October 3, 2005 - Board Minutes

Minutes of the REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS in the CRTV Board Room, 500 Robron Rd., Campbell River, BC.

Archived Board Minutes

PRESENT: J. Kerr, L. Marshal, K. Croft, R. Kerr, S. Sinnott, B. Henshall and G. Griffin.

ALSO PRESENT: Jim Forsyth, General Manager

1.Call to Order at 7:00 pm

2. Labour Negotiations:

Jim Forsyth introduced M. Ruehlin who will be doing CRTV’s upcoming Labour Negotiations with Local 230 of the IBEW. CRTV’s contract negotiations procedure and proposal were discussed.

Moved by B. Henshall, seconded by L. Marshal:
THAT the Union Negotiations procedure and proposal as submitted to the Board be approved.
CARRIED

3. Minutes of the Meeting of the 5 September 2005:

Moved by B. Henshall, seconded by L. Marshal:
THAT the minutes of the meeting of the 5 September 2005 be approved.
CARRIED

4. Ends Issues:

Ends policies (EP 1-5) were discussed with no changes or additions made. Mr. L. Marshal noted that he had had discussions with CCTA executives in regard to the Board’s ongoing education about the Cable TV Industry..

5. Policy Review:

No discussion.

6 . Incidental Information:

Moved by B. Henshall, seconded by S. Sinnott:
THAT the Consent Agenda be approved.
CARRIED

Moved by S. Sinnott, seconded by R. Kerr:
THAT CRTV decrease the depreciation on Digital Cable boxes to five (5) years effective the 1 September 2005.
CARRIED

Discussion ensued in regard to the recent cable modem problems and CRTV’s Quality of Service. The Manager will look into ways and means of better communicating with customers.

Moved by S. Sinnott, seconded by K. Croft:
THAT R. Kerr chair the Nominating Committee for the upcoming Annual General Meeting.
CARRIED

The Draft AGM notification was reviewed and approved by the Board.

7. Board Meeting Evaluation:

Discussion ensued noting that the meeting took longer than expected and that discussion around each of the agenda items was not as concise as it could have been.

8. ADJOURNMENT:

Moved by B. Henshall, seconded by K. Croft:
THAT the meeting be adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
CARRIED

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Scheduled Board Meetings:
Regular Board Meeting – ****Monday 7 November 05 *****

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