Carlton Trail Regional Science Fair General Meeting

Feb. 10, 2010

Wakaw School (start time 6:00 p.m.)

A.  Attendance: Gerard Frison (Strasbourg), Corrinne Arnold (Bruno), Lorne Gottselig (Strasbourg), Corey Biccum (Wakaw), Brian Grest (HZSD)

Regrets: Joel Taphorn

B.  Minutes from last meeting read by Brian.

Motion to approve: Corey, Corrinne. Carried

C.  Business arising from the Minutes:

- none

D.  Financial Report presented by Lorne

Motion to accept the report: Lorne, Corrinne. Carried

-  Request from HZSD for per capita grant will be done soon

-  Seed grant (hosting) cheque written to Wakaw

E.  Correspondence

-  YSF: VIA Rail award passed on to Corrinne.

-  YSF will present Board candidates soon. Exec has given Gerard power to place our vote at his discretion.

-  Ministry of Ed funding to provincial organization to stay at $40,000 (same as last year, but $10,000 less than years previous). As a region, CTRSF is financially sound.

-  Jim Langen is provincial coordinator

F.  Canada-Wide report

-  Canada-wide to be held in Peterborough; Joel Taphorn’s name suggested as this year’s delegate

G.  New Business:

-  Site for 2010 – Wakaw (Thur. Mar. 25)

o  sources of potential judges recorded

o  Website has been updated. Corey will update this year’s documents soon

o  Deadline for entries Wed. Mar. 17

o  Caterer is booked

o  Executive toured the facility

-  Gerard to approach HZSD about insurance for fair

H.  Next Meeting: Thur, Mar. 25 in Wakaw (following science fair)

Motion to Adjourn: Corrinne (7:40 p.m.)