ISLANDERS' SECURE LAND ASSOCIATION (ISLA)

Directors  Meeting

March 10, 2007                                                                           New Horizons, Hornby Island

Directors present:           Scott Sweeney, Michael McNamara, Bill Engleton, Ian Thomson, Tony Law

Members present:          Darlene Gage

Chair and minute-taker:  Tony Law

M I N U T E S

1. Call to order

The meeting was called to order at 3:10pm.

2. Officers

It was agreed to appoint two interim officers until the full board meets to elect its executive:

   M/S/C (Scott/Ian): That Michael McNamara be elected as acting Treasurer.

   M/S/C (Michael/Scott): That Tony Law be elected as acting Chair.

3. Meetings

It was agreed that the Board should meet within the next two weeks to address a) the charitable status application, b) election of officers, c) work program and assignment of tasks, d) meeting schedule.

Michael is not available March 11 to 18, Tony is not available March 19, Scott is not available on Fridays and Bill is not available on Wednesday afternoons. Ian will be away to April 2 but said to proceed without him. Tony ill contact all directors to set up a meeting.

Bill said he will see if BC Ferries will allow ISLA to hold meetings at no charge on the Tachek.

4. Charity status application

Darlene Gage explained that ISLA has 90 days to respond to a letter dated February 12 from the Charities Directorate of Revenue Canda otherwise a notice of refusal to register ISLA as a charity will be issued. In its response, ISLA would have to address a number of concerns raised in the letter, including the purposes of the Association as specified in its constitution.

Darlene has been pursuing this application for eighteen months. She has no little time to put more effort into this. She is willing to share what she has learned with whoever takes over this file.

It was suggested that our MP's office be contacted. Darlene stated that she has to make contact on another matter and can also raise this issue.

It was agreed that if we are going to continue to pursue charitable status we need one or more board members who are willing to immediately start working on this issue.

5. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3.25pm