ALGOMA DISTRICT COMMUNITY NETWORK (ADnet)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

December 15, 2005

Board Room, Algoma District School Board Office

644 Albert Street East

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

12:10 pm to 1:30 pm

Name	ADnet Member Affiliation	Present/Regrets
Peggy Storey-Inkster, ADnet President	Sault College	Present
Rejean Raymond, ADnet Vice President	Dubreuilville	Present
Tom Marinelli, ADnet Director	OLGC	Teleconference
Chris Wray, Interim Secretary/Treasurer	Michipicoten (Wawa)	Teleconference
Art Callegari, ADnet Director	HSCDSB	Regrets
Jerry Dolcetti, ADnet Director	City SSM	Present
Allan Frederick, ADnet Director	SSM PUC	Regrets
Dan Friyia, ADnet Director	SE CFDC	Teleconference
Hans Hinding, ADnet Director	Northern Credit Union	Regrets
Pav Pottekkat, ADnet Director	ADSB	Present
Charlie Whitfield, ADnet Director	SSM EDC	Regrets
Ralph Barker, ADnet Director	OLGC	Regrets
Staff
Wilf Lefresne, Executive Director	Staff	Present
Emile Malvaso, Market Development Officer	Staff	Teleconference
Darlene Walsh, Administrative Assistant	Staff	Present

Peggy Storey-Inkster, President, opened the meeting at 12:10 pm.

Agenda

No motion of approval. Report on Destiny Sault Ste. Marie by Wilf Lefresne added to New Business.

President’s Opening Remarks: Peggy Storey-Inkster

The President thanked everyone for attending this meeting.

Approval of Minutes:

Motion: 2005 –20 Moved by: Chris Wray Seconded by: Rejean Raymond

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Directors approve the Minutes of October 21, 2005 as presented. Carried.

Business Arising From Minutes:

1. Update on Cellular Project: (Wilf) ADnet has received a cheque from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp (NOHFC) in the amount of $478,284.89 and a cheque will be send to Superior Wireless Inc. (SWI) as soon as it is signed. SWI has not produced the invoices requested regarding the “in-kind” portion of the contract. NOHFC would like to settle the remaining approximate $1 million of the claim but invoices for documentation are still outstanding. ADnet will retain $350,000 of NOHFC funds as a holdback until the project is complete. SWI is aware of the holdback policy issue as confirmed in discussion with John Lyon. Tom Marinelli requested that staff reaffirm that SWI is fully aware of the holdback. Jerry Dolcetti asked if the outstanding work is worth the holdback amount, Wilf confirmed that it is. Wilf will verify that Dubreuilville and Hornepayne are “up and running” as per schedule.
2. Five Year Business Plan: The Business Plan is to be tabled for approval at the next Board of Directors meeting in January 2006. Jerry Dolcetti would like to allot enough time to discuss the document with Charlie Whitfield at the meeting. Peggy Storey-Inkster asked the members to read it and email comments of the Business Plan to all the Directors. This may provide a shorter discussion at the meeting in January.
3. Update on Library Project: The Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) contract with ADnet is ready for review and than signature. The contracts with the supplies will be prepared but not signed until after the SOLS contract is signed by both parties. The project should realize about $20,000 profit.

Financial Report:

Motion: 2005-21 Moved by: Chris Wray Seconded by: Pav Pottekkat

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Directors approves the Financial Statements as of November 30^th, 2005. Carried.

Motion: 2005-22 Moved by: Rejean Raymond Seconded by: Pav Pottekkat

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Directors approves the following vouchers: 2005-10 ($9,413.17) and 2005-11 ($114,466.88). Carried.

Committee Reports:

Executive Directors Report: Wilf Lefresne

Gap Filler (Net Central): Only five responses to the Request For Proposals (RFP) were received. Bell Canada was the only respondent for the ADnet area. Bell proposes to do the south side of St. Joseph Island and Hwy 129 to Warncliffe and Hwy 554 across to Iron Bridge.

Broadband Project (NetCentral): NOHFC is asking for a Geographic Information System (GIS) overlay showing tower, points of presents etc for all of Northern Ontario. If this project starts than ADnet could become a third party contractor to NetCentral at consultant rates.

Executive Committee: Peggy Storey-Inkster

The Committee requested a budget and cash flow projects, which will be review under budget in new business.

New Business:

Review of Target by Business Activity – Wilf: There are three (3) projects that are in the contract stage. Wilf reviewed the potential project and there percentage of probability. Jerry Dolcetti asked that all projects provide a cost recovery portion (including staff expense etc).

Review of Draft 2006 Budget – Emile: The budget was reviewed line by line. Staff will continue to review any projects that may come up. Tom Marinelli wants clarification that ADnet will have enough operating funds to cover any future project. Both Tom and Jerry Dolcetti want the cash flow document review quarterly.

A verbal report was given by Wilf on Destiny Sault Ste. Marie.

Tom Marinelli stated that “core funding” is needed from Provincial/Federal or both levels of government for the amount of work they wish “not-for-profit” company to do.

Chris Wray and Tom Marinelli left the meeting at 1:30 pm.

Resignation of Ralph Barker:

Motion: 2005-22 Moved by: Jerry Dolcetti Seconded by: Rejean Raymond

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Directors accepts the resignation of Ralph Barker as a Director of Algoma District Community Network (ADnet) with regret. Carried.

President’s Closing Remarks: None

Meeting closed at 1:40 pm without a motion.

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Chairperson Peggy Storey-Inkster Recording Secretary Darlene Walsh