Chebucto Community Net Board meeting 
August 27, 1996

Present: David Trueman, Ben Armstrong, Rob Currie, Jan Fullerton, Joan 
Brown Hicks,
Doug Rigby, Bernie Hart

It was moved by David and seconded by Doug that the minutes of the July 
16th meeting be approved. Motion carried.
Network Negotiations:Discussions are continuing.

IP Report: Ben reported that he met with Don Smeltzer and Perry Gordon 
from Maritime Municipal Training and Development Board at Henson College  
and Laura Jantek from the IP committee. It was suggested that we prepare 
an IP brochure aimed at prospective future Ips.Ben has met informally 
with IP editors and they have a discussion list (ccn-ipe) The Ips are 
concerned about the need for better communication with them, especially 
about changes to the system. 

Ben moved and seconded by David T that we approve the Editorial Policy 
that was posted to the Board and previously approved in principle Motion 
carried. LINK

TC 96 and 97:DavidT , David Murdock and Bernie attended the Edmonton 
Conference. The conference was excellent with good facilities. The only 
concern was that there were only a small number of paying registrants 
leaving Edmonton Freenet with a financial loss.Bernie was elected to the 
Telecommunities Board. Jon Gerrard, Minister for Secretary of State for 
Science and Technology was present. He is a real supporter of community 
nets. The rift is still there with TC and Industry Canada but this seems 
to be improving.
The ccn TC97 planning committtee is proposing that we have a membership 
meeting to discuss the 1997 conference and look for membership 
involvement. This meeting will also discuss the commercial policy. 
Bernie, Rob and Joan will try to organize this meeting. Joan will check 
the availability of the Spring Garden Rd. Program room.

Volunteerism: David reported on the discussions on volunteerism that took 
place at the TC conference. He bought a volunteer recruitment kit while 
at the conference. The kit includes a video and a workshop guide and 
materials. The board then watched the video. Key points are to define the 
job, define the qualifications, research possible names and prioritize 
list, set up an interview team, interview the most qualified person, hire 
the volunteer.
It was agreed that we would start brainstorming on line about the 
volunteer process and needs that would lead us to a job description for a 
volunteer coordinator. Doug agreed to summarize the discussion.

Liability Insurance: Hugh is investigating purchasing liability insurance 
for board members.
Letters will be sent to HRDC, Halifax Reg. Municipality and Clean NS . 
The Bernie has drafted the letter to HRDC and will do a draft for Clean 
Nova Scotia. Rob, Bernie and David will meet to draft this letter.

Next Meeting: 7 pm  Tuesday, Sept 3 at DavidT's - 599Tower Road