MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2000
MEMBERS PRESENT
Margaret Barlow, Chair Lela Estes
Roberta Taylor, Vice-Chair Mark Madry
Beverly Jones, Secretary Aaron Sheaffer
Tony Capizzi, Treasurer Vickie Souve
Robert Bradley Mary Wiseman
ALSO PRESENT
John A. Rocco, DATV Executive Director
Steve Ross, DATV Operations Manager
David Snow, Cable Administrator, City of Dayton
Kelly Kuhlman, Time Warner Government Affairs Manager
Pat Jessee, DATV Staff
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
M. Barlow called the meeting to order at 11:40 am.
ROLL CALL
P. Jessee read the roll call.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M. Barlow asked that Nominating Committee be added to the agenda item
Committee
Reports. With that addition she asked for approval of the agenda as presented with
Roberta Taylor making the motion and Vickie Souve seconding. Motion passed unanimously.
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
M. Barlow said this meeting was not only her last meeting as Chair for
the year but
it was the last board meeting she would be chairing. She thanked the
Board for all their support and cooperation.
Since this was the last meeting for Tony Capizzi as a board member, M.
Barlow
presented him a plaque of appreciation for his many years of service to DATV as a board
member.
T. Capizzi thanked the Board and wished them good luck in the future.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
M. Barlow asked for approval of the October 9, 2000, board meeting
minutes. Motion
to approve minutes as presented made by B. Jones and seconded by R.
Taylor. Motion
passed unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
TREASURER'S REPORT
T. Capizzi asked that the treasurer's report as presented be approved.
B. Jones made the motion and R. Taylor seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive Committee - Met in October to put together the evaluation
process for the
Executive Director. It was decided to have the retreat in lieu of the regular board
meeting scheduled for February 12.
Personnel Committee - Did not meet.
Development Committee - Did not meet.
Nominating Committee - R. Bradley reported the committee met on
November 27
and
December 4. Since none of the applications for
the
open seats met the Board qualifications nominations
were
tabled until a later date.
Following discussion, nominations and elections, T. Capizzi made the
motion
to accept the nominating committee recommendations that the officers for 2001 be:
Chair: Vickie Souve
Vice-Chair: Aaron Sheaffer
Secretary: Roberta Taylor
Treasurer: Robert Bradly
M. Barlow seconded the motion with the motion passing unanimously.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
J. Rocco said the regional conference held in October went very well
with 175 people
attending.
He reported they were still working toward the goal of having more
young people
involved with DATV. Two groups, C.J. and Carroll High Schools, have
already been
through the facilities and Colonel White is planning on going through
the workshops
soon. When the Americorp volunteer starts their duties will be to go
out into the
community and identify groups of young people who would be interested
in going
through the training program.
Time Warner has notified DATV that Channel 72, the Dayton Spiritual
Television
channel, will be moving to Channel 12.
Two dates for the Board's calendar are:
1. January 9 - DATV Ice Scraper Night at the Dayton Bombers
2. April 6 - The Tally Awards at the Convention Center
Also, as a reminder, it is now time for the Board to renew their 2001
membership.
CITY OF DAYTON CABLE ADMINISTRATOR - David Snow
D. Snow passed out handouts and talked about the progress being made
with TotaLink.
He also told the Board that Time Warner is upgrading their services and
because of that the rates will be increasing which means that the
franchise fees will be going up. (See handout.) The handout shows
a franchise fee projection due to those increased rates. Once Time
Warner fully activates their system we (The City) estimate that it will
generate approximately $150,000 in franchise fees to the City of
Dayton of which DATV under their original franchise agreement gets
2% of that which is approximately $60,000.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE - Kelly Kuhlman
K. Kuhlman spoke about the upgrading of Time Warner and the changing of
the channel
lineup. She passed out a handout regarding this lineup. She said that
in Old North
Dayton channel 72 is now channel 12. As the upgrading proceeds the
lineup will change
until the city is complete with all new channel listings.
OLD BUSINESS
Collaboration with Ken Kriezter and Randy Bellinger.
NEW BUSINESS
J. Rocco presented the DATV 2001 Budget to the Board for their
approval. M. Barlow
asked for the motion to approve which L. Estes made and R. Taylor
seconded. Motion
passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The Board adjourned into Executive Session at 12:40.
The next Board meeting will be the retreat on February 12.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________ ______________________
Beverly Jones John A. Rocco
DATV Secretary DATV Executive Director
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