President Gerald Kato called the April 1, 1998 Annual meeting of the Board of Directors of `Olelo: The Corporation for Community Television to order at 6:37 p.m.

ATTENDEES

Gerald Kato, Mildred Higashi, Linda Colburn, Heather Giugni, Susan Doyle, Bob Mougeot, Marilyn Yoza.

PRESIDENTS REPORT

Gerald Kato commented on how the Board of Director's meeting will be conducted.

He asked the public to keep in mind that board meetings are intended for the benefit of board members. Comments that contribute toward decision making in the past have proven useful. Therefore, comments specific to items up for action will be heard after board discussion, but before board decision making. All oral comments will be limited to three minutes. The board welcomes in-person comments, including requests, suggestions, complaints and compliments. General comments that are unrelated to specific board agenda items will be heard at the end of the board meeting. To support oral comments and to ensure that views and comments are documented, participants are encouraged, but not required, to provide written comments.

Gerald Kato welcomed new board members' Linda Colburn, Marilyn Yoza and Robert Mougeot to the board.

Gerald Kato addressed some of the ongoing concerns of certain members of the Community Television Producers Association. `Olelo is working with facilitator Dee Dee Letts to schedule a series of meetings between `Olelo and members of the CTPA.

Gerald Kato thanked Heather Giugni for her contribution to the board as well as to the community as a community producer. He stated that the board is committed to having a board seat filled by a community producer whose public acts are responsible to all in the community and obligated to none. He indicated that defining criteria for what constitutes a community producer beyond someone who participates in `Olelo activities is not appropriate, since participation can be as broad as someone who submits programming or is simply a technical volunteer. Since the board does not deal with operations issues, such expertise is not a requirement for board membership. A representative with appropriate qualifications will be put forth with a recommendation from the board after Heather's term expires this December.

Gerald reported on his and Mildred's participation in the Statewide Task force. In February a forum was conducted on a preliminary proposal and the group is still working out details of forming a statewide council. The discussions may at some point require `Olelo to commit funding. The Task force is not at that stage yet, but Gerald and Mildred will keep the board informed.

Gerald Kato announced the Board of Directors will be meeting on a quarterly schedule. If any changes are warranted in the future, then adjustments will be made accordingly.

MINUTES

Director Doyle moved and Director Yoza seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the December 8, 1997 Board of Directors meeting. Motion approved unanimously

Heather Giugni, chair of the nominating committee moved to approve new board members, Marilyn Yoza, Linda Colburn and Robert Mougeot, chosen by DCCA and Oceanic Cable, from names submitted by the nominating committee:

Director Giugni moved and Director Higashi seconded the motion to approve the nominees Linda Colburn, Marilyn Yoza and Robert Mougeot, as members of the Board of Directors. Motion approved unanimously.

Gerald Kato announced the officers and committee members for this new year:

President - Gerald Kato

Vice President - Susan Doyle

Secretary - Linda Colburn

Treasurer - Robert Mougeot

Finance Committee: Bob Mougeot (C), Gerald Kato and Robbie Alm

Programming Committee: Heather Giugni (C), Linda Colburn and Susan Doyle

Ad Hoc Committee (Statewide\Vision): Mildred Higashi (C), Phil Bossert, Marilyn Yoza

Executive Director's Report:

Lurline McGregor reported:

Legislative updates:

A hearing was held on SB 3136, to give 40% of `lelo's public access revenues to DOE and UH. Bill died in committee. A hearing was held on SR 18, to do an audit on `Olelo. Senator Ige agreed to discuss it outside of a legislative forum. Several bills dealing with `lelo's board selection process have been introduced, none have yet been scheduled for a hearing. There has been misinformation circulated among legislators regarding `lelo's cash reserves and issues about `Olelo funding. The finance committee and auditor will be meeting with legislators to discuss and respond to their questions.

Statewide updates:

Negotiations with the members of the statewide task force regarding `lelo's committing a percentage of its budget to the group are still on going. Such a commitment of funds will require tightening our budget in other areas, and staff has already begun looking at ways to bring down operational costs.

1998 operations budget with additional revenue:

Requesting authorization for these budget items: proposing salary adjustments, which have not been made since 1995, short term contract work, additional insurance, a pilot project for the Governors' office, the satellite facility and `Olelo projects.

Director Mougeot moved and Director Higashi seconded the motion to approve the 1998 operations budget with additional revenue request. Director Colburn abstained. Motion approved.

Capital budget:

`Olelo has laid out capital expenses through 2003. `Olelo is not scheduled to receive a capital payment in 2004, which is the year the franchise agreement expires. The capital budget submission seeks approval for the specific items, for replacement in 1998. As noted in the narrative statement, many of these items are overdue by one or two years. `Olelo will be holding the capital dollars for new equipment until we determine what format we will be using (analog or linear), which hopefully will be finalized after this year's NAB trade show. The amounts we are allocating for new equipment should not be far off the projected cost, because the price differential between the two is relatively small. The process after that is to post on the bulletin board what we're planning to buy and get demos where possible for clients to test the equipment. The criteria used in purchasing any product include: Durability, Afford ability, Ease of use, Compatibility with existing equipment, Flexibility, Longevity, Maintenance and Technical support. Of the $179,000 remaining, $140,000 is still technically allocated - $100,000 to the UH and $40,000 for capital expenses that have been approved but that haven't yet been purchased.

Director Mougeot moved and Director Guigni seconded the motion to approve the 1998 Capital Plan. Motion approved unanimously.

Public Comments:

Scott Foster, senior staff from the Governors' office, thanked `Olelo staff for their assistance on the pilot project for coverage of the Governor's office on `Olelo.

Courtney Harrington from the City Administration, on behalf of the Mayor, wanted to extend his thanks to the staff and board for their continued support.

Xavier Martin, community producer has been involved in the North shore Neighborhood Board and he wanted to thank his Community Project Manager Nalani Mattox for all her good work. Stated his concern about bringing in mainland productions instead of showing local productions, stating that the neighborhood board showings are down to two a month and that he feels this is not sufficient and he would like the board to take a serious look at expanding the neighborhood board showings.

Robert Mougeot asked how many showings would be sufficient. Mr. Martin suggested doubling that number as a means of taking care of a lot of unused air time during certain hours in the schedule. Executive Director Lurline McGregor responded to the unused air time on the VIEWS channel by explaining that during the legislative session, time is allocated to the legislature, but that he can be accommodated with more air time during non legislative session period. Mr. Martin and staff will discuss the scheduling after the meeting.

Director Higashi moves and Director Colburn seconded the motion to adjourn at 7:30p.m. the meeting of the Board of Directors of `Olelo: The Corporation for Community Television. Motion carried unanimously.

Respectfully Submitted,

Linda Colburn

Secretary