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Home My WebLink AboutMN-CABLE-2009-05-12Cable Access Oversight Committee minutes (as approved June 9, 2009) The Cable Access Oversight Committee (AOC) met at the PEG Studio on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 4:45 pm. Present: AOC members Wayles Browne, Jennifer Dotson, Mike Brutvan, Wies van Leuken, Rich DePaolo; studio manager Lauren Stefanelli. 0. Notes by W. Browne as AOC secretary. 1. Jennifer Dotson called the meeting to order. 2. The minutes of the Apr. 14, 2009 meeting were approved with minor changes. 3. No comments from the public. 4. Member reports. Mike Brutvan has been appointed as a member from the City of Ithaca; he has been sworn in. Rich DePaolo will present a workshop for producers on audio recording and processing, Tuesday, June 16, 5:30 to 7. [It was subsequently announced that the workshop will be postponed till later in the summer.] 5. Reports from Time Warner Cable (TWC). Studio manager L. Stefanelli is waiting for equipment to be installed in the studio including time -base correctors. Stefanelli gave a written report (see Appendix). She showed copies of the April 20 Tompkins Weekly. On p. 5 is Pamela Goddard's story "Public Gets Access to Artist's 'Asylum "' introducing Ann Krajewski's public- access program "Quiet Asylum" that features Krajewski's own art studio and guest artists. The same issue carries an ad informing readers about "Quiet Asylum" on p. 19. The Weekly is willing to carry other stories and ads about programs. [See http: / /www.tompkinsweekly.com/; under Past Issues go to 04/20/09.] Al Abrams was unable to try out substituting for L. Stefanelli on April 20 as planned, because he broke his knee. But she still feels he's the right person to be a replacement. He's now back at his job videotaping city meetings and school board meetings. The Ithaca City School District Board of Education meeting will be broadcast live this evening at 7, with the signal coming to the studio via i -Net; it will also be recorded as an mpeg file for later broadcast. When playing back an mpeg (for reruns), text information can be superimposed on the screen (overlay). 6. Budget. Stefanelli's letter asking for requests got 3 responses but no specific requests except for Cooperative Extension. We gave Coop. Ext. 2 new mini -DV cameras last year, and they are now being used mainly for the State Attorney General's TV program. So she doesn't recommend new equipment for Coop. Ext. now. The New Roots school is not really ready to make requests. None of the requests meet the criterion of actually producing programming. Accordingly, she recommends AOC adopt the draft budget from March, only with more money going into a computer for adding titles to programs. (See Appendix 2.) AOC approved the Resolution adopting the budget draft unanimously; W. van Leuken will e -mail an updated version and get it submitted to the Common Council of the City of Ithaca for passage. Concerning the Quarterly Report of Time Warner Cable's receipts of the 15 -cent per customer fee: Van Leuken will e -mail Stefanelli to ask TWC manager Thomas Doheny to get this report for the AOC. 7. Next meeting: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:30 at the PEG access studio [ ?]. [Subsequently moved to City Hall.] 8. Adjourned 6:00. Appendix 1: Access Coordinator Report to AOC May 2009 • Volunteers: 3 PEGASYS producers served as a judging team for the Hometown Awards. Mark Finkelstein, producer of "Right Angle," is planning a trip to Afghanistan in June. He will document his travels for his show. Mike Angley has started a new series, "Discovery Paranormal," in which he visits historically significant buildings in the area searching for ghosts. It runs Fridays at 8pm. • Repair and Maintenance Problem: no titles at city hall studio. Resolution: A part on the Motherboard on the titling computer at City Hall died. The part is scheduled to be replaced before the next meeting. Problem: Bad NEXUS audio recording from INET [ICSD BOE]. Resolution: System was sound- checked and levels reset. New recordings had good audio. Problem: Intermittent buzz on channel 16 NEXUS playback. Resolution: turned out that an audio cable was touching an AC cable, causing a buzz when I touched the playback intercom. This was corrected. Problem: No audio from studio mic input #6. Resolution: Input #6 had been unplugged, and was plugged back in. Problem: Audio failure on dubbing system. Resolution: Bad connection on audio out of SVHS VCR. That VCR will be removed and replaced with one of our spares, and has been bypassed until that can be done, to enable DVD to DVD dubbing. Problem: Record button jammed on camcorder #47. Resolution: This camera has been sent out for repair. The button is an easily replaceable part. • Notable Educational Access News Both IC and Cornell are telecasting their commencements live this month. Cornell will also cablecast its convocation live. The ICSD has been doing extra meetings throughout the month of April and early May due to the impending budget vote. Most of these meetings have been cablecast. New Roots has 2 volunteers, Jim Bosjolie and Luke Gustafson, videotaping the New Roots BOE meetings, which are being shown on channel 13. • Outreach Ann Krajewski, new producer of "Quiet Asylum," has Tompkins Weekly as a sponsor. It provides a weekly ad with color photo promoting her series. Tompkins Weekly also ran a feature about the show in April. • Capital We received requests from 3 institutions: Cooperative Extension, Tompkins County, and New Roots. Attached. 1. Cooperative Extension Request: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Lauren Stefanelli PEGASYS Time Warner Cable Dear Lauren: I would like to request the following equipment for the video production department of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County. In return we will provide more and new programming for channels 13 and 15. 2 HD Cameras Canon HF 200 http: / /www. allprosound .com/catalog_/productdetails .asp ?fprodid =10189 &item = Canon- %20HF %20200 2 Sony VCT- D580RM Tripod http:// www99 .epinions.comZprices /Sony VCTD5 80RMo627889 2- Wireless lavaliere microphones Thank you beforehand for your kind cooperation. Best regards; Enrique Caicedo Community Educator Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 615 Willow Avenue Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel 607- 272 -2292 Cell 607 - 229 -6975 2. New Roots Request [email from Jim Bosjolie dated 4/29/091: Lauren - As you requested I am following up with an email about New Roots School requesting $2,500 - $3,000 worth of video equipment from Time Warner so that we can provide content to PEGASYS for the 2009 - 2010 school year. We won't really be able to tell you how this equipment will be used and whether we can guarantee regular programming to PEGASYS until the faculty is hired and curriculum set. That may not be until the end of May and even into June, 2009. We hope you will keep us in mind and not allocate all your funds until that time. Regards, Jim 3. Tompkins County Request: Jim Blizzard got back to me about the capital letter, and expressed interest, although he had no specific request. I offered him our 2 remaining SVHS camcorders to supplement his county video coverage, which uses this model camera. This may meet his needs. Appendix 2: 2010 PEGASYS Capital Budget Approved by AOC May 2009 Replace Studio Inscriber Titling Computer Replace studio Inscriber Titling computer with Compix LCG5000 Upgrade Premiere workstations Premiere came out with version CS4 a year ago. We are currently running CS3. Replace Flats and Props Main Office Internet workstation With DVD burner, Firewire and USB connections, Windows Office. $5,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,500.00 Contingency Fund $3,500.00 Description: We have a great deal of equipment that is 8 -15 years old, and will need replacement as it fails. In addition, many lower - priced items like cables or headphones receive hard use and need replacement much more frequently. Which items will fail is impossible to predict a year in advance. Governmental/Educational Access: $5,000.00 Replace City Hall Inscriber Titling computer with Compix LCG5000 Cooperative Extension camcorder with mic input for field productions $1,000.00 Canon HF200 or equivalent plus tripod Subtotal $18,000.00 10% Tax / Freight $1,800.00 Total $19,800.00 Contact information for AOC members: Jennifer Dotson, chair, Common Council liaison <jdotson _,,cityofithaca.org> Wayles Browne, secretary <ewb2 cornell.edu> "Rich DePaolo" <rd @richdepaolo.com> Wies van Leuken <12mv4gcomell.edu> and <WIESVLgeityofithaca.org> Michael Brutvan <noidea @lightlink.com> Web site for the PEGASYS studio, with program schedules: hqp://www.pegasysaccess.org / studio location: 612 West Green Street, Ithaca, New York mailing address: 519 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 phone (607) 272 -7272 fax (607) 277 -5404 PEGASYS staff: Lauren Stefanelli Lauren. stefanelliktwcable.com