Regular Board Meeting March 4, 2008 - 9:00 AM
LRC 2? – 800 College Avenue Weed, CA 96094 530.938.5910 mctv15.org
The mission of MCTV 15 is to encourage and support the use of media for sharing events, thoughts, and opinions by and for the people of Siskiyou County
Minutes of Board Meeting Tuesday, March 4, 2008
9 AM, 800 College Avenue, Weed, CA
Call to order at 9:06 AM
Roll Call:
Todd Cory, Judith Conrad, Barbara Dillman, Greg Messer, Steve Crow, Maryann Thush
John Cumming, Ron Demele, Terez Swenson, Christopher Madaras, Linda Sue? Runnels, Jane Pettes
Board position filled: There was a motion and unanimous approval of Mary Ann? Thush to fill the vacant board position.
Previous meeting Minutes: The minutes of the February 4th, 2008 regular & annual meetings were approved as written.
Check in - Round the table suggestions for fund raising ideas. These included:
telethon, COS budget, benefit fair/workshop, leverage local community events (4th of July, Chamber etc), collaboration with other non-profits, underwriting of programs, remembering to bill cities for budgeted funding, requesting our share of the county franchise fee
Committee to vet fund raising fund raising ideas formed: Judith, Maryann & Jane
Public Comment: positive feedback regarding newspaper press releases
Old Business:
MOU changes – Steve met with John Cumming & Audra and discussed the executive director issues and wants to hold off submitting the MOU changes to the COS board until the appointment of the executive director. Steve wants to be e-mailed the approved language changes. Steve also reminded us that the volunteer list needs to be kept current. Maryann will take responsibility for getting this to Steve.
Policy & Procedures review/update – John & Maryann worked on this and presented board members with an updated copy of this document. There was a lengthy discussion about the benefits of separating the policies from the procedures into separate documents. This went to the same subcommittee. Greg suggested we each take a section to read each month to better familiarize the board with the content and volunteered to take the first section next month.
Action item: to approve the language regarding joining non-profit organizations next month.
Executive director Recruitment – The committee is still meeting possible candidates.
Tech Committee – Greg and John discussed their meeting about stability issues with the media server. He will present these options at the next meeting.
Board Handbook – There was a discussion of how to add materials to the handbook. Meeting minutes should be added only after approval.
New Business:
Meeting times – There was a suggestion to move the board meetings to the second Tuesday of the month rather than the first. There is also the issue that Vince Reinig cannot attend our board meetings since he has a Northland staff meeting in Yreka on Tuesdays. This discussion was tabled until the next meeting when all board members will be present.
Book Order – There was a unanimously approved motion to order the book “How to manage an effective non-profit organization” for the board and interested parties.
Reports and Possible Action:
Operations: – John talked about the successful experimenting with our green screen equipment. John also shared his enthusiasm with MIRO, a way to easily get our (and other) video content online.
There was discussion and review of Kathy’s new schedule & COS position.
Financial Report:
None
Programming Report:
None
COS Liaison:
None
COS Media Services:
None
Board/Staff Comments:
Todd mentioned studio/control room access keys are available for out two new board members Greg & Maryann.
Adjourn at 11:20 AM to next regular meeting:
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 9:00 AM.
LRC 2? – 800 College Avenue Weed, CA 96094 530.938.5910 mctv15.org
The mission of MCTV 15 is to encourage and support the use of media for sharing events, thoughts, and opinions by and for the people of Siskiyou County
Minutes of Board Meeting Tuesday, March 4, 2008
9 AM, 800 College Avenue, Weed, CA
Call to order at 9:06 AM
Roll Call:
Todd Cory, Judith Conrad, Barbara Dillman, Greg Messer, Steve Crow, Maryann Thush
John Cumming, Ron Demele, Terez Swenson, Christopher Madaras, Linda Sue? Runnels, Jane Pettes
Board position filled: There was a motion and unanimous approval of Mary Ann? Thush to fill the vacant board position.
Previous meeting Minutes: The minutes of the February 4th, 2008 regular & annual meetings were approved as written.
Check in - Round the table suggestions for fund raising ideas. These included:
telethon, COS budget, benefit fair/workshop, leverage local community events (4th of July, Chamber etc), collaboration with other non-profits, underwriting of programs, remembering to bill cities for budgeted funding, requesting our share of the county franchise fee
Committee to vet fund raising fund raising ideas formed: Judith, Maryann & Jane
Public Comment: positive feedback regarding newspaper press releases
Old Business:
MOU changes – Steve met with John Cumming & Audra and discussed the executive director issues and wants to hold off submitting the MOU changes to the COS board until the appointment of the executive director. Steve wants to be e-mailed the approved language changes. Steve also reminded us that the volunteer list needs to be kept current. Maryann will take responsibility for getting this to Steve.
Policy & Procedures review/update – John & Maryann worked on this and presented board members with an updated copy of this document. There was a lengthy discussion about the benefits of separating the policies from the procedures into separate documents. This went to the same subcommittee. Greg suggested we each take a section to read each month to better familiarize the board with the content and volunteered to take the first section next month.
Action item: to approve the language regarding joining non-profit organizations next month.
Executive director Recruitment – The committee is still meeting possible candidates.
Tech Committee – Greg and John discussed their meeting about stability issues with the media server. He will present these options at the next meeting.
Board Handbook – There was a discussion of how to add materials to the handbook. Meeting minutes should be added only after approval.
New Business:
Meeting times – There was a suggestion to move the board meetings to the second Tuesday of the month rather than the first. There is also the issue that Vince Reinig cannot attend our board meetings since he has a Northland staff meeting in Yreka on Tuesdays. This discussion was tabled until the next meeting when all board members will be present.
Book Order – There was a unanimously approved motion to order the book “How to manage an effective non-profit organization” for the board and interested parties.
Reports and Possible Action:
Operations: – John talked about the successful experimenting with our green screen equipment. John also shared his enthusiasm with MIRO, a way to easily get our (and other) video content online.
There was discussion and review of Kathy’s new schedule & COS position.
Financial Report:
None
Programming Report:
None
COS Liaison:
None
COS Media Services:
None
Board/Staff Comments:
Todd mentioned studio/control room access keys are available for out two new board members Greg & Maryann.
Adjourn at 11:20 AM to next regular meeting:
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 9:00 AM.