April 27 Meeting Minutes

Campus-Community Radio Okanagan Society
April 27th, 2006 Bean Scene Coffee House Kelowna

Present

Cam Baughen Lucy Rodina
Bud Mortenson Rob Madu
Rob C
Michelle

Discussed presentation to S.U.
-Lucy to set date to meet SU

Discussion of Logo
-Rob and Lucy present examples

Bud – UBC-O administration getting settled
-look at fundraising opportunities
-possible office space in Multipurpose building
-possible server space on University server
-prepare draft press release

Rob M– Programming Guide is focus
-just using computer as server
-programming guide becoming bottle neck for new programing

Lucy- working on programming
-recruit volunteers to help
-looking at logos

Creation of pamphlet and podcasting blog discussed

Cam – Interior Savings recommended
- quorum of directors signed form allowing creation of credit union account
-Rob M, Sarah, Cam as officers are co-signators
-Need two signators to sign to release money
-charity status looks very difficult
-asked for bio from members for website

Student levy, researching grants, letter of support discussed

Rob C – Creating business plan
-tracked down prior Industry Canada submission

Needs to show Public Benefit

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/charities/policy/cps/cps-024-e.html

3.3 Proof of Public Benefit
The existence of public benefit must be demonstrated through evidence submitted by the applicant organization. It is not sufficient for an applicant to merely state that in its view a public benefit will derive from the purposes.[Footnote 57] Examiners may consider a broad range of materials filed in support of an application for registration as a charity. The nature and extent of the evidence required will largely depend on the purpose the organization is seeking to have recognized, its approach to achieving the purpose, and any limitations the organization places on the class of beneficiaries. Where the purposes are novel or there is some type of restriction on the beneficiary class, additional objective evidence may be required.
An applicant organization is well-advised to consider supporting an application with some of the following information to establish public benefit. At the same time, however, it should be mindful of the fact that the submission of such information may not always be enough to demonstrate public benefit in the circumstances:
Needs assessment studies by academics, government bodies, or non-profit organizations that document the existence of the need in the community which will benefit from the services;
Project and/or funding proposals that address how the proposed activities are best suited to meet the need and benefit the community;
Program evaluations showing that similar programs or this specific proposed program has been demonstrated to benefit the community by meeting the need effectively;
Identification of government programs addressing the community need in question along with details on how the program complements or supplements the government program;
Identification of explicit statements of government policy that may be consistent with the goals and objects of their organization;
Demonstration of existing public sources of financial support for the organization;
Identification of new or recent legislative initiatives consistent with the proposed purpose; and,
Any other types of objective material that supports the proposal.
Although legislative initiatives may be considered, the mere existence of legislation is not conclusive evidence that an organization is pursuing a public benefit in a way the law regards as charitable. According to Iacobucci, J., in Vancouver Society, the benefit must still be determined through "... analogy to cases already found to be charitable."[Footnote 58] It is not that legislation is "never relevant to the question of what is charitable." Relying on the decision in Everywoman's Health Centre, he noted that the court there " pointed to legislation in order to rebut the argument that the provision of abortions in private clinics was contrary to public policy."[Footnote 59]

Rob's April Newsletter

here's what's new with cIro:we are proud to announce that our application for non-profit society status was approved, and that the “Campus-Community Radio Okanagan Society” was incorporated on feb 28th 2006. The board of directors are as follows: LucyRodina (UBC-O Student), Shane McLeod (UBC-O Student and UBCSU-O Radio Club Chair), Doug Cavey (UBCSU-O Representative), Bud Mortenson (UBC-O Administrative Representative), Cameron Baughen (Community Rep, Society Tresurer, andSecretary), Sarah Willard (Community Rep and Society Vice President), and RobMadu (Community Rep and Society President). This achievement is an importantstep towards FM broadcasting as it satisfies a component of the CRTC application process. A big thanks to Cam Baughen for his dedcated work in this area. One of the many next steps towards fm realization is to research and secure funding to purchase broadcasting equipment and operate the eventual station.
in other news Sarah would like ya'll to know about our fundraiser this saturdayapril 8 at Habitat....cIro & Tantrum Recordings in association with and Twysted Sista Productions will be holding an epic All-Ages fundraiser at Kelowna’s hottest venue, The Habitat(248 Leon Ave). "Debut” this Saturday April 8th will also be the firstlive-broadcast for the internet radio station (if all goes technically well).Tickets are $10 at the door and the party starts at 8. Ben McDonald (TantrumRecordings) and his partner-in-crime, Cody, (familiar to all for their highly successful & long-running “Evolution Thursdaze” at the Grateful Fed) have organized some of the best local & outta-town talent for this night-to-remember.“Debut” will feature Lowtek, DJ Switch, T.N.A., Stickybudz, Darcy Ryan(Edmonton) and DJ Insinipit Vs. Eye Dawg (Grand Forks). The funds raised from this event will pay for monthly internet costs, programming software for the internet broadcast, and a dual cd component to enable live internetbroadcasting.
also, cIro needs a logo for letterhead, and for promotional purposes. if yer handy that way, email your submissions to radio@ciro.ca . we'll decide which submissions will be adopted by cIro at the next meeting. winners will recieve our eternal gratitude and appreciation as well as immortalized - yay.
The next cIro meeting is in the Bean Scene's conference room (downtown Kelowna)on thursday april 27 at 630 until 8pm. everyone is welcome to attend, or stop by to voice whatever you'd like to talk about. suggestions, comments, ideas andother input is always welcome. if you can't make it to our monthly meetings but would like to get involved let us know. if you want to be removed from this mailing list, lemme know by replying to this email.thanks, rob madu cIro coordinator/prez www.ciro.ca rmadu@ciro.ca