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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1989-02-27 I. II~.. -- SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION Board of Directors Meeting February 27, 1989 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., with Chairman Mr. Peter Arnold calling the meet- ing to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Roll Call Present: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Stein Minutes of January 23, 1989 Mr, Looney moved that the minutes be approved as written, Mr. Stein seconds, AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Clow, Mr. Stein, Noes: None Motion Carries 4-0 from the January meeting.) Mr. Looney (Mr. Yglesias abstaining, as he was absent NEW FUNDING REQUEST--Funding ReQuest--Jim Clow Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $10.00 to Mr. Clow for the access fee for his public access production "Coast Savings Christmas Tree Decorating." Mr. Yglesias seconds. Before presenting his proposals, Mr. Clow stepped down from the Board and did not vote on the requests. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries . Funding ReQuest--Jim Clow Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $10.00 to Mr. Clow for costs associated with his public access production "Backstage with Fred Cooper #4." Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Looney, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Jim Clow Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $10.00 to Mr. Clow for costs associated with his public access production "Backstage with Fred Cooper #5." Mr, Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Jim Clow Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $10.00 to Mr. Clow for costs associated with his public access production "Barbara Bush at Leisure World." Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries . FundinR ReQuest--Shirlev Roberts Mr. Clow moved that the Board fund $88.00 to Mrs. Roberts for costs associated with her public access production "Seal Beach Spotlight." Mr. Looney seconded for the pur- pose of discussion. The Board then questioned the listing of mileage reimbursement on this request, and was told that the taping would be taking place at Long Beach City" College on four or five separate occassions. AYES: Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: Mr, Arnold Motion Carries 4-1 I. . e ~. Funding ReQuest--A.C. Fenton Mr. Clow moved that the Board fund $25.00 to Mr. Fenton for costs associated with his public access production "Magical Mystery Tour." Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--BRF Productions BRF Productions was represented by Mr. Stephen Bruce, who presented this proposal to the Board. There was a brief discussion of some of the items liated, including crew refreshments. After the questions from the Board, Mr. Clow Moved that the Board fund $175.00 to BRF Productions for costs associated with the public access production "Seal Beach City Limits." Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Clow, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--L6is Cohn Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $60.00 to LOis Cohn for the costs of two entry fees to the National Hometown USA Video Festival for the productions "The Wee People" and "What a Wonderful World." Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Seal Beach Producers Group The Producers Group was represented at this meeting by Stephen Bruce, who told the Board that this proposal was to help establish the Group and their needs in the areas of office supplies (stationary, envelopes, stamps, etc.) Mr. Bruce also told the Board that the Producers Group planned to mail a survey to all certified producers, hoping to receive replies that will determine the needs of the producers. There was a lengthy discussion concerning this request; and during the discussion, Mr. Arnold said that he was supportive of the aims of the Group, but was a bit surprised at the initial costs reflected in their proposal, especially for stamps ($300.00.) Mr. Arnold contended that the Group may not need to send out stamped, self addressed envelopes as part of their survey, and hoped the Group would find an alternative to this cost. Mr. Looney then moved that the Board fund $498.00 to the Seal Beach Producers Group to help the Group become functional and organized, Mr, Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Glow, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein Motion Carries 3-2 Before moving on, Mr. Stein asked if it was possible that some of these costs for the Producers Group be channelled toward the Foundation's yearly allotment of $25,000 to Gomcast for office support and staff support. Miss Suzan Grab replied that she thought it best to have the Producers Group as a separate entity, and in fact said that she does not attend the Group's meetings nor guides them in any direction as an organization. Funding ReQuest---Suzan Grab Mr. Yglesias moved that the Board fund $1,494.00 for the Coverage of two Los Alamitos H.S. Girls Softball games and one Los Alamitos H.S. Boys Baseball game. Mr. Glow seconds. Mr. Stein, noting the cost of Talent ($25.00 per game,) asked if it was possible to have members of the school's journalism or speech programs do the announcing, as it may have great benefit to those students. The discussion then turned to why the local press consistently refers to the Foundation-funded coverage of Los Al sporting events is re- ferred to as LATV (Los Alamitos TV,) when in fact it is the Foundation who is paying I. . . ., for the production and Seal Beach access producers doing all the work on these pro- grams. A full conversation on this issue followed, with the Board asking how to remedy the fact that the Foundation does not receive the acknowledgement of production. It was suggested that the Los Alamitos High School administrators be notified of the in- volvement of the Foundation in providing this coverage, and Mr. Stein hoped that a representative of the school attend a Foundation meeting to thank the Board for their effort. The idea of withholding from LATV copies of sports productions funded by the Foundation was briefly mentioned, along with the idea of more mentions of the Foundation during the sports cablecast and production. The issue was not resolved, although the Board individually express their extreme disappointment over the situation, and hoped for further discusion of this problem. AYES: Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Stein Motion Fails Funding ReQuest--Suzan Grab Mr. Yglesias moved that the Board fund $17.50 for 50 copies of the handbook "Community Television Handbook for Production." Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Looney, Mr, Clow Noes: none Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Suzan Grab This proposal was for purchasing a personal computer for use in the access/production department, and also to be used by Foundation staff. The Board asked that this item be held over, and for Miss Grab to return a proposal with more specific infor- mation. Mr. Yglesias then offered to research the possibility of a trade of computers with the Coastline Community College District, Mr. Stein said that he understood the necessity of purchasing such a computer, but felt that Comcast should be responsible for the purchase, considering the $25,000.00 per year provided to them by the Foundation for staff and support. OLD BUSINESS--Funding Request--Lois Cohn This item was asking the Board for their support for the upcoming Student Media Fest- ival, to be held at McGaugh School. The Board asked that this item be held over until their next meeting, and directed staff to contact Mrs. Cohn to provide more specific information to the Board. Approval of December 19. 1988 Minutes Mr. Looney moved that the Board approve the minutes as written. Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Checks Requested for January There was no action necessary or taken on this item; it was for the Board's information. Financial Report from City The Financial Report had not been received by the time of the Board meeting, and staff told the Board that the report will be mailed to them as soon as it is received. Local Origination Program Update There was no action necessary or taken; this item was for the Board's information. Mr. Arnold did ask Mr. Mike Ewing of Comcast to finish editing the production of the "Sand- Castle Contest," as the event took place in September of 1988. Equipment Purchase and Installation ~ -Mr. Arnold told the Board of the progress regarding the delivery of the video equip- ment to Metrovonics, and told the Board that the City is keeping the Board abreast of the construction of the room at City Hall to house the equipment. The Board also briefly discussed how to go about paying the balance due to Metrovonics, but took no action. Equipment (Camcorder) Travel Restrictions/Guidelines This item was to establish rules and guidelines, if any, for the camcorder and other equipment available to the public access producers. A discussion of guidelines followed, with Mr. Stein suggesting a limit of no more than 100 miles (as a restriction of how far away the equipment could be taken for use in a production.) Mr. Looney recommended that the limit not be based on mileage, but on the nature of the use of the equipment and how it would be used in the production. Mr. Yslesias moved that the Board allow the Public Access Coordinator to use her discretion in each individual request for equipment check-out. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Yglesias, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Audience Communications Mr. Ewing of Comcast told the Board that he had researched the franchise agreement be- ~ween the City and Group W Cable, and found that the yearly payment of $75,000.00 to the City was to continue through the life of the contract, which he believed to be 1997. Miss Grab then told the Board that she was disappointed that they had rejected her proposal to cover the softball and baseball games. . Board Communications Mr. Clow asked staff about the recently purchased Quickset Tripods, and was told that were to be delivered shortly. Mr. Arnold then expressed his extreme disappointment (in fact, he was just plain angry) that the Foundation-funded promotional/information production has not yet been completed, and strongly urged Comcast staff to finish the program. Mr. Stein then had a few questions regarding the City Council and Planning Commission coverage, which were answered by Comcast staff. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 7:30 p.m. .