| A. | Opening | ||
| 1. | Call to order | ||
| The meeting was called to order by President Middlemiss at 5:14 PM. | |||
| 2. | Attendance | ||
| Board members present: Blazek, Greene, Manos, Middlemiss, Webster | |||
| Board members absent: Ash, Cole, Longo | |||
| Visitors: Jeff Miller (lmiller@softhome.net) | |||
| 3. | Approval of minutes | ||
| The minutes of the December meeting were approved by acclaimation. | |||
| 4. | Treasurer's report | ||
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Treasurer Blazek provided copies of the previous month's income and
expenditures. There was a continuing net inflow due
to the annual membership solicitation receipts.
Treasurer Blazek was reminded of his direction to investigate TVB getting a banking account at the Kern Schools FCB and to transfer some of the surplus funds from the checking account to the savings account. | |||
| 5. | Correspondence | ||
| Treasurer Blazek stated that several more people had included comments with their donations, nearly all commenting on the continued desire for FM radio translation. | |||
| 7. | Review of calendar and agenda | ||
| The agenda had several items added as seen below. | |||
| B. | Committee reports | ||
| 1. | Standing committees | ||
| b. | Operations | ||
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Member Greene reported that installation of the KMZT antenna upgrade
was completed about January 2. Initial testing indicated that further
work is needed and the translator has been turned off due to unacceptable
interference from KLOA. It did appear that KMZT was being received well.
President Middlemiss reported on further testing performed by him and W.H.Woodworth January 5. This testing found that KLOA is still overwhelming the KMZT signal. Mr. Woodworth is of the opinion that the antenna siting needs to be changed and a survey of the mountaintop is needed to determine a better site. | |||
| 3. | Web site | ||
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A discussion was held about adding an e-mail contact to the Web site.
Secretary Greene agreed to process any messages provided member Cole
can establish a procedure for providing such a capability.
Some discussion was held about HDTV and what should about the subject on the Web site. It seemed as though some testing has been performed in the past, but the TVB has no firm plans about doing anything about HDTV in the near future. | |||
| C. | Old business | ||
| 1. | The board was reminded of the offer by Mr. Tipler to donate some translators. President Middlemiss is to contact Mr. Tipler and make arrangements for obtaining the translators. | ||
| D. | New business | ||
| 1. | Secretary Greene noted that the list of licensees posted on Laurel Mt. is unreadable due to weathering. President Middlemiss is to provide a copy of the list to Secretary Greene to replace the list. | ||
| E. | Discussion topics | ||
| 1. | The possibility of using one the currently unused FM radio translators to translate the Bishop station's Lone Pine outlet was discussed to no conclusion. | ||
| 2. | Member Longo's e-mail regarding TVB shirts was discussed. President Middlemiss is to query his contact regarding pricing for a small quantity for TVB board members and associates and for a larger quantity as a potential fund-raising activity. | ||
| F. | Closure | ||
| 1. | Next meeting: 5:00 PM, February 3, 2003, Kern County Library, Ridgecrest | ||
| 2. | Adjournment: 6:41 PM |
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