

–         Slow Fish Dinner (Sept. 27, 2015) – Ned is planning to organize the meeting shortly to get the ball rolling!

–         Buy tickets for Growing Chefs for auction at Slow Fish event (TBC)

 

  1. Marketing & Branding

–         Order of chefs’ t-shirts:  L, XL and XXL only – quantities sent to Robert, waiting for quote;

–         Stickers picked-up; will be launched at AGM

 

  1. Spot Prawn Festival

–         10th festival planning: Ryan has tentatively agreed to chair the committee pending further developments. Committee to confirm;

–         Master plan to be sent out by Céline.

 

  1. Fundraising/Scholarship Committee

–         Scholarship application from KP sent to Danny;

–         Danny to contact Barbara Jo to organize meeting with Scott

 

  1. Miscellaneous

–         Participation to Connect  Oct. 18 and 19, 2015 – Céline to send another email to Samantha.

–         AGM date: Monday September 28 (TBC) – board meeting – new board member wanted

–         Executive Director position: job description and draft of contract given to Scott – position to be offered to Céline – to be voted on at August Board Meeting;

–         Send request from Nature’s Path information to Scott

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Adjournment:  By: Scott Jaeger at 14h40

Next board meeting: Tuesday August 25, 2015 at 14h00

Location:  Campagnolo, 1020 Main St.