Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Location: Campagnolo Upstairs, 1020 Main Street
Call to Order: Robert Belcham @ 131
Roll Call: Céline Turenne
Board Attendance: Robert Belcham, Sid Cross, Scott Jaeger, Jamie Maw, Celine Turenne, Neil Wyles
Guests: Kathleen Beveridge, Genevieve Dufresne, Victor Girardi, Jessie McMillan Colin Staus, Erin Vickars
Approval of Board Meeting Minutes from October 31, 2017
1st: Jamie Maw; 2nd: Sid Cross
Approval of Board Meeting Minutes from November 28, 2017
1st: Robert Belcham; 2nd: Neil Wyles
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- Financial Report
In the bank: $69 k
- Membership
Members:250 (students volunteers from Slow Fish and chefs/volunteers from upcoming events not yet added)
- Marketing & Branding
- Discussion on social media responsibilities: Kathleen Beveridge will be looking after CTS’ social media; meeting to be organized with Colin and Robert to plan and organize postings
- WEB SITE: new web site to be presented at AGM. Colin to work with Dominic (IT) to streamline content and make sure all membership and required content is in; remove forum section
- Media training required for chefs: Leeann to organize and CTS to organize a “media training” event - pending
- Official spokespersons’ list to be organized – pending
- Celine sent list of expectations to Leeann to plan for next year’s events – resent in December
- Events
- March 3 – PICA Kitchen Party (wine festival event) – Saturday, March 3 - Chair: Darren Clay- Darren to see if Wine Festival will give a donation in Chefs’ Table Society’s name – too late for this year, present to Wine Festival Scholarship Chair for next year.
- March 13 – Curry Cup 2018 -– Chair: Neil Wyles – 4 women and 4 men; money for donation given by MPBIA (make sure in collaboration with CTS); Harry McWatters will a judge.
- May 12 - Spot Prawn Festival (season opens on May 10 as confirmed by Steve Richards, ED PPFA) –
Format: SP chowder for public; 2 x brunch settings with 5 to 6 stations each @ 11h30 am and 1h30 pm
Area of responsibilities:
- Public Event: Chair: TBC; with VCC for production line TBC
- Demo cooking stage: Chair: Alex (TBC)
- Family activities & education component for Festival: Celine
- Ticketed dining experience: Chefs: Scott; logistic: Celine
- Beverage and other product sampling: Danny
- June ? - Food truck – Chairs: Danny Markowicz, Alex Tung with third chef to maintain continuity; Location TBC
- August 25– Wild Salmon Celebration (TBC) – date to be verified to avoid conflicts. Chair? TBC; same format as last year – emphasis of quality of fish as last year’s was below par.
- September 23 – Slow Fish Dinner – Chair Darren Clay; Co-chair:
- Chefs’ Congress 2020: to be announced at AGM; planning to start in 2018
- Fundraising/Scholarship Committee
- Celine to e-introduce Yves Potvin and Danny
- Miscellaneous:
- Ingredients of the year to be sent
- Mental Health issue (postponed)
- New committee media training – Townhall - pending
- Presentation by Jamie Maw re: StartFresh Kitchen – requested a donation – to be reviewed at next board meeting
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Adjournment: at 2h54 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 1h30 pm (followed by AGM at 2h00 pm)
Location: Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts, 1505 W. 2nd Avenue, Vancouver