Resident Communication Committee
4:00 p.m. August 10, 2005
Okatie North  Conference Room

Meeting minutes by Perry Molinaro.

Present – Marilyn Fletcher, chairwoman; Debra Garner, Bob Rasmussen, Joan Schmid, Bea Boockholdt, Holly Field, Perry Molinaro, Steve Koehl, Al Reuben, Richard Vetter, Absent: None!

Marilyn opened the meeting. Minutes of the July meeting were approved. Marilyn made the RCC report at the Board of Directors’ July 28 meeting.

Broadcast: Joan said the Saturday morning news readers will be leaving, but will be replaced. The September SunSations will carry the broadcast schedule. Upgraded equipment, Gizmo, will be purchased to get Channel 51 back on the air and at the same time improve the message input procedures for the channels. Richard said Ryan Nelson was checking such equipment the same day, Aug. 10, in Savannah. Bob is heading the technical group and said three of eight problems have been corrected. The group will meet Friday, Aug. 12. Marilyn thanked Joan for her broadcast service. She will be leaving as head of the subcommittee and RCC.

Publications: Holly said SunSations is getting tougher on deadlines, including ads, because lateness has caused too many problems with editing and page layout. Club news will be shown as submitted, with only minor editing, to save editing time. Al said he would discuss the deadline issue with Bob Mahnke and Don Avedon, head of the Interclub Council.

Telephone directory and map:  The directory supplement will be distributed with the September SunSations, a month later than planned because the printing firm did not meet its schedule. The street map will be updated as soon as new street names are added.

Newcomers: Bea’s July report shows three coffees with 66 attendees from 39 homes and 53 people greeted from 29 homes. Two people at the July 12 Club Fair submitted applications to become greeters. It was pointed out that anyone wishing to join an RCC subcommittee does not need to fill out a CAM application. Only applicants for board-appointed committees need to do that. Bea said many greeters have complained about newcomers listing cell phone numbers, which cost the callers a toll charge. It was suggested that a SunSations article could help address this issue.

RCC replacements: Six people (from the Committee Fair) indicated interest in joining the RCC. Marilyn will contact them to see if they have submitted applications to CAM. Bea has filed an application; Holly and Perry will, too. Marilyn, Joan and Debbie will be leaving and Ed Wiler’s remaining term through 2006 has to be filled. It was decided informally that the current nine-member makeup remain the same (Al serves in an advisory capacity as a resident board member, Richard as CAM representative). Six seats, with four at large, are open. Al said the Board of Directors wants to ensure more fair procedures in approving applicants for the appointed committees. The board hopes to get more names and resumes to take on a more professional approach to the procedure. Al said the board will look into charters of board-appointed committees.

Web sites: Richard said a meeting on the CAM site was to be held Aug. 11. Steve’s site is nearing 60,000 hits since its inception. Besides the page index, traffic gets the most hits, followed by Board of Directors meetings. The Okatie Crossing project also receives a lot of attention. Steve’s Yahoo site is getting a lot of activity on flood insurance and the Lady Chablis show cancellation.

Next meetings: Continuing at 4 p.m. Wednesdays  – Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9 at Hidden Cypress except Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. (not available at 4 p.m.).