KLTV Board Meeting Minutes
Nov 20th, 2006

President Mark McCrady called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.

Board Members present include: Joe Daggy, Lenore Dickinson, Nancy Gill, Arlene Hubble, Mike Kayser, Secretary Betty Wilson, and President Mark McCrady.
Absent were: George Ford, and Brian Magnuson.

Nancy Gill made the motion to accept the Board Meeting Minutes of October 16th , 2006. The motion was Seconded by Lenore Dickinson. The Motion passed.

President Mark McCrady commented that future meetings minutes will reflect Present and Absent Board Members.

In Treasurer Brian Magnuson’s absence, Floyd Smith presented the Treasurer’s Report as submitted by Chace & Spurgeon, CPA’s. Floyd encouraged everyone to look at page 3 of report which reveals net assets worth $959,942.00 (See Attached Report).

It was also noted that the firm of Chace and Spurgeon has been hired to manage KLTV’s bookkeeping, to pay monthly bills, removing this role from the duties of the Treasurer. Chace and Spurgeon will continue to process payroll.

Floyd also presented the results of the Independent Audit Report for 2005 from CPA Firm Booth and Davis. The report is extensive but is clear that there was no appearance of malfeasance. Mr. Smith also pointed out that many of Booth & Davis suggestions have already been implemented. (see attached report)

President Mark opened the floor to member questions or comments. Several comments about the reports of poor on-air quality were voiced.

Doug Parr, member commented he didn’t think quality was an issue. The signal had always been good until recent changes.

Marylin Freerks, KLTV Program Coordinator, comments dealt with the audio levels not being under our control. She gave a specific example of the hearing from our County Commissioners Meeting room on Friday November 17th, that centered
around selecting a candidate to fill Representative Mark Doumit’s recent vacancy.

Floyd Smith gave additional explanation that KLTV staff had adjusted audio levels to near perfect balance only to have a county staff person change them to increase volume in the meeting chanber.

Contract Engineer Doug Fisher addressed a potential solution. Doug suggests a separate audio amplifier be installed that would single out the Public Address volume.

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President Mark expanded on quality issues by suggesting updating our computers through out the studio, with a lease package that upgrades computers every two years. KLTV would be replacing cameras in the studio as well as those in the government chambers. He made it abundantly clear that independent public access producers’ wants and needs would not be ignored.

He cautioned the revelation of our Net Worth from the Audit looks like a lot of money, but that every expenditure should be questioned as to whether we really need the item, or can we get along without it.

Joe Daggy, Board Member added the importance of being patient, calling for a complete plan before going out making thoughtless or needless purchases.

Floyd, giving the Facilities ReportThe noted that Don Rodman has been contacted to perform an appraisal of the studio.
The real assessed value of the property is $396,000 + change, and the personal property is pegged at$134,000.

Prior to delivering his Executive Directors Report, Floyd acknowledged John Glasco’s presence as a guest and hoped this would help bring closure to past events. (see report attached)

January 13, 2007, has been established as the date for a Board of Directors Retreat.

Comcast announced a channel realignment slated for December 21. Floyd continues his lobbing for a grant from Comcast to replace jackets, hats and some signage. It was emphasized that channels 28 and 29, replacing channels 44 and 66, are great spots on the dial for KLTV.

Floyd announced that we have hired Joe Creppell to operate the cameras for government meetings and will rebuild KLTV’s web site.

Doug Fisher was acknowledged as our Contract Engineer, and it was expressed how valuable he and Brian Magnuson were a couple weeks ago when we went off the air for 29 hours.

Complication with our on air look were addressed during our Election Coverage. Our signal took on a red hue, looking like we were shooting through Jello.

Floyd thanked longtime friend Dick Sybert who shot flood footage during Election Day.

We have the capability to do live remotes from government locations. It may not be perfect but we’re there, reported Floyd.

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Doug Fisher added that the next priority was to complete the installation of the new Automated Playback system in conjuction with the DVD players. Also included will be Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) which will aid us when power failures occur.

Doug brought to our attention that most of our computers are under-rated for the applications they are assigned, which would account for them freezing up at inopportune times. Doug discussed the immediate need for hardware and software upgrades.

Next item on Agenda is the Consultant’s Report from Deb Vinsel, Executive Director of Thurston County Television in Olympia (see report attached).

Deb assured the membership that KLTV is providing services it is contracted to offer. This includes training, programming, making facilities and equipment available to the public.

She did mention that the Service Contracts we have with various governmental jurisdictions might be open to interpretation. She advises meetings for clarification.
She also wanted to make abundantly clear that the money provided to KLTV is not a gift. Vinsel cautioned that we remember these jurisdictions are our clients, and that we have to provide customer service practices to those clients. She called for periodic reports that outline our projects, or involvements. This tells stakeholders that KLTV is thankful for government contribution and mutual teamwork.

For the purposes of history she urged KLTV to utilize a comprehensive database system. She thought it would be so much more helpful and quicker than searching through the massive number of boxes in our attic for specific information. She suggested Facil or Gopher.

Under New Business Betty Wilson made a motion to hire CPA’s Chace & Spurgeon to do day-to-day accounting. The motion was seconded by Lenore Dickinson. The motion was passed.

Betty Wilson made a motion to hire CPA’s Booth & Davis to conduct an Audit for 2006.
Seconded by Lenore Dickinson. Mike Kayser amended the motion to wait until after the Board Retreat January 13th , 2007, the amendment was seconded by Nancy Gill. The amended motion passed.

President Mark brought to attention that the Bylaws call for creation Standing Committees. He further indicated that it would be prudent to wait until the Board Retreat to fill those assignments. However, President Mark felt another important committee should be formed immediately, and asked for Board Member volunteers to form an Ad Hoc Bylaws committee. Volunteers include Joe Daggy and Mike Kayser. Their task will be to incorporate recommendations made by Deb Vinsel. Discussion made clear that any proposed changes must be sent out to the membership 30 days prior to the annual meeting, at which time the membership will vote on the proposed changes.

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Joe Daggy expressed his receptiveness to input from any member on changes. He provided interested parties his email address as an avenue of communication.

Good of the Order: LeRoy Gerdlund spoke of the pulling power of the KLTV reader board, citing Bill Ammons’ Food Drive. According to LeRoy & Bill lots of people claimed to have viewed the promo upon which donations really perked up.

Kris Gurrad warned that changes with audio and especially video should be engineered by people who know what they are doing.

Approved _December 18, 2006_ Signed ______________________________
Date Board Secretary – Betty Wilson