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Minutes of the DMTF Board Meeting

November 4, 2004, DMTV Studios

In ATTENDANCE Jack Batzler, Eve Goldman, Nicole Holliday, Ingrid Hoffmeister, Jodi Kennedy, Bob Ganey.

Absent Pete Glaser, Philippe Lamoise

Minutes and Date of Meetings
Minutes of the 10/7/04 meeting were approved. It was considered and unanimously approved that future meetings would now be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month, beginning at 0900.

05 Budget discussions
Comparative analysis was discussed as regards the ’04 budget as compared to the ’05 budget. The significant change noted was that we did not apply for a County Grant for ’05, so that budget line item for ’05 was zeroed. Discussion that ensued highlighted the fact that the time for submission kind of sneaked up on us, and we simply did not make an application on time. Discussion then went to implementation of a Del Mar TV Foundation calendar for board members only, in order to have a more orderly process in tracking and anticipating significant events. Eve Goldman was tasked with action to come up with a model calendar, that would include the time frame for such events as County Grants, Telly Awards, DM Idol, Fundraisers, Time/Date for Board meetings, Hometown Awards, Fair Awards, Wave Awards, and others.

Fund Raising
A meeting is scheduled of Friday, Nov 5, at Nicole’s house for packaging the fund raiser mailer materials. Meeting is scheduled for 0930-1130. If needed, we will schedule another meeting to complete at a later time.

DM Idol Recap
Changes have been recommended in the scheduling and presentation of future Idols events, including more prelims, an outside venue, and a more effective search for sponsorship. This year’s contest was a significant success that can be made even better, now that it is recognized as a popular event. Good publicity is essential to this success, and it should be carefully crafted to maximize the exposure. A meeting will be convened on 1 December, to get expert input on creative new things for the contest, as well as early efforts on production grants. It was determined that the judges used in the last contest had some very creative ideas that should be brought forward.

Grant Status
There was little new to report. Some Pulse events are ongoing, through the Producer’s Group.

New Grant Applications
Bob Ganey made a presentation requesting a Grant to do a show on the Voices of the Valley, studying the Harmony Grove Valley, elfin forest and surrounding areas. The program is budgeted for $4350.00, of which Bob has already obtained a Grant for $2500.00 from other sources. While the presentation was certainly worthy, it was questioned concerning applicability to the Del Mar area. Since it appeared to be an excellent example of good programming in general, it was agreed that we should perhaps review the original criteria and guidelines for giving Grants, in order to perhaps expand our vistas beyond the insular concerns with Del Mar. It was agreed that this should be a subject for separate deliberation at a future board meeting. Bob Ganey was tasked to look at the distribution of Grant funds in general, and provide a separate input.

Selection of new equipment
Bob Ganey provided a review of our current status. Equipment purchased to date, with ’04 campaign contributions includes a PSP for teleprompters, two new digital decks for cablecast, and other items. Still on the schedule to purchase are a Chroma Key CG, a Green Chroma Screen, and a DVD burner.

The next regularly scheduled meeting will be at 0900 on Thursday, December 9th.

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