EEB

SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS, INC.

Chapter Meeting Report                                          Date of Meeting- February 12, 2009

Chapter Meeting Place   Denny’s Restaurant- Vestal, NY
Chapter No. 1 Location- Binghamton, NY      Presiding Chairman- James A. Pratt

 

Total Attendance- 8         SBE Members- 4          SBE Certified- 0      Guests-4

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Meeting started at 12:20 PM

 

Secretary’s Report- Stated as written.

 

Treasurers Report- Treasury balance- $X,XXX.60. Tom Siglin will check with Charter One; referencing our checking account.

 

Old Business-

1] Jon Scaptura has planned to have a “Harris” transmitter representative available for our March 12th meeting at 7:30 PM in the WSKG-TV46 conference room. Our 6:00 PM dinner will be 50% partially reimbursed by the Harris Corp. Dinner location will be at Denny’s Restaurant- Vestal, NY at 6:00 PM. Denny’s physical location is at the junction of Bunn Hill Rd & the Vestal Parkway( Rt 434 ).

2] Our April 9th 7:30 PM meeting will be at the NWS(National Weather Service)- Greater Broome County Airport. David Nicosia will be our presenter for the evening. Friendly’s Restaurant near Reynolds Rd in Johnson City, NY will be our supper location starting at 6:00 PM

3] On May 14th, we will meet at the Clearchannel conference room on 320 North Jensen Rd Vestal NY 13850-2150 at 7:30. Jon Scaptura will have a  short DVD on the Salt River Project, re: Tower Safety. Additionally, Tom Siglin will present a DVD on Antenna Models. 

4] June’s SBE meeting will be at Denny’s Diner- Denny’s Restaurant (junction of Bunn Hill Rd & Vestal Pkwy, Vestal, NY) on June 11th at 12:00 noon.

5] Our July 9th (Thursday) meeting will be our annual “Never Rain Picnic” hosted by Tom and Kathy Siglin will start at 6:00 PM and run to dark. Location is at 108 Clark St., Vestal, NY. Bring a dish to pass. Hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken; SBE Chapter 1 will provide beverages, condiments and a good time.

 

New Business-

1] DTV transitional switch for February 17th is a go for the 4 local networks. The June extension will not be honored as most are ready to go now! WIVT-34’s DTV signal still remains disheveled. A new transmitter will be in place shortly.

2] Also noted- Digital channel DTV 7.2 WBXI is now up and going as of last week.

 

Adjournment- 12:48 PM

Program- Fellowship

 

Minutes submitted by Scott Phillips, Sr