MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001
MEMBERS PRESENT
Vickie Souve', Chair
Tom Ritchie
Robert Bradley, Treasurer
Lela Estes
Tim Gardner
Mark Madry
ALSO PRESENT
John Rocco, DATV Executive Director
David Snow, City of Dayton Cable Administrator
Kelley Kulhman, Times Warner
Kara Andrews, Times Warner
Pat Jessee, DATV Staff
NOT PRESENT
Margaret Barlow, Aaron Sheaffer, Roberta Taylor and Mary Wiseman, all excused.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
V. Souve called the meeting to order at 11:35 am.
ROLL CALL
Roll call read by P. Jessee.
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
V. Souve welcomed new board members, Tim Gardner and Tom Ritchie. She commented on the
National Alliance conference held in Washington, D.C. She told about networking with other
access centers board members and about the connection on Yahoo.com so that members can
keep in touch with each other.
M. Madry suggested that DATV increase the amount giving to the Alliance's "war
chest." He commented on the seriousness of the discussions which he believe was
moreso than in other years.
J. Rocco commented that this conference was his 13th and that he thought it was one of the
better ones.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
V. Souve asked if there were any changes or corrections to the board minutes of June 11,
2001. L. Estes made the motion to accept the minutes as presented and R. Bradley seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
TREASURER'S REPORT
R. Bradley made the motion to accepted the treasurer's report as presented and M. Madry
seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Executive Committee - did not meet.
b. Personnel Committee - did not meet.
c. Development Committee - V. Souve said that this committee had been quite busy. She
proceeded to introduced Bill O'Neal of Merrill Lynch who presented a draft of the proposed
Dayton Public Access Television, Inc. (dba DATV) Investment Policy Statement.
After some discussion J. Rocco stated that this whole plan now is to establish this policy
so that Merrill Lynch knows what our guidelines are and where the money is to be and as
part of that the Committee discussed that the Board would establish this Committee which
would include at least 4 board members two being the Treasurer and the Chair. This
Committee would meet on a regular basis and Bill has gracious agreed and asked to meet
with the Committee on a regular basis probably every other month or so and talk about how
the funds are performing and make any recommendations on what changes might need to be
made. The Committee will then be able to make those changes since the Board does not meet
as often. It was talked about meeting the opposite months that the Board does not meet.
B. O'Neal said he thought he could put together a one-page report every other month that
would show you what particular money managers are doing and so forth.
Tom Ritchie made the motion to accept the policy as presented and to empower the Fund
Development Committee to reallocate invested funds using recommendations made by the
investment advisor from Merrill Lynch. M. Madry seconded and the motion passed
unanimously.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
J. Rocco stated that Easy Access was starting its third season and he was very pleased
that this program is going very well. Also, in our ongoing effort to increase our youth
participation, DATV has created some posters which will be posted at the Bomberger Teen
Center, Stivers, and the "Y." The Teen Center will be the co-ordinator for the
young people who are interested.
CITY OF DAYTON CABLE ADMINISTRATOR
D. Snow told the Board that TotaLink approached the City last month telling them that
TotaLink was not able to get all the funding that was needed. They requested an extension
of the timeline which was granted them last October. D. Snow thought that what the City
was going to do was grant them an additional year buildout and see what happens.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE
K. Kuhlman introduced Kara Andrews who use to be with the City of Dayton and now works for
Time Warner.
She also informed the Board that the Time Warner office was now located on Display Lane in
Kettering, Ohio, and was no longer located on Little York Road.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Before adjourning the meeting, V. Souve asked that board members forward any names of
potential board members. J. Rocco stated that there was one open seat which expires at the
end of this year.
Meeting adjourned at 12:40 PM with the next board meeting being October 8, 2001.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________ ______________________
Roberta Taylor John A. Rocco
DATV Secretary DATV Executive Director
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