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Regular Board Meeting September 11, 2007 - 9:04 AM
Studio COS 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, September 11th, 2007
9 AM, Studio COS LRC 2, 800 College Avenue, Weed, CA

Call to order 9:04 AM

Roll Call:
Audra Gibson, Judith Conrad, Todd Cory, Steve Crow, Barbara Dillman
Kathy Blevins, John Cumming, Bruce Hammond, Ron Demele, Terez Swenson

Check in – good thoughts to Shirley Hammond from everyone!

Minutes of August 14th, 2007 regular meeting were approved as written.

Closed Session:
The Board met in closed session to discuss a personnel issue. Direction was given to Board President, Audra Gibson to direct Executive Director, John Cumming to address and document the personal issue discussed.

Public Comment: none

Reports and Possible Action:
Executive Director Report:
The media server appears to be working better now that John reloaded the executable file.
Golden Eagle Charter School has students interested in participating at MCTV. Discussion continued on collaborating with COS to expand video production education.
The next orientation meeting is Tuesday, September 18th at 7PM.
There was discussion to plan a board/volunteer retreat to define (among other things) the long-term MCTV goals. Audra will explore scheduling it for a Saturday in November 2007.

Financial Report:
The draft 2006-2007 year end budget was presented for review and discussion.
The 2007-2008 budget was reviewed and discussed.
Due to health problems, our Secretary/Treasurer is unavailable to perform her duties. The board is asking for volunteers to work with the Executive Director to take on the tasks needed.

Programming Report:
Kathy reported that the VCR used to for transferring video is broken. John to address replacement.
Kathy has successfully accomplished the scheduling and uploading new programs to the media server for several weeks now. The board expressed their appreciation.

Old Business:
Discussion of shows sponsored or produced by MCTV 15 - “flagship” production of Judith Conrad’s show that highlights community events will remain as they are with Judith’s program’s status. This issue will be further defined and discussed at the proposed retreat.

Legacy Fund projects update:
JEDI - no change
Sisson Museum - waiting for script
Community resource - no change

Professional Services Update:
Mercy - no change, two remaining shows are nearing completion pending availability of John Cumming.
COS Today - the next show is scheduled for Monday Sept. 17th at 12 noon

New Business:
Those present discussed the importance of cross training staff/volunteers for key positions, as dependability on volunteers is the backbone of our organization. The Board may consider allocating funding for key tasks for the organization. This will be addressed ASAP at the retreat.

Board/Staff Comments:
Steve Crow requested a regular agenda item under reports for “COS Liaison”.

Adjourn at 11:22 AM to next regular meeting:
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 9:00 AM.