SBE Chapter 56 Meeting Minutes, April 22, 2008, Spaghetti Warehouse, Tulsa, OK

Friday, May 23 2008 @ 12:10 PM CDT

Chapter Chairman Roger Newton called the meeting to order and asked everyone to introduce themselves.

Minutes:
Meeting Minutes from the the March SBE meeting were posted on the home page and were brought up for approval. The Minutes were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote of the members present.

Treasurers Report:
Larry Miller reported the following: The Chapter’s checking account balance as of March 27, 2008, was $3,482.04. There has been one credit of $100.00 ( TM Television), and no debits. The Chapter’s checking account balance as of today, March 27, 2008, is $3,582.04.

Secretary’s Report:
Nothing to report.

Frequency Coordination above 1 GHz:
Larry Miller reported that that on 4/16/08 The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced a Unified Licensing System upgrade. Licensees of television pick-up stations now have the option to identify their stationary, recieve only sites on ULS to aid coordination with other services.
In response to a petition filed by the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and supported by several broadcasters, the Bureau took this action to faciliate coordination with television pick-up stations.

Larry also reorted that 3G Wireless, for ESPN, is requesting frequency coordination for the upcoming LPGA event on May 1-4, at Cedar Ridge Country Club, Broken Arrow. They are asking to use four 2 GHz channels for carmera low power operation.

Frequency Coordination below 1 GHz:
Richard Hardy reported that 3G Wireless was also asing for nine radio frequincies for the LPGA event.

EAS Report:
Nothing to report

Certification Report:
Ray Klotz asked for a proctor for the June exam. Roger Newton agreed to proctor the exam.

Ray also reported the following exam dates for SBE certification.

Exam Dates	Location	Application Deadline
June 6-16, 2008	Local Chapters	Closed
August 8-18, 2008	Local Chapters	June 6, 2008
November 7-17, 2008	Local Chapters	September 19, 2008

Program committee:
Nothing to report.

Old Business:
A brief update on the BOK Arena project was given by Ron Stearnes for David Shaffer, A copy of arena plans was given to those stations requesting one. It was agreed that each stations doing cabling in the arena will provide a person to be part of a committee to discuss combining efforts and money to cable the arena. Cabling should be able to begin sometime in the August/September time frame.

New Business:
Election of officers for the upcoming year was to be held at this months meeting. However, due to an oversight by existing officers, there was not a slate of candidates to vote on. The chapter voted to delay election of new officers until the May meeting.

Adjournment
Motion was made to adjourn meeting. Motion was seconded and approved by voice vote by members present.

Program:
Program this month was from those attending NAB. Attendees gave an overview of new and different things seen at NAB in both TV and Radio. Overall consensus was that it was a good show although there was a notable decrease in crowd size.

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