Chebucto Community Net Board meeting November 12,1996 Present: David Trueman, Joan Brown Hicks, Jan Fullerton, Rob Currie, Joan Macintosh, Ben Armstrong, Carole Compton-Smith, It was moved by Joan BH and seconded by David that the minutes of the October 29th meeting be approved. Motion carried. David moved and Ben seconded that the following procedures be adopted for approving motions on line - that any board member may post a motion to the board list. This becomes a formal motion when the secretary posts the motion and calls for a vote. Board members email their vote to the secretary who posts the results of the vote. The secretary shall declare a positive result if and when fifty percent of the board have voted in the affirmative or declare a negative result if and when fifty percent of the board have voted contrary-wise. Motion carried. Renee Davis has agreed to be a member of the Policy Information Committee. Jan approached Doug re being chair of the Support and Training Committee. He has agreed so Jan will chair the new Volunteer Committee. A new committee list will be developed. Strategic Planning Session: Peter Morgan from River Systems has agreed to facilitate the planning session. It will take place on November 28th at the Halifax Campus - N.S. Community College , 1825 Bell Road, from 5 -8:30 pm. Joan , Bernie and David T will send out the invitations. Carol will look after supper arrangements. Sackville Meeting : David Murdock is organizing a meeting on December 3 at Millwood High School. Details are still to be worked out. IP report: New volunteer editors have joined the team. An IP administrative home page has been developed -" go ipadm" System upgrade: David reported that serious upgrades will be needed very shortly.Carol will look at the budget. David look at the cost of lines and upgrades. Joan M will look at fundraising strategy.Discussion and decisions will take place on line. The next board meeting will be decided after details for the Sackville meeting have been arranged. The first meeting in the new year will be Tuesday Jan 7th and every other second Tuesday afterwards.