MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MEETING
MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2002
MEMBERS PRESENT
Roberta
Taylor, Chair Mark
Madry
Robert
Bradley, Treasurer Tim
Gardner
Margaret
Barlow Robert
Mullins
ALSO PRESENT
John
Rocco, DATV Executive Director
David
Snow, City of Dayton Cable Administrator
Kara
Andrews, Time Warner Cable
Pat
Jessee, DATV Staff
NOT PRESENT
Gabrielle
Williamson, Idotha Neal, Tom Ritchie - excused.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
Roberta
Taylor, called the meeting to order at 11:45 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Roll
call read by P. Jessee.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M.
Barlow made the motion to approve the agenda as presented and L. Estes
seconded.
Agenda approved as presented.
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
R.
Taylor brought to the attention of the Board the thank you letters that were
included
in the Board packets. One was from
Merlin Plus Communications System
for
the donation of the telephone communication system and one was from
the
Dayton Bomberger Teen Center for the donation of office chairs and couch. The
last
one was from Dayton Area Soccer Association for DATV's sponsorship of one
of
the teams.
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APPROVAL OF BOARD MINUTES -
JUNE 10, 2002
R.
Taylor asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes. M. Madry made the motion to approve the
minutes as presented and A. Sheaffer seconded.
Motion
passed unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT
None.
TREASURER’S REPORT
R.
Taylor asked for approval of Treasurer’s Report with M. Barlow making the
motion to approve the report as presented and Tim Gardner seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A.
Executive
Committee - no.
B.
Nominating
Committee - has not met yet but will meet with the Personnel Committee.
C.
Investment
Committee - met in July. There was a
slight gained on the bonds.
D.
Personnel
Committee - met with the Nominating Committee - next meeting September 9, 2002
at 8 am and will concern the recruitment of new Board members and the Executive
Director's evaluation.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
J.
Rocco told the Board about the new promotional video that can now be seen on
Ch. 20.
This
video highlights different staff members telling about the advantages of
belonging to DATV. He told the Board about the different improvements at DATV,
such as, the painting of the Green Room (now, gold), new furniture and new
equipment. Also, all time slots on the
Spiritual Channel are filled and there are still churches and religious programs
wanting to have a time slot on Ch. 12.
The
Personnel Committee has been sent a note by J. Rocco advising them of the DATV
staff retirement change to Merrill Lynch from McDonald/Scudder Investments.
J.
Rocco asked the Board for volunteers to serve on DATV's 25th Anniversary Gala.
Lela
Estes and Bob Mullins volunteered.
J.
Rocco told the Board that the Conference held I Houston was a great one,
however, the attendance was not as good as expected. He encouraged the individual board members to join the
Alliance. The cost for individual
membership is only $35.00.
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CITY OF DAYTON CABLE
ADMINISTRATOR
D.
Snow
told the Board that the Right of Way Ordinance (ROW) is moving forward.
He
said that John and the Board would be kept informed as to the final
outcome. Total Link, at this time,
does not have the financial capability to continue and will be put on hold.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE
K.
Andrews told the Board about the new Time Warner Video-On-Demand service now
being offered to the community. Last
week Time Warner held their annual cable classroom workshop for area teachers
at the Nutter Center on the Wright State University campus. They are still working
on the up grading of some City buildings.
OLD BUSINESS - None.
NEW BUSINESS - none.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
adjourned at 12:25. The next board
meeting will be October 7, 2002.
Respectfully
submitted,
____________________________ ______________________________
Margaret
Barlow, DATV Secretary John
A. Rocco, Executive Director