SBE 56 Chapter Chairman Don Dobbs called the Meeting to order.  Don asked everyone present to introduce himself or herself. 

Reports:
Minutes as reported on the Chapter Website were approved by voice vote.

Treasurers Report:
Chapter checking account balance last month, on October 23. 2001, was $4,413.19.  Expense of $38.00 for post office box rental, leaving an account balance of $4,375.19 as of November 27, 2001.

Frequency Coordination Report:
Above 1 GHz:

Larry Miller reported no new activity. 

Below 1 GHz:

Larry Miller reported for Richard Hardy that there was no new activity.

Certification Report:

No report is available this month 

Internet Report:

No new news was reported. 

EAS Report:

Roger Herring reported that the Required Monthly Test was transmitted from Oklahoma City, however it was re-transmitted as a Required Weekly Test in the Tulsa area. Everyone should check their EAS logs to note the discrepancy if it was not caught by Master Control.

Old Business:   

Don Dobbs reported that a meeting was held with the OKC SBE Chapter to discuss Programs for the OAB Winter Conference.  It is being proposed that Friday will be 1 hour long sessions, Saturday will be 2 longer Sessions.

Send Ideas to Roger Herring or Don Dobbs.  Don Dobbs said that NAB staffers and the Chairman of the FCC have been invited to speak at the Conference, it is unknown who will agree to speak at the Conference.

New Business:

Don Dobbs announced that SBE is sponsoring an all day meeting in January for enhancing Chapter Programs as part of continuing education.  The all day meeting will be held at the Indianapolis Airport. SBE National is encouraging every Chapter to send a representative to this meeting.   Don asked if there was support to use Chapter funds to pay for Representative to attend the January Meeting. 

Don also suggested that the January Chapter 56 meeting be a DTV focused meeting with GMs from the Tulsa Market invited by the Chapter as well as their Chiefs to attend a discussion on the challenges remaining to launching DTV (such as Power Consumption, City Grade Coverage, as well as Must Carry Cable issues).  Don suggested a Letter be sent to each GM inviting their attendance.  Membership present approved his suggestion. 

Don also reported that March is time for Chapter Officer Elections.  He is seeking nominations for the various offices as he will be stepping down after this term.  A nomination committee will be formed to aid the process. 

Don also reminded the members that their will be no meeting in December as per usual. 

Today’s Program:

David Strong of Evertz Microsystems, Ltd. spoke to the Chapter by long distance telephone with the assistance of Dave Ostmo of MCSi providing a computer, projector, and speakerphone to enable the program.

David spoke about the various products that Evertz produces, ranging from HDTV products, 601 SDI products, Time Code products, Fiber Optic products, Post Production products, Closed Captioning, VBI products, and VISTA Link monitoring products with SNMP management.    

In the beginning, everybody wants to be safe. But, like many of those “things” which we want to do, but don’t always carry out, safety ideas fade into the human characteristic of complacency.  Typically, it takes an accident to re-sharpen a “once sharp” company safety program. (It’s not just in TV stations this occurs, it’s typical in most work environments.) Through it all, it’s important to keep trying. Sometimes simple safety reminders are the best safety education devices. That, after all, is the rhyme and reason for this safety memo. If you hear about safety enough it is more likely to become part of your reflexive thought process. 

So, in view of this being a new year and all of that, (Happy New Year!) here are some resolutions which take just a little work, but produce a lot of return.

Professionalism

Resolve

TV field people routinely work along side public service professionals who have special employment agreements if they are injured or disabled while on the job.  Whether TV stations offer this sort of benefit or not, all professionals need to think safety all the time. One favorite news director stated: "If my people protect themselves, they will also be protecting their companies and the general public." It could not have been said better.

We agree. Have a Happy and safe new year!

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Education Committee
Jim Bowles

 CERTIFICATION EXAM DATES FOR 2002
The SBE Certification Committee has established exam dates for 2002. Check the list below for the exam period that is best for you. For more information about SBE Certification, see SBE 56 Certification Chair Jim Bowles or contact Linda Godby, Certification Director at the SBE National Office at (317) 846-9000 or lgodby@sbe.org.

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