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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Meeting Minutes

Call to Order: A meeting of the Bucks County Consortium was held at Chalfont Borough on May 1, 2008 and called to order by Mr. Tieperman at 9:40 a.m.

Roll Call and Introductions: The following Bucks County communities were represented at the meeting:

Bill Cmorey – Bensalem Township
Dana Cozza – Buckingham Township
Melissa Shafer – Chalfont Borough
John Davis – Doylestown Borough
Stephanie Mason – Doylestown Twp
Anne Klepfer – East Rockhill Township
Ted Taylor – Lower Southampton Twp
Jeff Vey – Milford Township
Bob Pellegrino – Northampton Township
Brian Shapiro – Northampton Township
Dan Olpere – Perkasie Borough
Andrea Coaxum – Perkasie Borough
John Granger – Solebury Township
Linda McNeil – Tinicum Township
Joe Golden – Upper Southampton Twp
Tim Hagey – Warminster Authority
Bob Tate – Warminster Township
Tim Tieperman – Warrington Township
Katie Braun – Warrington Township
Tom Scott – Warwick Township
Eileen Bradley – Wrightstown Township

Also in attendance:

Brian Jeter – Comcast
Rick Lee – D.V.H.I.T
Dave Woglom – Meyner Center
Ted Dorand – PECO

Approval of Minutes - April 3, 2008

Mr. Pellegrino made a motion, seconded by Mr. Vey, to approve the Minutes of 3 April 2008. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report and Payment of Bills

Mrs. Tieperman reported that the Treasurer’s Report for the month of April 2008 would be presented at the next meeting.

Presentation: PEG TV and Web Dynamics – How to improve PEG programming and interfacing between PEG and Web-based technology by Dan Cohen and Evan Wimer

Dan Cohen of Cohen Law Group introduced Evan Wimer of Innermedia, Inc. Innermedia, Inc. specializes in providing municipalities with dynamic, localized, broadcast-quality programming on the PEG channels. Mr. Wimer presented a PowerPoint presented to the membership. He discussed how updated technology can provided important messages in minutes to the community, localized news, weather and other information, and how the PEG channel can be updated through the use of a computer. Mr. Wimer also discussed the fees for the use of this program.

Mr. Wimer encouraged members to contact him with any questions. He can be reached at 1-724-940-3277. His e-mail address is ewimer@innermedia.tv. You can also visit Innermedia, Inc. on the web at www.innermedia.tv

Announcements for Knowledge

Mr. Tieperman announced that the annual Bucks County Consortium Picnic will be held on Friday, July 11 th at Peace Valley Park. More details will be e-mailed to the consortium.

Adjournment

Mr. Pellegrino made a motion, seconded by Mr. Vey, to adjourn the meeting at 10:50 a.m. Motion carried.

 

Respectfully submitted,

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