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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CABLE-1992-08-26 Cable Access Advisory Board Minutes Of August 26, 1992 Present: Jim Blizzard, Harvey Gitlin, Rick Gray, Peter Hess, Robert Manvell, Mary Milne, Matt Ryan, Lauren Stefanelli and Terry Harbin (public). Call to Orden 1. Meeting was called to order at 7:15 P.M. Robert Manvell was designated as the minute taker. 2. A correction to the minutes of July 28, 1992 was noted. Lauren asked for a correction regarding Ed Sergant's request for broadcasting an FM radio station on cable channel 13. Ed has not yet received permission to do this from ACC as was indicated in the minutes. (An additional correction was noted on Eloise Greene's address which was listed on the attachment to the agenda for the 8/24/92 minutes.) The minutes were approved with the noted correction. 3. Amendments to Agenda: No amendments were offered but Rick did ask about moving our meetings back to the library due to the conflict with the Rental Housing Committee meeting which is supposed to end at 7:00 P.M. It was agreed that future meetings would be held at the library starting with the September 23rd meeting. 4. Public Comment: Terry Harbin asked a number of questions about access for the county. He asked for an update on the switcher which Lauren answered, in part, by saying that tests are underway but no firm date has been announced for the changeover. Terry expressed his displeasure at not receiving action on his request for a separate channel (52) for Tompkins County government. There was discussion about setting up a governmental access committee. For now, the county will be doing their programming on Channel 53. This issue will likely be further discussed at the planning and policy meeting on September 2nd. The public comment section ended at 8:05 P.M. 5. Access Coordinator's Report: Lauren's report was fairly brief and is highlighted as follows: Policy changes recommended by the Advisory Board went into effect in August. Greg Bowman built an SVHS edit workstation. The August newsletter was sent out. A Macintosh computer should be purchased soon for use by Access staff. There was a great deal of discussion on Lauren's final item, the proper credit for programs produced using ACC facilities and/or equipment. The handbook makes this a technical requirement and Lauren asked the Board for their feeling on enforcing this provision. There were questions about the legality of this item, and there was a general feeling of support. The issue was unresolved by the Board and ACC will need to decide if they want to pursue enforcement. 6. Cable Commission Report: Peter gave a brief overview of the last meeting. There was no "public" in attendance and Barb Lukens was not there either. There was some discussion about how the city was planning to proceed with the breach of franchise issue, governmental access, budget and handicapped parking. New I-Net sites have been requested by GIAC and Southside. These may be handled separately as GIAC is included as a site in the franchise and Southside is not. Final note, Mary Milne was appointed to the CAAB. 7. Planning & Policy Committee: Rick discussed his conversation recently with Julie Crowell of Cooperative Extension. This meeting dealt with government access and was related to Terry Harbin's visit tonight. The County wants to do a one hour program twice a month on a regular basis. The following items were listed for the next planning and policy meeting (9/2/92) agenda: A. New staff position B. 1993 Budget, outline priorities C. Government Access committee; next step D. Access FM radio 8. Old Business: A. 1992 Access Budget- The City and ACC met to discuss issues regarding purchases. Some issues, ie., refurbishment or maintenance costs, went unresolved and approximately $12,000 still remains in dispute. Some items were cut to make adjustments in the budget. There was a brief discussion about one of the items, a replacement 3/4" edit deck, and no decision was reached on this item. Jim recommended some money be set aside for possible replacement equipment. He further stated that a replacement TBC might be more important. At this point in the meeting it was agreed to extend the meeting until 9:15 P.M. B. Access Name Change: Two names for the access station were put on the table: Ithaca Area Cable Access System and Public, Educational, Governmental Access System (P.E.G.A.SYS). A vote was taken and P.E.G.A.SYS was the winner by a vote of 4 to 1. 9. New Business: A. Rich distributed a suggested plan for Cable Access FM radio. B. Hi 8 Equipment Symposium was suggested to gather input for Hi 8mm equipment. Robert stated that this would add to the problem of another format discussed earlier with 3/4' vs 1/2". The meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M. The next CAAB meeting will be held at the TCPL at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, September 23, 1992. Please make note of the day and location.