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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1997-09-15 '--. j .. . . . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on September 15, 1997 at Comcast Cable in Seal Beach, California, Mr, Anninos called the meeting to order at 7:05pm, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr, Anninos, ROLL CALL Mr, Clow, Mr, Rowland and Mr, Anninos were present. Mr, Mueller was absent, Ms, Jackson and Ms, Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST 18. 1997 Mr, Clow made a motion to accept and the file the minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation on August 18, 1997, Mr, Rowland seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr, Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Ms, Fort-Lincke stated that there was no financial report because Mr.Zaharas, the accounting finance director, was no longer working at the city and that in the interim, Ms, Liz Stoddard would be handling the Board's financial issues, Mr, Anninos said that the Board was still solvent. CHECK REOUEST Mr, Clow said that he wanted to know what the item W,A,V,E, Awards entries shipping fee was all about. , . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 9/97 Ms, Fort-Lincke explained that this year was the first year that all entries from one facility (SBTV-3), that it was required by the WAV.E. Award officials to send all entries together in one box, There was a discussion about the W.A.v.E, Award entries and the shipping charges, Mr, Rowland made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request. Mr, Clow seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Clow, Mr. Anninos, Mr, Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL After a brief discussion, the Board members decided to discuss the draft of questions to be sent to Mr, Till regarding the contract instead of discussing the contract, .. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS There was no audience present. NEW BUSINESS REVIEW OF DRAFT OF RECOMMENDA nONS FOR CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE NEW CONTRACT Mr, Anninos handed out a list of six questions as suggestions to be presented to the city council. After much discussion, the Board members agreed to four of the six original questions to be posed to the city council and it was decided to direct the questions to Mr, Brown & Mrs, Campbell instead of the whole city council. They would address the areas of the status of the current fee of$75,000, reasonable rates for the truck, what areas in the building are going to be paid for, and unduplicated programming, Mr, Clow made a motion to submit a letter addressing the four areas of concern discussed by the Board to Mr, Brown & Mrs, Campbell, Mr, Rowland seconded the motion, . AYES: Mr, Rowland, Mr, Clow, Mr, Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 , . PO 3 SBCCF MINUTES 9/97 Mr, Rowland made a motion to send a draft of the revised letter to each Board member prior to sending in on to the intended, Mr, Clow seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Clow, Mr, Rowland, Mr, Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr, Anninos re-opened audience communications since there was now an audience, Ms, Terri Quinlan said that a group of public access producers would be getting together to discuss a presentation to the city council. NEW BUSINESS III Mr, Anninos stated that there was another item that he would like to add to the letter to the city council members, He said he would like to address the situation of the playback equipment that belongs to Board and is in playback which is located in Fullerton, Mr, Rowland made a motion to add the question of the Board's playback equipment in Fullerton to the list of questions for review by the city council members, Mr, Clow seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Anninos, Mr, Clow, Mr, Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 Ms, Jackson asked for clarification of the decks the Board was referencing to, There was a discussion about the number of decks and what format they are, Ms, Jackson said that she would look into it, REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS . Ms, Fort-Lincke said that the new room for the Leisure World Producers Club was completed and all of the editing equipment and video equipment was moved by Russ Bauman, Peter Anninos, herself(Ms, Fort-Lincke) with the help of Kate Pedigo and Bob Luckenbill, She said the move went very well and very quickly, Then she said that she had spoken to Mr, Dan Smith at Los Alamitos Television regarding the Los AI football games. She said that in the past 3 years, she has been able to exchange the use of " . . ~ . PO 4 SBCCF MINUTES 9/15/97 different equipment and tape exchanges in lieu of paying $100,00 per game, She said that Dan said this year they have new Beta equipment that is not compatible with the Board's equipment and they have very low sponsorship, so LATV was going to have to impose the $100,00 fee for the cost of tapes and removal of the ads, She said that he suggested the exchange of a person to shoot the game, but she explained that the Board did not have employees to exchange, She said that she suggested providing blank tapes to him to make copies with, but he said he needed to justifY his time spent on our tapes to his Board, She said that he also suggested the Board lend a deck or camera to be used as a deck to make the copies in exchange for the fee, There was discussion about the options presented, Mr, Clow made a motion to pay the $100,00 fee which should include a credit to the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at the beginning and end of the games, Mr, Rowland seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Anninos, Mr, Clow, Mr, Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence, BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr, Rowland said that when he made the motion at the last Board meeting, he meant that he wanted to simply reject Ms, Hossinger's letter or the contents of her letter, He said that the letter that was sent had more infonnation in it that he thought was necessary and that he was unhappy with the letter, He said that the Board members should receive a copy for review of any letters written on the Board's behalf, prior to them being sent out, There was much discussion about the letter and future correspondence, " . . PO 5 SBCCF MINUTES 9/15197 ADJOURNMENT Mr, Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8: l5pm, Mr, Clow seconded the motion, AYES: Mr, Rowland, Mr, Clow, Mr, Anninos NA YES: -0- MO~ON PASSED: 3-0 tZJol~~~ Peter ], Anninos, Chainnan Robin Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator . .