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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 2007-08-20SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 20, 2007 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on August 20, 2007 at the Seal Beach Studio in Seal Beach, California. Board President, Dick Davies called the meeting to order at 7:15pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Davies. ROLL CALL Mr. Davies, Ms. Lee, Mr. Anninos and Ms. Martin were present. Ms. Hamilton was excused. Robin Fort- Lincke, the PEG Station Manager was also present. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Motion was made by Ms. Martin to approve the agenda with corrections and seconded by Ms. Lee. AYES: Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos, Ms. Lee, Ms. Martin NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES OF MARCH 19, 2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING The minutes of the March 19, 2007 Board of Directors meeting will be carried over to the next regularly scheduled meeting due to the lack of a quorum. MINUTES OF JULY 16, 2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING A motion was made by Ms. Martin to approve the minutes of the July 16, 2007, 2006 Board of Directors meeting. The motion was seconded my Ms. Lee. AYES: Ms. Lee, Ms. Martin, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 CHECK REQUEST Mr Anninos made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request with the phone bill approximately $300. Ms. Martin seconded the motion. Page 1 of 3 sbccf minutes 8 -2007 AYES: Ms. Martin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Ms. Martin made a motion to receive and file the statement of expenses and revenues prepared by Ms. Fort- Lincke. Mr. Davies seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies, Ms. Martin, Ms. Lee NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 OLD BUSINESS REPORTS EQUIPMENT REPAIR Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the JVC SVHS to mini -dv deck located in the LW producers room still needed to go to the factory for repair. She stated that one of the record decks in the studio had to be replaced with parts from a similar unit by Ms. Fort- Lincke, and that the consumer recording the studio also malfunctioned and was repaired by Ms. Fort- Lincke and Mr. Eddie Montana. There was discussion about playback equipment and the truck. FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that at this time no other productions were slated until the Christmas parade in December. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communication. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Anninos made a motion to approve the operating budget submitted by Ms. Fort- Lincke for FY 07 -08. The motion was seconded my Ms. Lee. AYES: Ms. Lee, Ms. Martin, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 PEG STATION MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she covered some of the previous items such as playback, the truck and equipment earlier in the meeting. She stated that she had visited the city of Newport Beach and was given a tour of their PEG and government equipment. She stated that they recently were Page 2 of 3 sbccf minutes 8 -2007 given a very short notice by Time Warner that they would need to cover their own government meetings, therefore, the city negotiated money for capital expenditures from Time Warner, that included their own playback system as well. She said their budget was considerably larger than the Seal Beach budget. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that all programs were now being transferred to DVD and sent to the cable company for playback and that the transfer deck is working great. She also stated that we received the notice for this year's WAVE awards and the deadline was the shortest ever. CHIEF ENGINEER REPORT There was no chief engineer report. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the board had received a notice from the IRS stating that due to a late filing, they were charging $160.00. She stated that she had already spoken to Steve Shay about it and that Steve would be writing a letter on the board's behalf to confirm the filing had in fact, happened prior to the deadline. He explained that it was the last filing that was handled with the tax id number in question, which is probably why they sent the late notice. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communications. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Ms. Martin stated that she hoped that in the future, the board would be able to increase the compensation to Ms. Fort- Lincke in her responsibilities to the board. The board members concurred. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that while she appreciated the board's intent, she was unsure if that would be feasible in light of the recent changes due to the new law and the needs of the board's future funding requirements. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Davies adjourned the meeting at 9:OOpm. Mr. Dick Davies, President, SBCCF Ms. Robin Fort- Lincke, PEG Station Mgr Page 3 of 3 0 '46 ,-C sbccf minutes 8 -2007