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Home My WebLink AboutMN-CABLE-1992-11-23 . s CABLE ACCESS ADVISORY BOARD Minutes of November 23, 1992 Present: Mary Milne, Jim Blizzard , Robert Manvell , Rick Gray , Matt Ryan . 1 . Meeting called to order at 7:20 p.m. Matt Ryan designated as minutes taker. 2. Minutes of October 28 were approved . 3. Ammendments/Announcements: Peter Hess ' wife had a baby . 4 . Public Comment: None 5. Report of Access Coordinator: "1992 Use of Cable 13 Cablecasting Hours" report was presented . This led to a discussion of the present cablecasting crunch on channel 13, and how additional channels would affect this situation . J . Blizzard expressed an interest in the cablecasting rerun limitations on the Gov' t . Access Channel . 6. Report of the City Cable Commission : Rick Gray reported that there was some concern over channel 54, the Education Access Channel . Presently , Ithaca College is making the channel look like the Ithaca College Channel , not the Educational Access Channel . Attending members agreed that a letter should be written to Ithaca College to address this situation . 7 . Report of the Educational Committee: Robert Manvell reports that the Educational Committee is currently working on an initial handbook . He says that this committee' s main concern , at this point, is working on and completeing the handbook . Jim Blizzard stated that he believes it to be a good idea to hire someone to promote the Educational Channel . ACC Access Coordinator Lauren Stefanelli is due to hire an additional staff member in early 1993. Jim Blizzard went on to suggest that the C.A.A.B. help in designing the additional P.E.G.A.SYS. staff person ' s job duties. 8. Report of the Governmental Committee: Jim Blizzard addressed a number of issues facing the Gov ' t . Committee. Most importantly , Mr . Blizzard asked that the C . A.A. B. vote to resind the rerun policy stated in the 11/6/92 memo titled , "Procedures for Request and Use of PEG-A-SYS Governmental and Educational Access Channels" . We decided that we would discuss this at the time for new business. Jim Blizzard stated that Co--operative Extension of Tompkins County is getting a satellite dish to receive programs for later Gov' t . Channel airing . Jim Blizzard asked about a Dedicated Emergency Channel , that would scroll emergency telephone rescue numbers. If an actual emergency were to occur , viewers would be directed to the Gov ' t . Access Channel , which would be linked to Fire Station #2 through the I-NET . Robert Manvell recommended a simple audio override on the channels , directing viewers to ch. 7 or 13, which are more accessable. • Jim Blizzard further stated that the County would like to help PEG-A--SYS by allocating an area in the old jail building for additional editing suites. They would like to use PEG-A--SYS equipment , but. Robert Manvell pointed out that due to maintenance and availability problems, it might be a better idea for the county to acquire their own equipment . Mr. Blizzard ' s next item was to have an additional staff person available during daylight hours at the 419 West Green Street studios. The Governmental Committee requests that the studio be open and staffed from 9am to 11 :30pm Monday through Friday , with weekend hours remaining unchanged . Lastly , Mr . Blizzard expressed an interest to form some type of County Cable Commission , that could solidify townships in future franchise renegotiations . The C.A.A. B. felt that at this iuncture in time, it is past our scope of things . 9 . Report of the Planning and Policies Committee: ACC asked the city to allow it to change its name to Time Warner Entertainment . 10. Report of the Capital Equipment Committee : The need for an equipment wish list for Jan . 1 , 1993. 11 . Old Business: The two items under old business, promoting PEG-A-SYS and the appropriate identification of the Educational Channel , were diecuss__d earlier during the Educational and Governmental Reports segment . 12. New Business : There was a general consensus that the C .A .A. B . needed more information on the current and proposed capabilities of the . -NET" system. This developed from _iscussion on a dedicated emergency channel , and led us to realize that we as a whole did not know enough about the 1-PET . Lengthy discussion then followed about the rerun r�_run rul _es on the Governmental Access Channel . Jim Blizzard thought that the proposed rules , see "Proved res for Request and Use of P2G—A--rGYS Governmental and Educational Access Channels" , were too restrictive . Mr . Blizzard requested that these be changed to mirror the current rerun policies of Channel 13 . Robert Ma eel l stated that the Educational Co mmi t tee was _eoncrned with their initial handbook , and was not prepared to address the rerun issue at this time. Matt Ryan stated that he thought it would be a good idea for all AC=ES channels to operate under similar rerun regulations , At this point , c; . 5 p . ., . , t.hg' library closed and _he C. P members continued their discussion of rerun rules outside on the street . As debate tailed off , Jim Blizzard present a motion o±e to the C .A.A. B. The h -,ti_. . , The t3.nvernmental Aces Committee would like Pmm' scan Community Cablevision not to _mp_ 1 ment request #5 of the "Procedures For Request and Use of PEE-4" ... ;vc Governmental and Educational (-Access Channels" ,, but instead requests, that reruns he handled as they currently are on Public Access Channel 13. The Educational Committee says that due to time constrants , it has not had ample time to consider all the aspects of said document . The C .A. A. B. would like Governmental and Educational reruns to mirror Cable 13 ' s rerun policy until January 1993, at which time the Educational Committee sbould be able to consider all the ramifications of this. The 4 voting members all voted yes to this motion . The C . A .A. B. meeting of November 27 , 1993 was never officially adjourned . From: Jim Blizzard Acting Chair of the Governmental Access Committee To: All Towns and Villages in Tompkins County Date : November 14, 1992 GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS T.V. - WHY DO WE NEED IT? Your government can reach its residents with: - emergency information - bulletin board items / meeting information - local programming: meetings, presentations by govern- mental departments and organizations [Building Dept . , Office for the Aging, Solid Waste Dept . , etc . ] - syndicated programming on a variety of topics WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS COMMITTEE? New York State law guarantees our right to governmental access T.V. The use of governmental access is free, but channel usage is controlled by a governmental access committee . A committee is just forming for local cable channel 53. All municipalities in the local ACC cable system are encouraged to designate a representative . WHO CAN USE GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS? Only local governments, through their authorized representatives , may use the governmental access channel (s) . Governmental access users also have access to American Community Cablevision ' s PEG- A-SYS* Community Access Television Center, which provides free access to video training and production equipment. HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED? Return one or both of the enclosed forms. If you would like your municipality represented on the governmental access committee, send form #1 . If you would like to use channel 53, return form #2 . The next Governmental Access Committee meeting is December 14, at 4pm in the Sherman Peer Room of the T. C . Public Library. For more information, call Jim Blizzard, 8am - 8pm at 272-3951 . * PEG-A-SYS is the Public-Educational-Governmental Access System. including public access channel 13, governmental access channel 53, educational access channels 54 and 55, as well as video production, post-production and training services provided by American Community C.ablevisions for residents of its franchise areas . - NOTICE OF MEMBERSHIP DESIGNATION TO THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS COMMITTEE EGAC] Municipality: Appointed Representative : Name Address Tel Authorized by: Name Title Date Please mail forms to : Jim Blizzard, 803 Coddington Rd. , Ithaca, NY 14850 . PEG ACCESS SYSTEM AMERICAN COMMUNITY CABLEVISION GOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AUTHORIZATION FORM NAME OF INSTITUTION NAME/TITLE OF INSTITUTIONAL HEAD OR GOVERNING BODY: The following. individual (s) are authorized to request production facilities and channel time on -PEG access behalf of this institution: Name (print) Affiliation./Title Name [print] Affiliation/Title Name [print] Affiliation/Title SIGNATURE OF INSTITUTIONAL HEAD OR GOVERNING BODY REP: DATE Contact Information for organization: Contact Name : Address : Tel : IS Nov 1�� 9 Cookie Paolangeli Ithaca City Clerk City Hall 108 E. Green St . Ithaca, NY 14850 •