MINUTES OF THE
DATV BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
FOR MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2001
MEMBERS PRESENT
Vickie Souve, Chair
Lela Estes
Aaron Sheaffer, Vice Chair
Mark Madry
Roberta Taylor, Secretary
Margaret Barlow
Robert Bradley, Treasurer
ALSO PRESENT
John A. Rocco, DATV Executive Director
David Snow, Cable Administrator, City of Dayton
Kelly Kuhlman, Time Warner Government Affairs Manager
Pat Jessee, DATV Staff
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
V. Souve called the meeting to order at 11:40 am.
ROLL CALL
P. Jessee read the roll call.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
V. Souve called for the approval of the agenda as presented. A.
Sheaffer made the
motion to approve and Lela Estes seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
BOARD CHAIR COMMENTS
V. Souve remarked that the board committees have been working very
diligently and a
lot of good work have been coming out of the committees.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
V. Souve asked for approval of the December 11, 2000, board meeting
minutes. Motion
to approve minutes as presented made by Lela Estes and seconded by R.
Bradley.
Motion passed unanimously.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
TREASURER'S REPORT
V. Souve asked that the Treasurer's report as presented be approved.
Lela Estes made the motion and R. Taylor seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Executive Committee - did not met. But they have been meeting in bits
and pieces with
the Board Development Committee.
Board Development Committee - M. Barlow asked that the letter of
resignation
from B.Jones be presented. V. Souve presented the letter which was
accepted by the Board with
sincere regrets. A letter will be sent to B. Jones expressing the
Boards appreciation for
the work she has done on behalf of DATV.
M. Barlow said with B. Jones leaving there would be three vacancies on
the Board which
will need to be filled. In early May, the Committee came up with two
names which were
recommended by board members. The names of Tom Ritchie and Tim Gardner
were
presented to the Board for nomination.
The terms for these two seats will expire on December 31, 2003.
M. Barlow moved to have these two gentlemen accepted. V. Souve made the
motion and
A. Scheaffer seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
M. Barlow informed the Board that there still was one vacancy on the
Board.
She said she would send out an e-mail to the Board for their input and
recommendations.
Fund Development Committee - R. Taylor reported that the committee met
twice and
that there will be another meeting before the next board meeting in
August.
Personnel Committee - Did not meet.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
J. Rocco passed out flyers concerning the special election and the
television show
Meet The Candidates which DATV did along with the League of Women
Voters.
J. Rocco reported that in regards to the ongoing youth issue, DATV
recorded a talent
show presented by the Bomberger Teen Center. He said DATV is trying to
do other
things with the Teen Center since they seemed to be interested in DATV.
Maybe, even a
regular show.
Also, DATV has been in communication with the Wright Computer Center of
the
Dakato Center who is interested in sending groups of children through
our training
program during the summer.
DATV also participated in two different elementary Career Days by
taking the
production van out to the schools.
J. Rocco passed out summer festival T-shirts and promotional Frisbees
to the Board.
CITY OF DAYTON CABLE ADMINISTRATOR
D. Snow report that the Right of Way Ordinance (ROW) has been shelved.
It still is being looked at but as of now it is not in active
pursuing status.
He continued to report that TotaLink is continuing to progress in the
City and as of
last week Time Warner had over 50 Road Runner customers in the Northern part of the
city so an increase in franchise fees is expected for the City and DATV also.
TIME WARNER REPRESENTATIVE
K. Kuhlman reported that Time Warner is almost finished with the
upgrading of the Leo
Street Hub. Most probably the Northwest area will be next to be upgraded.
OLD BUSINESS - none
NEW BUSINESS - none
ADJOURNMENT
The Board adjourned at 12:40.
The next Board meeting will be on August 13, 2001.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________ ______________________
Roberta Taylor John A. Rocco
DATV Secretary DATV Executive Director
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