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SOCIETY OF BROADCAST ENGINEERS, INC.

Chapter Meeting Report                                           Date of Meeting-  Sept 12, 2013

Chapter Meeting Places-

WSKG-TV/FM - Vestal, NY             Bundy Museum - Binghamton, NY     

Hilton Hotel - Binghamton, NY          Turning Stone Convention Center - Verona, NY

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

Total Attendance- 80-85% of Chapter One members

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2013 Directors                                                                       Webmaster –JimPratt

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

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Four(4) events were attended by our Chapter One members. No regular meeting this month.

 

Secretary’s Report- No Report

 

Treasurers’ Report- No Report

 

Business Events-

1) September 12th - The "SBE Chapter One - Emergency Alerting Panel Discussion Committee." was held at WSKG-TV /FM Gates Rd. Vestal, NY @ 6:30 PM. This was in coordination with the  "Extreme Weather, Climate Change, Mitigation and Adaptation for Municipal Officials" seminar.

Eric Adler- Chairman, SBE Chapter One and WSKG TV/FM engineer planned and set up the entire event. Moderator was Tom Siglin- Owner Sigtomics, SBE Chapter One member and WHRW FM  engineer.

Panelists were Brett Chellis- Director/Fire Coordinator, Broome County Office of Emergency Services, David Nicosia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist; NOAA, National Weather Service at Binghamton, NY, Tom Ray- EAS Coordinator, NY State Broadcaster’s Association, Brian Sickora- CEO and President WSKG Public Media.

 

2) September 14th - Induction of New Members into the Binghamton Broadcasters Hall of Fame. The free event took place in the restored Bundy Carriage House Annex behind the Bundy Museum at 129 Main Street Binghamton. A reception and complimentary tours of the Bundy Museum followed.

 

3) September 14th - Binghamton Broadcasters Reunion at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton. Optional Buffet was held at 5:30 PM. After the buffet, doors were opened in the main meeting room for visiting, meet and greet and cocktails. Reunion Awards program started at 8 PM and included the acknowledgment of the Bundy Hall of Fame Inductees.

 

4) September 25th - SBE Chapter 22 Tech Expo at Turning Stone Convention Center in Verona NY.

 

New Business-

Dave Allen’s wife Ruthie died peacefully @ 8:00 AM Sept 4th.  A condolence card was sent to David.

 

Secretary Scott Phillips, Sr