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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CABLECOMM-1991-07-09 City of Ithaca Cable Commission Minutes of July 9, 1991 Present: Jim Ferwerda (acting chairperson) • Mary Euell Peter Hess 1. There was no chairperson's report. 2. No ACC representative was present,so•there was no report from ACC. 3. There was no public comment. 4. Report of the July meeting of the CAAB: The board discussed the revisions to the capital spending procedure which resulted from the verbal agreement arrived at at the June 12th meeting between ACC and Cable Commission representatives. A cc ?yof'thetellsesplanis attached As the first stage in this process, public meeting was scheduled July 1 8th at the access studio for PEG access users to discuss needs for capital equipment. The board also discussed the verbal agreement regarding use of profanity in access programming which came out of the same meeting. Peter was asked to communicate to Tom Terrizzi the desire of the board to have the access center Policies and Procedures handbook revised to reflect agreed upon changes as soon as possible. Lauren is waiting for directions from Tom before making changes and only three copies of the last printing are left. The board discussed Eloise Greene's proposal for the establishment of and Educational Cable Access Committee. A c:c pylsattac.:hed Peter stated his general accord with the plan but raised objections to the exclusion of government access from the committees responsibilities: 1. State Cable Commission regulations refer to a single committee or commission to regulate E & G channels (595.4 (c)(2)). 2. Where two or more E & G access channels exist,state regulations mandate that"either channel can be used for either purpose" (595.4(b)(1)). Shared use implies cooperative administration. 3. There are not currently enough governmental users to sustain a separate Government Cable Access Committee. A committee of the CAAB, including Eloise and Peter,will meet in August to do more work on this matter. Meanwhile Eloise and Robert Manvell (BOCES) will work with Lauren Stefanelli to get channel 54 operational by the fall. A procedure for dealing with conflict resolution involving access volunteers was discussed and passed. A copy is attached . 5. Old Business: Mary,noting the correspondence from Barbara Lukens to Debra Parsons regarding the Senior Citizen's discount,wondered if more could be done to inform people of this benefit. We agreed to make some suggestions to ACC about publicizing the program: 1. It was a good idea to include a message announcing the senior citizen's discount on customers bill's,as ACC has done. It would be better if this could be done at least quarterly. 2. A crawl announcing the discount could occasionally be run on some channels. 3. Placards(possible made by volunteers at the Senior Citizen's Center)could be placed in city busses. 4. Posters(again made by volunteers)could be posted at the Senior Citizen's Center, Titus Towers, GIAC, South Side Community Center, and elsewhere. 6. There was no new business 7. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm PeterHess 131 West Haven Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 Sept 10,1991 Members of the Ithaca Cable Commission. • There is quite a lot of access related material for us to consider at our September meeting and, at Tom's request, I am sending you some items that will be relevant io that discussion. 1. Report of the CAAB Capital Allocation Committee. The capital spending procedure that we agreed to with ACC specifies that, after a public meeting,a committee of the CAAB develop a list of priorities for capital spending, which Is then reviewed by the full CAAB and subsequently by the Cable commission. There is approximately S30,000 to be spent before the close of the year. ACC has requested that CAAB recommendations be forwarded in time to allow an equipment order to be prepared by October 1st. The enclosed prioritized list has been passed by the CAAB. It is important that we review it at our September meeting so that it may immediately be forwarded to ACC. 2. A survey done by Lauren Stefanelli and some student interns. This survey investigates perceptions and habits regarding access viewing. Of particular interest and possible concern to us is the low level of awareness about programming on the government access channel. It is related to the following item. 3. A resolution passed by the CAAB concerning reception of the Government and educational access channels. 4. A draft proposal relating to the administration of the educational access channel.