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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1996-04-15 . . . v CNJ5 SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF. DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR APRIL 15, 1996 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met April 15, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. at the Comcast facility in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Palmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, and Mr. Mueller were present. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast was present. NEW BUSINESS INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBER PETER ANNINOS Mr. Palmer suggested that the first item under new business be moved to the beginning of the meeting. He then announced that Peter Anninos had been appointed by Councilmember Gwen Forsythe to the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation and was present. Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clowand Mr. Mueller welcomed Mr. Anninos to the Board. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM MARCH 18. 1996 Mr. Palmer stated that Ms. Betty Dahlin although Councilmember Forsythe had announced Ms. Betty Dahlin's resignation at a council meeting, that Ms. Dahlin should submit a formal letter of resignation to the Board. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she would contact her to write the letter. Mr. Clow made a motion to receive and file the minutes of the meeting from March 18, 1996. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller NAYS: -0- ABSTAIN: Mr. Anninos MOTION PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller gave an overview of the financial report and said that the Board is still solvent. ACCESS FEES FOR ROB ROY Mr. Clow stated that the amount of money requested for the program "Club Dar" exceeded the amount available printed on the front of the funding request. . . . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 4/15/96 After some discussion, it was determined by the information on the funding form that the maximum amount available at one time for one program or series of programs would be $600. Mr. Palmer asked Mr. Roy if he felt that $600.00 would be an acceptable amount for the program series. Mr. Roy said yes. Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept the funding request for "Club Dar" produced by Rob Roy in the amount of $600.00. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Palmer, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ACCESS FEE FOR JEFF MEADOWS Mr. Clow made a motion to accept the funding request for Jeff Meadows for the studio fee of $35.00 and food allowance up to $35.00. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ACCESS FEE FOR HAL ROBERTSON Mr. Clow made a motion to accept the funding request for Hal Robertson for the bowling tournament van shoot on May 7th of $400.00 and food allowance up to $35.00. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Anninos NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 CHECK REQUEST Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept and pay the check request. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller NAYS: -0- ABSTAINS: Mr. Anninos MOTION PASSED: 3-0 OLD BUSINESS COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Mueller stated that the Seal Beach assistant city manager, Dan Dorsey had notified him that a committee was being formed at the direction of the city manager, Keith Till for the selection process of a franchise renewal consultant. . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 4/15/96 He said that this committee would consist of Mr. Pete Arnold, Mr. Keith Till, Mr. Laird Mueller and Mr. Dan Dorsey. Mr. Rob Roy stated that the public access producers was in the process of putting together a list of concerns for the city council. Mr. Palmer asked if this was something that should wait until after the selection process. Ms. Terri Quinlan explained that the public access producers were complying with a request of the city council to list the concerns and present them to the city council, city manager and SBCCF. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Mr. Rob Roy welcomed Mr. Anninos for District III to the Board. NEW BUSINESS ELECTION OF OFFICERS . Mr. Clow nominated Mr. Anninos as chairman of the Board. Mr. Anninos stated that he was very appreciative of the nomination, but that as a new member he would feel more comfortable acclimating himself to the Board. Mr. Palmer suggested that Mr. Anninos assume the secretarial position since the member he was replacing had been the secretary. Mr. Mueller made a motion to accept officers in the existing positions, Mr. Palmer as Chairman, Mr. Mueller as Treasurer, and Mr. Anninos as Secretary. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. A YES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort- Lincke said that everything was coming together for the open house on May 18th. She said SBTV-3 would be on the ail' from 1-4 pm and that public access producers would be helping with the preparations. . Mr. Palmer stated that invitations should go out right away. There was a discussion about approving seed money to Ms. Fort-Lincke for the open house expenses. Mr. Clow suggested $500.00. . . . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 4/15/96 Mr. Palmer suggested that Comcast match the amount that the Board approved to spend. Mr. Mueller stated that Comcast did something similar to matching the amount at the last open house. Mr. Clow made the motion to approve $500.00 to Robin Fort-Lincke as seed money for open house expenses. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 LOCAL ORIGINATION ILOS ALAMITOS Mr. Palmer asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if there was any new information from Comcast regarding the Board's concerns about local origination programming. Those concerns were that after receiving the 96-97 program proposal, the Board felt that 20 of the 25 programs were kids events and that there are many more issues and affecting that city the could be covered. The Board stated that since the Board is paying for local origination programming that Comcast should be producing more sophisticated programming for the city and putting more effort into the programming. In addition, the Board stated that they spend a great deal of money on programs that are only shown one or two times. The Board said that they would like to see local origination programming shown more than just on Sunday. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that the new General Manager, Linda Hossinger had planned to attend this meeting regarding this issue, but was unable to attend at the last minute. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Mueller addressed the letter from Marilee Jackson at Comcast regarding the very high management fees for temporary services. He stated that he assumed all the Board members had read the letter that had been included in their packet and in summary, it was an explanation that Comcast had incurred the increase in fees and was passing it on to the Board. He said that Ms. Jackson also stated in her letter that Comcast would be researching less expensive services. The Board unanimously supported the suggestion that Comcast research other agencies for temporary services at a lesser cost for Comcast and the Board. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Clow welcomed Mr. Anninos to the Board and stated that he hoped Mr. Anninos doesn't hesitate to voice his opinions at the Board meetings. Mr. Anninos thanked Mr. Clow. Mr. Clow asked Ms. Fort- Lincke why the Board was not receiving the minutes of the meetings on the Wednesday before the meeting. . , ' . PG 5 SBCCF MINUTES 4/15/96 Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she sent the minutes with the agenda and all other pertinent information in the packets to the Board all at one time, and that they could not be mailed until the agenda is posted and the agenda cannot be posted until 72 hours prior to the meeting, which is Thursday. Mr. Clow stated that the Board had agreed to have the minutes on Wednesday and that he felt the Board should do what they said they would do. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that in addition to the timing problem with the agenda, that she had had availability problems with the public access producers who had been assisting her with the minutes and other duties and that this created an additional burden on completing all the tasks including teaching the classes, handling equipment and productions, preparing for the open house and all the administrative duties in a timely manner. She said sometimes, they are ready Thursday but miss the mail pick up time. Mr. Palmer stated that he felt that it didn't seem to be a problem and suggested that Ms. Fort-Lincke continue to prepare them as she has been. After some discussion, Mr. Clow asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if she would call him when the packets were ready and he would come and pick it up rather than wait for the mail. . Ms. Fort- Lincke said that she would be happy to call him when it is ready. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Mueller made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00pm. Mr. Anninos seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Anninos, Mr. Clow, Mr. Palmer NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 Joseph Palmer, Chairman ~~~~lLQp,~ Robm Fort- Lincke, Comcast .