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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1988-05-23 I I i -~ SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUN~~TIC~ Board of Directors Meeting May 23, 1988 . The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular ses- sion at 7:30 p.m.. with Chairman Mr. Peter Arnold calli~g the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Roll Call: Present: Mr. Arnold. Mr. Stein, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Absent: Mr. Yglesias Minutes of April 25, 1988 Mr. Looney moved approval of the minutes as written. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. ~tein, Mr. Claw, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries OLD BUSINESS--Local Origination Program Update This item was for the Board's information; no action was necessary or taken. The Board was told that the Golden Rain Foundation had requested that the annual meeting of the Board of Directors not be cablecast by Comcast Cable, and that Comcast had agreed to that request. Studio Information/Old City Hall Miss Lisa Yale of Comcast told the Board that there was no progress of the tenant Monogram Pictures, Inc., and during Arnold asked Miss Yale to provide to the Board a plot plan .nd once again requested that the Board be notified of any he public access program in Seal Beach. new information regarding the the discussion of this item Mr. or diagram of the Old City Hall, office space that is available to Financial Report from City Miss Yale told the Board that she had met with Mr. Denis Thomas, who was apparently not aware that the Financial Reports were to be provided on a monthly basis. Miss Yale reported that during her conversation with Mr. Thomas, she had requested that the monthly reports reflect financial information on a fiscal year-to-date basis, not since inception. Miss Yale also told the Board that she had talked to City Manager Mr. Robert Nelson who had agreed that the reports should be provided on a monthly basis. Mr. Arnold then expressed his extreme disap- pointment with this situation, and asked staff to deliver to Mr. Nelson a letter, in the name of Mr. Arnold, regarding the failure of the Financial Director to provide the agreed- upon monthly reports since the Board's recent approval of a yearly expenditure of $4,000.00 for such a purpose. Check Requests for April This item was for the Board's information; no action was necessary or taken. Public Access Program Update This item was for the Board's information; no action was necessary or taken, but they did request that this Update be provided on at least a quarterly basis. Foundation Informational/Promotional Tape--Staff Miss Suzan Grab presented to the Board a revised proposal, originally requested by the Board, for a 5 to 10 minute videotape on public access in Seal Beach and the Foundation's role in .~roViding community television. After a brief discu.aion of the proposal, Mr. Looney moved ,hat the Board fund the amount not to exceed $990.00 for the Foundation's share of the costs to create and produce this program. Mr. Claw seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Clow, Mr, Looney Noes: None Motion Carries NEW BUSINESS--NFLCP Du~s--Staff . . . 'fa Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $108.00 for yearly fees for the Foundation's mawber- ship in the National Federation of Local Cable Programmers. Mr. Cl'Jw s~c~nds. AYES: Mr. Arnold. Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney. Mr. Clow Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Miss Suzan Grab This request from Miss Grab was for funding for the NFLCP annual convention. to be held this year in Tampa, Florida, in July. Miss Yale explained to the Board that Miss Grab was asking the Foundation to fund this trip because Comcast had not included the cost in any of their budget projections. After a full discussion of this request. Mr. Stein moved that the Board fund $637.20 for the cost of Miss Grab attending the NFLCP convention in July in Tampa. Florida. This motion failed for lack of a second. Mr. Arnold. seeking to resolve the issue, called for a motion for funding the cost of the trip on a 50-50 basis with Comcast Cable. There was no such motion. and the Board regret- fully declined Miss Grab's request. Funding Request--John Curl Mr. Curl had eight (8) separate requests before the Board. each request being for $25.00 per individual program. Mr. Looney then moved that the Board fund a total of $200.00 for the costs of the eight total programs, with the understanding that the $200.00 reflected the eight programs at $25.00 each. to Mr. Curl for his public access programs "Seal Beach Nuclear Action Group: Peace/Nuclear Issues." Mr. Clow seconds. Before voting, Mr. Stein explained that he would be voting against this request because of his concerns that these programs were of a highly political nature, and that he feels the Foundation should not be involved in programs that endorse a political viewpoint. AYES: Mr. Arnold. Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Stein Motion Carries 3-1 Funding Request--Rob Roy Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $50.00 to Mr. Roy for costs associated with his public access program "Seal Beach Live" of February, 1988. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Rob Roy Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $50.00 to Mr. Roy for costs associated with his public access program "Seal Beach Live" of February 10, 1988. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Clow Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Rob Roy Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $50.00 to tlr. Roy for costs associated with his public access program "Seal Beach Live" of May 13, 1988. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold. Mr. Stein, Mr. Clow, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carries Funding Request--Rob Roy At the Board's request, this item was held over until the Board's next meeting. Funding Request--Y~rk Hoover The Board requested that this item be held over until their next meeting, in order to ask Mr. Hoover some questions regarding this request. Funding Request--Mark Hoover At the Board's request. this item is held over until their next regular meeting. 1 .~ Funding Request--Mark Hoover At the Board's request. this item is held over until their next regular meet~ng. . Funding Request--Beverly Gallagher Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $130.00 to Miss Gallagher for costs associated with her public access production "How to Write a Book." Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Clow. Mr. Looney Noes: Mr. Stein Motion Carries 3-1 Funding Request--Beverly Gallagher Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $58.00 to Miss Gallagher for costs associated with her public access program "Sunset Beach Art Festival. II Mr. Clow seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold. Mr. Looney. Mr. Clow Noes: Mr. Stein Motion Carries 3-1 Funding Request--Beverly Gallagher At the Board's request, this item is held over until their next regular meeting. AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Christine Thompson, a certified access producer, asked the Board what their guidelines were for providing grants to producers, and questioned whether or not Mr. Stein acted appro- priately in voting against Mr. Curl's funding requests, given the access producer's rights as guaranteed under the First Amendment. Mr. Henry Marquis then spoke to the Board briefly about an upcoming bowling tournament that would include members of the Leisure World com- munity. and asked if Comcast sould provide coverage of that tournament. He was referred to Miss Suzan Grab of Comcast. . BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Arnold told the Board that he had recently requested and received a media kit from Comcast, which included the various costs of leasing studio facilities from Comcast. He told the Board that he was impressed with the quality of the media kit, and urged Comcast to create such a kit to promote public access. He also questioned Miss Yale as to whether any conflict has ever existed. or could potentially exist, with the leasing of airtime on local programming channels. Miss Yale told the Board that no such conflict has happened, and she said that Comcast is not interested in creating any conflicts of time on local channels. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cavle Communications Foundation at 9:30 p.m. Ray A1lebaugh/Foundation Staff . ~