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Minutes of the Board Meeting June 26, 2007

Mountain Community Television - Channel 15

Tuesday June 26th, 2007 9:00 am

Studio COS LRC 2, 800 College Avenue, Weed, CA 96094

Roll Call

Board Members Present: Audra Gibson, Judith Conrad, Todd Cory, Steve Crow
Quorum: Yes

Others Present:
Secretary/Treasurer: Shirley Hammond
Operations Manager: Kathy Blevins
Technical/Program Director: John Cumming
Others Present: Brendan Butler, Linda Sue? Runnels, Rex Golston and Karl Griner from YCTV 4?.

Introductions

• Judith facilitated an opportunity for each person to introduce themselves and briefly *state their intention with regard to this meeting.

Proceedings

• Meeting called to order at 9:10 am
• Minutes of June 5th approved as written

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Public Comment

• Karl Griner from Yreka introduced himself as the recently hired Special Events Coordinator for the City of Yreka who will also be the Station Manager for YCTV 4?.

Executive Director Report by John Cumming

John is getting off to a good start as Executive Director and shared some of his vision for Studio in a Box to more efficiently produce local events without creating a big editing job, and Government in a Box to give better coverage of government meetings. There was some discussion of the cost, logistics and timing for the offering of this service.

Financial Report by Shirley Hammond

• No Financial reports were available for this meeting as the month has not ended.

Programming Report by John Cumming

• Kathy is continuing to learn the process and is a great help in preparing the shows for programming.

Technical Report by John Cumming

• The head-end move is now complete with just a few minor adjustments necessary to be done
• New Tri-pods have arrived.

Action: Todd and John will modify the rolling bases they sit on, for a better fit, with COS(Steve Crow) permission as the bases are the property of COS

Public Liaison Report by Judith Conrad

None

Government Liaison Report by Audra Gibson

None

Old Business

• Legacy Fund.
  • Audra is working on the project for Sisson Museum.
  • Judith and Shirley are working on a promotional video for Mt Shasta Community Resource Center.

Action: Shirley and Audra will prepare press releases regarding their respective projects

• Professional Services Contracts Update
  • Mercy Medical #5 is complete, #6 is in progress. John and Audra have put in over 60 hours on these projects.
  • COS Today #6 is completed, #7 scheduled for 3rd Monday in July.
  • Budget 2007-2008

Reviewed, modified and approved. On file

• Name Change Proposal
  • We had a discussion of the costs, filing process, and any tax implications. Questions need to be answered definitively before proceeding with this.

Motion: Direct Staff to proceed with the name change contingent upon advice from Lynn Teuscher. Seconded and failed 0-4
Action: Shirley will meet with Lyn Teuscher to get clarification on these issues by next meeting.
Action: Shirley will bring paperwork for the name change to the next meeting.

• New Board Members
  • Barbara Dillman has agreed to serve on our board and will attend the August meeting.
  • Audra is continuing to send packets and invitations out to potential candidates for consideration.

New Business

Board/Staff Comments

• Judith asks that we develop pricing and protocols for soliciting sponsors.

Action: Audra agreed to work on developing this policy.

• Audra reported that the City of Mt. Shasta has approved the allocation of 25% of the franchise fee to MCTV 15 for the fiscal year 2007-2008
• Steve requested an agenda item for our next meeting be a discussion of goals regarding technology required in creation of the government programming

Action: John will call a Tech committee meeting prior to August Board Meeting to discuss this and the lighting board needs.

• Todd expressed his continuing concern for security of the head-end equipment now in a high-traffic area.
• Steve requested someone to meet with the new Media Class Adjunct Instructor at 8 am on Thursday. Kathy agreed to come in early for that.

Adjournment

Adjourn at 12:05 pm to the next regular meeting:
Tuesday August 14, 2007 at 9:00 AM