Here's a nice write-up in the local paper about "In Your Business," a program on WCTV produced by Tim Scales:
http://www.palitem.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/NEWS01/607170306/1008
Tim is producing a new show for the fall season while in India this summer!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
June 2006 Minutes
Call to Order - 11:05 a.m. by President Kim Poinsett.
Present: Willard Brown, Dave Burns, Ed Hoffman, Daryl Greene, Mark Linderman, Barb Mayberry, Sharon Palmer, Ken Paust, Jeff Plasterer, Kim Poinsett and Stephanie Strait. Staff: John Dalton, Stephanie Frame, Diane Lucas, and John Schuerman. Guest: John Zetzl of Gillam & Zetzl, Inc.
Approval of Minutes
The Board accepted the minutes of the May 9, 2006 meeting. Jeff Plasterer moved to accept the minutes with Ed Hoffman giving the second, minutes passed unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report
John Zetzl, of Gillam & Zetzl, Inc., presented our audit report. John indicated that WCTV’s finances were “clean” and well within accepted accounting principles. WCTV’s cash is $23,000 up from the previous year. WCTV has $165,220.00 total net assets. John presented an informal management letter containing helpful suggestions. After his presentation, John Zetzl received a round of applause.
Jeff Plasterer went over the financial report of April 30, 2006. He indicated that the finances are pretty much on track as anticipated. Ken Paust inquired about the return on the membership drive. The drive has approximately a 10% return at this time. There was discussion as to some kind of follow-up measure. Ed Hoffman moved to accept the financial report with Ken Paust giving the second, and the motion passed unanimously.
Director’s Report
John Dalton reported that our satellite dish is broken, preventing us from showing Classic Arts. Tim Elstro evaluated the problem and ordered a part.
John noted that Indianapolis is currently renegotiating their public access franchise with Bright House before the start of Indiana’s new Telecom law and is watching this process closely. John has been having difficulty communicating with Insight about their plans, possibly due to the fact that they do not currently have a local director at Insight.
Some board members have stated that Verizon is reportedly testing the Richmond market for interest in potential future Verizon cable service in the area.
Chris Richmond, an Earlham student, is working on a project for SIFE and WCTV is administering the Lily Grant funds for this project.
The staff of WCTV has been approved to teach classes through Extended Learning at IU East. They will also be helping on a student film festival to be held in conjunction with the Richmond Art Museum in the spring and partially funded through a grant. Work is underway on a project with Wernle Home, teaching students camera and editing skills, as is a project working with an A/V Club at the Boys & Girls Club.
WCTV recently purchased two new cameras, with a sponsorship from First Bank, doubling the number of cameras for checkout. John reported that soon, with the capital equipment money from Insight, there will be double the number of editing computers available for members as well.
Old Business
John Dalton distributed material showing WCTV’s policies on controversial programming. This material will be reevaluated in a future executive board meeting.
Good of the Order
Dave Burns pointed out the improvement in quality and thanked the staff of WCTV. John Dalton thanked everyone for the well wishes during his recent illness. Daryl Greene is pleased to see the new members present.
Adjournment - 12:35 by President Kim Poinsett.
Present: Willard Brown, Dave Burns, Ed Hoffman, Daryl Greene, Mark Linderman, Barb Mayberry, Sharon Palmer, Ken Paust, Jeff Plasterer, Kim Poinsett and Stephanie Strait. Staff: John Dalton, Stephanie Frame, Diane Lucas, and John Schuerman. Guest: John Zetzl of Gillam & Zetzl, Inc.
Approval of Minutes
The Board accepted the minutes of the May 9, 2006 meeting. Jeff Plasterer moved to accept the minutes with Ed Hoffman giving the second, minutes passed unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report
John Zetzl, of Gillam & Zetzl, Inc., presented our audit report. John indicated that WCTV’s finances were “clean” and well within accepted accounting principles. WCTV’s cash is $23,000 up from the previous year. WCTV has $165,220.00 total net assets. John presented an informal management letter containing helpful suggestions. After his presentation, John Zetzl received a round of applause.
Jeff Plasterer went over the financial report of April 30, 2006. He indicated that the finances are pretty much on track as anticipated. Ken Paust inquired about the return on the membership drive. The drive has approximately a 10% return at this time. There was discussion as to some kind of follow-up measure. Ed Hoffman moved to accept the financial report with Ken Paust giving the second, and the motion passed unanimously.
Director’s Report
John Dalton reported that our satellite dish is broken, preventing us from showing Classic Arts. Tim Elstro evaluated the problem and ordered a part.
John noted that Indianapolis is currently renegotiating their public access franchise with Bright House before the start of Indiana’s new Telecom law and is watching this process closely. John has been having difficulty communicating with Insight about their plans, possibly due to the fact that they do not currently have a local director at Insight.
Some board members have stated that Verizon is reportedly testing the Richmond market for interest in potential future Verizon cable service in the area.
Chris Richmond, an Earlham student, is working on a project for SIFE and WCTV is administering the Lily Grant funds for this project.
The staff of WCTV has been approved to teach classes through Extended Learning at IU East. They will also be helping on a student film festival to be held in conjunction with the Richmond Art Museum in the spring and partially funded through a grant. Work is underway on a project with Wernle Home, teaching students camera and editing skills, as is a project working with an A/V Club at the Boys & Girls Club.
WCTV recently purchased two new cameras, with a sponsorship from First Bank, doubling the number of cameras for checkout. John reported that soon, with the capital equipment money from Insight, there will be double the number of editing computers available for members as well.
Old Business
John Dalton distributed material showing WCTV’s policies on controversial programming. This material will be reevaluated in a future executive board meeting.
Good of the Order
Dave Burns pointed out the improvement in quality and thanked the staff of WCTV. John Dalton thanked everyone for the well wishes during his recent illness. Daryl Greene is pleased to see the new members present.
Adjournment - 12:35 by President Kim Poinsett.
Monday, July 10, 2006
August Lottery Information
Here is the information pertaining to the next lottery drawing for programming on WCTV Channel 21. This lottery will take place August 14 at 4 p.m. in the studio of WCTV.
Feel free to join us afterwards for a cookout celebrating the start of WCTV’s new schedule and slate of programming.
The new schedule will begin the week of September 3, 2006.
CHANNEL 21 PROGRAM LOTTERY INFORMATION
Tier One Program Drawing
Reserved only for local producers whose programs take place physically, and are recorded within, Wayne County, Indiana.
Maximum program length is one hour. One program maximum per week in this tier.
Programming days include Saturday through Thursday (WCTV’s programming equipment will not support more than six sequential days of programming per week).
Producer may supply one new program per week, and shall supply at least one fresh program at least every two weeks, to maintain tier one status. Producer shall deliver program to WCTV studios at least one business day before program plays on Channel 21.
Tier One programs will be placed first. Tier One may be expanded at the expense of Tier Two as new local producers qualify for Tier One. Tier One programs always take precedent. As of this drawing, as we maintain one hour maximum per program, there are sufficient hours available to handle historic numbers of programs. However, Tier Two programs are subject to be moved or discontinued if demand for Tier One programming expands to the point that the only way to accommodate Tier One programmers is to shrink Tier Two time, accordingly. Any cancellation may be based on last in, first out. Cancelled programs may be entered in the next lottery.
All assigned hours in Tier One are subject to the luck of the draw. Since programs are either ½ hour or one hour in length, the presiding WCTV lottery official may assign the drawn program to the next practical and available time slot, later or earlier, as applicable.
This drawing will be effective starting September 3, 2006, and programs in Tier One will normally be scheduled for a total of three run times per week, as practical. Original cablecast and repeats are typically at eight hour intervals.
Any program qualifying for Tier One which becomes a part of WCTV programming after the lottery may be placed in any time available until the next lottery drawing.
Tier One programmers -- please check the appropriate box on the return form if you would prefer that your program appears regularly on Sunday. The first random drawing will be for Sunday-preferred time slots in the eight hours between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. until all preferred Sunday hours availabilities are filled. Then, Saturday through Thursday time slots will be randomly drawn and placed in late afternoon and evening hours, as available. In the event that any Sunday hours remain after the Sunday-preferred drawing, they will be drawn for last of all, if it is necessary to accommodate any remaining producers.
Tier Two Program Drawing
Reserved only for programs that take place physically, and are recorded, outside Wayne County, Indiana.
Maximum program length is one hour. Two programs maximum per week, as time may be available. Must have a different local sponsor for each program.
Programming days may include Saturday through Thursday.
All times, repeats, and placements in Tier Two are at the discretion of the Program Director. Original program cablecast and repeats typically are at eight hour intervals for a total of two to three run times per week, as practical.
Producer may supply one new program per week, per time slot, and shall supply at least one fresh program per time slot at least every two weeks to maintain Tier Two status.
Producer shall deliver program to WCTV studios at least one business day before program plays on Channel 21.
Other Information
After its cablecast, any program that is judged to have technical problems may be pulled from programming rotation. Possible problems include very low or no audio levels, video images which have tracking problems or static, video images that are too dark or out of focus, and/or other technical problems. The Program Director may suspend the program and future episodes of the program from further cable casting until technical problems are resolved. Please spot check your program before you bring it in to avoid any problems.
WCTV accepts VHS, S-VHS, DVD, and MiniDV.
Feel free to join us afterwards for a cookout celebrating the start of WCTV’s new schedule and slate of programming.
The new schedule will begin the week of September 3, 2006.
CHANNEL 21 PROGRAM LOTTERY INFORMATION
Tier One Program Drawing
Reserved only for local producers whose programs take place physically, and are recorded within, Wayne County, Indiana.
Maximum program length is one hour. One program maximum per week in this tier.
Programming days include Saturday through Thursday (WCTV’s programming equipment will not support more than six sequential days of programming per week).
Producer may supply one new program per week, and shall supply at least one fresh program at least every two weeks, to maintain tier one status. Producer shall deliver program to WCTV studios at least one business day before program plays on Channel 21.
Tier One programs will be placed first. Tier One may be expanded at the expense of Tier Two as new local producers qualify for Tier One. Tier One programs always take precedent. As of this drawing, as we maintain one hour maximum per program, there are sufficient hours available to handle historic numbers of programs. However, Tier Two programs are subject to be moved or discontinued if demand for Tier One programming expands to the point that the only way to accommodate Tier One programmers is to shrink Tier Two time, accordingly. Any cancellation may be based on last in, first out. Cancelled programs may be entered in the next lottery.
All assigned hours in Tier One are subject to the luck of the draw. Since programs are either ½ hour or one hour in length, the presiding WCTV lottery official may assign the drawn program to the next practical and available time slot, later or earlier, as applicable.
This drawing will be effective starting September 3, 2006, and programs in Tier One will normally be scheduled for a total of three run times per week, as practical. Original cablecast and repeats are typically at eight hour intervals.
Any program qualifying for Tier One which becomes a part of WCTV programming after the lottery may be placed in any time available until the next lottery drawing.
Tier One programmers -- please check the appropriate box on the return form if you would prefer that your program appears regularly on Sunday. The first random drawing will be for Sunday-preferred time slots in the eight hours between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. until all preferred Sunday hours availabilities are filled. Then, Saturday through Thursday time slots will be randomly drawn and placed in late afternoon and evening hours, as available. In the event that any Sunday hours remain after the Sunday-preferred drawing, they will be drawn for last of all, if it is necessary to accommodate any remaining producers.
Tier Two Program Drawing
Reserved only for programs that take place physically, and are recorded, outside Wayne County, Indiana.
Maximum program length is one hour. Two programs maximum per week, as time may be available. Must have a different local sponsor for each program.
Programming days may include Saturday through Thursday.
All times, repeats, and placements in Tier Two are at the discretion of the Program Director. Original program cablecast and repeats typically are at eight hour intervals for a total of two to three run times per week, as practical.
Producer may supply one new program per week, per time slot, and shall supply at least one fresh program per time slot at least every two weeks to maintain Tier Two status.
Producer shall deliver program to WCTV studios at least one business day before program plays on Channel 21.
Other Information
After its cablecast, any program that is judged to have technical problems may be pulled from programming rotation. Possible problems include very low or no audio levels, video images which have tracking problems or static, video images that are too dark or out of focus, and/or other technical problems. The Program Director may suspend the program and future episodes of the program from further cable casting until technical problems are resolved. Please spot check your program before you bring it in to avoid any problems.
WCTV accepts VHS, S-VHS, DVD, and MiniDV.
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