Meeting Minutes

Location: Nu Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2pm – Pino P. welcomed new board members Hidekazu Tojo and James Walt
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  Pino, Mary, Dino, Karri, James, Andrew, Tojo, David, Scott, Don (Kerri), Jamie
Absent: Vikram, Robert Clark, Neil, Tiffany, Robert Feenie, Julian, John, Sid

1. Presentation by Jason Boyce from Local Food First
   
   • Jason Read More …
     

Location: Miele Showroom
Call to Order: at 12:08pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  John, Andrew, David, Don, Scott, Neil, Rob Clark, Pino, Hidekazu Tojo, Tony, Vikram, Mary, Tiffany, Dino, Julian, Karri
Absent: Rob Feenie, Jamie Maw, Sid Cross

Approval of board minutes Sept. 3, 2008 Scott, David

1. Board of Directors
   • James Walt and Hidekazu Tojo nominated to the board.  Andrew made motion to extend board to Read More …
     

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

1. Vancouver Cooks 2.0 Proposal
   • Sid gave a report on meetings with publisher Douglas & Read More …
     

Location Nu Restaurant
Call to Order: at 12:00pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Robert Clark, Dino Renaerts, Mary Mackay, Don Letendre, Julian Bond, Tony Minichiello, Scott Jaeger, Neil Wyles, David Hawksworth, Pino Posteraro, Sid Cross, Andrew Morrison
Absent: Jamie Ma,  Robert Feenie, John Bishop, Karri Schuermans,Thomas Haas

Approval of board minutes from May 26th 2008

1. Chris Sporer from PPFA (Pacific Read More …
   

Location Thomas Haas
Call to Order: at 1:30pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Robert Clark,, Mary Mackay, Thomas Haas, Julian Bond, Scott Jaeger ,Neil Wyles
Absent: David Hawksworth, Jamie Maw, Robert Feenie,, Andrew Morrison, Sid Cross, Karri Schuermans,Tony Minichiello, Pino Posteraro, John Bishop, Dino Renaerts, Don Letendre

Approval of board minutes from April 21st, 2008

1. Terranova Schoolyard Society Presentation
   • Ian Lai of Terranova Read More …
     

Location PICA
Call to Order: at 2:00pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present: Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans, Mary Mackay, John Bishop, Julian Bond, Pino Posteraro, Don Letendre, Neil Wyles, Dino Renaerts, Robert Clark
Absent: David Hawksworth, Jamie Maw, Robert Feenie,, Thomas Haas, Andrew Morrison, Sid Cross, Tony Minichiello, Scott Jaeger

Approval of board minutes from March 25th, 2008 1st Robert 2nd Dino

1. Spot Prawn Festival – Saturday Read More …
   

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:08pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans, Mary Mackay, Robert Feenie, Julian Bond, Scott Jaeger, Don Letendre, Neil Wyles, Dino Renaerts, Tony Minichiello, Robert Clark, Sid Cross
Absent: David Hawksworth, Jamie Maw, John Bishop, Thomas Haas, Andrew Morrison, Pino Posteraro

Approval of board minutes from February 25th 2008 

1. Financial
   • Total cash and GIC value is $35,816.28.  Another $11,650 Read More …
     

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, Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:04pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary MacKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper , Robert Clark,  Robert Feenie, , Mary Mackay,  Sid Cross, David Hawksworth, Scott Jaeger, Don Letendre, John Bishop, Andrew Morrison,  Pino Posteraro,  Neil Wyles
Absent: Dino Renaerts, Tony Minichiello, Jamie Maw, Thomas Haas, Karri Schuermans, Julian Bond

Approval of board minutes from December 10th, 2007

1. Financial
   • $30, 000 GIC
   • $4,500 in cash
   • Tiffany Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:03pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present:  Vikram Vij, Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans,Tony Minichiello, Mary Mackay, Sid Cross, Scott Jaeger, Don Letendre, Julian Bond, Andrew Morrison
Absent: Robert Clark, Dino Renaerts, John Bishop, David Hawksworth, Thomas Haas, Robert Feenie, Neil Wyles, Jamie Maw, Pino Posteraro

1. Cooking Lesson
   • DATE: Friday January 18th, 2007
     TIME: 3:00pm, approx 1.5 Read More …

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:00pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present:Vikram Vij, Pino Posteraro, Neil Wyles, Tony Minichiello,  Mary Mackay, Sid Cross, Dino Renaerts,  Scott Jaeger,  David Hawksworth, Robert Clark,  Don Letendre
Absent: Julian Bond, John Bishop, Karri Schuermans, Thomas Haas,  Robert Feenie,  Tiffany Soper, Jamie Maw, Andrew Morrison

1. Project CHEF
   • Barbara Finley gave a report on funding to Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:04pm – Mary McKay
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members: Thomas Haas, Neil Wyles, Tony Minichiello, Mary Mackay, Julian Bond, Dino Renaerts, Scott Jaeger, Robert Clark,  John Bishop,   Sid Cross, Andrew Morrison, David Hawksworth

1. Events
   • Board concluded there is not enough time to plan for an event and Granville Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:00pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Vikram Vij, Pino Posteraro, Neil Wyles, Tony Minichiello, Mary Mackay, Julian Bond, Dino Renaerts, Scott Jaeger, Robert Clark,  John Bishop,   Sid Cross, Andrew Morrison

1. Marcia Freeman – Granville Island Marketing Director
   • Granville Island would like to partner with Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 2:07pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Vikram Vij, Neil Wyles, Tony Minichiello, Mary Mackay, Scott Jaeger, David Hawksworth, Robert Clark, Don Letendre, John Bishop, Thomas Haas, Robert Feenie , Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans

1. Project CHEF
   • Board members (12 present to vote) voted unanimously in favor of Read More …
     

Location Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 3:02pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Vikram Vij, Neil Wyles, Tony Minichiello, Mary Mackay, Julian Bond, Dino Renaerts, Scott Jaeger, David Hawksworth, Robert Clark, Don Letendre, John Bishop,  Tiffany Soper, Karri Schuermans, Sid Cross, Andrew Morrison

1. Spot Prawn Festival
   • Robert Clark and Julian Bond met Read More …