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Home My WebLink AboutMN-AOC-2019-06-04 1 City of Ithaca Cable Access Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes (as approved Sept. 3, 2019) Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 5 PM Meeting Room, PEGASYS Community Media Center 612 West Green Street, Ithaca, NY Present: chair Rich DePaolo, secretary Wayles Browne, Common Council liaison Rob Gearhart; Access Studio Coordinator Lauren Stefanelli. Excused: Wies van Leuken. Absent: Gossa Tsegaye. 01. Call to Order by DePaolo, 5:06. 02. Agenda Additions and/or Deletions: Add discussion of the Spectrum Store. 03. Public Comments: none. 04. Approval of Minutes of the May 7, 2019 Meeting: approved 3:0 with one misprint corrected. 05. Access Studio Coordinator Report: submitted in writing (attached). Under Equipment Issues: the City of Ithaca will use its own funds for its replacement system. a. Equipment/Battery purchase: DePaolo purchased a new battery for the old camera that Jurden Alexander uses. Stefanelli will pass it on to Alexander. AOC stated an interest in cablecasting Cornell or Ithaca College concerts and events, and wondered who had the necessary contacts. b. Hand-out for non-profits: Stefanelli has created a document explaining to non- profit organizations what services PEG can offer them (at tached). c. Activity Report - update. See attachment "2018 Accomplishments." Stefanelli encourages AOC members to take copies of the handout and this Report and distribute them widely. 06. Member Reports a. Resolutions by City, Town & Village re: 2020 Budget: DePaolo has put the budget resolution on the Town agenda for June 10. b. Quarterly Franchise Fee Report from City, Town and Village: for next meeting. c. Access Rules: for next meeting. d. Outreach. W. Browne and L. Stefanelli will contact the Sciencenter's Public and Media Relations Manager. [They have done so, but inconclusively.] 07. Old Business a. Franchise Agreement: no news on this from City Attorney Ari Lavine. 2 08. New Business. It was discovered that the new Spectrum store (moved from 519 W. State St. to 742 S. Meadow Drive, off S. Meadow St. near Staples) handles payment for cable bills but only if you ask explicitly. Is this against the franchise? The PEG channels are not found on the Spectrum wireless app. which is supposed to cover TV service. Stefanelli has been considering upgrading the 1-person studio, and has found that there is a way to emulate Broadcast Pix [which offers "integrated production solutions that create live video"] on an iPad or their own tablet. She has asked Broadcast Pix Inc. if it can provide a properly equipped iPad to enable using the main studio as a 1-person studio. 09. Next meeting: 5 pm Tuesday, August 6. [Later changed to Sept. 3.] 10. Adjournment 5:46. ================ Authority: City of Ithaca code Chapter 18, "Cable Access Oversight Committee". Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Ithaca 11-5-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-17. Available at https://ecode360.com/8386207. Contact information for AOC members: City of Ithaca: Wayles Browne, secretary <ewb2@cornell.edu>. City of Ithaca: Rob Gearhart, Common Council liaison 2019- <rgearhart@cityofithaca.org>. City of Ithaca: member Gossa Tsegaye <gossavision@twcny.rr.com> Town of Ithaca: Rich DePaolo, chair <rd@richdepaolo.com>, <RDePaolo@town.ithaca.ny.us>. Village of Cayuga Heights: Wies van Leuken, vice chair <pmv4@cornell.edu>. Web site for the PEGASYS Community Media Center studio, with program schedules: http://pegasys.webstarts.com/index.html studio location: 612 West Green Street, Ithaca, New York mailing address: 519 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 phone (607) 272-7272 fax (607) 277-5404 PEGASYS staff: studio manager Lauren Stefanelli <Lauren.Stefanelli@charter.com> 3 June 2019 Access Studio Coordinator Report  Producers The Ithaca Drug Users Alliance have completed their studio training and will do their first bi-weekly talk show about drug use/services in Ithaca this week. Organizations whose events were covered or who mad e guest appearances on channel 13 shows in May: Ithaca High School soccer and tennis coaches, Cayuga Medical orthopedic surgeon Deirdre Blake, Trumansburg Community Chorus, Moetry poetry and music performance, including Leslyn McBean Clairborne, Beautification Brigade program manager, Spring Writes organizers, Ithaca Rotary president, Cayuga Nature Center.  Equipment Issues We had an interruption to our programming on channel 13 starting at 9:30pm on Saturday June 1. An electrical storm resulted in a power interruption that crashed NEXUS, leading to a loss of contact with the program hard drive. I restored our programming Monday afternoon. I will offer affected producers replacement replays. The list of replacement accessories I requested at the April meetin g has been quoted and submitted for purchasing. The City of Ithaca is looking into replacing their current livestream system for city meetings. Leightronix has told them that the current system, which has had problems with low sound levels, is no longer supported.  Institutions Jeremy Richardson, the media teacher for Lansing High School and videographer for Lansing BOE meetings, came by for a tour of PEGASYS and a discussion of possible tours for his kids or other options for partnering. Ithaca College and Cornell commencements and Cornell convocation were live on channel 16. Ithaca College’s Izzy Award presentation to independent media journalists is scheduled to play later in June on channel 13. This is a good contact for us because the journalism department is separate from ICTV. The Cornell Astronomy Department submitted the Carl Sagan Lecture for cablecast, but at the last moment decided to deny permission to run it.  Photo Archive I have begun a project of digitizing photographs of access people, shows and activities going back to the 1980s. 4 PEGASYS Community Media Center This is what the PEGASYS Community Media Center can do for your organization: 1. Bulletin Board Single-slide announcements available to local organization for events or on -going notices. You can email your event information to Charterbulletins.ny@charter.com. Your notice will run about 50 times each day. 2. PEGASYS Presents An open-format 30-minute talk show allowing you to promote your organization and its events. You can simply come in as a guest; a host and technical production is provided. Programs run multiple times on channel 13 and a re posted on Youtube, enabling your organization to embed the show in your organization’s website and social media. 3. Channel 13: can run videos made by or for your organization, as well as programs available through your parent organization. From PSAs to shorts to full- length programs, if you have a program about your organization that you use on your website or social media, we can also run it on channel 13. 4. Production Facilities: PEGASYS also provides training, equipment and technical assistance for those who want to make their own television program. This is free for individuals and organizations in the City and Town of Ithaca and 5 the Village of Cayuga Heights and available for a small fee to others in Tompkins County. Questions? Contact us at PEGASYS. We will be happy to help you. Staff: Lauren Stefanelli, Access Coordinator Email: Lauren.Stefanelli@charter.com Studio location: 612 W Green Street, Ithaca, NY Mailing address: 519 W State St, Ithaca, NY Telephone: 607-272-7272 Business hours: Mo, Tue, Thu 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM and We 1PM – 5PM Website: http://pegasys.webstarts.com/ 6 2018 Accomplishments PEGASYS, the Public, Educational and Governmental Access System, offers tools for producing television programs and sharing them with the community. Free or low-cost video training,* access to 2 video studios, digital field cameras and editors and a dedicated television channel are available to Tompkins County residents. In 2018, 689 new shows by local residents premiered on channel 13. In addition, all Ithaca Common Council, Tompkins Legislature and Ithaca School Board meetings were cablecast live and rerun on channel 15. On channel 16, Ithaca College cablecast about 800 hours of new news, sports and entertainment shows from their studios at the Park School of Communication. “YMCA Connections” studio interview. 10 digital field cameras are available for community use. 797 camera sign-out days were used by community producers in 2018. PEGASYS also offers 2 video studios and 5 Adobe Premiere editing systems. In 2018, community producers used 746 PEGASYS studio hours and 4,229 editing hours. Check out our program schedule for channel 13 and find links to series programs that are archived on the web at: http://pegasys.webstarts.com/. Location: 612 W. Green St., Ithaca, NY Hours: Mon, Tues and Thurs, 5:30-9:30pm; Wed. 1-5pm. * Usage is free for residents of the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Village of Cayuga Heights. Usage is $20 per 6 month membership for other Tompkins County residents.