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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1996-09-16 . . . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 16,1996 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met September 16, 1996 at 7:00 pm at Comcast Cablevision in Seal Beach California. Mr. Mueller called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Mueller. ROLL CALL Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Arnold were present. Mr. Clow and Mr. Rowland were absent. Ms. Marilee Jackson and Ms. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST 19. 1996 Mr. Mueller made a motion to hold the minutes over to the next meeting since he (Mr. Mueller) was not present at the last meeting, Mr. Arnold was not a Board member at the last meeting and therefore that left Mr. Anninos with no second. Mr. Arnold seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that Ms. Fort-Lincke had advised him that there was no financial report for August Bnd that made it two months in a row that the Board had received no report from the city. He said that he had contacted Mr. Zaharas at the city and Mr. Zaharas told him that he was correct, there had been no financial reports in the past two months which was an oversight on their part and that he would be providing something to Ms. Fort-Lincke within the next few days. CHECK REQUEST Mr. Arnold asked it he could be provided with the backup paperwork for the check requests. Mr. Mueller explained that the backup paperwork is attached to the original check request which is forwarded to him for approval and signature. He said that he reviews everything and copies of the check request are provided to each member of the Board every month in their packets. . . . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 9/16/96 Mr. Anninos asked Mr. Mueller if he (Mr. Mueller) could provide a brief summary of a CPA study session for the Board or for individual members of the Board. Mr. Mueller said that he would be happy to do so. OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Mueller said that this item has been left on the agenda for every meeting and that there were several items coming up on the agenda for discussion. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Rob Roy stated that he was very excited to announce to the Board that one of the programs he produces "Club Dar" is a finalist in the WAVE awards. He said that he wanted to thank the Board for their support and funding for the public access program. Mr. Mueller and Mr. Anninos congratulated Mr. Roy. Mr. Mueller stated that it was his understanding that there was another finalist at SBTV-3 for the WAVE awards and asked Mr. Fort-Lincke who it was. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that there is another finalist and it is herself, for producing "Orange County Marshal's Dept. Most Wanted". Mr. Mueller and Mr. Anninos congratulated Ms. Fort-Lincke. Ms. Fort- Lincke thanked the Board. Mr. Russ Bauman stated that he has a show that he is developing with McAuliffe School students. NEW BUSINESS INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBER Mr. Mueller stated that he thought it would be appropriate to move item F under new business up as the first item for discussion and introduced Mr. Arnold to the Board. Mr. Arnold stated that the Board needs to develop a priority list for the City Council explaining that the City Council is looking for direction from the Board. He stated that he is not putting one PEG item over the other for priority. He said that the Board needs to ask for input from the community and it should not be a wish or want list. He asked that it be looked into as to whether or not a producers group is required under the by-laws of the Board. There was a discussion about the fact that over the years there have been irregular meetings by the producers. . . . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 9/16/96 Mr. Arnold stated that he hopes the producers continue to meet regularly until the end of the current franchise. He stated as he handed out packets that the packets were prepared by him and that they are confidential for the Board members and the City Council members and that he was explaining it now because he felt that it was not appropriate to bring forward for discussion at a Board meeting. He said that the Board members need to continue to educate the City Council in what is coming up. Mr. Anninos stated that information had previously been prepared for and given to the City Council by a group of access producers and that many months had gone into the preparation and presentation of it and he felt that the producers had done the best that they could with what they had and that the City Council was very happy with it. PROCEDURE FOR UPCOMING CABLE NEGOTIATIONS Mr. Arnold stated that Mr. Pilnick had met with Mr. Till and will be meeting with the Board. He said that Mr. Pilnick will also be receiving the packet prepared by him. He asked what the expiration date of the contract is. He said that he was not happy with the city and with what they have not done. CLARIFICATION OF SEAL BEACH CABLE MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING CABLE NEGOTIATIONS Mr. Arnold stated that he had asked for this to be put on the agenda because he wanted everyone to be aware that this may happen. He said he did not know if the city attorney needed to be present and he said that there would be some topics not appropriate for staff to be present. CHANNEL 55 BAD RECEPTION Mr. Mueller stated that Channel 55 reception was still bad. Ms. Jackson said that Ms. Hossinger had looked into it from the head-end and it looked okay. She said that she would look into it. CITY COUNCIL MEETING VIDEOTAPINGICABLECASTING TUESDAY 9/24/96 Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that the city council meeting that had been changed from Monday, 9/23/96 to Tuesday, 9/24/96 and that since that time, due to conflicts it had been changed to Monday, 9/30/96. FUNDING FOR BOARDMEMBERS AND COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE ALLIANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEDIA SEMINAR Mr. Mueller stated that he had spoken to Mr. Till about attending andlor having councilmembers attending the upcoming seminar. Mr. Arnold made a motion for the Board to pay for the attendance of 2 Board . . . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 9/16/96 members and 2 city council members to the Alliance for community Media Seminar. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. There was discussion about which members should attend. Mr. Arnold said that he would call Patty Campbell. Mr. Mueller said that Leisure World should be represented. A YES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Mueller NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the official announcement of the WAVE award finalists mentioned earlier was going to be part of her report but since it was brought up earlier she would just reiterate her congratulations and thank you's. She said that she would be starting the Leisure World classes in a few weeks. LOCAL ORIGINATIONILOS ALAMITOS Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that the exchange with Los Alamitos TV regarding the football games has begun and there is a conflict with the playback of the first game, but she stated that the rest of the games will air at the regular time of 9pm on Tuesday evenings. Mr. Arnold asked for an explanation of the games and air times. There was discussion about the circumstances leading up to the Board having to pay $100 per game and the problems with trying to get the games on sooner than Tuesday. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that Los Alamitos airs their own original tape as soon as they can and then they replay it and of course, at that time there is only one tape, then make a dub for Seal Beach without commercials which is completed sometime on Monday and then they get it to Seal Beach in order for Seal Beach to log it and get it over to playback in Fullerton by Tuesday evening. She said that it is the soonest it can physically happen. Mr. Arnold said that he would like added to the agenda an update on Los Alamitos participating in Seal Beach in something like ROP. Other items he would like to add to the agenda are: the head-end or playback moving to Fullerton and a discussion about expanding the CG to include more information. Ms. Jackson said that in an effort for Comcast to meet it's obligations to the LIO programming which has already been proposed she was re-evaluating a few of the programs that had been proposed. . . . . PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 9/26/96 She said that several of the programs recommended by the Board that dealt with some of the property issues in Seal Beach had become a problem as far as getting anyone to speak on camera. She explained that after repeated efforts to contact several different people to speak about the issues, she has decided that in everyone 's best interest it may be easier to re-direct development on some programming on the history of Seal Beach which will be produced in several different episodes rather than try to develop programming that people seem reluctant to discuss. She explained that sometimes things happen at the last minute with something that was supposed to be covered and that she would make the best decision she could regarding that type of situation at that time that it occurred. Mr. Arnold stated that he would like an update and status report of the Board's equipment and that he would like that item added to the next agenda. Mr. Arnold asked Ms. Jackson for a status of the studio equipment for the next meeting and asked for that item to be added to the next agenda. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the only correspondence she had received was the notification from the court regarding Metrovonics filing chapter 11. This was discussion about Metrovonics. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Arnold said that he was stirring the pot and explained what he meant by that. He said that he wanted to bring up many issues, problems and needs that needed to be assessed in order for people to think about them. He asked Ms. Fort-Lincke to check with the city clerk as to the availability of the council chambers for a public hearing with the Board on a day in December. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Arnold made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8: 20 pm. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 3-0 ----------------------------------- ~k~ E. Laird Mueller, Vice-Chairman/Treasurer Robin Fort-Lincke, Comcast