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MINUTES (AS APPROVED MARCH 7, 2023)
Access Oversight Committee (AOC)
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 5 PM
The AOC held its meeting by ZOOM Conferencing
Present: Chair Rich DePaolo, vice-chair Wies van Leuken, secretary Wayles
Browne; member of the public Tony Ingraham. Unavoidably absent: Common
Council liaison Jorge DeFendini.
01. Call to Order by DePaolo 5:05.
02. Agenda Additions and/or Deletions: none.
03. Public Comments: none.
04. Comments by AOC members. Van Leuken: I was recently at the PEGASYS
studio and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it looked. It has been painted
and has new furniture in all its rooms. Also the PEGASYS website has been
updated to include AOC suggestions and requests, including readable TV
schedules and information of AOC meetings and a reference to the City of
Ithaca's website about AOC. The latter still needs to be updated.
05. Approval of Minutes of the December 6, 2022 Meeting. Moved DePaolo,
seconded van Leuken, approved 3-0-0 without change.
06. Access Studio Coordinator Report (submitted by Montesano from Charter;
attached). No one from Charter was present to answer questions. DePaolo will
request that Access Coordinator Alex Wiers attend meetings as Charter's
liaison. (Pursuant to Franchise Agreement 15.3-2 "A representative of the
Franchisee shall serve as a non-voting, ex-officio member of this Committee").
a. Charter's report on collected monthly Subscriber Fees thru 2022. Lauren
Kelly reported that the PEG Fee Balance was $66,463.45 on 1/31/23 (Emails
dated February 4 and 5, 2023). See attached. Van Leuken wrote back with a
request for a more complete report in the format agreed to with Charter a year
ago when the 2021 report was submitted. A response is pending.
b. Updated Quote for Mini-Studio Equipment and Main Studio Routing Switcher.
DePaolo screenshares the quotes for the Mini Studio (2) and the Main Studio's
switcher from B&H to make possible live shows from the main studio. See
attached. (Sean Ryan, who is mentioned, works for Charter;
sean.ryan@charter.com). Discussion on the purchase of the Mini-Studio
Equipment was tabled until the next meeting when it was hoped staff would be
available to answer questions.
The quote for the Main Studio Routing Switcher was approved by the AOC. It
will be paid from the 2023 Budget. DePaolo moved and Browne seconded the
following resolution.
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WHEREAS, the Access Oversight Committee (AOC)’s 2023 Budget includes a
$50,000.00 contingency to purchase equipment as needed for the functioning of
Public, Educational and Governmental access operations; and
WHEREAS this budget was subsequently approved by the participating
municipalities (City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Village of Cayuga Heights); and
WHEREAS, cablecasting live shows from the PEGASYS studio requires that the
PEGASYS Playback System ("Nexus") be equipped with a compatible routing
switcher; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the AOC approves the use of the 2023 Budget Contingency
for the purchase of equipment specified in the attached B&H Quote No.:
1094910495 dated January 26, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $ 2,543.94.
Passed: Unanimously, 3-0-0.
c. Disclaimer - Charter's response to AOC Resolution #75. Lauren Kelly (e-mail
of Feb. 5, 2023) has agreed that Charter will use the wording AOC requested:
"Programming on this channel is produced and submitted by local residents who
are solely responsible for its content."
d. Discussion: see above.
07. Member Reports
a. Election of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary. Rich DePaolo,
Wies van Leuken, and Wayles Browne were nominated and were elected Chair,
Vice-Chair and Secretary respectively, 3-0-0.
b. Adoption Meeting Time. Meetings will continue to be on the first Tuesday of
the month at 5 pm and conducted by ZOOM in the foreseeable future.
c. Purchase of Studio Equipment for Mini-Studio Equipment and Main Studio.
See 6b.
d. AOC Vacancy - update. DePaolo will contact DeFendini to ask about an
update on this issue.
e. Committee Members' reappointments - Follow -Up. Same as 7d.
f. Streaming Channel 13 - follow-up. Patrick Pinney not being present, this
could not be taken up.
g. Common Council meetings on the Government Channel. DePaolo will
contact the interim City Clerk about this.
h. City's Website's Description of AOC - update. As 7d.
i. PEGASYS Policies and Procedures Manual review - follow-up. DePaolo will
request Charter to facilitate direct communication beween Access Coordinator
and van Leuken so that he can give input on which sections of the Manual need
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updating so that current studio practices align with policies and procedures
articulated in the Manual.
j. Covid Guidelines and PEGASYS’ Operations. No reports.
08. Old Business: none.
09. New Business: none.
10. Next meeting: March 7, 2023, 5:00 pm.
11. Adjournment 5:56.
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Authority: City of Ithaca code Chapter 18, "Cable Access Oversight Committee". Adopted by the
Common Council of the City of Ithaca 11-5-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17. Available at
https://ecode360.com/8386207.
Contact information for AOC members:
City of Ithaca: Wayles Browne, secretary <ewb2@cornell.edu>.
City of Ithaca: Common Council liaison 2022- Jorge (George) DeFendini
<gdefendini@cityofithaca.org>.
City of Ithaca: (vacancy)
Town of Ithaca: Rich DePaolo, chair <rd@richdepaolo.com>, <RDePaolo@town.ithaca.ny.us>.
Village of Cayuga Heights: Wies van Leuken, vice chair <pmv4@cornell.edu>.
Web site for the PEGASYS Community Media Center studio, with program schedules:
https://pegasys.webstarts.com/index.html
studio location, mailing address: 612 West Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
phone (607) 272-7272
fax (607) 277-5404
e-mail PEG.NYIthaca@charter.com
PEGASYS staff: Alex Wiers.
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Report from Lauren Kelly dated February 4, 2023
From: "Kelly, Lauren E" <Lauren.Kelly@charter.com>
Subject: RE: Coordinator's Report - February 7th Meeting
Date: February 5, 2023 at 4:27:03 PM EST
To: Rich DePaolo <rdepaolo@town.ithaca.ny.us>
Cc: Paul M Van Leuken <pmv4@cornell.edu>, E Wayles Browne
<ewb2@cornell.edu>, George DeFendini <gdefendini@cityofithaca.org>,
PEG.NYIthaca <PEG.NYIthaca@charter.com>
Good evening.
I just wanted to follow up on my previous email regarding AOC
resolution #75. We approve the modification to the language in the
disclaimer to:
"Programming on this channel is produced and submitted by local
residents who are solely responsible for its content."
Thank you,
Lauren
Lauren Kelly | Director, Government Affairs – Finger Lakes
585.340.8188 (O) | 585.797.5395 (M)
100 Town Centre Drive | Rochester, NY 14623
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Prices Are Valid Until: 02/25/23 Quote No.: 1094910495
Reference No.: SPECTRUM-P
Sold
To:
Sean Ryan
71 Mt Hope Ave Attn:
Sean Ryan
ROCHESTER, NY 14620
Ship
To:
Alex Wiers 519 W State St
ITHACA, NY 14850
Bill Phone: (585)756-1595
Work Phone: (585)749-9001 Ext.:CELL
(607)272-7272
Date
01/26/23
Qty Ord
Customer
Code
B2022010
Terms
N/A
Item Description
Salesperso
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WB
Ship Via
FDX GROUND
SKU#
MFR# Item Price Amount
3 BLACK-MAGIC MINI CONVERTER -
AUDIO TO SDI/REG
BLCOMCAUS2
(CONVMCAUDS2)
190.97 572.91
In Stock - while supplies last.
1 BLACK-MAGIC ANALOG to SDI - MINI
CONVERTER/REG
BLASDIMC
(CONVMAAS2) 196.20 196.20
In Stock - while supplies last.
1 BLACK-MAGIC SDI to ANALOG - MINI
CONVERTER/REG BLSDIAMC
(CONVMASA)
187.48 187.48
In Stock - while supplies last.
2 PEARSTONE STND SERS CABLE/BNC to BNC
(SDI) - 50'/REG PESBBSDI5
0
(SDI-1050)
22.46 44.92
In Stock - while supplies last.
6 PEARSTONE STND SERS CABLE/BNC to BNC
(SDI) - 3'/REG
PESBBSDI0
3
(SDI-1003)
5.96 35.76
In Stock - while supplies last.
1 BLACK-MAGIC SMART VIDEOHUB CLEANSWITCH
12x12/REG
BLSVHCS1212
(VHUBSMTCS6G1212) 1,303.64 1,303.64
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1 PEARSTONE 8" CABLE TIES (100-PACK) - BLACK/REG
In Stock - while supplies last.
PLEASE NOTE:
**** Please reference your quote number on all PO's ****
**** ALL PRICES ARE LISTED IN USD ****
Certain items may be enforced by vendor to sell at the vendor-imposed price
posted at the time of order.
PECT08100B
(CT08-100-B)
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Sub-Total:
Shipping:
Tax 188.44
Total:
2,342.40
13.10
2,543.94
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