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5/7/91
Cable Access Advisory Board
Meeting of May 6, 1991 .
All members present except for Cathy Johnson . Member of
public Bill McCormick.
Robert Manvell was introduced as new member of the Board.
We confirmed next CAAB meeting date of Monday , June 10 at the
Library . ACC general manager Barbara Lukens will be present
then .
Plans for visit to Ithaca this week of two NYSCC field
representatives : they will meet with interested public at
access studio at 5pm May 8 , and with interested CAAB and CC
members at 7pm at the Library ,
Regarding the Capital Spending plan , Peter reported that two
points were still in contention but an agreement acceptable
both to ACC and the City should be reached soon .
Public Comment - Bill McCormick
1 . Bill urged advocating the principle of the City deciding
what equipment to purchase rather than ACC
2 . He is disturbed by aggressive behavior toward him by Rick
Lawrence and Robin Palmer .
3 . Profanity issue - distinguish between use in building and
use in programming.
4 . Why is the Library allowed to reserve access equipment
for several days at a stretch?
5 . Feels number of staff working access to be inadequate .
Currently 3 FT, need at least 2 more .
Some discussion on these topics . Board felt Peter wrote a
good letter to Robin Palmer . Lauren explained the Library' s
reasoning and a couple suggestions were proffered . The
franchise determines number of access employees .
No ACC report , no elaboration on CCC report (included in
mailing) , in order not to take further time .
Discussion of "Series Priorities and Production Limits ."
This draft from the CAAB committee had been distributed
through the mailing. Bill vigorously opposed the proposed
system, saying it is a violation of first-come , first-served,
and would create more problems than it would solve . However ,
Board sentiment was that a systematized approach needed to be
taken , especially as regards studio time, at least until
additional production capacity is made available . Eloise
didn' t know how first-come first-served is to be administered
and Robert mentioned a lottery as an alternative to the
proposed system. These two abstained from voting and Board
voted 3-1 to implement the committee' s plan .
Discussion of activating an Educational Access Channel .
Peter had submitted, with the mailing, possible courses of
action regarding channel 54 . The Board voted this
resolution :
The CAAB recommends that the Cable Commission instruct
ACC to proceed with purchase of transmission equipment
for channel 54 immediately , if necessary out of access
capital funds , so as to allow channel 54 to be activated
without delay . The CAAB continues to believe in the
principle that access capital funds ought not be used to
purchase transmission equipment and recommends that the
Cable Commission and the city continue to strongly
advocate this position .
Some topics for Wednesday meeting with NYSCC reps :
-how to facilitate regular communication with NYSCC
-other access system administration models
-how other access organizations handle common issues
-definitions of access terminology - "first-come,
first-served" , "adequate" staffing, "designate" channels
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Items not dealt with in this meeting:
Mediation procedure proposal
Resolution concerning vice-chair and ombudsman
Policy about giving out producer information
Reaction line
Minutes submitted by Eloise Greene