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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1987-05-18 . SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION' BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY 18, 1987 The Board of Directors of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Found- ation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., with Chairman Mr. Peter Ar- nold calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Rol~ Call Present: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Absent: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein Minutes of April 20, 1987 Mrs. Jones moved that the minutes be approved as written. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried OLD BUSINESS---Copyright!Dubbing Costs Mr. Arnold reported that Comcast Cablevision had agreed to a dubbing cost of $10.00 per copy with the tape to be supplied by the Board; this price wolud only affect those copies requested by the Board of Directors, not individual access producers. Mr. Looney then moved that staff send a let- ter to Comcast expressing the Board's agreement with this price. Mrs. Jones seconds. ~ AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Foundation Audit After a brief discussion, Mr. Looney moved that Mrs. Jones and Mr. Coving- ton evaluate the staff report on the status of the audit, and authorize such an audit to occur if they are satisfied with the proposal from Diehl, Evans and Co., the auditing agency. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Request from Dan Joseph Mr. Joseph was unable to attend the meeting due to a conflicting City Council meeting, and the Board agreed to postpone this request until their June meeting with the understanding that it is being discussed among Board members. . Request from Denis Thomas Mrs. Jones said it was her original understanding that Mr. Thomas's respon- sibility was for financial statements and proper control and investment of Foundation funds, and that daily recording and check-preparing would be the responsibility of Comcast Cable. Mr. John Monsen of Comcast agreed that Comcast would help in every way possible, within legal and reasonable guidelines. Mr. Arnold then asked staff to contact Mr. Thomas immediately to inform him that the Board is working towards resolving this matter, and that Mrs. Jones, Mr. Monsen and staff would like to meet with him to help settle this issue. Mr. Thomas had previously told staff and Mrs. Jones that he had been providing these services to the Foundation and felt that the City of Seal Beach should be reimbursed $4,000.00 per year by the Foun- dation. . NEW BUSINESS---FCSCT Seminars Mr. Looney asked that staff attend the FCSCT Conference on Cable Boards, Advisories and Committees on June 6, 1987, with appropriate compensation of costs. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Foundation Income Tax Mrs.- Jones moved that the Board approve $175.00 to Anderson Income Tax Service fpr fees involved in preparing the Foundation's annual tax state- ments. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried NFLCP Fees Mr. Looney moved that the Board approve $108.00 for annual fees for the Foundation's membership in the National Federation of Local Cable Pro- grammers. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried . Funding Request---Miss Suzan Grab Miss Grab was returning a proposal to the Board for the purchase of video- tape stock; the Board had requested a more accurate detailing of the re- quest. After a short discussion, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board fund $1,495.57 for the following: 4 cases of 60 minute tapes at 13.65 each; 4 cases of 30 minute tapes at 9.75 each; 3 cases of 20 minute tapes at 8.77 each; and 2 cases of T120 ~" tapes at 5.13 each. Before voting, the Board asked Suzan to bring to the next meeting a revised tape master li- brary inventory. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Funding Request---Penny Granafei Mrs. Granafei asked that this request be withdrawn, as the subject of her program has been postponed until September. Funding Request---Paul D'Amour After Mr. D'Amour's presentation, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board fund $225.00 for his public access production "Los Alamitos High School Annual Pops Concert." Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried . Funding Request---Karina Dahmen A portion of Mrs. Dahmen's request was $40.00 for dubbing costs of ~" tapes; these tapes would then be supplied to guests on Mrs. Dahmen's pro- gram. The Board agreed that this cost of $20.00 per copy was not the res- ponsibility of the Foundation, and those costs should be absorbed by the producer. There was also a discussion concerning master tapes being removed or borrowed from SBOC for distribution. The Board eventually took no ac- tion on this request, and asked Mrs. Dahmen to return to the Foundation with any information from other public access agencies regarding the ex- change or use of master copies for programming. Mr. Looney also asked that future program proposals be completely filled out including address and signatures, since these requests are a matter of public record. '~FundinR Request---Bill Marrazzo Mr. Marrazzo was unable to attend the meeting, and Miss Grab presented his proposals. After a brief discussion, Mr. Looney moved that the Board fund $216.00 for Mr. Marrazzo's public access production "Out-of-Focus Visits the Rossmoor Jett Zoo." Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES, Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried The Board then considered Mr. Marrazzo's second program proposal. After discussing this request, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board fund $187.00 for his public access production "Out-of-Focus: The Water Tower and Lit- tle Blue House." Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold,'Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried The Board asked to hold over Mr. Marrazzo's third request until their June meeting, as they had some questions about his proposal. FundinR Request---Willie Armstead Mr. Armstead was unable to attend the meeting, and asked that this pro- posal be considered at the Board's next meeting. ~ AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS ~'Mr. Arnols asked staff to provide to the Board a current rate sheet for Comcast production services; he also asked staff to send a letter from the Board to Comcast Cable explaining the agreement by Comcast Cable to provide dubs to the Foundation for $10.00 per dub, with tape to be sup- plied by the Foundation. Mr. Arnol~ asked Miss Grab to begin dubbing the programs that will even- tually be placed in the Mary Wilson Library, and asked that press releases and announcements appear as soon as the tapes are available. Miss Grab then asked the Board to amend the agenda to reflect the purchase cost of tapes for this dubbing. Mrs. Jones then moved to amend the agenda. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Mrs. Jones then moved that the Board purchase 2 cases of T120 ~" tapes at 5.13 each (a total of $205.20) to be used for copies of programs to be placed in the library. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney Noes: None Motion Carried Miss Grab then presented the Board with a list of bids for golf-style (collared) shirts which will carry the SBOC logo. The Board asked that ...these bids be returned to the Board at their next meeting. The Board also encouraged staff and Miss Grab in the strongest terms pos- sible to mail the SBOC Newsletter immediately, as they had not yet been mailed due to problems with the U.S. Post Office granting a non-profit mailing status to the Foundation. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn . this meeting of the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:15 p.m. Ray Allebaugh Foundation Staff - .