HARDWICK COMMUNITY TELEVISION – ANNUAL MEETING
April 29, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M
Via ZOOM video conference
Present: Leif Goldberg, Elizabeth Dow, Rachel Kane, Michael Gray, Robin Grant, Kurt Bos, Rip
Keller, Jim Kelty

President Rachel Kane called the meeting to order at 7:03.
Kurt moved acceptance of the minutes of the 2020 meeting; Rip seconded; unanimous vote to
accept.
Leif gave the station report: He signed the contract with Comcast, good to 2028. VAN did the
initial negotiating, and he signed the same contract as other stations, except he further negotiated that
HCTV keep Hazen and the Hardwick Town House as ROS sites.

• Comcast ended our courtesy phone/internet services, so Leif came up with a faster
  phone/internet plan from Comcast at effectively $50 per month more than our previous
  payment.
  Hazel is willing to continue as our bookkeeper, but Leif is still looking at local bookkeeping
  options.
  The basketball season had the crew covering Hazen Union’s JV and Varsity Hazen games, as
  well as the Middle School home games. The station covered 17 games (2/3 of what we usually cover)
  in a season beginning February 1, making it only ½ as long as usual. The Athletic Director at Hazen
  found us new sponsors. We had 3 people working at each game (camera, announcer, and scorekeeper),
  but because we had three sponsors per game, we made more money than usual; the sponsoring
  basically covered our expenses.
  We will be doing baseball games when the season starts.
  We have a coin drop coming up from 9:30 to noon-ish on June 26 with June 5 as backup.
  Lots of stations around the state want state funding. They have concern about the future of
  broadband in the state. PEG has begun to lobby for legislative awareness of what the station does. Leif
  expressed some concern our relationships with the surrounding communities – towns we work with but
  have no technological connection with. He’s not sure how the push to expand broadband will impact
  the station’s activities. He encouraged the Board to consider how we might hire ourselves out to serve
  them. Rachel endorsed PEG’s efforts to promote the role and importance of the local stations. Rachel
  also requested that Leif continue to cultivate a relationship with neighboring towns.
  Leif asked about whether the station support Rip’s “At home with the Maestro” idea for a series of
  26 programs about music. After much discussion, the Board agreed conceptually that it would like to
  support it, but settled on no specifics.
  ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS
  Two-year terms – Members of the Board
  Rachel Kane
  Michael Gray
  Kurt Bos
  One-year term
  Jim Kelty
  Robin moved we accept the slate; Michael seconded. Unanimous approval.
  ELECTION OF OFFICERS
  Pres. – Michael Gray
  Vice Pres. – Rip Keller
  Secretary – Elizabeth Dow
  Treasurer – Kurt Bos
  Robin moved; Kurt second; unanimous approval
  Kurt moved adjournment. Rip seconded. The meeting adjourned at 8:33
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  Elizabeth H Dow, Secretary