February 14, 2000
MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2000
MEMBERS PRESENT
Margaret Barlow, Chair Robert Bradley
Roberta Taylor, Vice-Chair Mark Madry
Beverly Jones, Secretary/Treasurer Aaron Sheaffer
ALSO PRESENT
John Rocco, DATV Executive Director
Steve Ross, DATV Operations Manager
Randy Bellinger, City of Dayton
Kelly Kuhlman, Time Warner Government Affairs Manager
Pat Jessee, DATV Staff
NOT PRESENT
Tony Capizzi, Lela Estes, Vickie Souve, Mary Wiseman
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
M. Barlow called the meeting to order at 11:40 a.m.
ROLL CALL
P. Jessee read the roll call.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M. Barlow asked for approval of agenda since there were no changes. B. Jones
moved to approve agenda as presented with M. Madry seconding the motion.
Motion passed unanimously.
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
M. Barlow had no comments at this time.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
M. Barlow asked for approval of the December 13, 199, Board meeting minutes.
The motion was made by R. Taylor and seconded by M. Madry. Motion passed
unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
J. Rocco commented that D. Jividan had resigned and P. Jessee had rejoined the
DATV staff.
TREASURER'S REPORT
J. Rocco said the 1999 audit would be during the week of March 13 with the
final results being available for the board meeting in April.
M. Barlow asked for a motion to approved the Treasurer's report as presented.
R. Bradley made the motion with A. Sheaffer seconding. Motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive Committee - Did not meet.
Personnel Committee - Did not meet.
Development Committee - Did not meet.
J. Rocco asked the Board to please sign up for the committee they wished to serve on during the following year and whether or not they wish to be the chair of that
committee. Papers were passed out and signed as to the following:
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Aaron Sheaffer Roberta Taylor
Mark Madry (member of) Robert Bradley
Beverly Jones Maggie Barlow
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT
J. Rocco remarked that the 1999 programming statistics were included in the board packets. The statistics showed that in 1999 there were 2248 programs aired by DATV compared to 1581 in 1997.
J. Rocco said that in March a group from the Leadership Dayton program would be visiting DATV. This visit will give DATV some very good exposure.
J. Rocco continued by saying that on the issue of community outreach, two groups, younger children and seniors, had been identified. It seems that there is very little programming for these two groups. He would like for this to change. He said DATV needs to develop more programming specifically for these groups.
One idea, J. Rocco said, was to involve the Big Brother/Big Sister program by allowing them and their little brother/little sister to go through the training as a team. In view of this the eligibility age, which is now 14, needs to be lowered
to 10. After some discussion, R. Bradley made the motion that the Rules and Regulation be changed allowing the age requirement to be lowered from 14 to 10 in order to accommodate the Big Brother/Big Sister program and to expand our services. R. Taylor seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
J. Rocco told the Board that at the April meeting D. Suffoletto would present the marketing plans he has been working on. Also, J. Rocco will continue working with T. Capizzi and the Board in regards to DATV's financial stability.
At this time, J. Rocco turned the meeting over to S. Ross.
S. Ross passed out copies of the architectural plans for a second studio to the Board. After some discussion which followed S. Ross's presentation, A. Sheaffer made the motion that the Board not hesitate to proceed with getting more information and answers to any questions so that the plans can go forward for a second studio. R. Bradley seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
M. Barlow asked that an updated report be given at the April meeting. Any Board member who has additional questions should see J. Rocco or S. Ross before the next meeting.
J. Rocco asked for the individual board member's plans as to the conference
they would like to attend. Discussion followed as to the value of going to the
conferences and the value to the board members attending. The choices were
as follows:
M. Barlow - Tucson (Alliance) R. Taylor - Los Angeles (NATOA)
B. Jones - Los Angeles (NATOA) R. Bradley - Los Angeles (NATOA)
M. Madry - Tucson (Alliance) A. Sheaffer - Tucson (Alliance)
Other board members who plan to attend one of these conferences should give this information to John as soon as possible.
CITY OF DAYTON REPRESENTATIVE (Randy Bellinger)
R. Bellinger reported that the search for a Cable Administrator had been reopened
by the city. Also, he had received an application for transfer of the franchise to
Time Warner/AOL.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE (Kelly Kuhlman)
K. Kuhlman introduced herself saying she would be the point of contact for DATV and the Board. She did not see the merger between Time Warner and AOL effecting cable operations in anyway.
OLD BUSINESS
M. Barlow said they no longer had a quorum since M. Madry had to leave and couldn't vote on the change to the by-laws.
NEW BUSINESS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
M. Barlow asked for a motion to adjourn. B. Jones so moved and it was
seconded by R. Taylor. Motion was passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned
at 1:10 PM
The next board meeting will be held on Monday, April 10, 2000, at 11:30 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Beverly Jones
DATV Board Secretary
John A. Rocco
DATV Executive Director
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