Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Our Blogging Producers

Check out some of our WCTV producers blogging on the web:

In Your Business

G-TV

Dickson/Chappell Report

Did I miss your blog? Send me a link at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

May 2006 Minutes

Call to Order - 11:05 a.m. by President Kim Poinsett.
Members and staff introduced themselves.

Present: Willard Brown, Dave Burns, Mark Linderman, Jerome Mahaffey, Eric Marsh, Barb Mayberry, Sharon Palmer, Kim Poinsett, Billy Porch, Phil Quinn, and Stephanie Strait. Staff: John Dalton, Stephanie Frame, Diane Lucas, and John Schuerman.

Approval of Minutes
Dave Burns moved to accept the minutes of the April meeting with Willard Brown giving the second, minutes passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report
John Dalton discussed the Friends campaign monies, the First Bank equipment sponsorship, and other items on the report. He reported that Gillam & Zetzl would be at the June meeting to report on the audit. Eric Marsh moved to accept the Treasurer’s Report as presented with Mark Linderman giving the second, report passed unanimously.

Director’s Report
Dalton updated the board on the Indiana Telecom Bill that recently passed as well as the potential federal legislation on the horizon. He reported on the success of the statewide Access Center Director’s meeting held at WCTV, as well as meetings with IACT and the Telecom Council. He reported that Insight was scheduled to attend the next Telecom Council meeting.
Dalton reported on the positive feedback garnered from WCTV’s live election night coverage as well as highlighted other events in a busy spring production schedule, including IU East and Ivy Tech graduations and other live events.
Dalton reported that he and Kim Poinsett would try to schedule new board member orientation before the next meeting.
Dalton stated that he had been asked by the Wayne County Commissioners to present a request for funds for 2007.

Old Business
Dalton returned to the board with more information about becoming an affiliate of Free Speech Television, in which FSTV would offer a free Dish Network dish and a year’s subscription in exchange for running their news program, “Democracy Now,” five nights a week. This program would be sponsored by Paul Kreise and the American Democracy Project at IU East, who had previously talked to WCTV about running the program. Dalton believes this dish can be used as a stopgap for other programming until a more permanent replacement for the aging current dish can be secured. Phil Quinn made a motion to accept this proposal as presented with Dave Burns giving the second. The motion passed by majority, with one opposed.
New Business
Kim Poinsett presented a slate of officers for 2006-2007:

Kim Poinsett, President
Mark Linderman, Vice President
Willard Brown, Secretary
Jeff Plasterer, Treasurer

This slate was accepted as presented by a motion of Dave Burns with Jerome Mahaffey giving the second. The slate passed unanimously.


Good of the Order
Kim Poinsett welcomed the new members and thanked those who attended the annual meeting.

Phil Quinn spoke about a partnership between KICKS96, WCTV, and others to present a program on Internet predators at Centerville High School.

Other board members commented on the positive responses to WCTV’s election coverage.


Adjournment - 12:15 by President Kim Poinsett.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Circle City Public Access

Here's an article from the Indianapolis Star talking about public access possibly returning to Indianapolis. The leader of the group mentioned in this article, Andrea Price, was here at WCTV for our statewide access center meeting and talked about their challenges. When you see that a city the size of Indianapolis doesn't have what Richmond has in terms of public access you can see the potential of what we have here.

And a nice mention of "Iceman on the Move," our 2006 Program of the Year!

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006606120365

Feel free to write me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

New website!

Surf over to our sister page, www.wctv.info, to check out our new look and updates! Feel free to send questions and comments to me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Monday, May 22, 2006

New Officers and Board Members

I wanted to let our viewers and members know that we have elected new officers to our Board of Directors for 2006-2007:

Kim Poinsett, President
Mark Linderman, Vice President
Willard Brown, Secretary
Jeff Plasterer, Treasurer

As well as new board members:

Ed Hoffman (renewal)
Barb Mayberry
Sharon Palmer
Kenneth Paust (renewal)
Billy Porch (renewal)
Phil Quinn
Stephanie Strait

Feel free to email me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Friday, May 12, 2006

You Shout Out, We Shout Out

G101.3 has been producing a fun little sketch comedy/music video show on WCTV and has been promoting it quite a bit on the air and on their blog. Check it out!

Feel free to contact me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

April 2006 Board of Directors Minutes

Call to Order - 11:05 a.m. by President Kim Poinsett.

Present: Willard Brown, Dave Burns, Ed Hoffman, Daryl Greene, Mark Linderman, Jerome Mahaffey, Eric Marsh, Jeff Plasterer, and Kim Poinsett. Staff: John Dalton, Stephanie Frame, Diane Lucas, and John Schuerman.

Approval of Minutes
The Board accepted the minutes of the February 14, 2006 meeting with the minutes amended to reflect that the board wished to pursue avenues of discounted purchases through IU East before purchasing software upgrades outright. Jeff Plasterer moved to accept the minutes with Mark Linderman giving the second, minutes passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report
WCTV has received the quarterly installment payment from the city.
The money in our Silver Eagle account is earning approximately 4% interest at this time.

Director’s Report
John Dalton reported that our “Friends Campaign” has seen a return of approximately 5% thus far and earned about $2,400.
First Bank awarded WCTV a sponsorship of $1500, which will be used to purchase a camera for outreach programs. There are plans for outreach programs with Wernle and the Boys and Girls Club in the works so far.
On April 20th at 1 p.m., WCTV will host a state wide public access meeting to discuss the Indiana Telecom Law, to be chaired by Erik Mollberg of Access Fort Wayne. Board members are welcome to attend.
The Annual Meeting is coming up on April 25th. Meijer is coming on as a sponsor for the meeting. We are still accepting votes for Program of the Year.
John Dalton gave thanks to Dave Burns for all his help with “House Calls.”
WCTV is participating in Mighty U at IUE, with students getting tours and an opportunity to make a public service announcement.
John Dalton is working with IUE Extended Learning to teach some of our courses through their program. This could be another source of revenue for the station.
There was discussion regarding potentially airing “Democracy Now,” a news show. There is an opportunity to get a free dish if we agree to air the news show five days a week. There is also an opportunity to get the first year’s subscription fees to DISH TV waived. After viewing a segment of the program, and after varied discussion, it was agreed to postpone the decision, giving board members time to view additional footage of the program.
John Dalton presented the equipment list request for 2006. The monies come from the Capital Equipment Fund due in June from Insight Communications. The list includes a JVC camera package, 2 Apple G5 computers and a JVC recorder. Jeff Plasterer moved to accept the proposal with Mark Linderman giving the second. The equipment proposal was approved.
John Dalton shared a letter of clarification and apology that he wrote to the County Commissioners about an incident where a volunteer, who portrayed himself as an employee of WCTV, was escorted out of the County Building by law enforcement. Dalton reported that this volunteer has been asked to follow the same rules for scheduling time as other members by not monopolizing or otherwise trying to control access to the edit bay, to limit his personal calls to the station and not to give out the station’s phone number as a contact point, and not to otherwise represent himself, or allow others to believe, he is a WCTV employee. This volunteer was given an opportunity to present a letter to Kim Poinsett prior to the board meeting but elected not to do so. Other discussion indicated that the board will support John Dalton’s decisions in this matter.

Old Business
Kim Poinsett presented the list of nominees for the Board of Directors. The list includes term renewals for Billy Porch, Ed Hoffman, and Ken Paust; and new terms for Sharon Palmer, Phil Quinn, Barb Mayberry and Stephanie Straight. Daryl Greene moved to accept, and Ed Hoffman gave the second. The list of nominees was approved.
Ed Hoffman commented on some programming problems which occurred on the previous Friday evening.

Good of the Order
Dave Burns pointed out the improvement in quality of the Midwest Jamboree and the Dickson Chappell Show.

Adjournment - 12:35 by President Kim Poinsett.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Live from the Kuhlman Center


Amy Leise from Kicks96/WHON reads election results live from the Kuhlman Center as camera person Liz Schwartz gives the cues.

Pre-Production


Stephanie Frame does some last-minute prep on graphics and music from our remote control room at the Kuhlman Center Tuesday night.

From Both Sides of the Aisle


Joe Kayser and Paul Kriese ready to go on live from our remote studio.

Stand By...


We are ready to go live from our remote studio as floor director Barry Barker looks on.

In the Crossfire


Joe and Paul interview a candidate while volunteers Ed Hoffman and Billy Porch man the cameras.

From the Studio


Crew and equipment from our remote location at the Kuhlman Center, bringing live election results Tuesday night.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Mighty U at WCTV

The next generation of television professionals from Vaile Elementary visited the WCTV studio Wednesday .

Thursday, April 27, 2006

2005 Volunteer Recognitions

I wanted to thank everyone who attended WCTV’s 18th Annual Meeting on Tuesday. I enjoy getting together with our members and supporters and having the opportunity to discuss our ongoing efforts.

First I would like to welcome new Board of Directors members Barb Mayberry, Sharon Palmer, Stephanie Strait, and Phil Quinn, as well as thank returning board members Ed Hoffman, Ken Paust, and Billy Porch, who renewed their terms for three more years.

I also would like to share our list of 2005 award winners:

Channel 11 Producer of the Year: Daryl Greene for “A Closer Look”

Channel 20 Producer of the Year: Jim Russell and the Richmond High School AV Classes

Channel 21 Producer of the Year: Harlen Whitamore for “Richmond Poetic Society”

Volunteer of the Year: Barry Barker

Program of the Year: James Patterson and “Iceman on the Move”

Feel free to email me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Telecom Bill Updates

A lot of members and viewers ask me about how the new Indiana Telecom Bill will impact WCTV. The answer right now is that the situation is still evolving. Access Center Directors across the state decided to come together and discuss these issues so that we could share information and present a united front. I offered to host this statewide meeting at WCTV, and the meeting was held here last Thursday with about a dozen people in attendance. We heard from access folks in Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Indianapolis, and other places, as well as a spokesperson from Verizon, recognized as one of the potentially major players in this statewide process. I think it was not only important to have this meeting as part of understanding the Telecom Bill but also to return WCTV to the statewide stage as a premiere access facility. Other access directors were very complimentary about our facilities and operation, making me realizing again that we have an organization here to be proud of.

If you have questions about the Telecom Bill, or anything else, please contact me at jodalton@indiana.edu.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

March 2006 Minutes

WCTV BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MINUTES
Tuesday, March 14, 2006


Call to Order - 11:02 a.m. by President Kim Poinsett.

Present: Willard Brown, Dave Burns, Ed Hoffman, Daryl Greene, Jerome Mahaffey, Jeff Plasterer, Kim Poinsett, and Billy Porch. Staff: John Dalton, Stephanie Frame, Diane Lucas, and John Schuerman.

Approval of Minutes
The Board accepted the minutes of the February 14, 2006 meeting as mailed. Dave Burns moved to accept the minutes with Billy Porch second, passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Jeff Plasterer pointed out that most items were within the budgeted amounts. The report indicated some overtime still showing up in January. The overtime amounts should diminish with a full staff on board.
The repair and maintenance contract with Tim Elstro expires at the end of March and will not be renewed as it is. Additional work will be on a specific as-needed basis.
The WCTV money market account will be closed and the Silver Eagle account will be the primary one used.
Ed Hoffman moved to accept the report with Willard Brown giving the second. The Financial Report was approved.

Director’s Report
John Dalton offered information regarding the new Telecommunications Bill. John has offered to host a state meeting involving other public access directors to discuss this bill. There is a potential to lose the capital expense money from Insight in 2008. WCTV will meet with the city to discuss the continuation of money coming from the City of Richmond. John Dalton and the executive board members will work with the city and Insight. John Dalton indicated that even though this may be a “bump in the road,” that there are other possibilities and ideas for funding in the future.
The “Friends Mailing” went out last week with about 500 letters having been sent. As of today, we have received 13 responses totaling a little over $500. David Fulton will record a “Friends” promo for the station to promote the campaign.
The February lottery went well, and we are programming between six and eight hours a day six days a week on Channel 21.
Our Premier Party was successful with 50-75 in attendance.
Last Monday, the Kicks96/WHON news began to air at 10:00 p.m. on Monday-Friday.
WCTV participated in the IT Fair last week at IU East.
John is working with the Wayne County Historical Museum to digitize their old film, in exchange for being allowed to use the footage to produce new “Richmond in Motion” programs.
WIPB and the Indianapolis government channel sent some programs in trade. We currently have MVCC and DATV interested in some programming of ours.
We recorded our first Spanish-language Bulletin, which is a 10-minute filler about legal and medical issues for Spanish-speaking people in Wayne County.
John Dalton asked the board for approval to purchase the Final Cut Pro 5 upgrade for Stephanie Frame’s Mac workstation to make the workstation compatible with the other workstations. He estimated this cost to be about $500. Daryl Greene moved, with Dave Burns giving the second, and the motion passed to approve the expenditure only after pursuing the possibility of discounted purchases through IU East before buying the software upgrades outright.

Old Business
Kim Poinsett asked to suspend the by-laws and have the general meeting on April 25th at 4:00 p.m. Dave Burns motioned with Jeff Plasterer giving the second. The date was moved one month in order to continue developing a slate of officers and a class of board members for next year. The motion passed to have the meeting on April 25th at 4 p.m. in the WCTV studio.

New Business
Daryl Greene mentioned that we should continue to pursue quality issues with the time base correctors.
Jeff Plasterer mentioned that he would like to see WCTV scroll a list of the polling places for the May election, as many have changed locations.


Good of the Order
Kim Poinsette enjoyed the Premiere Party.
Jeff Plasterer mentioned that the board development committee is working towards a maximum number (fifteen) of board members for the new year.
Ed Hoffman and Billy Porch agreed to new terms.
Diane Lucas feels the new brochure is very nice.

Meeting adjourned by Kim Poinsett, Ed Hoffman moved and Jeff Plasterer second to adjourn.


Adjourn - 12:15 by President Kim Poinsett.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

A Steady Hand Behind The Camera


Longtime volunteer Ed Hoffman runs camera in the WCTV studio. Ed has done a little of everything since the early days of WCTV and currently serves on our Board of Directors.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Testing, One, Two...


Director John Schuerman and volunteer Ed Hoffman set up microphones for Daryl Greene's "A Closer Look" program.