 The Community Television Network is holding its annual meeting this week. Tom got a preview of the event from Leslie McVane, the station's membership and marketing director. Leslie, our annual meeting is coming up for CTN in November, November 7th. 7th, the day after the election. Right, so when people watch this, they'll have a couple of days to get ready and then it will have gone by, but it's worth talking about because it's a very important thing that we do every year. Yes, and I guess you could explain a little bit why it is important for our members to come to the annual meeting where they have a voice. Right, well that's what we're all about, having a voice. And for any non-profit annual meeting is an opportunity for us to report to our members and the general public what we do, what we've been doing, what we've accomplished, and also to ask questions. There's a lot of benefits, there's a lot of things that even some of our members don't know about that we provide. So it's a good opportunity to get caught up on what we've been doing and what we're going to do in the next year. And have them have an opportunity to make suggestions about how we can make the station better. That's always important. We're always looking for input even from our viewers. And getting calls from our viewers, which happens quite often these days, helps us realize that there are people actually watching the station and enjoying it, but we want to hear from them more and more. We'd like to have the general public come as well because there are lots of ways they can get involved in the station and they could find that out very easily at the annual meeting. Well this is their television station and they might as well come and be a part of organizing it through the annual meeting. The annual meeting actually is the time of year that we elect offices to the board of directors and also new board members. And right now we are very much actively looking for board members and we'd like to see some of our viewers join the board. So we're hoping that some of this will drum up support or interest in board membership. Now the really big thing that you've done is invited Bill Nemitz as our keynote speaker and what will he be talking about? Well I think he's going to talk about how he got his start and that was with Public Access Community Television. Oh really? Everyone thinks of him as a writer, but he really did begin this way. What did he do? Well, you have to come to the meeting to find out. We're not going to give that away right now. No, why should we? I'm hoping that more people will come because he is speaking. It is the day after the election so people are going to be fired up to be involved, to have a voice, to go out. They voted the night before or the day before. Now they can come and they can vote again about who they want to run Community Television Station as the board. Yeah, so there'd be a lot to talk about. A lot to talk about. Aside from the questions and answers about what's going on with CTN and everything like that, they'll have an opportunity to ask questions to Bill Nemitz and discuss what's processed the election. So that's kind of an opportune time to do that. It's wonderful and the best thing is we're going to provide breakfast for people who are here. Yep, and we have the usual stuff. We have the usual carbs and bagels and muffins, but we also provide stuff for healthier things. Gluten-free. Gluten-free things, vegetables, cereal, yogurt, so we do a pretty good job of feeding people. I don't think anybody's tremendously disappointed when they come here. So if nothing else, come for the food. Yeah, yeah, because it is free. We've been providing that all along. And our attendance has been growing year after year and I think there is a lot of dialogue at the annual meeting. Yeah, one of the things and we just had a membership breakfast last month and it gave a lot of members an opportunity to talk to each other and find out how they can collaborate. Because we have over 70, I think we're on to 80 nonprofit members, as well as individual members. So there's tons of opportunities to network and find out what's going on and collaborate. That's one of the things that we do with a lot of our programs. We create programs through collaboration. And it's wonderful. It's 7.30 to 9 o'clock, so it beats the parking meter situation out here. People can park, come in on their way to work, have a say in how their community television is running. And contact me. Yes, yes. And anybody that wants more information about it, actually the best thing to do is just call because we want to know who's going to be attending. And invitations have gone out to our members, but anybody that isn't a member that still wants to come can come just by calling you, 775-2900, and your extension is? 201. So that's all they have to do, or if they have any questions they can call you or me. Yes. And we want them to come and participate. Yeah, and ask questions. Have a voice. Enjoy breakfast. It's early, it's 7.30, but it ends by 9, usually before 9. And so it's not a long drawn out thing at all. I think people find that every minute they're pretty much... But they're welcome to stay all day if they want to. I'll take them around, show them the studio. Yeah, Bill Nemitz will be back again at noon. We'll have a show at noon. Noon with Bill Nemitz talking about the elections with Harold Casey. With Harold Casey. So it's going to be quite a day. It's going to be fun. Well, thanks, Tom. Thank you very much. We look forward to it. I'm really looking forward to it. And we'll look forward to you coming. Yeah.