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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1994-02-21 . . . ,- SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 2l, 1994 The Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met February 21, 1994 at Comcast Cable in Seal Beach, California. Mr. Palmer called the meeting to order at 6:38 pm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE There was no pledge of allegiance. ROLL CALL Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, *Mr. Mueller (arrived late). Mrs. Dahlin was absent. Marla Kreps from Comcast was present. CONSENT CALENDAR REVIEW OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY 17, 1994 Mr. Clow made corrections to the minutes. Mr. Clow made the motion to accept and file the minutes as changed. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer -0- PASSED: 3-0 FINANCIAL REPORT Mr. Clow said Mr. Rosenthal had asked the foundation for the money owed to Comcast. Mr. Palmer stated that an invoice has not been received and the Foundation only works from invoices. Mr. Clow said the financial report is very'confusing. He went on to say that if the Foundation owes Comcast one hundred thousand dollars then it needs to be paid. Mr. Clow stated the books are not correct as long as the Foundation owes Comcast money. Mr. Palmer said he does not like it either because it makes the bank account look more bloated but an invoice has not been received yet. Mr. Rowland made the motion to accept and file the financial report. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. . . . ... pg. 2 SBCCF minutes 2/21/94 AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Rowland, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Clow, Mr. Palmer CHECK REQUEST Mr. Clow complained about the phone bill and the petty cash account. Ms. Kreps responsed the Foundation just went through an audit. The accountants looked at every thing with a fine tooth comb and nothing was amiss or wrong. All of the Foundations affairs are in order. Mr. Rowland made the motion to accept the check request. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Rowland, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. palmer, Mr. C10w ACCESS FEES Mr. Clow motioned to pay the access fees for a twelve month period for Peter Anninos's program, City Watch Live. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Palmer, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland Mr. Rowland motioned to pay the studio access fee for Robin Fort- Lincke's show, The Robin & Russell Show. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Rowland, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow Mr. Rowland motioned to pay $310.00 for Terri Quinlan. $2l0.00 is for the studio access fees and $100.00 is for props/sets. Mr. Clow seconded the motion. The Board did not want to set a precedent by paying for gasoline expenses for the guests of public access shows and therefore did not allocate $60.00 for travel expenses. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Rowland, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow OLD BUSINESS This was tabled until the next Board of Directors meeting. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION Rob Roy deferred any comment until later in the meeting. -- . pg. 3 SBCCF minutes 2/21/94 NEW BUSINESS GUIDELINE CHANGES Mr. Clow made the motion to table this until the next meeting. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Clow, -0- PASSED: 3-0 Mr. Palmer, Mr. Rowland *Mr. Mueller arrived at 7:00 pm. L.O. PROGRAM CHANGES Mr. Rowland made the motion that none of the L. o. programming should be produced before the Board authorizes the show. Mr. Mueller seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Mueller, -0- PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Palmer, Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland Mr. Rosenthal's programming suggestions will be reviewed more . closely at the next Board meeting. ESTABLISHING PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE Mr. Clow made the motion to table this until the next Board meeting. Mr. Rowland seconded the meeting. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer -0- PASSED: 4-0 PUBLIC ACCESS PROGRAMMING TIME FOR COMCAST PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW Ms. Kreps asked if it was okay if Comcast used Foundation equipment in order to video tape the candidates forum debate sponsored by the League of Women's Voters. Ms. Kreps went on to say that this program is not being funded by the SBCCF. Rob Roy asked why this event was scheduled on a Tuesday. Mr. Palmer responded because on Monday's and Wednesday's there are city council and planning commission meetings, so people do things on Tuesdays and Thursdays. . Rob Roy also asked why this is a L.O. shoot rather than a Public Access shoot. Ms. Kreps stated because the Board did not want to fund a political show. Mr. Palmer also said this is not a L.O. shoot but rather a Comcast shoot. He went on to say that maybe the Board made a mistake. . . . pg. 4 SBCCF minutes 2/21/94 Mr. Roy stated that the Board can not regulate public access programming. Mr. Palmer said that the whole reason behind the decision to not cablecast the debate is because the Board did not want to put themselves into a political situation. Mr. Roy also said that the guidelines need to be changed. Further discussion ensued until Ms. Kreps directed the discussion back to the original topic. Ms. Kreps recommended Public Access programming be shown during a L.O. night for the same duration of time that Comcast pre-empted public access programming. Evan Guyer, Mike Conley, and Barbara Luna will be crewing for that shoot. Mr. Rowland made the motion to approve the taping of the March 8th Seal Beach candidates forum by Comcast cable. It is mandatory that equal time is given during the L.O. programming schedule within one month. The programming time will be during a weekday and not the weekend and should be the same time slot that was given. This in no way sets a precedent and is only an isolated incident. Mr. Muller seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Rowland, -0- PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Clow, Mr. Mueller, Mr. Palmer PUBLIC ACCESS REPORT Ms. Kreps presented the annual end of year report for 1993. Ms. Kreps thanked Paul Rowland for compiling the data from Leisure World. She stated that Seal Beach had a great 1993 and Ms. Kreps hopes 94 will be even better. Ms. Kreps also added that playback operator/public access producer, Dominic Dimare had a wonderful idea of having request video. This is now in operation. Great job DominicI Ms. Kreps reported on the change in her studio class curriculum. She now requires her students to produce a 30 minute show upon completion of the studio workshop. This gets students integrated into the public access program more quickly. It also helps eliminate fear the students may have about producing a show. SBTV has been selected as a preliminary judging site for the Hometown Video Festival. This is quite an honor since SBTV and one other station are the only locations for the western region. . . . -- , pg. 5 SBCCF minutes 2/21/94 Ms. Kreps contacted Hometown and requested that Seal Beach be considered. This festival is very prestigious as they receive entries from allover the United States and it is one of the largest video competitions of its kind. Rob Roy added he had helped Ms. Kreps teach the studio class and said she did an excellent job with the new students. Mr. Palmer said the Board should congratulate Marla on her report, it was very professional and well done. L.O. REPORT Tabled until the next meeting. CORRESPONDENCE Mr. Clifton Ross wrote a letter requesting the Foundation to fund and videotape Los Alamitos soccer games next year. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Mueller motioned the meeting be adjourned at 7:50 pm. Mr. Rowland seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: MOTION Mr. Mueller, -0- PASSED: 4-0 Mr. Clow, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Palmer Joseph Palmer, Chairman Marla Kreps, Coordinator PA