APRIL


SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS, INC.

Chapter Meeting Report  Date of Meeting- 4/09/2013

Chapter Meeting Place- Denny's Restaurant Vestal, NY

Chapter No. 1 Location- Binghamton, NY Presiding Chairman- Eric Adler

Total Attendance- 9 SBE Members- 6 SBE Certified- 0 Guests- 3


  1. 2013 Directors

Chairman - Eric Adler Vice-Chairman - Jim Pratt

Secretary - Scott Phillips, Sr Treasurer - Tom Siglin

Program Coordinator - Ferdinand( Fred ) Montalvo Frequency Coordinator - Bill Sitzman

Certification Chairman David Preister E-Mail Coordinator - Abiodun Sadik

Webmaster - Jim Pratt

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Secretary’s Report- Jim Pratt read the minutes from last month


Treasurers’ Report- Tom Siglin stated the present balance is $XXX.09



Old Business-

1) Our May meeting is still pending a vendor.

2) June, we will be at the National Weather Service(NWS) at Dawes Rd next to the Greater Binghamton Airport, Town of Maine, NY.

3) July's “Never Rain Picnic” will be 6:00 PM on July 9th at 151 Smith Hill Rd., Binghamton, NY. Jim Pratt and Ferdinand( Fred ) Montalvo to help out Scott Phillips in this endeavor.

4) Tom Ray may do the August meeting giving us an EAS update .

5) On September 14th, we will be meeting at the Broadcasters Reunion to be held at the (Riverwalk Hotel and Conference Center) now called “Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Binghamton” 225 Water Street in downtown Binghamton.

6) September 25th will be the SBE Chapter 22 Tech Expo at Turning Stone in Verona NY

  1. New Business-

1) The Marconi Tower Project is on hold, as per Scott Phillips, due to lack of enough support at this

moment in time. Eric Adler and Bill Sitzman have offered to assist in keeping the 100th anniversary

alive.

2) Steve Lampen of Belden is a possible speaker for the October meeting.

3) Fred Montalvo suggested a video and talk on the Arecibo Observatory for a future meeting.



Adjournment- 7:51 PM


Program- Fellowship


Minutes submitted by acting Secretary James A. Pratt