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SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS, INC.

Chapter Meeting Report Date of Meeting- August 14, 2012

Chapter Meeting Place- WSKG-TV/FM- Gates Rd., Vestal, NY

Chapter No. 1 Location- Binghamton, NY Presiding Chairman- James A. Pratt

Total Attendance- 14 SBE Members- 7 SBE Certified- 2 Guests- 7

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Meeting notes recorded

Secretary’s Report- No report

Treasurers Report- Present balance is about $XXX.70. This includes July’s picnic expenses of about $54.00.

Old Business-

1] September’s meeting will be at WSKG-TV/FM- Gates Rd., Vestal, NY. Gino Riccardelli will present “The Early Days of Television in Binghamton, NY”. This DVD presentation is about 45 minutes long and was in partnership with Bill Parker and Bob Huckabone. Gino has the broadcast engineering segment and Bill Parker has the “on air” talent and behind the scenes segment. Both shared production and production facility information. Bob Huckabone produced and edited the DVD with the hopes to find a sponsor down the road.

This presentation will be the first release and reserved for our group only. We need to have a good showing of our membership and those interested in broadcasting present for this special event.

2] October 11th is the SBE Chapter 22 Expo at the Turning Stone Casino.

3] November’s meeting presenter might be Paul Kaminski- details to follow.

4] Our Christmas and Holiday December 11^th meeting will be at Red Lobster, Vestal Parkway, Vestal, NY. Scott Phillips, Sr has confirmed arrangements for the 6:00 PM supper.

New Business- No report

7:30 PM Program- Tom Larson of Larson Enterprises, demonstrated the “Free to Air” satellite set up.

Minutes submitted by Scott Phillips, Sr