OTTAWA VALLEY BRANCH
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

13 Aug., 2007
McMartin House, Perth, Ontario

1.       CALL TO ORDER  
President Jim Piché called the meeting to order at 1:25 p.m.

2.       RECORDING OF MEMBERS PRESENT

Jim Piché - President                                           Lynda Smith – Secretary                                  
Len Johnston – Past President                          Arthur Etkin - ByLaws      

Regrets: Judy Buehler; Bill Irwin; Larry Palmer; Larry Gray.

3.     APPROVAL OF AGENDA

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion to approve Minutes of May 23 by Len, seconded by all.

5. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES

Donations Committee approved the Canadian Heartland donation.  Branch AGM notice is almost ready for mailing.

6.       REPORTS

President:  Jim advised Red Cross will a give a demo on AED at our AGM.   

Treasurer:  Len advised  Bank of Montreal account needs to be closed.  With latest interest on the Ing account, balance is  $18,285.51.  Cheques for DDS  (~ 2.1K for April-June) to Larry 

Membership: Larry Palmer will have ‘lost members’ letter included with mailing for our AGM.

Newsletter:  Newsletter mailing will be arranged through ARC, once the AED article is included.

7.     INTERMISSION – None.

8.       CORRESPONDENCE 

May-June Bulletins and pamphlets on affinity programs will be brought to next meeting.

9.             NEW BUSINESS

• a.       OV FSNA AGM:  Jim advised Judy’s completed arrangements for luncheon at AGM.  Speaker yet to be confirmed.  Brief discussion of: gift/donations for AGM; hall setup and an approximation of total costs for AGM; Exec. positions up for Election.  Details to be finalized next meeting.  AGM 2006 Minutes were presented and approved. 
  
  
• b.       Member’s Concerns: Jim advised Exec. of a member’s concerns on Branch donations made over the past year.
  
  
• c.        Convention: Jim and Arthur gave a brief discussion of the Convention agenda, and their main concerns.  Pro-rated voting; yearly Congress and Board makeup are key issues.
  
  
• d.       High Speed Network: Concern has arisen over poor networking capability in rural areas.  Jim will have an estimate of  high speed network costs for next meeting.

10.          NEXT MEETING:  Sept. 17, 2007 in Perth at McMartin House.

11.          ADJOURNMENT:  Meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m.

 

(Minutes prepared by Lynda Smith)