| A. | Opening | ||
| 1. | Call to order | ||
| The meeting was called to order by President Cole at 5:02 PM. | |||
| 2. | Attendance | ||
| Board members present: Blazek, Cole, Greene, Middlemiss, Schneider | |||
| Board members absent: Ash, Longo, Manos | |||
| Visistor(s): Roy Mayhugh, John Starr, Henry Browne | |||
| 3. | Approval of minutes | ||
| The minutes of the December meeting as posted to the Web site were approved 6-0-0. | |||
| 4. | Treasurer's report | ||
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Treasurer Blazek presented a report for the preceding month.
Major expenses for the period were for telephone service and a $20,000
advance payment for new translators.
About $8500 has been received to date from the annual donation solicitation.
There is currently over $29,000 in the bank.
Member Schneider reported having made contact with and reaching agreement with the Federal Management Association (FMA) to audit each other's books. The actual audit will not occur until sometime after the next FMA meeting later this month. No progress was reported on pricing of the Laurel Mt. inventory items. | |||
| 5. | Correspondence | ||
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Treasurer Blazek related one comment received from the annual
mailing where the anonymous former donor said "no KMZT, no donation."
A copy of the contract with the consulting engineer for the channel displacements was received. Construction permits were received from the FCC for the translator power increase for channels 45, 47, and 49. The construction permits were given to President Cole to file with the other license data on Laurel Mountain. | |||
| B. | Committee reports | ||
| 1. | Standing committees | ||
| b. | Operations | ||
| No work has been done at either site due to the weather. | |||
| c. | Publicity | ||
| A notice was sent to the Daily Independent as a publication of record per FCC requirements for a public notice of proposed license ownership change. | |||
| C. | Old business | ||
| 1. | DTV transition | ||
| It was reported that the receiving antenna elements have already been received, the new translators should be arriving by about the 15th of January, and a transcoder will be available by the end of January. | |||
| 2. | License sale | ||
| Per item D.1(b) of the December 2004 minutes, the president and secretary signed a contract with Roy William Mayhugh, December 29, 2004, for the sale of four TV transmitter licenses for $40,000.00. $4,000 was received from Mr. Mayhugh as an initial payment with the balance due at closing. The closing may occur in mid- to late March, depending on the speed with which the FCC processes the applications for transfer of ownership. | |||
| D. | New business | ||
| 1. | DTV transition authorization | ||
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It was moved by Vice-president Middlemiss and seconded by member Manos
that the authorized expenditure limit be increased to $63,500 from
the $44,000 previously authorized at the December meeting.
The motion was approved 6-0-0.
[The following information was obtained after the meeting was adjourned and is included for information purposes.] The authorization increase was due to: | |||
| 1. | The engineering effort was underestimated by a factor of three due to potential interference problems with a Victorville station and the usual contour methods, and the inability to predict in advance the results of any given Longley-Rice terrain-dependent computer calculation. Additional cost: $3000. | ||
| 2. | The original estimate was based on one transcoder, but the motion that passed authorized three transcoders. Additional cost: $5000. | ||
| 3. | The transmitting antennas were omitted from the estimate for the original motion as passed. Additional cost: $3000. | ||
| 4. | The translators were estimated to cost $40,000, but the actual cost is about $44,600 with shipping and duties. Additional cost: $4,600. | ||
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It was further identified that President Cole will be the person with fiscal responsibility for the expenditures authorized by the motions. Project management will be handled by the DTV transition committee. | |||
| F. | Closure | ||
| 1. | Next meeting: 5:00 PM, February 14, 2005, Kern County Library, Ridgecrest | ||
| 2. | Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 PM. |
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