BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Location: Campagnolo, 1020 Main Street
Call to Order: By: Scott Jaeger at 14h06
Roll Call: By: Céline Turenne
Attendance: Robert Belcham, Ryan Bissell, Andre Carlson, Robert Clark, Scott Jaeger, Kyle Nordman, Céline Turenne, Neil Wyles
Approval of Board Meeting Minutes from November 25, 2014
1st: Ryan; 2nd: Scott
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- Financials
- Fiscal 2015 Budget – presentation of budget as a guidelines for revenues and expenses for fiscal 2015 – to be voted on at next meeting
- Financial reports 2014 – financial reports will be done in April;
- Financial status: accounting (pending), bank account transfer (pending) and credit card (received) – will be completed in February;
- Royal Bank: one account; credit card has been given to Neil; when a deposit is needed then use credit card – 1k; transfer not done from HSBC to RBC as of yet – will be completed in February.
- Membership Committee
- No activities
- Blast email to lapsed member in February (Celine)
- Membership table at Curry Cup
- Sustainability/Growers/Green Initiatives Committee
- No new activity
- Marketing & Branding
- CTS stickers’ update – Robert B. to follow up
- Members’ event update – to be planned once insurance is in place
- Kyle offered his long table facility for members’ events
- Spot Prawn Festival
- Update from 1st committee meeting; members event
- Food to be done at UBC; then transported over; Darren in charge
- Next steps: long week-end?; members’ event on Sunday night, gala night on Saturday
- Gala to be held at PICA – same format as Slow Fish;
- Curry Cup
- Update from 1st committee meeting: looking for a wine, beer and chai tea sponsor
- Volunteers: all good
- Fundraising/Scholarship Committee
- Hawksworth Scholarship: new information; vote on next year’s involvement; Perpetuity founding sponsor no; Dinner yes; send letter back to say founding YES include CTS judge; events for David; Scott to have a meeting with David and finish off. Follow up in 1 week.
- New member Danny Marcowitz has been asked to be chairperson; being discussed
- Miscellaneous
- Insurance: due diligence to get insurance for all events (including serving alcohol) as well as liability insurance for board.
- Dish’n Dazzle participation recap: CTS is supplying 12 chefs (out of 14)
- Oceanwise event: April 27, 2015 – more details to get from organizer (Céline)
- Request for members email: mailing list not to be given out to anyone
Guests presentation:
Mike Meneer from Pacific Salmon Foundation with Constanza Testino
- Talked with Chef Ned Bell – grant to Ned for his bicycling tour in 2014;
- pink salmon festival (date: August 30 – free festival to be held at Vanier park) and PSF certification (Constanza); Vancouver gala dinner mid-April 600 at convention center – donations of meals in home from chefs);
- how can the PSF be more supportive of our events like salmon safe (Slow fish mystery dinner);
- funds available for sponsorship – dollars available for education event; sourcing from salmon safe and promoting PSF on our web site??? Finest at sea donates fish for raw bar;
- Brenda (events director) – CTS to help with setting up guest chefs at convention center;
- Corporate sponsorship for CTS to fit with philosophy; invitations to events set-up by CTS; corporate relationship coordinated efforts with PSF; educating the public; what it means to the chefs; Chef Ned asked education given to members – event to be organized. Held at UBC?
- A point person to be named and communications made with PSF
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Adjournment: By: Scott Jaeger at 15h30
Next board meeting: Tuesday February 24, 2015 at 14h00
Location: Campagnolo, 1020 Main St.