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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1990-11-19 . . . - . '"- .1 SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Comcast Cablevision Facilities November 19, 1990 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., on November 19, 1990, at Comcast Cablevision Conference Room, 201 - 8th Street, Seal Beach, California, with Chairman, Mr. James Clow calling the meeting to order. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Because a was not Flag available at Comcast facilities, the Pledge of Allegiance was waived by the Board. ROLL CALL: Directors present were Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Mueller. Director Dahlin arrived at 7:50 p.m. Staff support present: Pat Sharp Bill Gray, Comcast Cab1evision was present. MINUTES OF OCTOBER 15. 1990 After due discussion Mr. Yglesias moved that the minutes of the October ~5, ~990 Board Meeting be approved with an amendment in "New Business" that a letter be written to Mr. Dave Barford regarding the FoundationjComcast Agreement coming up for renewal in April, 1991. Mr. Robertson seconded motion. AYES: NOES: Motion Mr. Clow, Mr. None Passes: 4-0 Yglesias, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Mueller . . . .. . .-. Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 2 NEW FUNDING REOUESTS A. Access Fees - Bea Bovlin This matter was held over due to Ms. Boylin's absence. B. Access Fee - Mike Melton This matter was held over due to Mr. Melton's absence. C. Access Fee - Hal Robertson After due discussion Mr. Yglesias made a motion to reimburse Comcast Cablevision $10.00 for access fees for Mr. Robertson's production of "Backstage with Fred Cooper." Motion was seconded by Mr. Mueller. AYES: NOES: Motion Mr. Clow, Mr. None Passes: 4-0 Yglesias, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Mueller D. Access Fee - Andre Duov After due discussion a motion was made by Mr. Robertson to cover $25.00 in access fees and $108.99 in expenses for his production of "Barbara's Christmas in Las Vegas." AYES: ~~_ Qlew, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Mueller NOES: None ,,?'<.A... c!.~ Motion Passes: 4-0 . OLD BUSINESS CHECKS FROM OCTOBER Checks requested in October and November, 1990 were approved by the Board. Mr. Mueller advised the Board that he requested the city to transfer $75,000.00 to be deposited into the Foundation's bank account. Mr. Clow questioned the absence of the payment of the telephone bill. Ms. Sharp stated that the bill was inadvertently sent Comcast Cablevision's accounting department and that she would request a check for two months billing on the next check request. . . . .. . ./-...... -~ Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 3 FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE CITY Mr. Mueller advised the Board that the Foundation was solvent. Mr. Mueller advised the Board that a replacement check was issued to Jymm Adams for $100.00. PROGRAMMING UPDATE - Bill Grav Mr. Gray advised the Board the 75th Anniversary Special was shot on November 5, 1990. Mr. Mueller asked why the 10K Run took so long to edit. Mr. Gray stated that Mr. Adams was gone to the WAVE Awards and working on various other projects. Mr. Gray also told the Board that effective Monday, October 22, 1990, Mr. Adams would be leaving Comcast to go on to other career endeavors with the "Sports Channel." Mr. Clow asked how many SBTV News programs have been shot: Mr. Gray stated that one of the five programs have been produced and that there were some other proj ects he wanted to discuss with the Board at a later time. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Terri Quinlan spoke to the Board regarding Peter Anninos. She stated that Mr. Anninos did not know that she was there speaking on his behalf. Mr. Anninos allegedly had a meeting with Mr. Cat that has been barred from Comcast facilities and since, has not been asked to be involved in various productions. She felt that some sort of discrimination was involved because of the affiliation with Mr. Cat. Mr. Clow stated that the Board received a letter from Mr. Anninos regarding this matter. Mr. Clow stated that there was nothing that the Board could do regarding the situation. Mr. Gray stated that this was a Comcast matter and not the Foundation's problem. Mr. Gray also stated that Comcast has people on staff and that they opt to use the people that they are already paying instead of hiring outside producers. Mr. Clow again, stated that there was nothing the Board could do regarding Mr. Anninos situation. Ms. Quinlan also was concerned that there was not more interest with the Access Producers and she felt that something should be done to promote more interest for local access producers to become more involved in community projects. Mr. Clow stated that Comcast would have to come up with some ideas. Mr. Gray stated that Comcast would be hiring a Access Coordinator the beginning of the 1991 year. Mr. Gray stated that Comcast was trying to coordinate a day to promote new producers and their productions. . . . .. . .r:.. -' Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 4 Mr. Yglesias asked Mr. Andrew Fenton, present in the audience, if he was still with Los Alamitos Public Access. Mr. Yqlesias asked what his experiences are with public access. Mr. Fenton stated that his studio was open all the time with residents of Seal Beach being allowed to use the facilities. He also stated that Seal Beach Public Access should allot more time to producers wishing to use public access facilities. Mr. Pete Arnold spoke regardinq the guidelines and stated that the sub-committee made some substantial chanqes in the guidelines. He stated that there should be a lot more studio time and that one more session would be needed to complete the draft of the guidelines and that they should be ready for a first readinq by the December Board meetinq. He also stated that the quidelines should include exactly what the Board wants. FOUNDATION INSURANCE - Jim Clow Mr. Clow stated that he had taken the insurance forms to Mr. Bob Archibald, actinq city Manaqer for the city of Seal Beach, and that Mr. Archibald had given them to one of his assistants, Mary Hooker, for handling. Mr. Clow stated that Ms. Sharp had spoke with Ms. Hooker because of problems she was having obtaining information concerning the insurance forms: Mr. Clow stated that he was having difficulty contacting Ms. Hooker but did finally receive the papers from Ms. Hooker. Mr. Clow stated that he did not want to sign the insurance forms because of talk regarding a lawsuit against the Foundation. Mr. Mueller asked if any documentation was available showing that talk was mentioned reqarding a lawsuit. it was stated that it was in the minutes. After due discussion Ms. Dahlin made a motion to have Mr. Clow siqn the insurance forms, said motion was seconded by Mr. Mueller. Mr. Clow stated that he would send them to the city Attorney and that Mr. Mueller would have to sign some of the forms also. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Robertson, Mrs. Dahlin and Mr. Mueller NOES: None Motion Passes: 5-0 . . . . . .r'. Seal Beach Cable communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 5 GUIDELINES/FOUNDATION Mr. Clow stated that the subcommittee has had two Monday night sessions to date and there would be at least two more meetings. Mr. Clow and Mrs. Dahlin stated that they would not be able to attend the next session slated for Monday, November 26, 1990. Mr. Mueller stated that he had a city Council meeting to attend and that he would also be unavailable to attend the next session. Televisina of Redevelopment Aaencv Meetinas - Laird Mueller Mr. Mueller stated that he spoke with Marilyn Hastings, Gwen Forsythe and Frank Laszlo, of the Seal Beach city Council and they were all in favor of televising the Redevelopment Agency meetings. Mr. Clow asked if he had tried to contact Joe Hunt and Edna Wilson. Mr. Mueller asked if Mr. Clow had talked with Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Wilson and he said that he hadn I t because Mr. Mueller was to contact all City council members. Mr. Clow stated that in all fairness Mr. Mueller should contact the remaining two Council members for their approval. After due discussion a motion was made by Mr. Yglesias for a letter to be written to the council members and copied to Comcast requesting their approval of televising the Redevelopment Agency meetings: Mrs. Dahlin seconded motion. Mr. Gray suggested that the meetings, if approved, should be started at 7:00 p.m. so that the residents would know that the meetings are being aired. The Board accepted Mr. Gray's suggestion. Ms. Sharp asked the Board if she should wait until Mr. Mueller contacted the other council members before writing the letter so they all know about the suggestion, the Board stated that she should ahead and write the letter because the City Council will have to put it on their agenda for acceptance and that might take a couple of months. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Robertson, Mrs. Dahlin and Mr. Mueller NOES: None Motion Passes: 5-0 ~ . .r,. . Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 6 New Business l099 vs. Emplovees - Laird Mueller Mr. Mueller gave the Board an informational packet explaining the difference between independent contractors vs. employees. Mr. Mueller stated that the Foundation was paying producers as independent contractors instead of employees. Mr. Mueller suggested that the Board could either become an employer, and contact Comcast (which would be more expensive) to see if they can provide the employees or even if Comcast would elect to provide the employees or contract the job out to a payroll processing company, who handle the taxes, print the checks and prepare the tax forms. This matter has been held over for further discussion. Mr. Gray to bring figures of cost for employees: Mr. Mueller to bring figures of cost for payroll services. ~ Board Communications Mr. Robertson stated that Mr. John suiter, present in the audience, was not called upon. Mr. Clow stated that his problem was a Comcast problem and asked Mr. Robertson to explain to Mr. Gray his problem. Mr. suiter stated that he had a program dubbed and the tape was of bad quality. Mr. Gray said there would be no problem with exchanging the tape. Mr. Mueller asked why we were having problems with cable television reception. Ms. Sharp stated that Comcast has been doing some work at the head-end and expected the problems to be cured soon. Upon the request of Mr.Mueller, Ms. Sharp presented the Board with the receipt of the computer and software that was purchased. Ms. Sharp also presented documentation regarding the tape stock purchased from Comtel for $966.45, even though the Board only approved $955.45. Ms. Sharp stated that she received the amount requested from Ms. Grab and that she was expecting a receipt from Comtel to verify the amount. . "seed" Club, Mr. Deeds was to present a check to the Foundation for money that was to used for the start-up of the Producer's but he stated that he would pr.esent the check to the . . . I> .. . Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 1990 Page 7 Foundation at the next Board meeting. Mr. Arnold stated that the new Public Access Coordinator should try and start a producers' group and that it would be an asset to the community. ADJOURNMENT It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable communications Foundation Board Meeting at 8:50 p.m. T"Zlibeil by' ,V 'd -Pat Sharp, staff Secretary ACCEPTED AND APPROVED: James Clow Foundation Chairman Date: