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In Attendance:
Tessa Hebb
Ted Jackson
Lorne Ingle
Anne Scotton
Marion Dewar
Regrets:
Bill Knight
Geraldine McGuire
Bill Blaikie
Kealy Cummings
Dick Martin
David Mackenzie
Fraser Green
The Meeting was opened at 9:30 by the president with
the display of the DCF web site www. DCF.ca.
The Board gave a unanimous
vote of thanks to President Tessa Hebb for all her work
on the M.J. Coldwell biography and the great success
of the official book launch. There was a discussion
of the success of the M.J. Coldwell book launch the
previous evening with over a hundred guests in attendance.
The Board had a general discussion about further promotion
of the book over the next six months including book
reviews and promotion in Party and labor newspapers,
a book launch in Sask., and offering the manuscript
as a possible film documentary.
M/S/C that the agenda
be approved.
M/S/C that the minutes
of the last Board meeting be approved.
President's Report
To be presented to the Annual General Meeting immediately
following the Board meeting.
Secretary's Report
Anne Scotton reported that the amount of members and
donors has reached 120 and made special note that both
Margaret Carman and Stoddart Publishing donated $1 000
towards the M.J. Coldwell biography project. The Secretary
also urged that every opportunity be taken to promote
the book to push to be a best seller. She recommended
that the book be suggested to university libraries and
history departments and also brought up the possibility
of a second book launch in Saskatchewan.
Correspondence
The Secretary reported that the DCF had been named as
a beneficiary in the will of Alfred Russell Grimwood,
and that the will has been contested, we expect to be
notified of the final decision shortly.
We have received $29,000
from Eileen Suffrin's estate, that will be placed in
our endowment portfolio.
Anne Scotton reported
that Geraldine McGuire has stepped down from the Board
due to the fact that she is currently limiting her commitments.
The Secretary reported
that Todd Dickson, a recipient of the DCF's M.A. scholarship
at the University of Regina, has completed his thesis
and has received the second half of his award, even
though the completion of his thesis was a number of
years since the awarding of the scholarship.
Treasurer's Report
To be presented to the Annual General Meeting immediately
following the Board meeting.
New Projects Review
Ted Jackson of the New Projects committee reported that
five proposals were submitted to the DCF since the last
meeting. He recommended that only one receive funding.
The George Brown photo exhibit project in the amount
of $1 000, the other four proposals; a video project
on the life of Machine Gun Wallace, the book Petrotyranny,
The Working Women's Conference in Toronto and the book
Health for Sale were not recommended for funding.
M/S/C that the recommendations
of the New Projects committee be adopted
The meeting was adjourned
10:30.
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