Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:05pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans, Mary Mackay,  Andrew Morrison, Julian Bond, Scott Jaeger, Don Letendre, Neil Wyles, Dino Renaerts, Tony Minichiello, Robert Clark
Absent: David Hawksworth, Jamie Maw, John Bishop, Sid Cross, Robert Feenie, Pino Posteraro, Thomas Haas

Approval of board minutes from January 7th, 2008

  1. Financial
    • Neil provided a financial statement for February 2008, total cash and GIC value is $35,816.28
  2. Spot Prawn Festival
    • Presentation by Steve Johansen of Organic Ocean.
    • Confirmed sponsorship from Spot Prawn Association ($4000), Go Fish ($500), False Creek Wharf ($1,500) and Organic Ocean ($500).
    • Steve will be able to provide earlier deliveries this year.
    • Event will have more food stations this year, 6 stations with 2 chefs rotating at each station.
    • Tables will be offered to membership.  Steve will provide spot prawns for food stations.
    • Each chef must provide a recipe to be printed out on cards to hand out and be posted on the CTS website.
    • Tasting tickets will be sold to the public for food sampling and water, $1.00 per ticket.
    • Would like to give out prizes of live spot prawns to the public.
    • Tony will organize volunteers to attend.
    • Contact Green Table for biodegradable plates and forks.
    • Tiffany will contact Granville Island Market about demos in the market.Tiffany will provide Andrew with photos from Spot Prawn Festival 2007.  Andrew will post photos on Urban Diner.
  3. Fundraising Events – Dinner at Elixir and other events
    • Don gave a report on final details of organizing the March 10th fundraising dinner at Elixir.
    • Tiffany organized donations for silent auction to be held at the dinner.
    • Discussed options for the next fundraising dinner to be held after Elixir dinner in March.  Possibilities included holding 4 seasonal dinners per year.  Host chefs would chair the event and select the theme of the dinner.  Discussed a summer dinner similar to outstanding in the field but held in a winery or to bring chefs from the Okanagan to Vancouver to cook.
  4. Fundraising Event – Dinner at Elixir
    • Fundraising dinner hosted by Don at Opus.  Fermentation (cultured) is the theme of the fundraising dinner.  There will be 5 tables of 10 with a chef, producer and food critic at each table.  The event will be posted on Urban Diner and Tiffany will put out press releases as well.   The 5 course dinner will be prepared by 5 up and coming chefs.   Cost of dinner will be $225 plus tax per person, 35 seats will be sold.  Will also hold a silent auction.
  5. New Business

    • AGM will be held in the fall.
    • Look into apprenticeship programs for students, GO2 researching.
    • Future discussions on scholarship vs. mentorship.
    • Douglas and McIntyre are interested in a 2nd Vancouver Cooks book.

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:57pm

  • Next Board meeting will be held Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 2pm Vij’s Restaurant.
  • Board meetings will be held the last Monday of every month.  Meetings will not be held in July, August or December.