Minutes from the Meeting of
October 15, 2003

Meeting called to order by Jerry Bamberger

Roll Call:		Jerry Bamberger called roll.
	
Members Present: 	Peggy Sensel, Craig Bohman, Jerry Bamberger, Karen Gamel, Drew Hollenkamp, Steve
			Smith

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, Rich Noah, Mark Spicer, John Nalbandian, Adam Koenig	

Approval of Agenda:	Motion by Mrs. Gamel to approve the agenda for the October 15, 2003 TBNK Meeting,
			second by Mr. Bohman.  All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote.  

Presentation of Cable in the Classroom Equipment to Schools:  
Tim Broering, Executive Director, presented the equipment to Jim Best from Kenton County, Johnny Sue Bauer
from Scott High School, and Ken Kraft from Holmes High School.

Approval of Minutes:	Motion by Mr. Bohman to approve the minutes for the regularly scheduled September
			17, 2003 TBNK Meeting minutes, second by Mrs. Sensel.  All present voted aye,
			motion passed by unanimous vote. 

Approval of Financials: Motion to approve financials for all three accounts jointly for September 2003 by
			Mr. Smith, second by Mr. Bohman.  All present voted aye, motion passed by
			unanimous vote.    

CPC Operations Report:	Jason Dudas reported:
* Covered Fall Folk Festival at Kenton County Library
* Worked on Bilingual Story time with Kenton County Library
* Added Slow Motion Replay to Football coverage
* Bryan has been training the cable in the classroom grant schools on the AVID 
*  September 11th Coverage
* Covered the Gubernatorial Governor Debate
* Covered the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner
* Equipment Usage has remained steady
* Programming hours are 161% of goal
* Video Clip of Redwood Jam
* Video Clip of Ryle Sports Fest
* Video Clip of September Football Coverage
* Video Clip of Fall Folk Festival
* Video Clip of Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner
* Video Clip of 2003 Gubernatorial Debate on C-Span 2
* Video Clip of Five City September 11th Tribute
 

Insight Report:		Jeff Seidenfaden reported:
* Gain of 186 basic customers
* 92.4% of phone calls answered
* 99.2% of installs were completed
* Brought calls back on Saturday 9-6 from Louisville, hoping to better serve the customers
* Installs are based on many things; if the customer is home, or cancelled appointment
* The appointment window is generally 4 hours
* Insight has ordered a piece of equipment they are hoping will repair the router, and help keep the
	public access channels on without interruption

 
Director's Report:       Tim Broering reported: 
* FCC Form 1240 Update:  
Still working on this issue with Insight.  Had a meeting with Insight, which produced more questions.
Still waiting to set up another meeting with Insight.  We will be sending out information to the board as
we receive it.
	
* Cable in the Classroom Update:
Schools are in the process of being trained on the AVID's.  The press release was sent out last week.

* Insight's Notice of Rate Increase:
Discussed the increase on premium channels.

* Insight's Router for PEG Channels:
Insight is working on getting the router repaired.

* Get out the Vote PSA:
Jason has been working on them.

* Our Coverage of Governor Candidate's Debate at NKU aired on C-SPAN 2:
We are very happy that C-Span 2 requested a copy of the debate so they could air it.

* First ever Director's Workshop scheduled for later this month.

* Equipment bids from last month have been ordered.

New Business:	Formation of CPCAC Appointing Committee:
	Adam Koenig, Rich Noah, and John Nalbandian	
	
	Formation of TBNK Officer Nominating Committee:
	Jerry Bamberger, Peggy Sensel and Mark Spicer

	Formation of Non-Member Cities Committee:
	Drew Hollenkamp, Karen Gamel, and Craig Bohman

	Board and Cluster Terms:  
	Amber Woodruff reminded the members of the Telecommunications Board of Northern Kentucky when
	their appointments expire.

	Discussion Regarding New Arrangement from Insight for Non-Member Billing:
	Discussion followed regarding issue.  Insight will be reviewing the other franchises and will do
	more research before they send anything out. 
	
	Discussion and Approval of Equipment Trade:
	Motion to approve equipment trade by Mr. Smith, second by Mr. Bohman.  All present voted aye,
	motion passed by unanimous vote.
	
Old Business:			None.

Comments from the Floor:	None.

Comments from the Chair:	The Cable in the Classroom grants was granted to 7 schools.  $80,000
				worth of equipment was given to the schools and in return for the
				equipment the schools will produce 14 shows a year.

Comments from the Board: 	Karen - Get out & vote

Executive Session:		None.	

Adjournment:		Motion to adjourn the October 15, 2003 TBNK meeting was made by Mr. Bohman, second
			by Mrs. Sensel.  All present voted aye, motion passed by unanimous vote.

Respectfully submitted by,



John Nalbandian, Secretary