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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1997-06-16 . . . '.. . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR JUNE 16,1997 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on June 16, 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. Rowland. ROLL CALL Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Clow were present. Ms. Hossinger and Ms. Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM MAY 19, 1997 Mr. Anninos pointed out two areas for correction on pages 4 and 5. Mr. Rowland made a motion to accept and file the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation meeting of May 19, 1997. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that there was no new financial report and the most recent statement was dated March 31, 1997. He said he that he spoke to Mike Zaharas and Mr. Zaharas could not locate the April statement from the bank and he would get a copy of the May statement over as soon as he could find it. Mr. Mueller said that Mr. Zaharas had given him some figures for the meeting and he handed out papers with the figures on them. He said that the Board was still solvent. There was a discussion about the $50,000 and LIO payments. Mr. Clow said that he remembered recently that there was something in the minutes that said that Comcast had said that they would not be producing any more L/O. There was a discussion about how long ago that might have been. Mr. Clowasked Ms. Fort-Lincke to see if she could locate those minutes. CHECK REQUEST Mr. Arnold said that he had a problem with one of the requests that indicated money . . . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 6/16/97 spent for props and there was no identification of what those props were, and he didn't see it on the check request. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the correction for the allocation to the right category was made after the Board packets had gone out and she said that there is a place on the form for the description of props and she will make sure that the producers fill those out completely when they by prop materials. Mr. Arnold wanted to know why there were different pay rates. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that about a year or 1 and 1/2 years ago, the Board agreed to increase the rate for a select number of producers to $10.00 per hour who have taken the responsibility of directing and producing the city council meetings and planning commission meetings. The beginning rate of $8.00 applies to new people, camera only people and staff support people. Mr. Arnold asked that pay rates be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. Mr. Rowland made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 Mr. Anninos suggested that at this time the Comcast items be moved up together for the meeting. Mr. Arnold made the motion to rearrange the agenda to handle all the Comcast related items first and together. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 Ms. Hossinger said that she did not have anything to discuss. NEW BUSINESS REQUEST FROM COMCAST FOR $100,000 Mr. Mueller handed out a letter from Ms. Hossinger to him regarding a request for $100,000. He said that when he had received the letter from Ms. Hossinger, he asked Ms. Fort- Lincke to locate the copy of the check to Comcast (front and back) for the most recent $50,000 payment. He then handed one of the copies of the check to Ms. Hossinger. I . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 6/16/97 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Ms. Terri Quinlan made a comment that there was too much stuff in the hallways and lunch room upstairs. She said that with all of the shows with kids and animals it is hard to move around and the crew needs an area beside the control room to eat in. There was a discussion about whether or not the continuing problem with the switcher going out had been fixed. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that it was an ongoing problem that was being worked on and that that was also the reason for the very cold temperature in the studio. She said that the power supply was overheating. Ms. Hossinger said that she would look into it. Mr. Mueller asked Ms. Hossinger about cable modems and when Seal Beach could expect them. Ms. Hossinger said that the rebuild needs to be done first. Mr. Mueller asked Ms. Hossinger why Comcast did not promote Channel 3. Ms. Hossinger said she didn't understand what he meant. . Mr. Mueller said that as a subscriber, he felt that Comcast supplied a service that he could not get from Direct TV or satellite and he wanted to know why Comcast did not promote that service. He said that he saw this as an advantage over the competition. Mr. Rowland said that the reception of Channel 54 and Channel 2 is bad. Mr. Anninos said that Channel 2 was bad throughout the city and it had been for many years. He asked Ms. Hossinger if she knew what happened to the NASA channel. Ms. Hossinger said that the NASA channel wound up on some obscure satellite and Comcast did not pick it up anymore. Mr. Anninos said that that would be something he would like to see possible in the rebuild. Mr. Mueller asked if Comcast had any information on providing the Travel channel again. Ms. Hossinger said that it was taken off for Fox News. Mr. Anninos said that he wanted to clarify something he said at the last Foundation meeting. He said that he was glad that the bay was up and running, although he understands there are continuing problems with it. He wanted to clarify that this bay was integrated with all Foundation owned equipment with the exception of the . 3/4" decks, and that Comcast was still required to provide a functioning edit bay. Ms. Hossinger was excused from the meeting at 7:40pm. . I . . . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 6116/97 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Anninos stated that the negotiation process had begun and that he was told that some of the meetings were heated. There was discussion about the status of the rebuild because there had been word that any work by Comcast had been stopped due to lack of permits. Mr. Bauman clarified the statement by saying that there was a man who spoke at a recent city council meeting who lived in College Park East and he was complaining about the work being done or not being done properly and the city manager, Keith Till explained at that city council meeting that because Comcast had not responded to the complaints, he pulled all of the permits until the problems were resolved. Mr. Arnold asked that Mr. Mueller or Mr. Anninos submit in writing to the city manager a request from Comcast regarding how much money they intend on paying and how they intend on paying during the month to month contract. Mr. Mueller said that he already suggested that to Mr. Till in his letter to Mr. Till date May 29th he addressed this issue. It was then suggested that Mr. Mueller follow-up with another letter to Mr. Till with copies to the city council. There was a discussion that Mr. Pilnick indicated to the city council that Comcast could reimburse the city for the consultant fees. Mr. Anninos suggested that the city write into the contract provisions for the annual monies to increase with inflation. There was more discussion regarding the money. Mr. Anninos said that he would calculate how much money Comcast will make in 10 years in the city of Seal Beach. NEW BUSINESS FUNDRAISING AND SPONSORSHIPS Mr. Anninos said that he had make some inquiries and was waiting for answers back. Mr. Arnold suggested that Mr. Anninos check out grant writers. There was discussion about grants being offered for specific programs, not particular shows. It was stated that grants are available and non-profits contract out to other non-profits. e . . PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 6/16/97 REQUEST FROM COMCAST FOR $100,000 Mr. Anninos stated that this item had already been handled. STEVE SHAY AND ROY PRITCHETT Mr. Mueller explained that Mr. Pritchett is in very poor health and he and Mr. Shay have been handling the audits for the Foundation for many years. Mr. Shay will be continuing to handle them and the Foundation will be receiving a bill for $1,500.00 for last year's audit. Mr. Arnold made a motion to approve the payment of $1,500 to Mr. Roy Pritchett and Mr. Steve Shay for the audit of 1996 of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the GATE shoot with the kids from McGaugh school went very well. She said that Mr. Bauman would be holding his news classes in the studio with the kids in B couple of weeks. Mr. Bauman explained his outline for the classes. LOCAL ORIGINATION Mr. Clowand several Board members had a few questions about several of the items on the proposed LIO list of events. After discussion, it was decided that to eliminate the next two items of the list and have the Rough Water Swim be then next LIO shoot to be produced. The Board members collectively requested more information be provided regarding the shoots such as; would it be a van or ENG shoot, length of show, interviews and how many, B-roll, etc. Mr. Arnold made a motion to approve the next L/O production as the Rough Water Swim. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 LOS ALAMITOS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the continued tape exchange of School Board meetings and other Los Alamitos productions were working out well and they in turn, play some of the programs produced in Seal Beach as well. . , . 4t . ~ PG 6 SBCCF MINUTES 6/16/97 CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Anninos asked if everyone had read the article in the paper regarding the Microsoft $1 billion dollar investment in Comcast. There was discussion regarding the investment. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Mueller said that he is still concerned with the audio system in the council chambers and has spoken with Ms. Yeo. There was discussion about the possibility of purchasing an audio board for the council chambers control room. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 ~~-l-L~p Robin Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator Peter J. Anninos, Chairman