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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 …
     

Location: Terminal City Club
Call to Order: at 2:07pm – Vikram Vij
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Vikram Vij, Jamie Maw, Julian Bond, John Bishop, Robert Clark, Mary Mackay, Sid Cross, Robert Feenie, Pino Posteraro, Andrew Morrison, David Hawksworth, Don Letendre, Tony Minichiello, Scott Jaeger, Dino Renaerts, Karri Schuermans

Location: Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 3pm
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members: Vikram Vij, Jamie Maw, Julian Bond, John Bishop, Tiffany Soper, Jack Evrensel, John Bishop, Robert Clark, Mary Mackay, Sid Cross, guest: Barbara Finely

1. Presentation of Project CHEF by Barbara Finley
   • Barbara provided the board members with a package outlining the program
   • Barbara is proposing the development of a school program aimed at Read More …
     

Location: Terminal City Club
Call to Order: at 9am
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members: Tiffany, Julian, Vikram, John, Mary

1. AGM Notes
   • Had a tour of the Terminal City Club dinning and meeting rooms with David Long.
   • The AGM will take place in the main dining room.  Tables will be arranged in a square to accommodate 40 members, extra chairs will be available.
   • The schools Read More …
     

Location: Vij’s Restaurant
Call to Order: at 3pm
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members: Rob Clark, Vikram, Tiffany, Julian, Mary, John, Jamie
Absent: Sinclair, Robert, Jack, Patrick, Thomas, Sid

1. Membership & AGM Notes
   • February 19, 2007 is the new date for AGM.
   • Tiffany is looking into 2 possible venues either the Round House or the Terminal City.
   • Julian approached local cooking schools and 4 schools Read More …
     

Location: Feenie’s
Call to Order: at 3pm
Roll Call: Mary McKay noted attendance
Present Board Members:  Rob, Sid, Vikram, Tiffany, Julian
Absent: Sinclair, Robert C, Jack, Patrick, Thomas, Jamie

1. Membership & AGM Notes
   • Rob F. reviewed topics discussed at a meeting following the September 25th board meeting.
   • AGM to be moved to the New Year.   Followed by a social and a student chef’s competition.
   • Julian will approach local cooking Read More …