PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND
Regular Board Meeting
Minutes
January 7, 2010
Meeting called to order by Judy Nielsen at 6:04 p.m.
Establish quorum: Seven members present. Quorum was established by roll call vote as follows: Members in attendance: Chip Carman, Jack Meeks, Judy Nielsen, Susan Rogers, Paul Shampay, Lew Sitzer, and Cassandra Walstrom
Members absent: Holly Hermansen
Also present: NCTV Executive Director Paul Minicucci
Additions and corrections to agenda: Items added – 1.) Approving the minutes of PEEF Special Board Meeting of December 3, 2009; 2.) changing Item 11 to be titled “PEEF Report.”; and, 3.) report on the Nevada County Library telethon fund-raiser.
Adoption of agenda as amended: Moved Sitzer/Rogers. Passed unanimously.
Additions/corrections to minutes of the December 3, 2009 board meeting: None.
Adoption of minutes of the regularly scheduled board meeting of December 3, 2009. Moved Rogers/Sitzer. Passed unanimously.
6a. Additions/corrections to the Special Meeting of Dec. 3, 2009: None.
6b. Adoption of minutes of the Special Meeting of December 3, 2009. Moved Rogers/Sitzer. Passed unanimously.
Open public forum: No members of the public present.
Consent Agenda Items: none
Action Items:
Shall the PEEF Board send a letter of support to appropriate Congressional committees and representatives for HR3745 (Baldwin) to support sustainability
for PEG television? ( http://www.alliancecm.org/cap ). Moved to approve this item. (Rogers/Sitzer). Passed unanimously.
Discussion Items
9. CNL Fundraising Bootcamp report, Paul M.
Nevada County non-profits get nearly 80% of their funding from individual giving, which is much higher than the national average. Paul will disseminate information from this CNL workshop as appropriate.
10. Resource Development Committee
Paul presented a memo regarding the need to create a Resource Development Committee. Judy noted that this should be a new PEEF Standing Committee. Judy, Lew and Paul M. will be on this committee; Chip will help as needed but will not be available if the federal grant proposal for broadband is approved. Lew will ask Lindy Beatie if she would join the committee as an outside adviser. Jack and Cassandra will be available for special duties as assigned.
PEEF Report
CNL Board Development workshop on Jan. 9: Judy, Lew, Chip, Susan and Paul M. will attend this event.
The first meeting of the Board Development Committee will be held Thursday, Feb. 4 at 5 p.m. (immediately prior to the next PEEF Board meeting).
The first meeting of the Resource Development Committee will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 1:30 p.m.
Lew, Chip and Paul M. discussed options for adding Web capability for accepting donations to NCTV.
Facility update: Judy reported that Jeff from the California state office will meet with her and Paul M. next week to discuss a lease for NCTV. We will have to ensure that the facility is ADA-compliant.
A new Board member contact roster was distributed by Susan.
NCTV report by Paul M.
Technology Task Force and Strategic Planning: Michael LaMarca, Jay Kuca, Lew and Paul M. have met. Paul distributed a preliminary outline of a plan for moving forward on upgrading our services, programs and equipment, as part of developing a Strategic Plan. This group will meet again on Jan. 13.
We will be televising live, and streaming on the web, the interviews with the filmmakers featured in the SYRCL Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Elisa Parker and Jesse Locks of See Jane Do will be handling the publicity for the festival and the NCTV component of it.
The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce requested our services for taping an upcoming event. NCTV will collaborate with Gil Dominguez to produce this on a revenue-sharing basis.
Paul met with representatives from a local mentoring organization which is having an event on Jan. 24. NCTV will help them with publicity. Paul might help them develop a social networking site which could serve as a model for other groups and provide a platform for developing collaborative grant-funding opportunities.
Paul will meet with Economic Resource Council representatives on Monday and report back to the Board on the results.
501c3 for NCTV: Susan will move quickly once she gets the book on how to proceed. This is a very high priority for PEEF and NCTV.
Library telethon report by Lew
Lew will meet Jan. 8 with library supporters.
Lew and Paul M. had a very good meeting with Jeff Ackerman a few days ago, in which they agreed to support each other’s efforts for the library. A secondary development from this meeting was that The Union will begin to post NCTV’s viewing log in the Prospector.
Future agenda items:
PEEF Human Resources Manual
PEEF job descriptions
NCTV marketing campaign
Next meeting: first Thursday of the month: February 4, 2010, 6:00 p.m., NCTV Bryant Room.
Meeting adjourned at 7:33 p.m.
Signed and adopted:
Judith L. Nielsen, Board President Date
