Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Location: Campagnolo, 1020 Main Street
Call to Order: Scott Jaeger at 13:55
Roll Call: Céline Turenne
Board Attendance: Christine Beard, Robert Belcham, Darren Clay, Sid Cross, Ryan Bissell, Scott Jaeger, Jamie Maw, Danny Markowicz, Alex Tung, Celine Turenne, Chris Whittaker, Neil Wyles
Guests: Genevieve Dufresne, Robert Clark
Approval of Board Meeting Minutes from March 28, 2017
1st:Robert Belcham; 2nd Danny Markowicz
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- Financial Report
60k + 3 in Eventbrite + 8.5 in receivables = 71.5 in the bank
- Membership
Members: 207 + students from VCC + SPF volunteers and chefs = 250
- Sustainability/Growers/Green Initiatives Committee
No Report
- Marketing & Branding
- Business plan: 3 to 6k – not for profit price to create a business plan– alternative is to seek grad or post grad student at Saunders school to take in on during the summer; Celine to follow-up
Jamie Maw offered to look at numbers and Sid Cross to look at legal
- Picture of the board to be taken at the AGM – POSTPONED
- Celine to send letter to remaining board members; create list of potential people to get the letter; add contacts to the list.
- Celine to follow up with Roberta (Farmers’ Market): no response received to date after follow-up done via email
- 2017 EVENTS
- May 13 - Spot Prawn Festival: update see notes
- Review of demo details – Ned not in attendance so Celine reviewed details – all is in place
- Review of boil details – meeting is scheduled with Ned for May 1 to finalize side dishes
- Overall organization – fence? It is a go ahead for liability purposes
- AUGUST 13 – BC Wild Salmon Festival –
PROPOSAL FROM ROBERT CLARK (@ 2:15pm)
BC Wild Salmon Marketing Council has approached Rob to give it the last kick in the can. PPFA and Salmon Marketing – Steve Richards. Asked by council to see what possibilities are and what can be done.
- PSF and Marketing Council – have an idea about what to do: combine with Pink Salmon Festival (last Sunday of August)
-fly in 5 chefs from across the country flights and accommodations – pink salmon recipe competition – chowder chowdown type event-
- Friday: chefs paired with 5 restaurants – cook a salmon menu – chefs at no cost to do a dinner – CTS chefs chosen for pairing –
- Saturday: organize an event like the curry cup and recipes are presented to public (ticketed event) – Townhall advised, Salmon Safe wines?
- Sunday: Pink salmon festival – Robert Clark
- September - Chef meets Truck – Tuesday September 12
- October – Slow Fish Dinner – Sunday October 15
- November - Greatest Bake Sale Ever! – details to be confirmed
- Fundraising/Scholarship Committee
No report
- Miscellaneous
- StreetSmart Canada (overview by Jamie Maw) – presentation by Janice in June (TBC); Gordon Ramsay is involved in UK - big in Commonwealth countries;
Ron Josephson is running it in Vancouver;
Dates: November/December in Vancouver harvest money via table card asking table to give a dollar or more to the project; 300 restaurants in Victoria, Vancouver, Okanagan and Whistler; POS people discussion;
2k per restaurant on average beneficiary organization food bank direct training young people to go on.
- Tent canopy replacement: stock item purchased for $200
- Various requests (sponsorships and participation) – ok
New business idea
Chef Anton Mosimann will be in Vancouver; CTS to organize an event on September 23 at Vancouver Club (Neil to contact Sean Cousins) Is CTS donating scholarship? Sean could donate hotel room?
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Adjournment: 3h15 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 @ 1h30 pm
Location: Campagnolo upstairs, 1020 Main Street