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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 2009-02-16The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on February 16, 2009 at the Seal Beach Studio in Seal Beach, California. Board President, Dick Davies called the meeting to order at 7:l Opm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Davies. ROLL CALL Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos and Mr. Osuna were present. Mr. D'Sa and Ms. Hamilton were excused. Robin Fort- Lincke, the PEG Station Manager was also present. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2009 Motion was made by Mr. Anninos to approve the agenda and seconded by Mr. Osuna. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Osuna, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES OF JANUARY 19, 2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Motion was made by Mr. Anninos and seconded by Mr. Osuna to approve the minutes of the January 19, 2009 Board of Directors meeting. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies, Mr. Osuna NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 CHECK REQUEST Mr. Anninos made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request with "approx $200" for the phone bill. Mr. Osuna seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Osuna NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Mr. Osuna made a motion to accept, receive and file the financial statement prepared by Ms. Fort- Lincke. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. Page 1 of 3 sbccf minutes 2 -2009 AYES: Mr. Davies, Mr. Osuna, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 OLD BUSINESS EQUIPMENT REPAIR Ms. Fort - Lincke stated that the two bad council chambers monitors were replaced with the small portable b/w TV's for the time being. She said that to remedy the audio problem that seemed to be coming from our playback system, Rick Hastings, our assisting engineer, installed the audio isolator that was intended for our new video server system and that it appeared to have worked. She also stated that there was continuing video trouble with channel 3 and that Mr. Hastings recommended adding video isolators to both the council chambers feed and the playback feed to eliminate any problems caused by our system. She explained that she and Mr. Hastings would be using the process of elimination of the board's equipment as the source of the problem because it is difficult to get Time Warner to invest any time into solving the problem if they think the problem is not on their end. She said that part of the dilemma with troubleshooting the problem is that it is consistently inconsistent and Time Warner has shone up to try and fix it and the problem was not ocurring. There was discussion FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the Miss Seal Beach Special was shot in the studio but that the turnout of the girls was very low due to some kind of turmoil amongst the group, however the production itself turned out very nice. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the next upcoming shoot is the 3` Grade concert at McGaugh called What's More American. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communication. NEW BUSINESS APPROVAL OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASES Ms. Fort- Lincke advised the board members that additional equipment is needed to resolve issues with the playback system, adding DVD recording devices in the studio and the new playback system. She stated that the DVD/VCR combo decks were working very well as transfer decks and as the recording device for the government meetings. She recommended purchasing more of these decks to use where needed because they are only a few dollars more than a DVD recorder, and as a combo deck, there is the additional option of recording to tape if the DVD side of the deck malfunctions. Page 2 of 3 sbccf minutes 2 -2009 REPORTS PEG STATION MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT Ms. Fort- Lincke reported that she was working with Mr. Bauman on several different plans for upgrading the camera system for the council chambers. She stated that it might better serve the board to replace the equipment a step at a time. She suggested that since the switcher and the graphics computer work well, that the first step should be replacing the cameras, including eliminating the manned camera in the room, the remote control units, the camera control units and that we should install a scan converter for the computer PowerPoint presentations. She said that there are several switching options, they are compatible with the camera choices and the switcher can be upgraded some time in the future. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the board will be incurring more expenses to complete the playback system installation and wiring the council chambers control feed over to the playback side of the building to the video server. She stated that, in addition, the board will be incurring expenses to complete the build -out of the mobile production truck and therefore, this is why she was recommending a step at a time and continuing to utilize the equipment that was working. CHIEF ENGINEER REPORT Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that Mr. Bauman had researched the different Compix systems and that they no longer provide a video card with software. The Compix systems are now turnkey but the price is comparable to the original system and the purchase of a computer. She stated that she would bring a recommendation back to the board at a future meeting. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Davies stated that he had received no correspondence. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she had received no correspondence. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communications. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS There was no board communications. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Davies adjourned the meeting at 8:30pm. O freiw- Mr. Dick Davies, President, SBCCF ( 21ak- bv,),Lek&_— Ms. Robin Fort- Lincke, PEG Station Mgr Page 3 of 3 sbccf minutes 2 -2009