| A. | Opening | ||
| 1. | Call to order | ||
| The meeting was called to order by President Middlemiss at 5:05 PM. | |||
| 2. | Attendance | ||
| Board members present: Ash, Blazek, Cole, Greene, Middlemiss, Webster | |||
| Board members absent: Manos, Longo | |||
| Visitors: Jeff Miller | |||
| 3. | Approval of minutes | ||
| The minutes of the January meeting were accepted without objection due to nobody having read them. | |||
| 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 had some information regarding other financial instutions' services but no presentation was made. | |||
| 5. | Correspondence | ||
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Treasurer Blazek stated that more donors had included comments
with their donations, one particularly referring to improving
the KMZT translator operation.
Treasurer Blazek stated that the liability insurance policy required by USN has lapsed and that attempts to contact the broker handling the policy have been unsuccessful. The broker's office was recently moved and nobody is answering the telephone. Treasurer Blazek reported having received a letter offering TVB the opportunity to pay to continue use of the URL. It was not clear that the letter/bill was legitimate. Treasurer Blazek is to forward a summary of the letter to member Cole for a legitimacy review. Treasurer Blazek stated that the National Translator Association convention is scheduled for April in Denver if anyone wished to attend. | |||
| 7. | Review of calendar and agenda | ||
| The agenda had several items added as seen below. | |||
| B. | Committee reports | ||
| 1. | Standing committees | ||
| b. | Operations | ||
| Member Greene reported that installation of the KMZT antenna upgrade suffered some problems with azimuth setting due to having failed to tighten some of the components properly during the original installation and high winds turning them. This is believed to have been corrected. Mr. Woodworth continues his efforts to improve the interference cancellation. | |||
| c. | Publicity | ||
| Secretary Greene reported that the draft thank you letter circulated to the board members would be sent to the local newspapers soonest for publication. | |||
| 3. | Web site | ||
| Member Cole stated that no action had been taken to add an email contact to the Web site. | |||
| C. | Old business | ||
| 1. | President Middlemiss reported that he had attempted to contact Mr. Tipler about the translator donation offer but had had no success. | ||
| D. | New business | ||
| 1. | President Middlemiss provided a copy of the licensee list to Secretary Greene to replace the list currently posted on Laurel Mountain per FCC requirements. | ||
| 2. | Secretary Greene raised the issue of what actions must be taken (and when) to relocate the Laurel Mt. UHF translators to their new channels. It was stated that the major activity would be changing the translators on B Mountain to receive the new frequencies and that this would involve replacing crystals and adjusting the translators' conversion ratio. Dr. Rogers is to be contacted to determine the cost of the replacement crystals and for any other significant budget impact. | ||
| D. | Discussion topics | ||
| 1. | President Middlemiss' contact stated that there would be a fixed cost of about $20 for producing Booster T-shirts independent of the quantity purchased. The discussion which followed indicated that the board is favorably disposed to the purchase of a couple dozen shirts for the board members and associates. The idea of having an additional quantity for use as "gifts" to larger donors was discussed but no action was proposed. | ||
| F. | Closure | ||
| 1. | Next meeting: 5:00 PM, March 3, 2003, Kern County Library, Ridgecrest | ||
| 2. | Adjournment: 5:48 PM |
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