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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1997-02-17 . . . '..-" I . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING COMCAST CABLEVISION FEBRUARY 17,1997 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met on February 17, 1997 at 7:00 at Comcast Cablevision, Seal Beach, California. Peter Anninos called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge was led by Mr. Paul Rowland. ROLL CALL Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow and Mr. Anninos were present. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast was present. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that Ms. Jackson would not be present and Ms. Hossinger would try to make the meeting. CONSENT CALENDAR MINUTES FROM JANUARY 20, 1997 Ms. Fort-Lincke pointed out corrections that needed to be made. Mr. Rowland made a motion to accept and file with corrections the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation meeting of January 20, 1997. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- ABSTAIN: Mr. Mueller MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that the Board had received an invoice from Comcast for part-time employees for the 4th quarter of 1996 and discussed the total amount to date for part-time employees. He said that the last quarter invoice was smaller than previous invoices. Ms. Fort- Lincke said that several council meetings and planning commission meetings in November and December had been cancelled. Mr. Mueller noted that the Board had received more money for dubs of programs. Mr. Mueller asked if anyone had any questions regarding the check request. He made a motion to accept and pay the items listed on the check request. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 . . . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 2/17/97 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Anninos clarified that the copy of the letter written by Mr. Mueller to Mr. Keith Till sent in the packet was the final draft approved by the Board regarding the money for the consultant. Mr. Mueller said that he had written a response to Mr. Till's most resent letter requesting $18,800. Mr. Anninos said that he had written a response also. There was extensive discussion about whether the Board should pay the additional $18,800 and the verbiage of an accompanying letter. Mr. Clow said he was in favor of paying the $18,800 but no more. Mr. Russ Bauman said that he felt the Board should not pay the money now to Mr. Till. He said that once he (Mr. Till) has the money, the Board will no longer have his attention. He said the Board also has a responsibility for the education and government access and it was important to keep Mr. Till's attention. Mr. Rowland said that he though the Board should consider paying the money after seeing the contract. He said he would be willing to paying the money as long as it provides public access at least as we have it now. He said that he would like to see a copy of the contract with the consultant and the results of the tasks that he has completed. Mr. Roy said that maybe the Board should request more information from the city like written reports and a copy of the contract and an accounting of Mr. Pilnick's tasks, and that the Board perhaps pay part of the $18,800 and wait for results of the next task. Mr. Anninos asked Ms. Fort-Lincke to make copies of the task outline proposal given to the city by Mr. Pilnick prior to his hiring. The copies were handed out to the Board members. There was more discussion about paying or not paying the money. Mr. Mueller made a motion to pay the amount of $18,800 to the city for the remainder of the fee for the consultant. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: NA YES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland There was discussion about paying the money and requesting information from the city to include the contract, written reports, etc. Mr. Mueller made a motion to revise his letter to include a request for written reports and copies of the contract and then he will conduct a phone poll with each Board member. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. . . . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 2117/97 AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos, MR. Mueller, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Roy thanked the Board for listening to his comments. NEW BUSINESS FUNDRAISING, SOLICITING AND ADVERTISING Mr. Rowland made a motion to table this items until the next meeting. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 There was a discussion about getting information from the local papers for the next meeting about printing the program schedule. NEWSLETTER Mr. Rowland made a motion to table the newsletter until the next meeting when Mr. Chessher may be able to attend. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 REPAIRS IN LEISURE WORLD Mr. Clow said that this item isn't really repairs, it is the rebuild and he had a question about when it would begin and he said he sees it going in now along Seal Beach Blvd. SHIRT PRINTING Ms. Kate Pedigo read a letter to the Board asking for funding to print shirts with the SBTV-310go on the front. She said that the LW Video Producers club would pay for the printing on the back. She said they were a very good quality and had collars on them a pocket on the front opposite the logo. She had a quote from the printing company for about $350.00 for 24 shirts. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the Board may want to consider buying more than 24 since there a quite a few producers in Old Town also and the printing price should go down when you buy more shirts. Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept and pay for the shirts to be printed and not to exceed $500.00 and Ms. Fort-Lincke would determine how many shirts to buy. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. . . '. PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 2/17/97 AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 CLARIFICATION FROM COMCAST REGARDING ANNUAL PAYMENT OF $75,000 AND TERMS OF EXISTING CONTRACT Mr. Mueller said that he would write a letter requesting the $75,000 from Comcast for the remaining year of the current contract. RESPONSIBILITY OF COMCAST REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF STUDIO EQUIPMENT Mr. Anninos said that the copy of the letter to Ms. Linda Hossinger that he handed out to the Board was in response to Ms. Hossinger's letter to the Board regarding the studio equipment maintenance. He said he attached to his letter a copy of the 3 year amendment which includes a paragraph that states Comcast will maintain and operate facilities, including the studio, to provide production services for access and commercial producers. He said that he has had no response to his letter, but that Ms. Hossinger had stated in the last meeting that they would be doing nothing until the next contract. Mr. Anninos said that he would like to thank Comcast for hiring a good engineer in Mr. Jeff Hirshfeld. It was decided to table this item until the next meeting. W.A.V.E. AWARD AND CONTEST REIMBURSEMENTS Mr. Clow said that he thinks anyone who thinks they had a program good enough to enter into a contest should be considered for reimbursement. He said that when they enter the contest they must pay to enter and they do not know at that time whether or not they will be a winner. Mr. Rowland made a motion to payor reimburse producers for contest fees when they are submitted to the Board. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. Ins: Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 CLARIFICATION OF AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS EQUIPMENT It was decided to table this item until the next meeting. . . . . PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 2/17/97 CHANGES ON PUBLIC ACCESS STUDIO DAYS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that beginning in March, that the public access studio days would be changed back to Tuesday and Thursday in response to the request to Comcast. She said she hoped this would be helpful to the public access producers. MARY WILSON LIBRARY TELETHON There was discussion about the telethon and concern about the quality of the program. Mr. Roy suggested that he submit a proposal at the next Board meeting and that if the Board did not like it, they could request it as an LIO production, one of the 25. It was agreed that Mr. Roy would submit a proposal at the next meeting. REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that there were quite of few shoots being done and two van shoots coming up; one at McGaugh school that Dominic Dimare was doing and one for the Women's Club at the Old Ranch Country Club that she was doing. LOCAL ORIGINATIONILOS ALAMITOS Ms. Fort- Lincke read from a list composed by Ms. Jackson regarding some upcoming issues, the first being that all props and items in the prop room would be moved because Comcast would be moving all operations from downstairs to the upstairs. The next item was that of the studio days changing which has already been mentioned. The next item was a paper indicating tv ratings. Mr. Anninos said that he wasn't sure why it was given to the Board because public access is not rated and it can cause censorship issues. The next item said that a 3/4" deck which belongs to the Board was brought back from Fullerton and put in Ms. Jackson's office. Mr. Anninos asked Ms. Fort-Lincke to make sure that that deck would be transferred upstairs with the rest of the Board's equipment. There was also an updated LIO list of programs. Mr. Anninos said that he had not seen the Doggie Walkathon or the Walking Tour of the Library and asked if anyone had seen them. The answer was no. Mr. Mueller said that he was disappointed with the quality of Seal Beach History Part 1. He said that at the very end of the program, the picture was so blown out that you couldn't see the girl talking. He said that during the program, the still . . . ". PG 6 SBCCF MINUTES 2/17/97 pictures that were inserted had glare on them and didn't look good. He said he thought that these were things that Comcast should have noticed and could have re- shot. He asked that this be added to the agenda for the next meeting. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that Ms. Hossinger wanted to make sure that the Board was notified that the conference room would no longer be available for the Board meetings and the Board needed to think about another location to hold them. There was discussion about different locations and it was decided to hold the meetings in the studio. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort-Lincke said that each member had received a copy of the memo to Mike Zaharas of the deposit request. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS There was discussion regarding the $75,000 and it was decided that the Board would draft a letter to Mr. Pilnick for clarification of the distribution of the $75,000 and a copy would go to the city council with reference to the hand-out from Mr. Pilnick's consulting firm. Mr. Mueller thanked the Board for the lovely plant he received while he was ill. He said it was very thoughtful and it is a really great plant. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 10: lOpm. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. ~ .&:.\A~"" ,/ Robin Fort- Lincke Public Access Coordinator Peter Anninos Chairman