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Special Board Meeting Minutes May 9, 2005
11 AM Studio 174, 174 Main Street, Weed, CA

Call to Order- 11 AM by President Barnett

Roll Call Board Members: Neva Barnett, Judith Conrad, Todd Cory, Audra Gibson, Lisa Stevens, Rick Satchell.
Volunteers: John Cumming, Shirley Hammond, Eleanor Richard, Vince Reinig, Greg Jones (noon).
Penn Martin, Operations Manager

Public Comment - none

Message from President - Neva reminded the board of the protocol regarding quorums for meetings and asked that if any board member cannot make a meeting to please call and let someone know. Unexcused absences will be deemed to be a lack of interest in serving on the board.

Discussion and possible action in consideration of resignations and subsequent replacements and plan of action:
A) Operations Manager - the board approved the resignation of Penn Martin effective August 1, 2005 and confirmed his continued management hours as 12 - 16 per week. After review of the job description, approval was given to contact Personnel Preference and advertise for the position available July 1, 2005 to allow for training. Former applicants will be contacted and notice will be posted on the EBB.
B) COS Advisory position - the board accepted the resignation of Greg Jones and opted to leave the COS liaison position open until COS has a recommendation as a result of upcoming staff changes. It was agreed that Barbara Dillman, Superintendent of Siskiyou County Office of Education, would be contacted for a recommendation of a member to fill the “Education Liaison” position.
C) Board positions - Sylvia Massy Shivy - the board opted to continue Sylvia's board seat until the move to COS, Rick Satchell is still interested in keeping his board seat, although travel may affect his regular participation.
D) Board appointments - none at this time.

Discussion and possible action regarding policy for MCTV 15 Web Site editorial postings - the board discussed at length the potential for inflammatory content to appear on the web site and how it reflects on the organization as a whole. A motion was made and passed with Todd Cory dissenting to maintain the web site as factual in nature. The board may revisit this direction based on research of the bylaws, policy and mission statement revision.

Discussion and possible action for programming
Summer schedule - Real TV will not tape live shows after June 1st and likely resume a regular schedule in the fall at COS.
July 4th event - Due to lack of volunteers to solicit revenue for the live broadcast on July 4th, Northland Cable was notified that we will not be available to cover the event this year.
Tech support for program director - Judith Conrad resigned her position as Program Director due to complications over the technical requirements now needed for programming. John Cumming volunteered to take over the job until another volunteer can be trained.

Approve written budget requests from Mt. Shasta and Weed - the board reviewed the funding request letters to be sent to the cities of Mt. Shasta and Weed. They will be mailed this week.

Approve producer agreement with Mc Cloud - the board accepted the application of Mc Cloud as producer.

Board comments - items for upcoming agenda: mission statement review, consider programming director as a paid position at 4 hours per week, inventory of equipment, audio processing at head end.

Adjourn to next regular meeting: June 6, 2005 11:00 A.M., Studio 174, Weed

Respectfully submitted,
Audra Gibson, secretary