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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 2008-07-21The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on July 21, 2008 at the Seal Beach Studio in Seal Beach, California. Board President, Mr. Dick Davies called the meeting to order at 7:08pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge allegiance was led by Mr. Arminos. ROLL CALL Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos and Ms. Hamilton were present. Mr. Osuna and Mr. D'Sa were absent and excused. Robin Fort- Lincke, the PEG Station Manager was also present. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Motion was made by Ms. Hamilton and seconded by Mr. Anninos. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES OF JUNE 16, 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Mr. Anninos made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 16, 2008 Board of Directors meeting. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hamilton. AYES: Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 — 0 CHECK REQUEST FINANCIAL STATEMENT 'SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 21, 2008 Mr. Anninos made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request with the phone bill approx $200. Ms. Hamilton seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Davies, Ms. Hamilton NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 Mr. Anninos made a motion to receive and file the financial report. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hamilton. Page 1 of 4 sbccf minutes 7 -2008 AYES: Mr. Anninos, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Davies NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 OLD BUSINESS EQUIPMENT REPAIR Ms. Fort- Lincke stated there were no new items to add to the existing equipment repair list. There was discussion. FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the most recent board funded shoot was the 4 grade concert at McGaugh School. She stated that she would like to try for September for the Miss Seal Beach Special. She said that that date might be optimistic because she had not had the opportunity to review the footage to see what parts of it did not contain Disney music and might be useable. She also stated that she had not yet spoken to Barbie Meyer about the copyright infringement issue. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the upcoming election special would be held in early October to run during the month and up to Election Day. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communication. NEW BUSINESS DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR PUBLIC ACCESS PRODUCER Ms. Fort- Lincke explained to the board members that LW producer Paul Bassett had told her that he made an "executive decision" and had taken the JVC SVHS/Mini -DV deck home to transfer footage after she had already told him he could not take the deck home. There was discussion. She said that he told her that he could think of no other way to resolve his dilemma. There was discussion by the board members that there were other choices that he could have made and that it was important that he understands that he has no authority to make "executive decisions" regarding board equipment. She stated that she had explained to him that he needed to consider the equipment currently available to producers for use in public access productions, when deciding to produce a program. There was discussion. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that Mr. Bassett had come forward on his own to tell Ms. Fort- Lincke what he had done and that she was considering that in determining the disciplinary action. The board members supported the decision for a 30 -day suspension. Mr Anninos stated that he hoped that it would never happen again but that if it did, he would support a 6 -month suspension. Page 2 of 4 sbccf minutes 7 -2008 AYES: Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Davies, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3 -0 UPDATING PROCEDURES FOR SBCCF EQUIPMENT IN LEISURE WORLD Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that Steve Shay, the boards' CPA, recommended some changes regarding security with the room in Leisure World that housed the board's public access equipment for the Leisure World producer's club. It was decided that Ms. Fort- Lincke must approve anyone who is provided a key to the room by the current club president and that a copy of the user list, which is provided to the LW Recreation Dept. at the end of each month, also be provided to Ms. Fort- Lincke each month as well. There was discussion about changing the locks. Mr. Davies stated that he would look into it. REPORTS PEG STATION MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the truck was back from Metro RV but that it ran terribly the whole way back so she took it to 16 Street Garage for evaluation. She said that Ralph had recommended replacing plugs, cap and rotor, wires and a more thorough work over that would come to about $500. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she asked him if he could start with the most obvious basic problem because the board had just spent a lot of money on the electrical build out of the truck. She said that perhaps in the future it would be more feasible for the board to spend money on the "under the hood" items. There was discussion about what equipment was already ready to be mounted into the truck and about the Compix CG. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that the playback equipment would be installed soon. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she would like to relay some comments by Mr. D'Sa. She said that he had inquired about the courier fee and that she had explained that soon, when playback was up and operating from Seal Beach, that there would no longer be a need for a courier. She said that he had also commented about providing programming on the Internet and that she explained to him that it was a very complicated issue that the board has discussed frequently and explained the city's cable franchise fees and the separate PEG funding. Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she had met with two representatives from the SBPD regarding participating in a nationwide emergency preparedness drill. She stated the details of the plan outline to the board members and that it was targeted to the city department heads that would be the "go -to" people during a natural disaster or emergency. She also stated that it was important not to mention this to anyone outside the board, the Station Manager or the police department in order for the drill to seem "real". She said that she would be providing an update as soon as she had one. Page 3 of 4 sbccf minutes 7 -2008 CHIEF ENGINEER REPORT There was no chief engineer report. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that she had received notification from the 5/10K Run Committee that they had declined the grant requests made on behalf of SBTV -3. There was discussion. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communications. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr Anninos stated that he had attended the Wiener Nationals along with many of the public access producers and that a great time was had by all. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Davies adjourned the meeting at 8:32pm. g„„e, Mr. Dick Davies, President, SBCCF Ms. Robin Fort- Lincke, PEG Station Mgr Page 4 of 4 sbccf minutes 7 -2008