P.E.G. Commission

ManisteePEG-TVCommission MeetingMinutes April4,2014 -6:30p.m.,ManisteeHighSchool I. CALLTOORDER Meetingwascalledtoorderbychair,BarryLind6:35 p.m. II. ROLLCALL Present: KeithBrown,DaleKolanowski, BarryLind,Alan Marshall, DeanKruse, DanielWrzesinski Absent: MarkSandstedt, Kathy Ervin III. PLEDGETOTHEFLAG IV. APPROVALOFAGENDA MarshallaskedthattheNewBusinessto abdicatethestation’swebsitepromotionbeaddedtotheagenda. Motionto approveagendamadebyKruseandsecondedbyWrzesinski. V. APPROVALOFPASTMEETINGMINUTES Motiontoapprovepast minutesmadebyKolanowski,secondedbyWrzesinski . VI. CITIZENCOMMENT Nonepresent VII. EXECUTIVEDIRECTORREPORT Brownhasdeliveredthenew budgettotheCityandalsotoFilerTownship,andonthe12th ofAprilwill deliverthebudgettoManisteeTownship.Statedhealsomadecontactwith thetribeandtheywillconsidera requestforsomefunding. Brownsaidhe spokewiththeRoadCommissionDirectorabouttapingtheirmeetingand receiveda “profoundNO” tothatquestion. Thismonththestationgainedafewnewshows 1.InTheirOwnWords,aplaywrittenbyCarolAtkins 2.4documentariesconcerningtheMichiganmarijuanainitiative,mainly driven bythemedicalside. 3.TwoshowscalledNick &Nancyatthe “booknook” asingingduo 4.12newSudz-n-Countryvideoanddanceshows 5.andofcoursealltheupdatestoourregularshows. Brownstatedthestationisoperatingwithinbudget. Nobreakdownswithequipmentthismonththoughtheequipmentisstilloldit isstilldoingquitewell. VII UNFINISHEDBUSINESS 1.Reviewofwebsiteprogress, issues, problems –MarshallsaidTheissueis theoldwebsitewasn’tredirectedtothenewoneandhassincebeentaken  down -thepurposewastohaveitredirect. Also,onthenewsite,wherewe haveourmission, isstillinquotes. Lindsaid2minorissueswherethe meetingsarelistedinthewidget,butascrolldoesn’texist, aswellasa missingimageiconinoneplacewhereitisshowingabrokenimage. 2.UltraNexusSale –Brownstatedthatthesaleisstill “inlimbo.” ATV stationinWhitehallisbeingplanned, andtheyseemedinterestedinbuying theoldNexus. VIII NEWBUSINESS 1.CharterandSettopboxes _Charterhasrequiredaboxsetupfor theirtelevisions, 2. Promotion –MarshallstatedthattheManisteeNewsAdvocatehas nointentionofputtinganoticeregardingthewebsiteatendof articles regardingPEG. 3.MarshalldiscussedpossibilitiesofgettingManisteeTVairedin morenorthernregionsofthecounty. PromotePEGTVonotherwebsites, evenprivatelyownedwebsites?... IX OTHER Nocomment X NEXTMEETINGDATE May12,2014 -6:30pm XI ADJOURN Krusemotionedtoadjournmeeting,secondedbyMarshall. Meetingwasadjournedat7:10p.m.