January, 2008 Minutes

Minutes

Windham Cable Advisory Board Meeting

Present: Chairperson Margaret Case, Vice Chair Leo Hart, Mary Griffin, J. Gross, Dave Unger, and Greg Cappiello Alt.(sitting for Alan Shoemaker), Alan Shoemaker excused

Roger Hohenberger, absent. Anastacia Sofronas, Cable Coordinator.

The meeting was called to order by Margaret Case at 7:07 p.m.

Minutes of the November 8, 2007 were read. Motion to approve made by J.Gross, and second by Leo Hart. Approved unanimously.

Leo Hart made the motion to unseal and accept the October 17, 2007 minutes, and second by Mary Griffin. Approved unanimously.

Correspondence

Margaret sent letter dated November 14, 2007 to Paul Schinzler regarding donation of laptop to the cable coordinator. Have not heard back yet.

Margaret sent a letter to Comcast urging them to keep the original lineup of channels. Response received from Comcast. Margaret read the letter.

Greg noted when Comcast switched the lineup; the wrong schedule was displayed for two weeks. Margaret called and fixed the problem.

Margaret read the price increases from Comcast. Effective Feb 2008

Other Business

Mary Griffin noted government meetings volume needs to be turned up. J. Gross noted to watch for over modulation.

Financial

Margaret discussed budget report.

Total budget for 2008: $73,105.00

Financial report for 2007:

WCTV spent $77, 672.59 with $6, 762.05 left over

Coordinator read her monthly report.

J. Gross mentioned WCTV should attempt to tape School board workshop meetings.

The coordinator mentioned there needs to be an increase in volunteers to make that happen. She suggested making a promo or PSA to promote the station, and some sort of postcard to be left at locations for promoting our services.

Dave Unger mentioned an ad in the paper to tape school board workshops specifically.

Leo Hart and J. Gross recommend that we ask the PTA if they would have any volunteers, or may know others who wish to volunteer.

J. Gross mentioned equipment disposal and asked when we could take a look at what is in the basement for equipment. This will be done closer to spring

J. Gross also mentioned looking into the Nexus bulletin board feature, as opposed to using the Magic Box.

The coordinator agreed to look into the option of the Nexus bulletin board and report at the March 2008 meeting.

Next meeting announced 2^nd Thursday of March 2008 ( March 13, 2008)

Meeting Ajourned: 8:27 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Anastacia Sofronas

Studio Coordinator