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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 2008-08-18The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on August 18, 2008 at the Seal Beach Studio in Seal Beach, California. Board President, Mr. Dick Davies called the meeting to order at 7:12pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge allegiance was led by Mr. Davies. ROLL CALL Mr. Davies, Mr Anninos, Ms. Hamilton and Mr. Osuna were present. Mr. D'Sa was not present. Robin Fort- Lincke, the PEG Station Manager was present. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 'SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 18, 2008 Motion was made by Mr Anninos and seconded by Ms. Hamilton. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Davies, Mr. Osuna NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 CONSENT CALENDAR Page 1 of 4 MINUTES OF JULY 21, 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Ms. Hamilton made a motion to approve the minutes of the July 16, 2008 Board of Directors meeting. The motion was seconded by Mr. Anninos. AYES: Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- ABSTENTION: Mr. Osuna MOTION PASSED: 3 — 0, 1 abstention CHECK REQUEST Mr. Osuna made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Osuna, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies, Ms. Hamilton NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 sbccf minutes 8 -2008 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Ms. Hamilton made a motion to receive and file the financial report prepared by Ms. Fort- Lincke. The motion was seconded by Mr. Osuna. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that her statement included the correct amount for Fund 50 received from the city's finance dept. but that the finance dept. was experiencing a shortage of personnel and therefore, the reconciliation on their end had not be completed. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Osuna, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 OLD BUSINESS EQUIPMENT REPAIR There was discussion about the donation of repair services of the mobile production by 16 Street Garage, and recognition to the business for their generous donation. Page 2 of 4 FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the best date for the election special, in order to coincide with the mailing of the absentee ballots on Tuesday, October 6 and airtime scheduling throughout October would be Tuesday, September 30 She stated was the historical society would be celebrating it's 38 anniversary on Saturday, August 23 and that she had been asked to assist the Dixieland Band with a PA system at 2pm. She said that Rob Roy would be videotaping the event as a public access program. She also stated that she would like to cover the surfing culture of the 50's, a special event to be hosted by the historical society in September. She said that in the past, some people connected to the historical events did not want to be videotaped and asked Ms. Hamilton, the vice - president of the historical society, if she could check to see if it would be possible to videotape the event. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Rob Roy spoke about upcoming public access programs, the high quality of the programs and thanked the board for their continuing support of the PEG facility. NEW BUSINESS APPROVAL OF FY 08 -09 OPERATING BUDGET Ms. Fort- Lincke presented an overview of the proposed budget and explained that the budget was very similar to the prior year and that adjustments had been made where needed. She also explained that this was the first year of funding under the new DIVCA law and that to date, only one quarter's funding had been received by the city and it would take a bit of getting used to the new funding requirements. sbccf minutes 8 -2008 Motion was made by Mr. Anninos and seconded by Mr. Osuna to approve the operating budget for FY 08 -09. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Osuna, Mr. Davies, Ms. Hamilton NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4 -0 REPORTS PEG STATION MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that there were 11 entrants to this year's WAVE awards. She stated that she needed to time to review the footage from the Miss Seal Beach pageant in order to speak to Barbie Meyer about the copyright infringement and what, if any of the footage would be able to be used in the special. She related the history of all the problems associated with the coverage of the pageant over the years, which led to the board's decision to do a special in the studio with the Miss Seal Beach court, rather than continue each year with the problems at the high school. There was discussion. She also state that she would be meeting with the board's CPA, Steve Shay to begin work on the refiling of the non - profit paperwork in order for the board to engage in future fundraising efforts, grants and sponsorships. CHIEF ENGINEER REPORT There was no chief engineer report. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the board had received a response to their grant requests to the 5/10K Run Committee and that the requests had been denied. There was discussion. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she had received a late notice from the IRS and had spoken to Mr. Steve Shay about it. She said that he had sent all the tax information and proof to the IRS that an extension had been granted and the filing had been made within the parameters required. She said he would be sending her a copy of that communication. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Rob Roy stated that he was surprised and dismayed at the denial of the grant request by the 5 /10K run Committee. Page 3 of 4 sbccf minutes 8 -2008 BOARD COMMUNICATIONS There was brief discussion. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Davies adjourned the meeting at 9:05pm. Page 4 of 4 Mr. Dick Davies, President, SBCCF Ms. Robin Fort- Lincke, PEG Station Mgr sbccf minutes 8 -2008