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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1988-09-26 . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING September 26, 1988 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 meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Absent: None Minutes of Au~ust 22, 1988 Mr. Stein moved that the minutes be approved as written.Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Mr. Clow abstains, as he was not present at the August meeting. NEW BUSINESS--Fundin~ Request--Andre Dupuy Mr. Dupuy was not present at the meeting, and the Board requested that the proposal be held over until the Board's next regular meeting. Fundin~ Request--Andre Dupuv Mr. Dupuy was unable to attend the meeting, and the Board held over until their next regularly scheduled meeting. requested that this proposal be Fundin~ Request--Shirlev Roberts .After a brief discussion of this request, Mr. Clow moved Mrs. Roberts for costs associated with her public access Stein seconds. that the Board fund $95.00 to production "No Limits #3." Mr. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Shirley Roberts Mr. Yglesias moved that the Board fund $90.00 to Mrs. Roberts for costs associated with her public access production "No Limits #4." Mr. Looney seconds, AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias ~: None Motion Carries Funding Request--James Clow Mr. Clow stepped down from the Board to make his presentation. After a discussion, Mr. Stein moved that the Board fund $40.00 to Mr. Clow for costs associated with the public access productions "Backstage w/Fred Cooper." This proposal was for four separate produc- tions at $10.00 each. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--James Clow Mr. Yglesias moved that the Board fund $10.00 to Mr, Clow for costs associated with the .PUbliC access production "Leisure World Safety #1." Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Bill Dewar , After a brief discussion of the funding request, .Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $460.00 for igative Journalism for Open Minds and Skeptics." and a change in the proposed budget, four episodes of "Bill Dewar's Invest- Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Karina Dahmen There was a discussion among the Board members, mainly concerning the proposed cost of $25.00 in Mrs. Dahmen's budget for make-up, with the Board members expressing their opin- ions on the need for such costs to be reimbursed (or not reimbursed.) Mr. C10w then-moved that the Board fund $88.80 for the costs, including makeup, of Mrs. Dahmen's public access production "Talk, Talk, Talk #18." This motion failed for lack of a second. Mr. Looney then moved that the Board fund $63.80 for costs associated with Mrs. Dahmen's pub- lic access production "Talk, Talk, Talk #18," reflecting that this funding would not in- clude the costs of makeup. Mr. Stein seconds. Before voting, Mr. Clow expressed his opinion on the need for the Board to establish concrete and understandable funding guidelines, and told the Board that the access producers are expending more time, energy and effort, and money than are reflected in their proposals; he also told the Board that they should visit the Comcast studios and observe an access production in progress to further under- stand the efforts of these individual producers. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Motion Carries 3-2 Funding ReQuest--Karina Dahmen .After a discussion of this request, and some changes in the proposed moved that the Board fund $57.99 to Mrs. Dahmen for costs associated ess production "Talk, Talk, Talk #19. Mr. Clow seconds. budget, Mr. Yglesias with her public acc- AYES: Mr. C1ow, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Yglesias NOeS: Mr. Looney, Mr. Stein Motion Carries 3-2 Funding ReQuest--Karina Dahmen Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $262.99 to Mrs. Dahmen for costs associated with her public access production "Talk, Talk, Talk #23," for the purposes of discussion. Mr. Ygles- ias seconds. The Board then discussed Mrs. Dahmen's proposal,deleting the costs of makeup, and noting that this proposal includes three chairs to be used in productions that will become the property of the Foundation, and made available to other access producers if they so desire. Mr. Looney then amended his motion to read: funding of $238.00 to Mrs. Dahmen for costs associated with her public access production "Talk, Talk, Talk #23." Mr. Yglesias seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias NOeS: None Motion Carries Funding ReQuest--Suzan Grab Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund no more than $120.00 for the entry fees of six access producers (at $20.00 each) to the Western Access Video Awards. The names of the producers will be supplied to staff by Miss Grab. Mr. Stein seconds. .~: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Clow, Mr. Noes: None Motion Carries Looney, Mr. Yglesias Funding ReQuest--Suzan Grab This proposal was for the purchase of tape stock. Mr. C10w moved that the Board fund $1,059.62 for the following: 30 twenty-minute 3/4" tapes at $8.25 each; 30 thirty minute 3/4" tapes at $8.64 each; and 40 sixty minute 3/4" tapes at $12.30 each. Mr. Looney seconds. '.AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow, Mr. Yglesias Noes: None Motion Carries OLD BUSINESS--Local OriRination ProRram Update Before the discussion of this item, Mr. Mike Ewing of Comcast Cable distributed to the Board an updated revisement of this listing. Mr. Arnold stated that he was upset that some of the programs listed were not what he considered "local origination" and questioned the decisions by Comcast to include certain programs on this list. Mr. Ewing and the Board then engaged in a discussion of which programs the Board felt were unsuitable to be in- cluded on this update. Mr. Ewing then asked the Board to consider this update as a "work in progress," and the Board agreed to resume this discussion at their next regular meet- ing. Checks Requested for AURust This item was for the Board's information; there was no action necessary or taken. Financial Report from City Mr. Arnold had received a copy of the monthly financial report from Mr. Thomas, and he gave this single copy to staff and asked that copies be mailed to each Board member as soon as possible. Final Approval of FundinR Guidelines After a brief discussion on whether or not the Foundation would reimburse access producers for mileage, Mr. Stein moved that the Board change the language in Section 8, final sentence to read: "These aread include: mileage; meals; and duplicated copies of the completed pro- duction. Mr. Looney seconds. Before voting, Mr. Clow spoke in favor of reimbursing to acc- ~ ess producers their costs of mileage. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Yglesias Noes: Mr. Clow Motion Carries 4-1 Equipment Purchase--Peter Arnold Mr. Arnold updated the Board on his efforts to possibly purchase video equipment to be permanently installed in the City Council Chambers. He told the Board that he had recently received a proposal from City Manager Robert Nelson for the cost of building a room, to be attached to City Council Chambers, to house this equipment. Mr. Arnold also said that he would like to meet with Evan Guyer, Comcast Video Engineer, and other members of the Board to begin the process of selecting a bid from the various proposals received from vendors (the proposals containing the costs of video equipment to possibly be used in providing coverage of Council meetings.) Audience Communications Mr. Ewing told the Board of the recent technical problems encountered while re-cablecasting the coverage of City Council and Planning Commission meetings. Mr. Arnold told Mr. Ewing that it was imperative that the re-cablecasting begin on time, as advertised, at 5:00 p.m. Miss Grab told the Board that on Tuesday evening, September 27, the access program would be taping the latest edition of "Seal Beach Live," and she encouraged all Board mem- bers to attend. NEW BUSINESS--Maintenance Fee Update This item was for the Board's information; there was no action necessary or taken. . Funded Program Update This item was for the Board's information; there was no action necessary or taken, Mr. Arnold did suggest that staff look into the possibility of placing this listing in the local newspapers,either as a news release or as a paid advertisement. . It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:45 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/Foundation Staff . .