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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1987-09-28 SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Sepfember~28,:I98i;:- . The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable regular session at 7:30 p.m., with Vice-Chairman Mr. Jay order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Communications Foundation met in Covington calling the meeting to Roll Call Present: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones Absent: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Looney Minutes of August 24, 1987 The minutes of Augusy 24 could not be approved, as there was not a quorum of Board members who were at the August meeting. OLD BUSINESS--Minutes of July 20, 1987 The minutes of July 20 could not be approved, who were at the July meeting; both the August Board's next regular meeting. as there was not a quorum of Board members and July minutes were held over until the , Funding Request--Mike Melton During his presentation, Mr. Melton informed the Board that he is adding $41.34 to this re- quest, for a total of $78.34. After a brief discussion, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board fund $78.34 to Mr. Melton for his public access production "Theater Street 1/4: Actors Show- case." Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones . Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request--Mike Melton Mr. Stein moved that the Board fund $25.00 to Mr. Melton for his public access program "Balboa." Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carried 1987 Local Origination Programs Status This item was included for the Board's information, and Miss Lisa Yale told the Board that this item would be supplied to the Foundation with each month's agenda. Public Access Coordinator/Planning Commission Coverage Miss Yale informed the Board that Miss Suzan Grab would no longer be producing and directing the coverage of the Planning Commission meetings, thereby avoiding the time conflict in her position which had been created by the Planning Commission coverage. Miss Yale told the Board that other members of Comcast staff would assume the coverage responsibilities. Update on Comcast Plans--Lisa Yale Miss Yale told the Board that at this time, Comcast has no set plan of action regarding any movement of studio facilities due to on-going budget considerations by Comcast management. Mr. Covington mentioned that he had information regarding a proposed lease between Comcast and the Los Alamitos School District which would allow Comcast to lease space from the dis- trict. Miss Yale reiterated her statement that there is no confirmed plan at this time, and . that the Board would of course be advised by Comcast if any changes occur. Mr. Covington did express the concern that if the studio is placed at leased space at McGaugh School, which is an elementary school, there may be legal problems with allowing unsupervised adults on the school campus during regular school hours, even though these adults may , be visiting the studio. , ~Foundation/Financial Director Proposal Mr. Covington said that he and Mr. Arnold had met briefly, and they recommended the fol- lowing changes in the letter to be sent to Mr. Joseph regarding recommended financial arrangements between the Foundation and the City of Seal Beach: that the Foundation con- tribute $3,000.00 annually to the City of Seal Beach on the following basis: $1,000.00 so that Mr. Denis Thomas will continue to invest the bulk of the Foundation's monies; an additional $2,000.00 for the services listed in the proposed letter as items 2, 3 and 4; and this would leave approximately $1,000.00 for an annual audit which would be provided by the Board of Directors to the City. After a brief discussion, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board accept the proposed changes in the letter, and asked that the letter be sent to City Manager Mr. Robert Nelson. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carried $75,000.00 Comcast Payment This item was on the agenda because the Board of Directors had not yet receiv~d confir- mation that the annual $75,000.00 payment from Comcast Cable had been deposited into the Foundation's accounts; there was a brief discussion among the Board members concerning the confusion surrounding this issue, and staff was directed to resolve this problem and not- ify the Board as soon as possible. Review of Master Tape Checkout'Process Miss Grab brought to the Board's attention the paperwork that is currently being used by SBOC to allow a producer to check ou a program, which may be bicycled to other cable sys- 4IIt tems or copied at outside tape houses. Because of a singular incident in which a producer removed a tape without submitting this form, the Board was asked for any changes or recom- mendations in the wording of this form. Mr. Covington suggested the following changes: that a limit of no more than 3 tapes of any producer be allowed out of the building at a time, and that any tapes borrowed must be returned within 15 days with a grace period following of 10 days (due to circumstances such as weekends, holidays, etc.) Mr. Covington said that overall the process of checking out master tapes seemed to be going well, and hopefully these additionas would strengthen the process. After a lengthy discussion of the issue among the Board members, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board accept the two suggestions from Mr. Covington. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carried AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS Miss Grab brought up an incident in which an access producer had removed a master tape of a public access program without prior written or verbal notification to Miss Grab, and the Board agreed that the action of the producer was wrong, unfortunate and should not be re- peated. Mr. Covington then mentioned his concern over a possibly inadequate amount of pro- tection for Comcast employees and equipment, now that the number of Comcast staff has been reduced; and he asked Miss Yale to relay his concerns over office security, liability of loss, and potential danger to employees to Comcast management. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Covington asked Miss Yale about a possible conflict of interest between the Board's . funding of coverage of Los Alamitos High School football games and Comcast' s "Orange County Game of the Week", which accepts commercial sponsorship. The Board was assured by Miss Yale that none of the Los Alamitos football games that are produced with funding from the Foundation will coincide with a "Game of the Week" production, and that in fact these games are completely separate of each other. , . It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 8:45 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/Foundation Staff . . .