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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CABLE-2009-09-08Final Minutes Meeting of the Access Oversight Committee, 9.8.09 In attendance: Wies van Leuken, Mike Brutvan, Rich DePaolo, van Leuken acting as Chair, Rich DePaolo acting as Secretary. 01) Called to order by Wies van Leuken, 4:45. 02) 8/04/09 meeting mi nutes moved by DePaolo, seconded, Brutvan, passed unanimously without modification. 03) Public comment. No public in attendance. 04) Member Reports Quarterly Franchise Fee Report Wies has a spreadsheet, missing data from City, Town, Village. Rich will provide missing Town data via email. Wies would like to understand how Time Warner Cable calculates its GAR revenue. 4b) Follow up on Resolutions passed at 8/4/09 meeting Wies: Did [Time Warner Cable Manager]Tom Doheny respond to the resolutions, by way of Lauren's message? Rich will email Tom to request official response to resolutions. Mike: we have only heard about the make -up schedule, not the contingency plan. Wies: Are Fridays an acceptable make -up solution? RD deferred, as not a produder. The Committee generally regretted that Saturdays were not made available. 4c) Start discussion of Internet access for archival purposes (additional agenda item proposed by Mike) Mike: We need to start discussing Internet access for archival purposes. Currently, there is no mechanism for centralized dissemination of PEGASYS programs. We should ask Lauren to investigate offsite storage options. Rich: On- demand programming is the wave of the future. There is a lot of programming available on the Internet. Mike: Cable access should also be Web access. Rich will send notification to Lauren (copied to all), referring to Mike as technical contact. 05) Access Studio Coordinator Report (all components tabled until next meeting) - Quarterly Subscriber Fee Report - Maintenance and Repair Report 06) Old Business - Cablecast Rules — Review (tabled until next meeting) - Internet Use — Resolution Internet Access resolution, originally proposed on 8/4/09 was discussed, modified, moved by Mike Brutvan, seconded by Wies van Leuken and passed unanimously, as below. RD will forward to Tom and copy everybody. 09/08/09: Reauest for Time Warner Cable to Provide Internet Access to PEGASYS Producers at PEGASYS Facility WHEREAS, the current PEGASYS facilities do not provide Internet access to producers, and WHEREAS, such access would serve as a considerable boon to the real -time procurement of information useful to the production of live and pre- recorded programming, and WHEREAS, Internet access would also greatly increase the ability of producers to interact with the public directly during the production of live programming, and WHEREAS, because the use by producers of Time Warner Cable's internal data networks could constitute an unreasonable risk to the proprietary data of Time Warner Cable Entertainment, a commercial type of internet connection for production use is recommended, and WHEREAS, Time Warner Cable might be concerned about the risk of legal consequences arising from an illegal or actionable use of the Internet on Time Warner Cable's premises by a producer, and WHEREAS, such risks may be minimized by the requirement that producers sign an agreement to hold Time Warner Cable harmless for the Internet users' actions, prior to the granting of Internet access, therefore, BE IT SO RESOLVED, that the Access Oversight Committee (AOC) hereby recommends that Time Warner Cable install a dedicated Road Runner Internet connection for the use of PEGASYS producers, who sign an agreement, prior to being granted access, indemnifying Time Warner Cable, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the AOC recommends that Time Warner Cable should provide a secure wireless network access point, usable throughout the PEGASYS facilities for which login credentials would be provided only to those individuals who sign the aforementioned agreement, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the AOC recommends that the indemnification agreement contain provisions for punitive action in response to the dissemination of login credentials to third parties or other inappropriate users of the Internet access. MOVED: Mike Brutvan SECONDED: Wies van Leuken VOTE: Approved, unanimous. 07. New Business - Production Policies and Procedures — Draft (tabled to next meeting) 08. Next meeting Tuesday, 10/13, 4:30, PEGASYS 09. Adjournment Moved by Brutvan, seconded by van Leuken.