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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1987-07-10 . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATIO~ BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING July 20, 1987 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in relular lession at 7:30 p.m., with Chairman Mr. Peter Arnold calling the meetinl to order and leadinl the Salute to the Flag. Roll Call: Present: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington Absent: Mrs. Jones Minutes of June 15, 1987 Mr. Looney moved that the minutes be approved as written. Mr. Covington sec- onds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington Noes: None Motion Carried OLD BUSINESS--Leisure World Editing--Miss Suzan Grab In response to the presentation of the Leisure World Portapak Club at the Board's June meeting, Miss Grab presented two proposals to the Foundation: one for funding an intern for editing help at 8 hours per week at $6.50 per hour, and a separate letter detailing the cost of a single videocassette play- er and an editing bay set-up. The Board discussed these items completely; Mr. .old then raised tbe issue of Miss Grab devoting time to producing and di- ~ting cablecast coverage of Seal Beacb Planning Commission meetings. Mr. Arnold felt that the Board was essentially paying for a full-time, 40 bours per week public access coordinator, yet was also paying for separate produc- tion work for the Planning Commission meetings. Mr. Arnold expressed tbe con- cern that public access producers and others involved in public access were not receiving the full bours that should be available to them, per the Board's agreement with Comcast Cablevision. The Board discussed this for a sbort time, then asked staff to ask Mr. Xezar or a representative of Comcast management to attend the next meeting to possibly explain this discrepancy in bours made available tbrough tbe public access coordinator and the conflict of producing Planning Commission coverage. Tbe Board then turned back to the proposal for funding an editing intern, and Mr. Covington moved that the Board fund $312.00 for an editing intern, to ~ork no more tban 8 hours a week at $6.50 per hour. This amount is based on the hope tbat the conflict between Miss Grab's public access duties and Planning Commission producing time will be resolved, at which time the Board ~ill again consider this funding. Mr. Looney seconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried The Board then tabled any action on the purchase of editing equipment, con- siderinl tbat the intern proposal had been approved. D BUSINESS--Karina Dahmen is was a continuation of the discussion concerning allowing a master tape of d public access program to be removed from the facilities at SBOC. Mrs. Dab- men Wishes to remove her master taped of her series "Talk, Talk, Talk," to be taken to other public access agencies for dubbing so that the other agency would have a copy of the program. Producers may also desire to take the master to a tape duplication facility, where copies would be made at a possibly lower . price than the Comcast charae for dUbbina. The Board discussed fully the mae- ,ters of dubbina. tape lossins. tape bicycling. and master identification. Dur- 1- this discussion. Mr. Arnold proposed the idea of creating a form that Id allow the producer to "check out" their master tape. for duplication Dr o er purposes. This form would also make the ~roducer responsible for any lesal or cost responsibilities. Mr. Covington then moved that the staff pre- pare a documeDt that would allow the producer to check out the master tape, and that the document would include the auidelines that only tbe producer can cbeck out the master; the producer would be responsible for any costs incurred; tbat the .aster could not be removed until tbe program had been shown a pre- determined amount of times over SBOC; this document would also include proced- ures. time limits. and a reasonable deposit before the master is removed. Mr. Stein aeconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein. Mr. Covington. Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried NE~ BVSINESS--SBOe Newspaper Listings---Miss Suzan Grab Before voting on this proposal. the Board discussed the possibility of haVing larger type-settings in the listings of SBoe programs, and asked staff to dis- I cuss tbis possibility with the Journal. Mr. Covington then moved that the Boare fund $600.00 for advertising costs for SBOC line-ups in the Journal through December 1987. Mr. Looney seconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein. Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Fundin Re uest--Karina Dahmen . Covington moved that the Board fund $60.07 for costs assaociated with Ms. hmen's public access production "R.O.A.R," featuring Tippi Hedren. Mr. Stein seconds, With Mr. Looney asking that Ms. Dahmen not receive this money until the Program Proposal is properly completed. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein. Mr. Covington, Mr. looney Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request---Karina Dahmen This proposal concerned editin costs for using alb roll editing to create a 30-second promo for Mrs. Dahmen's series "Talk, Talk. Talk." The Board chose to take no action on this proposal, considering that the editing intern will be available for such help. Funding Request--Karina Dahmen Mr. Covington moved that the Board fund $25.00 for costs associated ~ith Mrs. Dahmen's public access production "Talk, Talk, Talk, #10." Mr. Looney seconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. looney Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request---Andre Dupuv After a discussion of this proposal~ Mr. Covington moved that the Board fund $102.85 for costs associated with his public access production "Barbra! Episode #2: The Party." Mr. Loo~ey seconds. (Correction: The money granted is to go to tlfr. Dupuy. not Mr. Covington, as the above sentence implies.) Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein. Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request--Andre Dupuv Mr, Looney moved that tbe Board fund $49.76 for costs associated with Mr. , Dupuy's public access program "Barbra! Episode '3: There and Back Again." Mr. Covington seconds. ,Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney tlrs: none Motion Carried Funding Request--Becky Lynn Hr. Covington moved that the Board fund $27.00 to Becky Lynn for costs assoc- iated with her public access production "Girl Scouts 75th Birthday Party." Hr. Looney aeconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Hr. Stein, Hr. Covington, Hr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request---Brian Bennett Mr. Bennett was not able to attend the meeting, and the Board asked that his request be held over until their next meeting. City Council Bud~et Hearings/Costs Mr. Looney asked that the Board officially approve the expenditure of $800.00 for the coverage of four City Council Budget Hearings that were cablecast. The cost of these production to the Foundation was $200.00 per production, per a verbal agreement with Comcast Cablevision. Mr. Covington seconds. Ayes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney ~oes: None Motion Carried Before adjournment, the Board agreed to change their meeting date to the fourth Monday of every month, to not conflict with the Seal Beach City Council meet- ~gS scheduled for the third Monday of each month. It was then the consensus the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable ommunications Foundation at 9:40 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/Foundation Staff i, .