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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1995-06-19 . . . .4.~_ _ 'II SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR JUNE 19, 1995 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met June 19, 1995 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. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mrs. Dahlin. Mr. Clow was absent due to illness. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast was present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM MAY 15, 1995 Mr. Palmer stated that specifically on page 4, the Financial Report should be attributed to Mr. Mueller. With that correction, Mrs. Dahlin motioned the minutes be accepted and placed on file. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Dahlin, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller Mrs. -0- PASSED: 4-0 FINANCIAL REPORT AND CHECK REQUEST Mr. Mueller reported on the Financial Report for the month ending May 31 and stated about $1000 had been spent, of this, $400 was for the van shoot. He said that the Board is still solvent and the investment rate is up to 5.9%. There are three small items in the Check Request. Mrs. Dahlin motioned that we pay the bills and approve the Financial Report. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Dahlin, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer Mrs. -0- PASSED: 4-0 OLD BUSINESS PUBLIC ACCESS AWARDS Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she had taken Mr. Peter Anninos' award to the trophy shop on Electric and had looked at a director's chair piece as part of the trophy for Mr. Rob Roy. This would create a similar trophy to Mr. Anninos' trophy within our price range. ~ . . . PG2 SBCCF minutes 6/19/95 Ms. Fort-Lincke also looked at the glass place, Art of Glass. She said that Belinda, the woman there suggested a square shape that was offset on a base. A camera could be blasted on the background and there could be etching of a name on the front. The price could be $50 to $100 depending on what was done. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she was also looking at other ideas - including a toy camera, video heads, a seal with a camera on his nose. It was suggested that Mr. Rob Roy's award be presented to him, as a surprise, on City Watch Live. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that this could be done the first week in August. NEW BUSINESS REQUEST FOR EQUIPMENT TO LEAVE SEAL BEACH Mr. Palmer stated that there was a request from Ms. Ruth Dasche for equipment to leave the Seal Beach/Los Alamitos Area. Ms. Dasche stated that she had been working on a project since last fall about search and rescue dogs and their handlers and how they are trained to find victims of disasters. She said that her sister was training a search and rescue dog. She stated that she was requesting that she be allowed to take the equipment to Fontana and possibly to Hayward to interview the person who trains the trainers. She stated that she has already interviewed many other people for this project. Ms. Dasche, in response to a question, stated that she was physically capable of handling the equipment and that the equipment would be used for the day. Mr. Mueller motioned that Ms. Dasche be permitted to take equipment out of the area for this project. Mrs. Dahlin stated that the project was worthy, however, she questioned whether there should be a reversal of Board policy. Mr. Palmer clarified that equipment could be taken out of the area with the permission of the Board. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated euipment is normally checked out for one day and that downtown has a form that producers fill out when they check out equipment and producers are responsible if there is damage to the equipment. Mr. Rowland confirmed that the same form was used at Leisure World. Ms. Fort- Lincke mentioned that other Access Producers, when they saw this item on the agenda, were surprised because they were unaware of this policy and have been doing other projects out of the area for years. When asked her opinion, Ms. Fort-Lincke stated she had worked with Mrs.Dasche and that it would be worthwhile for her to go to complete this segment. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer NAYS: -0- ABSTAIN: Mrs. Dahlin MOTION PASSED: 3-1 . . . . . PG 3 SBCCF minutes 6/19/95 Ms. Dashe stated that she had asked Mr. Russel Bauman to look at the tapes and see if he could help her edit the tapes into a program and she expected to hear something back from him within a week. Mrs. Dahlin asked if we were insured for damage to the equipment. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that whoever checks out the equipment would be responsible. Ms. Dashe thanked the Board for their permission. PURCHASE OF BATTERIES AND BATTERY DISCHARGERS Ms. Fort-Lincke reported that we needed four batteries for the Leisure World Video Club Producers and two battery discharger units, one for downtown and one for Leisure World. Mrs. Dahlin motioned that this purchase be approved. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Dahlin, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer Mrs. -0- PASSED: 4-0 PURCHASE OF POWER SUPPLY Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that we only had the battery belts for the large cameras and that they did not last that long and that they were heavy, therefore, she was looking at other alternatives for power supply. The price quotes that she had were in the range of $500, but she felt that she could do better by matching up the equipment requirements to meet our needs rather than buying a brand name power supply. This item will be back on the next agenda. INSURANCE Mr. Palmer stated that the minimum cost of property insurance was now up to $750 and the equipment had depreciated. Mr. Mueller motioned that the property insurance not be renewed and be replaced with self-insurance. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Mueller, -0- PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Dahlin Ms. Fort-Lincke was directed to contact Pollman and cancel the property insurance. The Board stated that they did not need to put separate funds aside for self-insurance. It was dteremined that if any losses occurred to property, there would be sufficient internal funds to cover any losses. The Board stated that they intended to continue to keep the Directors and Officers Liability Insurance. . . . . - PG 4 SBCCF minutes 6/19/95 REPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-Lincke reported that she had contacted the City Clerk who said that if the School Board submitted a written request to use the City Council Chambers for their meeting then they would get a response to that request. The Board stated that it was now up to the School Board to take any further actions. Ms. Fort-Lincke also reported that the character generator in the downtown edit bay went down and is out for repairs. Leisure World has also had continuing problems with their character generator and so has the unit in the council chambers. Ms. Fort-Lincke recommended that the Foundation start looking into doing something else. She said that the character generators are used many hours a week and that there are new units with special effects besides the ability to type letters. Mr. Rowland explained that the CG at Leisure World could be used but not the way it was intended. Mr. Rowland suggested that maybe Mr. Don Anderson could get a loaner under the warranty. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that she had been told by Mr. Anderson to contact a salesperson if she wanted to get a loaner. Ms. Fort-Lincke was asked by the Board to get the rental prices and purchase prices for different kinds of CGs. She stated that the price range could be from $600 for a basic CG to $10,000 for one that is computer based and has special effects and she stated that she would get more information. CORRESPONDENCE Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that there was no correspondence. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS The Board stated that they wanted to present the award to Mr. Roy at City Watch Live. Ms. Fort-Lincke announced that Mr. Peter Anninos had won an Emmy for an educational program he did for KOCE for camera work. The Board stated that they wanted to see that Mr. Anninos got publicity for this. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that this could be done. Mr. Rowland motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m., and Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mrs. Dahlin, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller NAYS: -0- MOTION PASSED: 4-0 ~~,W>> Robin Fort-Lincke, Comcast Joseph Palmer, Chairman