SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS,
INC.
Chapter Meeting Report Date of Meeting- May l 4, 2009
Chapter Meeting Place- Clear Channel Radio- Vestal, NY
Chapter No. 1 Location- Binghamton, NY Presiding Chairman- James A. Pratt
Total Attendance- 10 SBE Members- 7
SBE Certified- 2 Guests- 3
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Meeting started at 7:32 PM
Secretary’s Report- Stated as written.
Treasurers Report-
1] Treasury balance- $XXXX.37 current
2] Raffle proceeds of $8.00 won by Gary Liebisch.
Old Business-
1] 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. Please note that this is a luncheon date. Paul Kaminski from
World Radiotm will have a
presentation referencing the broadcasting procedures of April 3rd at
the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY.
2] 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. The hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, beverages and condiments will be SBE
Chapter 1 provided.
3] “A Taste of NAB”, presented by Larry Bloomfield will
be Thursday August 27th. Final details TBA at a later date.
New Business-
1] Special note: Nautel Corporation was gracious to cover our entire supper dinner bill and we wish to thank Nautel and Gary Liebisch for doing this for our chapter.
2] A get-well card will be sent to Gino Riccardelli’s
wife. She is recuperating from a hip injury.
3] Due to time commitment, Jon Scaptura’s presentation on
the Salt River Project, re: Tower Safety and Tom Siglin’s presentation on
Antenna Models has been postponed until a future date.
Adjournment- 7:49 PM
Gary Liebisch, Regional Sales Manager for Nautel gave an
updated HD radio power increase “power
point” presentation. Gary most recently was product manager for AM and FM radio
transmission products for Harris Corporation and was a key member of the team
that introduced several HD Radio products. Gary had been a chief engineer and
director of engineering for more than 20 years with various station and media
groups.
Minutes submitted by Scott Phillips, Sr