RECORD OF DECISIONS

RECORD OF DECISIONS

RECORD OF DECISIONS of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Blood Services held at the Head Office, Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, January 20, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

PRESENT:	Mary Collins
Lynda Cranston	Kenneth J. Fyke
Wiliam H. Gleed	Frederick Hyndman
T. Douglas Kinsella	William R. Livingston
Rod MacLennan	Peter H. Pinkerton
Linda Rankin	Harvey Schipper
Verna M. Skanes	Neil R. Wilkinson
Durhane Wong-Rieger

REGRETS:	Con Hnatiuk

being a quorum of the directors of the Corporation, and

Ken Anderson	June Bain
John Johnston	Ian Mumford
John Racher	Wesley Rees
Samuel Schwisberg	Graham Sher
Sophie de Villers, Recording Secretary

by invitation.

Ken Fyke took the Chair and Ms. de Villers acted as recording secretary to the meeting.

A quorum of the Directors of the Corporation being present and notice of the meeting having been given to all Directors of the Corporation, the meeting was declared to be duly constituted for the transaction of business.

Mr. Fyke welcomed the CBS Directors and audience members to CBS’ inaugural open Board meeting.

After review, ON MOTION duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, IT WAS RESOLVED THAT the agenda of January 20, 1999 be approved as presented.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

Mr. Fyke referred to the minutes of the previous meeting held on December 16 and 17, 1998. After review, ON MOTION duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, IT WAS RESOLVED THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation held on December 16 and 17, 1998 be approved.

APPOINTMENT OF THE CBS CORPORATE SECRETARY

WHEREAS the position of Secretary is currently vacant;

AND WHEREAS the CBS does not employ an Assistant Secretary;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the directors do hereby authorize the Chief Executive Officer to do anything required to be done by the Secretary until such time as said vacancy is filled.