Minutes from the Meeting of December 17, 2003 Meeting called to order by Jerry Bamberger Roll Call: Jerry Bamberger called roll. Members Present: Peggy Sensel, Craig Bohman, John Nalbandian, Jerry Bamberger, Drew Hollenkamp, Adam Koenig, Mark Spicer and Richard Noah Also Present: Tim Broering, TBNK Executive Director Jason Dudas, TBNK/CPC Program Director Amber Woodruff, TBNK/CPC Office Manager Jeff Seidenfaden, Insight Communications Lawson Walker, Legal Counsel Absent: Charles Geise, Steve Smith, and Karen Gamel Approval of Agenda: Motion by Mr. Spicer to approve the amended agenda for the December 17, 2003 TBNK Meeting, second by Mr. Noah. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Mr. Koenig to approve the minutes for the regularly scheduled November 19, 2003 TBNK Meeting minutes, second by Mr. Bohman. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Approval of Financials: Motion to approve financials for all three accounts jointly for November 2003 by Mr. Bohman, second by Mr. Hollenkamp. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. CPC Operations Report: Jason Dudas reported: * Finished up Football Coverage after fourth round of playoffs * Covered Cincinnati Entertainment Awards * Starting to receive programming from schools that received the Cable in the Classroom Grant * Worked with WNKU for election coverage * Highest numbers ever for programming in the month of November * Showed clips of, Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, High School Football Playoffs, Urban Forestry Council PSA, Kenton County Public Library PSA Insight Report: Jeff Seidenfaden reported: * Increase of 129 basic customers * Answered 95.4% of the calls coming into the offices * The hold time dropped to 15 seconds * The HDTV new one box solution is still set to come out before the beginning of the year * 12 HDTV channels available now Director's Report: Tim Broering reported: * FCC Form 1240 Update: Received the report from the consultant, scheduling a committee meeting to discuss the report and then will discuss it at a board meeting in the near future. * The new secretary Mindi has started and is learning the ropes. * Old copier lease had expired and we renewed the lease with a new, faster copier. Will experience some savings on the monthly bill * Scheduled yearly CPC Shutdown for December 26th - January 11th. * Board Clusters are within the requirements of the franchise by having no more than 5,000 subscribers. * Disabilities Coalition PSA is coming close to being finished and will be brought to you by the January board meeting. New Business: Update from CPCAC Appointing Committee: The committee would like to appoint Mike Blum, Brenda Sebastian, Jerry Schrepfer, Jeff Foster, Pam Mullins, Ted Bushelman, Ken Skelton, and Leo Dolan by Mr. Koenig, second by Mr. Spicer. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Acknowledgement of Office Manager's Resignation: Motion to acknowledge the resignation of the office manager by Mr. Bohman, second by Mrs. Sensel. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Discussion and Approval to Consult with Office Manager after Employment ends: Motion to approve Executive Director to enter into a contract to consult with Amber Woodruff by Mr. Koenig, second by Mr. Noah. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Discussion and Approval of Equipment Bids for Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera and Controller System: Motion to approve the bid from Roscor by Mr. Koenig, second by Mr. Nalbandian. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Old Business: Update from TBNK Officer Nominating Committee: The following names will be on the ballots at next month's meeting for officer positions, Mark Spicer for Chairman, Adam Koenig for Vice-Chair, Jim Best for Treasurer, and Peggy Sensel for Secretary. Update from Non-Member Cities Committee: The committee has met and Jeff Seidenfaden was able to attend, working with Lawson Walker to do a report outlining the differences with the non-member cities. Comments from the Floor: None. Comments from the Chair: Great Year, Happy Holidays, thank you for the board members who have volunteered their time to be on the board. Thank you to the staff for the great job they have done. Comments from the Board: Rich: Happy Holidays! Mark: Thanks to Amber for the great job she has done and good luck at her new job. Adam: Thanks to staff that is continuing to do a great job. Recognize Richard and Steve who are leaving the board and thanked them for their time and effort they have put into the board. Drew: Just completed my first full year on the board and feel confident that we are doing great things here and are an asset to the area. Good luck to Amber. Looking forward to 2004. Tim: Happy Holidays! Lawson: Happy Holidays! We will miss Amber. Thanks to the board for trusting the legal services to Frost, Brown, Todd. John: Good luck to the board secretary next year. Thanked Amber for making serving as the secretary an easy task. Craig: Good luck to Amber, thank you for the great job you have done. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Peggy: Good Luck to Amber, you will be missed. Happy Holidays! Executive Session: None. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn the December 17, 2003 TBNK meeting was made by Mr. Spicer, second by Mrs. Sensel. All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote. Respectfully submitted by, John Nalbandian, Secretary