MCCI Board Meeting

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Thursday, May 22, 2025, 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm
MCTV
A meeting of the MCCI Board

Meeting of MCCI Board

Members: (Quorum)

• Present: Dana Faldasz, President, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Karen Siwicki, Treasurer, at 6:00 PM
• Present: Liz Walber, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

• Deirdre Pleasant
• Dean Garvin

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:06 PM

Meeting closed: 7:12 PM

0. Meeting Preliminaries

   • Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).

   • Minutes Approved: Thu, Apr 17 - MCCI Board Meeting

1. Administrative Business

   • 1: Treasurer's Report

     General Discussion...
     New Quickbooks account
     PAYROLL issue because of internet? - check on
     D&O insurance payment clarification discussion, D&O to be paid
     Moving 'Bank Service Charges' line item to 'Payroll Processing Fees'- item is Quickbook payroll fee

     1. MCCI_2025_Balance_Sheet_May_2025.pdf
     2. MCCI_2025_Capital_Equipment_Report_May_2025.pdf
     3. MCCI_2025_PL_Budget_vs-_Actual_Mayl_2025.pdf
     4. MCCI_2025_Restricted_Captial_May_2025df.pdf

   • 2: Staff / Equipment Report

     General Discussion...
     Annual Town Meeting (2 nights) went great!
     
     DATA video mixer screen broke

     MOTION, moved by Liz Walber, seconded by Dana Faldasz: $4,673.83 Capitol expense for new Data video .

     Pass: Aye: Dana Faldasz, Karen Siwicki, Liz Walber.

     Dean still looking into fixing old one

     1. MCTV_Staff_Report_4-18-25_thru__5-22-25.pdf

2. Old Business

   • 1: Local Interviews

     General Discussion...
     Currently on hiatus, Liz to do Waterway Arts

   • 2: MCCI/Comcast/Town Contract

     General Discussion...
     CAC meeting 5/29 at 5PM
     + lawyer, counter offer
     Comcast w/ town 2026 - SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

3. Fundraising Ideas

   • Mass Cultural Council Grant - Operating Grants for Organizations

     General Discussion...
     Move to Old Business for updates

4. New Business

   • Cultural Facilities Fund - Last round: Application Opens: October 10, 2024 Info Session: October 22, 2024 Application Deadline: December 19, 2024 Award Notifications: Mid-May 2025 https://massculturalcouncil.org/organizations/cultural-facilities-fund/

     General Discussion...
     UPDATE: new one of these has not been announced yet - these dates are from the last time it was available.

   • Producer Meet Ups - Melissa McClung, ask producers what they’d be interested in

     General Discussion...
     Invite producers to annual meeting and try to drum up ideas.

   • WMass Regional Collaborative Channel Concept - WMass Regional Collaborative Channel Concept

     General Discussion...
     WMass Regional Collaborative Channel - concept from Mick,, Franklin County channels use one of their channels for all regional content. Collaboratively scheduled? Details to iron out. More developments to come - connect Mick to Al Williams?

   • 1: Miscellaneous

     General Discussion...
     Crowdsourced Cinema: Matilda MCTV scene! Liz to email producers and find meeting date for an open pre-production meeting. Scene is due September 26th, 2025 - spread the word!

5. Meeting Wrap-up

   • Next Meetings:
     1. Thu, Jun 19, at 6:00 PM "MCCI Annual Board Meeting" -- MCTV
     2. Thu, Jul 31, at 6:00 PM "MCCI Board Meeting" -- MCTV
     3. Thu, Aug 28, at 6:30 PM "MCCI Board Meeting" -- MCTV
     4. Thu, Sep 18, at 6:30 PM "MCCI Board Meeting" -- MCTV
     5. Thu, Nov 6, at 6:30 PM "MCCI Board Meeting" -- MCTV

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes prepared by Liz Walber

Minutes approved on Thursday, Jun 19, 2025