Vancouver Community Net Board Meeting
January 20, 1998

Present:  Penny Goldsmith, Greg Sturk, Lily Fu, Lyle Gardiner, Darlene
McBain, Pat Nelson, Robert Sanzalone, Richard Songhurst, Jason Currell and
Peter Royce.

Regrets:  Larry Kuehn, Margaret Coates, Marie Carter, Keith Kan, Sujay
Nazareth.

1.  Agenda. 

M/S/C That the agenda be adopted.  Carried

2.  Minutes. 

M/S/C That the minutes of the December 9, 1997, board meeting be adopted.
One amendment to be made in the User agreement update, to remove
references to the B.C. Human Rights Act and the Canadian Human Rights Act. 

3.  Staff Report: New computer equipment (Ascend Max 4048) has just been received, and a
new version of Lynx has just been installed. 

 Projects being pursued or carried out include:  North Shore Community
 Library Access Partnership, Partners in Organizational Development,
 People's Summit, Spanish Language project, City of Vancouver, Communities
Connect, Jobseekers public access sites, and Vancouver Foundation. 

4.  Projects: Penny Goldsmith, Lily Fu, Margaret Coates, and Peter Royce to meet at
2pm, Friday, January 23, 1998 to review all project budgets. 

5.  Fundraising: Fundraising committee will include Penny Goldsmith, Greg Sturk, Darlene
 McBain, Steven Chan, Peter Royce and Brian Campbell.  Meetings are the 2nd Monday of each month, 5:30 pm at 411 Dunsmuir. 

6.  Financial report: 

Total cash balance is $55,035.70, with $40,000 in term deposits. 

7.  Board roles and responsibilities.  President presented the board roles and responsibilities. 

8.  Goals from retreat: Discussion of the goals and involvement of different board members were
 obtained. 

9.  Freedom of Information Issue (BCLA Statement) 
. Issue raised by President for Board's review and consideration

10.  Net '98 Conference: Discussion occurred on VCN's participation in
this conference. Jason Currell will investigate on the cost of participation. 

11.  User Agreement

M/S/C. That we inform other Community Networks in Canada of our change to
the User Agreement in response to users distributing hate literature.

12.  Public Access Sites: Discussion of doing training and registration at the Public Libraries on
a regular basis. Discussion of having a web page link on the Public Library's web page. 

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm. 

Next board meeting will be on February 17, 1998, 6:30 - 8:30pm at 411 
Dunsmuir