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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1996-08-19 . . . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR AUGUST 19, 1996 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met August 19, 1996 at 7:00 pm at Comcast Cablevision in Seal Beach California. Mr. Mueller called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Mueller. ROLL CALL Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos, and Mr. Mueller were present. Mr. Palmer was absent. Ms. Linda Hossinger, Ms. Marilee Jackson and Ms. Robin Fort- Lincke from Comcast were present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM JULY 15, 1996 Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that there was a typing error in the minutes. Mr. Clow made a motion to accept and file the minutes with the correction. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos, Mr, Rowland NA YES: -0- ABSTAIN: Mr. Mueller MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that there was no financial report in the packet. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that that was correct, no financial statement had been received from the city. Mr. Mueller said that based on the previous financial report the Board was still solvent. CHECK REQUEST Mr. Mueller stated that there were two check requests. He,said that one of the check requests needed a vote for approval and had the back up paperwork attached to it and that the other request was for the $10,000 to the City of Seal Beach. He explained that the Board had already approved the money to be paid to the city for the cable franchise consultant and the Board had been waiting for clarification from the city as to whether the payment should be to the consultant or to the city. He said that in a meeting he attended with Mr. Anninos that the clarification was made by Keith Till, the City Manager, that the money should go to the city. . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 8119/96 Mr. Clow asked Mr. Mueller how much of the $4,000 that goes to the city for accounting services actually is for those services and what the interest rate is. Mr. Mueller said explained that the $4,000 is for accounting services, the check handling, bank reconciliation and the advantage of a higher yielding investment fund at the interest rate of 5.5%. Mr. Rowland asked for clarification on the dollar amount for Comcast on the part-time services. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that in a effort to get the item on the check request and in the Board packets, it was originally $1900 but after corrections is now $1540. Mr. Rowland made a motion to accept and pay the check requests. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ACCESS FEES Mr. Clow made a motion to accept and pay the access studio and food expenses for . two program's produced by Mr. Rob Roy. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Mueller deferred to Mr. Anninos to state to the Board any information he had regarding the consultant and the franchise negotiations. Mr. Anninos stated that he had spoken to Mr. Dan Dorsey and that there was no new news to report at this time. He said that all board members should continue to contact their councilmembers to update them. Mr. Arnold from the audience asked Mr. Anninos what he meant by his statement "there was no new news to report." He said that it was his understanding that the consultant was waiting for information from the Board. Mr. Anninos said that Mr. Dorsey had told him that there were certain tasks that the consultant was required to do within certain timeframes and that the next report from him (the consultant) would be in a few weeks. . Mr. Arnold said that he wanted to make sure that the Board knew that they needed to provide the consultant with priority information. . . . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 8/19/96 Mr. Anninos said that they knew this, but that at this time, the city was waiting for the next step from the consultant. Mr. Mueller stated that the city manager and the city council were very interested in a seminar coming up in October. He suggested that Ms. Patty Campbell and Ms. Gwen Forsythe attend the seminar. Mr. Clow stated that he preferred Mr. Brown attend the seminar. Mr. Mueller said that that would be great and that the Board may want to consider paying for the seminar fees. He asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if she had received any information on the seminar as far as location, times and the cost. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she had received nothing yet regarding a seminar. There was discussion as to who was conducting the seminar and it was clarified as the Alliance for the Community Media. Mr. Anninos said that at last year's seminar the Sue Buske Group participated in the franchise renewal portion. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Mueller stated that he assumed that a gentleman sitting in the audience had been sent by Ms. Patty Campbell to the Board meeting as her appointed person. The man introduced himself as Mr. Rich Hauser and said that Ms. Patty Campbell had asked him to represent her on the Board. Mr. Mueller welcomed Mr. Hauser and then explained that Mr. Palmer had resigned and this item was next on the agenda. NEW BUSINESS BOARD MEMBER RESIGNATION Mr. Mueller stated that the Board had received a letter of resignation from the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board from Mr. Joe Palmer. There was discussion that Mr. Palmer had gone on to pursue other interests including Real Estate. Mr. Clow stated that in light of Mr. Palmer's resignation that the Board should hold an election of officers at the next meeting. There was discussion about when the last election was held. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that it was when Mr. Annlnos attended his first meeting as a Board member. Mr. Anninos said that that was in April. . . - PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 8/19/96 Mr. Mueller asked Ms. Fort-Lincke to put the election of officers on the agenda for the next Board meeting. $400. 00 VAN RENTAL AND $35.00 STUDIO FEES Ms. Linda Hossinger stated that she had researched this item thoroughly and could find no documentation of a contract regarding a $400.00 van rental for public access productions. There was discussion about side agreements. Ms. Hossinger said that she was going to do away with these fees until March when the negotiations would have taken place for the new contract and that there would be no more side agreements. Ms. Hossinger stated that like the van rental fee she had researched the item thoroughly and could find no contracts for a studio rental fee and she would again be doing away with these fees until March. CONTEST FEE REIMBURSEMENTS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she had been asked to bring this item up to the Board for discussion because in the past the Board had paid the entrance fees for different video contests. Mr. Clow explained that the Board had indeed paid the entrance fees in the past for various producers to enter contests and that he felt that the Board had "been took" . He said that too many programs had been entered and that the producer is the one who gets the recognition. Mr. Anninos asked if the Board would consider a one time a year limit to control the abuse. Mr. Mueller said that he agreed with Mr. Clow and that the producer should pay hislher own entry fee. Mr. Clow made a motion to decline to pay the contest fee reimbursements to public access producers. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller NAYES: Mr. Anninos MOTION PASSED: 3-1 . . . . PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 8/19/96 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the new program "Inside Leisure World" was going very well and she would be conducting new classes at Leisure World very soon. Mr. Clow stated that there was a little disruption at Leisure World having to do with a situation that had developed over a production but that steps had been taken to fix the disruption. LOCAL ORIGINATIONILOS ALAMITOS Mr. Anninos said that someone had asked him about the Comcast logo shown in the bottom right corner during the Rough Water Swim program. Ms. Jackson said that that was the Comcast "bug" and that the proper credit had been given to the Seal Beach Cable Foundation at the beginning of the program. Mr. Anninos said that he felt that since the Board pays for the LIO programming that he wasn't sure if it was appropriate to have the "bug" on it. Ms. Hossinger stated that the major networks all have "bugs" on their programming. Mr. Anninos said that perhaps it was nit-picking and wasn't really a problem. Ms. Jackson said that she had spent the last month on pre-production for the upcoming environmental and Gum Grove Park programs. She said that she was also working on the proposed land, sea & air program and suggested perhaps a program having to do with the history of Seal Beach. She said that although the Board had suggested doing a program on the proposed Leisure World hospital, that per Mr. Clow and Mr. Rowland's suggestion this would not be something that would be considered until after the LW Video Producers Club was asked if they wanted to produce it. Mr. Clow suggested to steer away from any productions at or about Leisure World. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Mueller asked if there was any correspondence. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the Board had only received Mr. Palmer's resignation. . . e . PG 6 SBCCF MINUTES 8/19/96 BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Clow stated that the picture on Channel 55 is very bad. Ms. Hossinger said that she would look into it. Ms. Fort-Lincke asked the Board if they wanted to present Mr. Palmer with the same award that they had presented to Ms. Dahlin when she resigned. The Board collectively said yes. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:50pm. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. ~0.. L ----------~~ E. Laird Mueller, Vice-Chairman/Treasurer Robin Fort-Lincke, Comcast