SUMMIT PUBLIC RADIO MINUTES
County Commons, Mt. Royal Room, 5:45 PM, 23 April 2007
In Attendance: Sue Greene (presiding), Gary Peterson, John Roberts, Don Dettmering, Steve Smith, Renee Stoller, Sally Liu, and Anne Stonington.
Minutes for the last (March 26, 2007) meeting had been e-mailed to the board and were approved with the exception that in Old Business Item G (Engineering) Section 7, $13,000 (not $10,000) was approved by the Board on 25 April 2005.
I. OLD BUSINESS
A. FINANCIAL: The treasurer's report had been e-mailed to the Board. Sue mentioned that the terms of our leases had been lengthened and that our income is ahead of last year at this time.
B. MEMBERSHIP: Don Dettmering had e-mailed the membership numbers to the Board. As of 4/21 we have 11 more donors than last year. There was a lot of discussion about loss of members due to outages on KVOD, and other possible reasons, and if we should make the County more aware of our presence via the Summit Daily, etc. No formal decisions were made.
C. FUTURE OF SPR: There was a wide-ranging discussion of ideas generally directed toward how to increase our membership, attenuate any attrition, and improve reception, etc. Typical ideas as remembered by Sue Greene and your secretary were:
@ develop a program to respond to listener's concerns - especially about reception
@ create more awareness about SPR via newspaper or other means
@ The need to monitor FCC frequency openings and be ready to apply when a "window" for applications opens. Since the Board desires that we increase the number of outlets we translate, and expand our coverage, the question of whether we apply for high- or low-power channels must be addressed. Probably hiring a consultant is advisable to do coverage analysis and find available frequencies. Steve Smith volunteered to take the lead in this particular area and let the Board know what should be done.
D. OUR FUTURE SUMMIT: Renee Stoller feels we could benefit from being part of the periodic Our-Future-Summit discussion series. She will investigate the possibilities and see if we can be invited to participate assuming we want to be.
E. NATIONAL ALERT SYSTEM: Gary Peterson passed out a summary of the national, state, and local emergency communication systems, much of which involves communication of alerts to everyone. Parts of this system are not in place in Summit County, and SPR obviously has a role (presently largely undefined) in this system. Summit County has a Local Emergency Communications Committee (LECC) as part of this system and Gary suggested that we should have a member on the County LECC. The Board agrees this is appropriate and Gary and Steve Smith will draft a letter for Sue’s approval pointing out our capabilities and requesting representation on the LECC.
F. ENGINEERING: Gary handed out a slightly revised plan for the summer ( see the March minutes). Salient among the revisions is a $1000 increase in the labor cost for Section 3. The Board voted in favor of this amount for Section 3. The Board also feels that revisions to the costs will be needed as the planning and work progress and that the Board will be receptive to the need for more funds. Such minor cost revisions should not be an impediment to the progress of the effort.
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NEXT BOARD MEETING will be at the Frisco home of Steve Smith. Steve has invited the Board and spouses or special friends to a BBQ on 25 June. Board meeting will start there at 5:45 pm and the BBQ will be at 6:30.
FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
@ July 23, 2007
@ August 27, 2007
@ (No Sept meeting)
@ October 22, 2007
@ December 3, 2007
John Roberts
6 / 21 / 2007