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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1996-03-18 .' . . . " SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR MARCH 18,1996 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met March 18, 1996 at Comcast Cable in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Palmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The pledge of allegiance was led by Mr. Rowland. ROLL CALL . Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, and Mr. Mueller were present. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast was present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19. 1996 Mr. Clow made a motion to accept and file the minutes from the February 19, 1996 meeting with corrections. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Mueller stated that the Board had received three financial statements from the city. These were for the prior 3 months in which the city had not forwarded the statements on to the Board. Mr. Mueller stated that the Board was still solvent. CHECK REQUEST Mr. Mueller expressed concern about the invoices received by the Board from Comcast for services in coverage of the city council meetings, planning commission meetings and support services. He stated that the current invoices reflect a 34% management fee as opposed to the previous invoices had a 22% management fee. He said that 34% is 1/3 of the amount due on the invoices. Mr. Mueller stated that he did not recall and notification by Com cast regarding this very significant 12% increase in fees and he asked Ms. Fort-Lincke to research it. . . . PG 2 SBCCF MINUTES 3/18/96 Mr. Clow made the motion to accept and pay the check request. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller NAYS: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ACCESS FEES Mr. Rowland suggested changing the studio fees for City Watch Live for one year to 6 month increments. Mr. Clow made a motion to pay the studio fees for City Watch Live for the first six month increment for 1996. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller NAYS: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Mueller made a motion to pay for the studio fees for Robin Fort-Lincke for a music show studio shoot and for Rob Roy for "Club Dar" a new studio shoot series. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rowland NAYES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 OLD BUSINESS SBTV-3 OPEN HOUSE Ms. Fort- Lincke stated that after much time spent on researching an appropriate day for the open house, that May 18th looked like the best choice and that she would begin the preparations for it. It was decided that the live time on the air should be 1-4 pm. COMCAST FRANCHISE RENEWAL Mr. Palmer stated that this item would be placed on the agenda every month while discussions concerning the franchise renewal with the City of Seal Beach and the hiring of a consultant continue to be current affairs. There was no new information at this time. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION There was no audience communication at this time. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business at this time. . . . PG 3 SBCCF MINUTES 3/18/96 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she was nearing the completion of the Leisure World training class and that she was in the middle of a studio training class in old town. LOCAL ORIGINATION/LOS ALAMITOS PROGRAMMING Mr. Mueller asked Ms. Fort- Lincke why the Spring Parade had been cancelled on the list of proposed LIO productions. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the route of the parade had changed from Main Street to the loop around the greenbelt at Electric and that Evan had mentioned before that Comcast would probably not be able to cover it if that was the case. Mr. Mueller suggested that Comcast should be able to figure out a way to cover it even if it moved to the greenbelt area around Electric. The Board collectively agreed that it has been covered for at least the past 5 years and they wanted to see it covered this year as well. Mr. Clow stated that he felt there were too many shows about the McGaugh school events. He said that it looked like it was not costing Comcast very much money to produce the programs that are being produced for Seal Beach L/O. He said that the Board was spending alot of money on LIO and they would like to see more effort put into the programming selections and more variety of the subject matter. There was much discussion about the what events were being proposed on the list. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that if the Board was unhappy with the selections that had been made, that the Board needed to suggest some programs that should be considered for coverage. Mr. Mueller stated that he would like to see the rough water swim back on the LIO list. He said that if it was covered as a public access shoot last year, then Comcast should be able to cover it as they had up until 2 years ago. He also said that the Board would like to see more sophisticated programming for Seal Beach. He reiterated the Board's concern that 20 of the 25 programs are either McGaugh School or Los Alamitos High School kids programs. He said that there are other issues of current affairs of interest to the city as a whole such as the Edison property, the Bixby property, the proposed Leisure World Hospital, the DWP property, the sand issue, etc. etc. Mr. Mueller asked that Ms. Fort-Lincke relay this information to Comcast from the proposed list of LIO productions. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she would. She then stated that the program exchange with Los Alamitos was continuing very nicely. . . ... . PG 4 SBCCF MINUTES 3/18/96 CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Palmer asked if anyone had heard anything about an appointment for Betty Dahlin's position of the Board. No one had heard of any announcement. Mr. Clowand Mr. Rowland suggested that the new General Manager for Comcast, Linda Hossinger, be invited to the next Board meeting to discuss Comcast relationship with the Board and the Board's concerns. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she would take care of doing that. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Rowland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 pm. Mr. Mueller seconded. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ~ .G./~~ Robin Fort-Lincke, PA Coordinator Joseph Palmer, Chairman