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City of Ithaca Cable Commission
Minutes of January 14, 1991 meeting, 7:30pm City Hall
Attending:
ICC: Tom Terrizzi, Peter Hess, Mary Euell, Jim Ferwerda
ACC: Barbara Lukens
City: John Efroymson
Public: Bill McCormick
1. Call to order
2. Approval of minutes of December meeting.
Minutes not yet submitted.
3. Public Comment
McCormick argued for.the need for more cablecasting time, citing the discouraging
effect on new producers of not being able to present their programs repeatedly or in
primetime. He asked that more public access channels be made available, that more
facilities be made for offsite cablecasting, and that the I-net be fully implemented.
ki Members of the cable commission will ask Access Coordinator Lauren Steffanelli for
statistics on primetime usage and refusal rates on repeat requests.
4. Chairperson's Report
The Commission formally welcomed Alderman John Efroymson, who will be
serving as liaison between the Commission and Common Council.
5. ACC Report (see attached)
6. Public Comment
There was some discussion of ACC's plan to back the cable 13 bulletin board with
Muzak. Various persons in attendance felt that it would better serve the public
interest to back the b-board with public radio programming from WSKG or the
Pacifica group. Lukens was open to the possibility, but was not sure of the
availability of this programming.
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Terrizzi requested copies of the contracts made between ACC and Ed Sargent
regarding his use of the cable system for a commercial cable radio station.
Ferwerda asked why the local cable channels are not listed in the "At a Glance"
television listings in the Ithaca Journal, and expressed concern that the educational
access channel was listed as ICTV. Lukens responded that the listings are made at
the discretion of the editors at the Journal. Ferwerda agreed to draft from the
Commission to the Journal addressing these issues.
7. CAAB Report (see attached)
Terrizzi moved to adopt the proposal from the CAAB on the formation of body to
administer educational/governmental access, under the condition that the word
"chartered" be removed from the proposal. The motion passed unanimously.
Terrizzi moved to adopt the proposal from the CAAB on revision of the schedule
for capital expenditures from the two-percent fund. The motion passed
unanimously.
There was discussion of the need to further clarify the issue of who holds copyright
on material produced at the public access facility
8. Old Business
There was no old business.
9.New Business
In his last official act as chair of the Commission Tom Terrizzi accepted nominations
for new Commission officers. Peter Hess was appointed as the new chair of the
Commission. Mary Euell was appointed vice chair. Jim Ferwerda was appointed
secretary. In his first official act as Commission chair Peter Hess thanked Terrizzi for
his years of dedicated public service, and expressed gratitude that Terrizzi has
agreed to stay on as a member of the Commission.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 pm.
Minutes submitted by Jim Ferwerda