VAN Annual Meeting Agenda

Here is the agenda for the VAN Annual Meeting being held on May 8 at Green Mountain Access Television in Hyde Park.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any comments/concerns/clarifications about the agenda.

Hopefully you have the date in your schedule and we'll see you there.

And please be sure to register for the day so we know you are coming.  Here is the link

Agenda

9:30am            Coffee & Donuts

10:00am – Noon    “VAN’s role in the future of access in Vermont”
The morning session will be a discussion on the future of access in the state of Vermont and VAN’s role with regard to that future.  We’ll start by working from the position papers VAN has been developing this year by VAN, take the time to digest and discuss our positions and finish by developing actionable items for the next few months.

Noon-1pm            Lunch

1:00pm-3:00pm        Breakout Sessions
We will break into smaller groups centered around particular areas of knowledge and concern.   
Session 1 -     Comcast Negotiations
Access staff currently in negotiations with Comcast for renewal of contracts have an opportunity to discuss with peers the experiences they’ve had in the negotiation process and talk about benefits/detriments of certain strategies. 
Session 2 -    Revising the Annual Report
As VAN works with the Department of Public Service and Comcast to revise the Annual Reporting template, attendees will get a chance to talk about the areas of the report that fall short and the areas that may be too cumbersome.
Session 3 -     Maximizing Sharing Content on VMX
As the deployment of the VAN’s VMX service, where do we go from here? How do we maximize the potential of this important tool and identify obstacles to efficient usage?

3:00pm-3:30pm        Closing Session
We will reconvene for closing comments. We also have VAN business to tend too, in particular the election of the board of directors, future meeting dates, etc.