Annual Membership Meeting Minutes May 18, 2006

Agenda: NCTV Advisory Board Meeting,
NCTV Membership Annual Meeting
Thursday, May 18, 2006, Imaginarium
6:00pm to 8:00 pm
1. Meeting called to order by Gary at 6:04
Members in attendance: Gary, Dave, Chuck, Jack, Christina, Elisa, Lew
Also present: Estimated 80 NCTV members and public
Intro of board members to audience by Gary.
Discussion Items
2. Adoption of the Agenda; Motion by Elisa seconded by Christina to adopt the agenda. PASSED 6/0
3. Adoption of the minutes of May 4, 2006
Motion by _Chuck_____seconded by _Christina to adopt the agenda. PASSED 6/0
4. Public Forum: Comments from audience members included concerns that the Cable Act violates the First Amendment of the Constitution and importance of keeping NCTV alive.
5. Report from Chair (Gary):
a) NCTV has receive approval from the local governments to add two new community members to the Board. Criteria for appointment was distributed as an attachment to the meeting Agenda. Applications will be accepted until the June 15 NCTV Board Meeting.
b) New “Definitions” section has been approved by the Board and added to our Policies. A new section on Underwriting and Funding is under review by legal counsel; expect to adopt this section at the June Board meeting.
Action Items
6. Report from Executive Director (Lew):
a) Letter of Opposition to California AB 2987 distributed as an attachment to the meeting Agenda. Lew explained the possible consequences of the legislation. Acceptance and sending of the letter moved by Christina seconded by Chuck. PASSED 6/0.
NOTE: Agenda was broken at this point for the following presentation, since Mr. McAteer and Mr. Miller had limited time available.
Presentations by Terry McAteer, County Superintendent of Schools, and Mark Miller, Nevada City City Manager, updating refranchising status. At the moment, final document has been sent to Comcast; attorneys are going through it. Adoption has been placed on the agendas of all three elected bodies in early June, with a backup date in case of delay. CSOS is firm on date of June 30 to end funding of NCTV unless contract is signed. NCTV will seek bridge funding from cities and County if contract is delayed.
7. NCTV Annual Report (Lew).
a) Lew acknowledged the work of the Board, staff, volunteers and producers. A list of accomplishments was attached to the Agenda; Lew referred to items on that list.
c) Lew requested and received comments/suggestions from audience; various topics were discussed, including what members could/should say at upcoming City Council and Board of Supervisors meetings, a suggestion that perhaps commercial time could be sold on the Internet streaming site, thanks to NCTV from the Nevada County Literacy Program, suggestion that an insert in the cable TV bill could help outreach (Lew indicated the new franchise allows for this), a question of “what do we thank the elected officials for?”, and a request for the Board to identify, at its next meeting, where it gets “the authority to limite programming content concerning underwriting.”
8. Invitation to membership to ask questions or comment on the annual report. (None noted.)
9. Next meeting to be June 15, 2006, 6pm.
10. Meeting adjournment moved by Elisa, second by Christina, PASSED at 7:39.

Respectfully submitted,
Dave Bloch, Secretary