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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1997-07-21 . . . , ." " SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY 21, 1997 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on July 21, 1997 at Comcast Cable in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Anninos called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Arnold. ROLL CALL Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland and Mr. Mueller. Mr. Clow was absent. Ms. Jackson and Ms. Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 16, 1997 Ms. Fort-Lincke POinted~that she had written Ms. Jackson was present at the meeting and she should ritt~. os singer was present. Ii.-...t ~. Mr. Arnold made a motion to accep and file the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation meeting of June 16, 1997 with corrections. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Arnwd,Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that there were three financial reports in the packets. He said that the Board members should look at the bottom like of the most recent report for the current bank balance. Mr. Anninos said that the $50,000 that had been paid to Comcast was reflected at the bottom of the most recent report. CHECK REQUEST There was discussion about having the crew refreshments listed separately in it's own category from the miscellaneous category. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she would contact Mike Zaharas to add a new column for that on the financial statement. .. PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 7/21/97 . Mr. Arnold asked that all food receipts be provided to the Board. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that they are always provided to the Board attached to the request that goes to Mr. Mueller. Mr. Arnold made Il. motion to approve and pay the items listed on the check request. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Anninos changed the order of the agenda items to handle the Comcast related items first. OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Ms. Jackson said that she had nothing to report. . REPORTS LOCAL ORIGINATION Mr. Anninos said that he was very concerned that Comcast pulled out of covering the Rough Water Swim. Ms. Jackson said that all LIO productions for Seal Beach had been put on hold. Mr. Arnold asked Ms. Jackson who did so. Ms. Jackson said that the instructions had been given to her by Ms. Hossinger. Mr. Arnold asked Ms. Jackson when staff was notified that the production would not be covered by Comcast. Ms. Jackson said that she had notified staff during the first week of July. Mr. Mueller said that he did not understand why the event was not covered as an LIO production. He said that it was discussed at the last Board meeting as one of the most important shoots of the year and that it had been identified as the next shoot from the LIO liat presented at the June meeting. Mr. Anninos said that he covered it as a public access production. There was a discussion about how long it might take to edit it and get it on the air. . Mr. Anninos said that it would be at least 3 to 4 weeks for him to complete editing it. . . . .' - PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 7/21/97 Mr. Anninos said that he thought it was a shame that Comcast chose not to cover it. Ms. Jackson said she tried to be helpful and made sure the van was available. Mr. Anninos asked Ms. Jackson about the condition of the switcher in the control room. Ms. Jackson said that with the exception of the chroma key it was working properly. Mr. Arnold said that the switcher was having problems at the time of the last meeting. Mr. Anninos asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if she was still having problems in the edit bay. Ms. Fort- Lincke said that Jeff had installed a TB C and that she had not had a chance to use it with the 3/4" decks but so far everything seemed to be okay. Mr. Arnold said that it seems that the public access edit bay and the switcher seem to have recurring problems that are fixed and then he hears about the same problems again and again. Mr. Anninos asked Ms. Jackson if Comcast intended on having the elevator fixed and the lights that were out in the hallway replaced. He said that the lights have been out a long time and that it is a problem for the elderly people at the studio for the evening shoots. He also said that there was a recurring problem with the upstairs mensroom. Ms. Jackson said that she would be talking to the landlord about the elevator and that the lights and mensroom were landlord and tenant issues. Ms. Jackson was excused at 7:55pm. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Rob Roy said that he wanted to enter the W.A.V.E. Awards and he didn't remember if the Board voted to reimburse a producer for more than one program for entry. Mr. Arnold said he only wanted to reimburse the producers that won. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the Board had voted on a decision and she would go through the minutes and let Mr. Roy know what the vote was. Mr. Roy said he was part of the crew for the Junior Lifeguard Championship shoot and he enjoyed it although it was a long day and thanked Ms. Fort-Lincke for covering it and the Red Car re-opening. Mr. Anninos thanked Ms. Fort-Lincke for her help at 6am. for the Rough Water Swim. . . . . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 7/21/97 NEW BUSINESS PAY RATES FOR PAID CREW 'Mr. Arnold said that this was his item but that pay rates was not really what he wanted to discuss. He asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if he was correct in recalling that there was a beginning rate, middle rate and top rate for producers who are paid tbr covering the government meetings. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that that was correct. There was a discussion about persons under 18 years of age and the liability for them. Mr. Arnold said that he had ROP forms for LA County and he would check out getting Orange County forms. Mr. Clow walked into the meeting at 8:05pm. REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that most of what she was going to discuss had already been such as the Jr. Lifeguard shoot, the Rough Water Swim and the Red Car re-opening. He said that they even had some producers from Leisure World helping on the two beach shoots and she grabbed two of the kids from Russ's class to interview the mayor and councilpeople at the Red Car re-opening. She said it all went very well and that Russ's classes very going extremely well. Ms. Fort-Lincke handed out a studio equipment list and an outline of what productions by Old Town and Leisure World include the use of the studio. Mr. Clow asked for a brief summary of the meeting and was told that there would be no more LIO productions. There was a brief discussion about this and the Rough Water Swim. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort-Lincke read aloud a letter regarding the bankruptcy of Metrovonics. She also read a letter written to Kate Pedigo of Leisure World from the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce thanking the Leisure World producers club for covering an event and says that the public access program as a whole benefits and informs the community. The letter had already been forwarded to the city council and the city manager. Mr. Arnold said that it would have been good to have a lot of letters like that written to the city council. , ~ . - PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 7/21/97 Mr. Anninos said that there were many letters that were copied and presented to the city council at the time of the public hearing. Mr. Anninos said that he had included in the packet a letter he wrote to Ms. Hossinger which included the check for $50,000. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Clow said that the Leisure World Video Producers Club had been given their own room in the medical building and that the equipment needed to be moved. He said he was concerned about the maintenance people at Leisure World moving it down the ramp. There was a discussion about whether or not the Board should pay for moving the equipment. It was decided that Mr. Anninos and Ms. Fort-Lincke would coordinate the move with the help of Mr. Roy and Mr. Bauman. Mr. Arnold said that the Board needed to prioritize it's list for the city council and Mr. Pilnick. He said there would be another meeting with the Board members. Mr. Arnold made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8: 25. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 ~-'7-~ Robin Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator Peter J. Anninos, Chairman