PUBLIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FUND
Regular Board Meeting
MINUTES
December 3, 2009
Meeting called to order by Judy Nielsen at 6:03pm.
Welcome NCTV Executive Director Paul Minicucci
Establish quorum: Six members present. Quorum was established by roll call vote as follows: Members in attendance: Chip Carman, Jack Meeks, Judy Nielsen, Susan Rogers, Lew Sitzer, and Cassandra Walstrom.
Members absent: Paul Shampay and Holly Hermansen.
Also present: Paul Minicucci, ED of NCTV; Michael LaMarca; Gayle Martin
Additions and corrections to agenda: Judy requested an Emergency Meeting to be held at 6:15 p.m. to add Paul Minicucci as a signatory to the PEEF/NCTV bank account and credit card.
Adoption of Agenda as amended. Moved (Rogers/Sitzer) Passed unanimously.
Additions/corrections to minutes for the November 19, 2009 board meeting. None.
Adoption of minutes of the regularly scheduled board meeting of November 19, 2009. Moved (Sitzer/Rogers) Passed unanimously.
Open public forum: No members of the public present.
Consent Agenda Items: none
Action Items: none
Discussion Items
Presentation: Open House for new NCTV E.D.
Judy had a follow-up conversation with Alicia regarding this proposed event. Alicia has found another senior project to do. Judy is waiting to hear back from Gail Woodman to see if she wants to do the event herself.
Recessed for emergency meeting
Resumed regular meeting
Friends of the Library report – Lew attended a Board meeting of Friends of the Library, where he received a good reception to his idea of holding an NCTV telethon to raise funds for the county library system. A potential date is March 8. This event would be held only if the library management is not out-sourced. The Board expressed its support for this idea.
Facility update – Paul M./Judy
The State Department of General Services (DGS) will work with Paul M. and Judy in the beginning of January to establish a contractual lease agreement with NCTV. Judy informed DGS that school children are longer being served in the building but that NCSOS will continue to occupy the Armory facility.
NCTV report: Paul M./Susan
Paul M. distributed his report to the Board. He is working on the Annual Report that NCTV must prepare annually for our government partners. He asked Board members to accompany him to present the report to any individual City Council or County Board member we might know personally. We discussed resource development and Paul’s ideas for raising money.
Susan is moving forward with looking at incorporation. She and Paul M will meet next week on this. Judy offered to set up a Task Force if needed. Paul will use the ACM listserv to request examples from other PEG stations that have expanded missions to support new types of resource development.
Susan and Lew will have lunch with Jay Kuca next week. We will invite him to be on a Technology Task Force to review technology upgrades for the station, along with Paul M, Bill and Michael. Pertinent to that, Lew asked Michael to send to the entire Board a list he had prepared of equipment needs for the station.
Board Development Committee – Judy/Paul M/Cassandra/Lew
This new Standing Committee is tentatively scheduled to become active in February to develop a process for identifying and grooming prospective Board members.
Board members were asked to send their resume/bio/vitae to Paul so he has a better idea of individual backgrounds and skills.
Children’s Festival Report – Gayle reported a drop in attendance, but net revenue was not much different from 2008. In 2010, it will be on the third Friday of July. She will again hire an assistant to help.
Lew announced a CNL workshop on fundraising on Dec. 11. He asked Board members to consider making a significant personal donation to NCTV as part of their participation on the Board. Chip pointed out that we need to develop collateral pieces (print or electronic) to be used in fund-raising.
Future agenda items:
Mission statement
PEEF Human Resources Manual
PEEF job descriptions
NCTV marketing campaign
PEEF policy manual update
Please be reminded regularly scheduled board meetings now take place the FIRST Thursday of the month.
Next meeting date: January 7, 2010, 6:00 p.m., NCTV Bryant Room
Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
