Minutes of July 10, 2006 board meeting
A. | Opening | ||
1. | Call to order | ||
The meeting was called to order by President Cole at 5:03 PM. | |||
2. | Attendance | ||
Board members present: Blazek, Cole, Manos, Middlemiss, Schneider, Wetzel | |||
Board members absent: Ash, Greene, Longo | |||
Visitors: Roy Mayhugh, John Starr | |||
3. | Approval of minutes | ||
The minutes of the June meeting as posted to the Web site were approved. | |||
4. | Treasurer's report | ||
Treasurer Blazek presented the report for June 2006: no real change, we have a little over $35,000 in the bank. | |||
5. | Correspondence | ||
Treasurer Blazek reported receiving a solicitation to publish our web address on a website for $30. President Cole reported receiving a bill from Greg Best for the engineering required for the FCC digital companion channel applications and a bill from Pineapple Technologies for the balance owed on the digital translators we have yet to receive. The board also received an email from member Ash stating that he was unable to attend. | |||
B. | Committee reports | ||
1. | Standing committees | ||
b. | Operations | ||
On June 29th, we filed for digital companion channels for "B" Mt. channels with the FCC. We also tried receiving Roy Mayhugh's digital channel 8 from the upper dish site and encountered multipath and fading problems. It was later determined that Government Peak lies almost directly between Blue Ridge and Laurel Mountain and that an antenna with a tighter front lobe might fare better. | |||
E. | Discussion items | ||
1. | Our Digital Translators | ||
There was a short discussion regarding Pineapple Technologies bill for the balance of the digital translators that we have yet to receive. | |||
2. | FM channel displacement | ||
There was a short discussion regarding which FM channel would be sought for displacement. | |||
3. | Greg Best Engineering Bill | ||
There was a short technical discussion about the actual engineering performed by Greg Best. | |||
F. | Closure | ||
1. | Next meeting: 5:00 PM, August 7, 2006, Kern County Library, Ridgecrest | ||
2. | Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 PM. |