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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1994-10-17 . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 17, 1994 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met October 17, 1994 at 7:00pm at Comcast Cablevision in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Palmer called the meeting to order at 7:00pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE There was no pledge of allegiance because a flag was unavailable. ROLL CALL Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Dahlin, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Clowand Mr. Mueller were present. Robin Fort-Lincke from Comcast was present. CONSENT CALENDAR ACCESS FEE FOR DOMINIC DIMARE Mr. Palmer stated that the Board had received a requested for funding of $400.00 from Dominic Dimare for a van shoot at McGaugh School. . There was discussion about the purpose of a van shoot as opposed to using the newer big cameras. Dominic Dimare explained that by using the van it allowed the highest quality and he said that Comcast had done some shoots recently at McGaugh with the van and he would like the opportunity to do as good of a production with the van. Mrs. Dahlin stated that she thought the Board had agreed previously not to do any more van shoots. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that there had been a van shoot not that long ago for Leisure World on a bowling program. Mr. Rowland confirmed that it was in April. Mr. Clow stated that he remembered that the Board a while ago had discussed discouraging van shoots, not that they would do none. He then asked about using the new cameras. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that there are only 2 new cameras and they do not have handles with zoom controls on them; the zoom controls are up on the cameras. She said that there is also no AC power for the cameras. Dominic Dimare said that you have to use the battery belts which don't last all that long and there are only 2 battery belts. Mr. Mueller stated that he recalled the financial position of the Board at that time . was probably a different situation than it is now. Mr. Palmer stated that he thought it was a good idea for people to use the van .' . PG 2 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 so people will not get out of the habit of using it and he suggested using some of the newer producers so it will also be a learning experience for them. There was discussion about the benefits of using the van and having the McGaugh kids and parents seeing it used. Dominic Dimare explained how much he wanted to use the van to get away from the camcorder look of the program and be able to use dissolves and such. Mr Mueller motioned to approve the funding request to pay for the van shoot for Dominic Dimare at the McGaugh School concert. Mr. Rowland stated that he wondered if we were overdoing it by covering McGaugh events. He asked Dominic Dimare why he didn't cover anything at Los Alamitos High School. Dominic Dimare said that Los Alamitos is a different cable system and he has a particular interest in McGaugh school. He said that there have been several events that we covered at the high school and one is an event that happens once a year that we usually cover. Mr. Clow indicated that there had been no second to the motion. . Mrs. Dahlin seconded the motion. Mr. Rowland suggested covering events at McCauliff school. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that if a producer wanted to cover something at McCauliff that would be fine, but the Board should not dictate what a producer should cover and where. If someone expressed an interest in covering something at McCauliff that would be great but no one has asked. Ms. Fort-Lincke stated that over the last two years aside from the Comcast productions, Dominic Dimare covered many productions at McGaugh School with either a skeleton crew or by himself with all three cameras and that this is how those programs got on the air. Dominic Dimare said that it was 10 shows last year. Mrs. Dahlin asked Dominic Dimare if he felt that he would be unable to do the quality of program that he wanted with the other cameras versus the van. There was discussion about the pros of using the van and the amount of time eliminated in the editing process. . Mr. Mueller said that he felt that the Board was getting a package deal. He said that Dominic said that the quality would be better, the Board hasn't spent much money on the van lately, the Board has more money at this point because it is not paying for LO shows and additional new crew members would further the learning process. . . . PG 3 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 Mr. Mueller restated his motion to approve the funding request for Dominic Dimare for the use of the van to tape the McGaugh School concert. Mrs. Dahlin seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Mueller, Mrs. Dahlin, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 Mrs. Dahlin asked the chairman why the minutes of the previous meetings had been crossed off of the agenda. Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that she had done that because she had not had a chance to finish typing them. She said Mr. Clow had mentioned before that it would be nice to get the minutes sooner than the Board had been receiving them and she agreed. She then said that she realized as the time was approaching to get the packets together that she would not have the minutes ready by then. She said that she hoped to have those two meetings' minutes and tonight's minutes for the Board at their next meeting. FINANCIAL REPORTS Mr. Mueller stated that the Board had received two financial statements: one for August and one for September. He said that August shows an amount of $4000 which he thinks is for last years' accounting. He explained that the fiscal year for the Board goes up to June and coincides with the city. He said that there were revenues and expenses for September and about $130,000 in the bank with the city and very little in Bank of America. Mr. Mueller asked Ms. Fort- Lincke to check with Mike Zaharas to see what happens if say a check for $10.00 comes through and the bank shows $2.50. Mr. Clow asked about money paid to Comcast for part-time employees. Mr. Mueller explained that the Board had paid for 2nd and 3rd quarter had just been paid for so the Board was up to date. Mr. Clow asked if there was a list of part-time employees. He said he did not know who was working here now. Mr. Mueller said yes. Mr. Clow asked what Dominic Dimare did as a part-time employee. Dominic Dimare answered that he helps out Ms. Fort-Lincke as staff support. . . . PG 4 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 Mr. Clow said he didn't understand what that was. Dominic Dimare said that he did it for Marla. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she also did it for Marla. Mr. Palmer said that he felt that the Board should not be asking these questions. Mr. Clow said that he felt they should if they were paying for it. Mr. Palmer said that if was not the Board's money and they shouldn't be asking. Mr. Mueller said to Mr. Clow that he did not know that Mr. Clow wanted to see them. He explained that he sees them every time an invoice is submitted. He handed Mr. Clow the invoice which lists the employees names. Mr. Clow said he didn't have time to look at it in the meeting. There was discussion about part-time employees who cover the taping of the City Council meetings and Planning Commission meetings and playback. CHECK REQUEST Mr. Clow asked what city dubs were. Ms. Fort-Lincke clarified that city dubs were dubs for the local governments meetings, that they were not dubs for the city. Mr. Mueller said that he like the fact the dubs were distinguished between city meeting dubs and other. Mrs. Dahlin motioned to accept and file the financial report and check request. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mrs. Dahlin NA YES; -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 OLD BUSINESS EXPENSES FOR PUBLIC ACCESS PROGRAM Ms. Fort-Lincke explained that she put this item on the agenda because the Board discussed and approved some items for her to buy for the studio and she wasn't sure if she should leave it on the agenda or not. Mr. Palmer suggested that Ms. Fort-Lincke might just inform the Board on her progress with the items discussed previously. . . . PG 5 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she had tried several places and that she would be going to the Orange County swapmeet to check out fake plants there. There was discussion about where else to try. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Dominic Dimare stated that he was doing a Rick Paap shoot the next morning. He explained that he just found out about it and that Rick told him it would be Officer Safety for the kids. There was discussion about Rick Paap's commercial on television. NEW BUSINESS PUBLIC ACCESS Ms. Fort-lincke explained that she had completed two studio workshops and one of the girls from the workshop was now in training for the local government meetings. She also stated that she started the port-a-pac classes at Leisure World and has eight students. She said it went well and that she hoped it would continue. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the first Los Alamitos football game was ready to go on the air tomorrow night. She said she received the tapes on Friday. Mr. Palmer asked how the Board would pay for the tapes. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the Board would receive invoices for the tapes from Los Alamitos. Mr. Mueller asked the Board if they all received a copy of the Resolution from the City Council regarding televising the football games. Mr. Palmer said he did not receive a copy of the Resolution. There was discussion about the fact that the Board has already voted on this issue. Mr. Mueller asked if it would be possible to put a little blurb on Channel 3 that says something like "Hey everyone, let us know how your comments about the football games and call Robin" . It was stated that the "Whereas" Resolution was written by Frank Laszlo. Mr. Rowland stated that he saw the City Council meeting and that Frank Laszlo was very sarcastic about the Foundation. There was discussion about the comments. . . . PG 6 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 LOCAL ORIGINATION Mr. Palmer stated that the Board was keeping this on as an agenda item to alert themselves about Local Origination. He said that although the Board is not financially supporting LIO they hope that Comcast will continue to produce LIO programming. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Palmer stated that Ms. Fort- Lincke has given the Board members copies of the W .A. V .E. Award categories and perhaps they could look them over and have some ideas for the next meeting for the Boards local awards. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that the Board should think about whether or not they should have outside people judge since they (the Board) wanted to award the longest running program, most active producer, etc. and those people would not be aware of those things. There was discussion about how many categories to have and what categories producers would like to enter and so on. It was suggested that the Board and Ms. Fort-Lincke would individually look at the categories and try to come up with some sort of an idea for the award program to discuss at the next meeting. Ms. Fort-Lincke handed out a copy of an insurance premium bill that she just received in the mail. The Board discussed the fact that the due date on the bill required emergency action. by the Board to add to the agenda and this nights' meeting. Mrs. Dahlin moved to declare an emergency situation and authorize payment of a non-agendized item of $1625.00 for the Board' annual insurance policy. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Dahlin NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 Mr. Mueller moved to pay the insurance premium of $1625 to Pollman Insurance. Mrs. Dahlin seconded the motion. AYES: Mrs. Dahlin, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 . . . PG 7 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 Mr. Clow stated that he is reading the premium notice that the insurance company must receive the deposit amount of $906.00 and then get the "OK" from the carrier. He wanted to know why the Board was paying the full amount rather than the deposit amount. Mrs. Dahlin explained that it would be easier to pay the full amount rather than go through the time of issuing different checks and run the risk of going past the due date. There was discussion about how difficult the letter is to read and determine what exactly the Board is supposed to pay. Ms. Fort-Lincke said that she wanted the Board to know that Terri Quinlan entered the W.A. V .E. Awards and was a finalist. She explained that the Awards were being held this weekend but regardless, Terri would receive a certificate for being a fina1is t . Mr. Clow said that he thought it was a really good program. The Board was very happy about the news. Mr. Rowland stated that he felt the Board should write a letter of commendation. Mr. Palmer and members of the Board agreed and wanted to see if she wins the award to write a letter or do the appropriate action. Mr. Clow suggested going before the City Council. There was discussion about putting a notice or press release in the local paper. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Rowland stated that a while back he had asked Marla about putting the Channel 3 listing in the newspaper and it was a hundred and some dollars. Mr. Palmer said that Barbara Luna had checked a while back also and came back with an outrageous number. There was discussion about listing the schedule. Ms. Fort- Lincke said that she would check at the Seal Beach Sun and see what rates she could get. Mr. Clow asked Ms. Fort-Lincke if the programming schedule was updated. Ms. Fort- Lincke said that it was. Mr. Clow said that the was a program with a strange name. It was determined to be a spelling error. . . . PG 8 SBCCF minutes 10/17/94 Mr. Rowland moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:10pm and Mrs. Dahlin seconded the motion. AYES: Mr. Rowland, Mrs. Dahlin, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer. Mr. Clow NA YES: -0- MOTION PASSED: 5-0 (~~ ~-lA~~ obm Fort-Lincke, Comcast Joseph Palmer, Chairman