CABLE COMMITTEE MEETING MIN UTES
DATE: September 8, 2010
PLACE: Town Meeting Hall
TIME: 5:30p.m.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:35p.m.
Roll Call: Diane Morin, Chairman; Mary Winglass, Public Relations/Programmer, Sally Woodman, Secretary;
Sue Godin, operator/cable member, Mary Marshall, Production Manager
Minutes from Previous Meeting of August 18, 2010: Diane made a motion to accept the minutes as written. Mary W seconded the motion which passed with one abstention by Mary M.
Budget: Sylvania’s invoice was discussed. Mary W. made a motion to create a new line item entitled consultant/services. Mary M seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Sylvania’s invoice will be placed under this title.
Correspondence and Communications:
· A memo was received from Kimberly K. Hughes. She informed all departments that she would be processing only one vendor bill in the month of September.
Upcoming Events:
· There will be a Newton Fall Festival to be held on October 2, 2010. All departments are encouraged to participate. Sue will organize the filming of this event.
Unfinished Business:
· The coalition was discussed. They will be holding a fair on September 28, in Nashua.
· Diane explained the second VCR problem.
· Diane will contact Tom Grasse to obtain his inventory list if he was able to find it.
· David Koles in now an operator for our cable channel.
· The board went over the proposed contract from beginning to end making changes as we went. We will revisit this at our next
meeting.
· The by-laws have been tabled for the present.
New Business:
· The possibility of creating a news spot at a specific time each day was discussed. The board liked the idea and will follow up on it.
Other: Mary W suggested the committee meet more frequently since the contract renewal is pending. We will meet next week and dedicate our meeting to the contract exclusively.
Next Cable Committee meeting: September 15, 2010.
Adjournment: 8:10p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman, Secretary
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