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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1997-05-19 . . . , .~ , SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 19, 1997 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on May 19, 1997 at Comcast Cable in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Anninos called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Mueller. ROLL CALL Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland, and Mr. Mueller were present. Mr. Clow was absent. Ms. Jackson and Ms. Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 17, 1997 Mr. Arnold pointed out a correction on page 4. Ms. Jackson said that it is misstated in the minutes that the car show was a make-up show. She said that it actually is show #23. Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept and file the minutes for the Board of directors meeting on March 17, 1997, with the corrections. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that there was no new financial report, but as of the last one received, the Board was still solvent. He said that he had written a letter to Comcast regarding the last $75,000 and that Comcast had paid the city. He said that he would write a letter to the city for a transfer. Mr. Arnold said that as the Board's financial officer, he would like Mr. Mueller to write a letter to Mr. Till regarding the obligations from Comcast regarding month to month, and clarification on the money issues. . . .' .. . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 5/19/97 CHECK REQUEST Mr. Arnold asked how many shirts were printed for the $479.00 on the check request. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that 37 shirts were printed. She displayed the finished printed shirts. Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept and pay the items on the check request. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Anninos suggested moving the Comcast related items up on the agenda. Mr. Arnold made a motion to move all the Comcast related items on the agenda up to handle earlier in the meeting. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Ms. Jackson said she had no information regarding the franchise renewal. REPORTS LOCAL ORIGINATION Ms. Jackson distributed a diagram which represented the schematics of the "B" edit bay that is up and running and integrated with 1/2" and 3/4" capabilities. Mr. Arnold said that he was concerned about having to TBC in the system and asked for confirmation of whether or not the 3/4" record deck was a 5800 or a 9800. Ms. Fort-Lincke looked and reported that it is a 9850. He stated that all of the equipment in the bay belonged to the Board except for the two Comcast added 3/4" decks. Mr. Anninos thanked Ms. Jackson and Mr. Jeff Hirschfeld, the video technician set it up. Ms. Jackson said that the Seal Beach Car Show #23 was done and sent out to playback. She said that she had covered the McGaugh School Pageant of the Arts, State of the City, The McGaugh School Kindergarten Musical. She said that there was another kindergarten concert that she would be taping on May 29th and the Education Awards at McGaugh School would be June 6th. She said that she would send out the schedule of events from the Seal Beach Parks and Recreation Dept. prior to the next meeting. Mr. Bauman made copies and distributed them to the Board. . . '. - PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 5/19/97 NEW BUSINESS Mr. Arnold asked for an inventory of the Board's equipment at playback. Ms. Fort- Lincke said that there is an inventory list and that the Board had recently had an audit which included the equipment at playback and that all is accounted for. Mr. Arnold said that the CG was inadequate. Mr. Anninos said that he was still unhappy with the studio cameras, and said he hoped the new contract would provide for new ones. There was a discussion about the event list of the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce and evaluating the LIO programs at the signing of the new contract. MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT Ms. Jackson said that it was her understanding that Comcast would continue to maintain the equipment until the new contract. There was discussion that there was no more business for Ms. Jackson. Mr. Anninos excused her from the meeting. OLD BUSINESS Mr. Anninos said that the first meeting between the city and Comcast had taken place regarding the negotiations and that it was a meeting of establishing positions. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Russ Bauman distributed to the Board a copy of the list of classes through the Seal Beach Parks & Rec. Dept. He explained that he was holding 4 classes for kids to learn to do news. There was discussion about the classes and how they would work and that it did not qualify them as an access producer. He tried to clarify that this was strictly for a news show and that this was not teaching the students every aspect of producing in order to become an access producer. Mr. Arnold suggested blowing up the ad for the classes and sending it to Oak & McAuliffe Middle Schools. Mr. Bauman said he would also like to do a monthly "live" Saturday program. There was discussion about liability and parents' liability. Ms. Fort-Lincke suggested modifying the existing producer forms to accommodate parents responsibility. . . . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 5119/97 Mr. Roy thanked the Board for funding the library telethon even though he hasn't turned in his receipts yet, and he thanked Mr. Bauman, Mr. Anninos and Ms. Fort- Lincke for all of their help. He said it went very well. NEW BUSINESS FUNDRAISING, SOLICITING AND ADVERTISING Mr. Arnold said that fundraising is difficult. He explained how he uses "thank you's" on the CG without phone numbers. There was a discussion about one by one sponsors for specific projects, such as using the CG in thanking different organizations for their support or participation. Mr. Arnold said that grants are very difficult to get. He stressed "in kind services" and how to use them. Mr. Rowland said that he was concerned about soliticing. Is was suggested to put "fundraising and sponsorships" on the agenda for the next meeting. Mr. Arnold made a motion to nominate the chairman, Mr. Anninos, to research . grants. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT Mr. Arnold said that the most important equipment that the Board owns is the council chambers equipment. He said that the Board needs to evaluate it and they need to come up with short and long term plans for the equipment. There was a discussion about equipment and it was suggested to seriously consider a replacement and maintenance procedure, since the yearly budget provides for that. CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS SOUND SYSTEM Mr. Anninos suggested writing a letter to the city regarding the audio system. Mr. Mueller said that he spoke to Joanne Yeo about it and that she will have their person check it out. He said she knows that the problems are in their system, not the Board's. He said he will have the city's technician evaluate the whole system with someone representing the Board. Ie , . . ,1. - . . .,. PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 5/19/97 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort- Lincke said that there had been an article in the Sun newspaper regarding SBTV-3 as a judging site for the Hometown video festival. Mr. Anninos said that there was an article in the Los Angeles Times about the cable negotiations. Mr. Anninos explained how the article in the Los Angeles Times came about. Mr. Arnold asked if Ms. Fort-Lincke could distribute these types of things to the Board members sooner than the meeting. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the GATE shoot with the gifted kids at McGaugh school would be done in June, in the studio with the assistance of several pubic access producers. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort-Lincke said that each Board member had received a copy of the thank you letter from Mr. Clow. There was discussion about how Mr. Clow was recovering. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS A suggestion was made to try to do live van shoots from different businesses in town, since the library telethon went so well. Mr. Arnold said that he was against doing entire shows from a business. Mr. Arnold said that he was extremely pleased with the conduct and demeanor of the public access producers and community members who spoke at the public hearing in March in support of public access. He said he was particularly pleased with Mr. Roy's presentation. He said it was obviously well-thought out and well-written and overall it covered all the issues. He said the city council was equally impressed and were initially not looking forward to the meeting, but were pleasantly surprised. Mr. Mueller said that he echoed Mr. Arnold's statements. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8: 55pm. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ~.V\ C- l..~ Robin Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator Peter J. Anninos, Chairman