SBE Chapter 56 Meeting Minutes, May 27, 2008, Spaghetti Warehouse, Tulsa, OK

Monday, June 23 2008 @ 10:11 AM CDT

Contributed by: rstearnes

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

Minutes:
Meeting Minutes from the the April 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 April 22, 2008, was $3,582.04. There has been no credits and no debits. The Chapter’s checking account balance as of today, May27, 2008, is $3,582.04.

Secretary’s Report:
Nothing to report.

Frequency Coordination above 1 GHz:
Larry Miller reported that that on May 13, 2008 there was a meeting of Tulsa area Broadcast Auxiliary Service 2 GHz users. Representatives from Cox Media, KJRH, KOKI, KOTV, KTUL, and Larry were in attendance. Topics discussed were as to where each user stood in his preparation for the change-over to the new band plan, condition and usage of the intra-city party line link and how to allocate channel usage.

Frequency Coordination below 1 GHz:
Nothing to report.

EAS Report:
Troy Langham reported that he had attended the EAS summit and that unfortunately there seems to be nothing done towards a new national EAS plan. Roger Herring reported that work on the new state EAS plan would begin in July.

Certification Report:
The following are exam dates for SBE certification.

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




Program committee:
Nothing to report.

Old Business:
There was a reminder of the upcoming joint picnic with OKC SBE at Stroud park on July 26, 2008. Jim Hobbs put forth a slate fo officers for the upcoming year and they were approved by vice vote. Officers are: Cahirman:Roger Newton, Vice-Chairman: Richard Hardy, Treasurer: Larry Miller, and Secretary: Ron Stearnes.

New Business:
None

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

Program:
Program this month was given by John Wagner, Karen Westbrook, and Patrick Daly from Tandberg who discussed MPEG-4 AVC compression, Statistical Multiplexing, Linearization and the DVBS2 modulation used in transmission of High Definition Television (HDTV) not only for satellite transmission but also DSNG and DENG applications.

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