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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1986-08-18 -.) SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING August 18, 1986 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: Chairman Mr. Arnold Members: Mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington Also Present: Ray Allebaugh, Foundation Staff Minutes of July 21, 1986 Mr. Looney moved that the minutes be approved as written. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Looney, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington Noes: None Motion Carried OLD BUSINESS--City Council Coverage Mr. Arnold reported to the Board that the City Manager, members of Group W staff and he had met and agreed that the three experimental cablecasts of City Council meetings would be Monday September 8th, Monday September 22nd, and Monday October 13th at 7:00 p.m. on SBOC Channel 10. During this discussion, the Board asked Mr. Arnold to provide them with copies of the specific proposal that he had presented to the City Council. The Board also asked staff to prepare press releases on this matter for all local newspapers. e SBOC/MUC Football Coverage Miss Suzan Grab told the Board that, per the Board's request, the liunicioal Usage Corpor- ation was prepared to provide $150.00 for each of the three games to be covered as joint productions. She reminded the Board that there will be three games, and she also submit- ted to the Board a proposal for one football game to be covered as a Group W local ori- gination production; this production would be substituted for another event previously authorized as part of the twenty-five I/o productions that the Foundation supports each year. After a brief discussion, Mr. Covington moved that the Board accept the I/o pro- duced football game on September 18th as a substitution for another previously authorized event. Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Noes: Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Stein, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Covington None Motion Carried Mr. Covington then moved that the Board approve the request for $2,025.00 for joint pro- duction of three Los Alamitos High School football games (on September 26th, October 23rd, and November 13th) subject to receipt by the Foundation of the $150.00 per game that the Municipal Usage Corporation has pledged. Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Looney Noes: None/Motion Carried '. NEW BUSINESS--------FundinR Request: Mr. James Clow After Mr, Clow's presentation, Mrs. Jones moved that the Board approve his request for $12.25 for his public acce<lS production "Hi Hopes." The Board then commended Mr. Clow for his efforts and encouraged him and staff to make copies of this program available to both the Hi Hopes organization and the Los Alamitos Unified School District. AYES: Mrs. Jones, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Looney ~: None/Motion Carried ~; ... Fundinl'; Request: Mr. James Clow Mr. Clow made another presentation regarding his production entitled "Interviews of World War I Veterans." Mrs. Jones moved that the Board approve $13.50 plus tapes to be pro- vided by the Foundation for this production. Mr. Covington seconds. AYES: Mrs. Jones, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Looney Noes: None/Motion Carried Funding Request: Mrs. Lois Cohn Before acting on Mrs. Cohn's request, the Board viewed a production entitled "Mysteries at McGaugh." This production was written, directed, perfomed and taped by students from McGaugh School using the public access facilities at SBOC. During the discussion of Mrs. Cohn's proposal, the Board expressed their opinions regarding her budget item of $750.00 for original music. The Board also expressed reservation regarding the fact that Mrs. Cohn's ten productions were not clearly defined. After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Looney moved that the Board approve four productions at $135.00 each (using Mrs. Cohn's original proposal of $1,350.00 for 10 programs as a guideline). Mrs. Jones seconds. AYES: NOeS: Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein None/Motion Carried The Board also encouraged Mrs. Cohn to continue to appear before the Foundation with pro- posals throughout the year, and each Board member expressed enthusiasm for the relation- ship between McGaugh School and public access programming. e Funding Request:Mrs. Tam Worth Mrs. Worth explained that her funding request was based on her expenses as she prepared her production "Heroes and Friends." Mrs. Worth also explained that she had paid 5453.00 to Metrovonics, Inc. for tapes and post-production editing (the production was edited at Metrovonics). She told the Board that she would appreciate any help that they could pro- vide. During the discussion that followed, the Board stated that any monies granted for post-production work should only be granted to the facilities at Group W Cable of Seal Beach. As a result of that opinion, Mr. Covington moved that the Board grant $150.00 to Mrs. Worth as the Foundation's contribution towards her production upon acceptance of this tape by SBOC for cablecasting. However, before voting on this motion, Mrs. ~orth stated that if the Board was unSure of funding this program, and if SBOC was unsure of the tape quality, she would rather not receive any funding at all. Mr. Covington moved that the Board then table his original motion until the following Foundation meeting, and that the staff and Mrs. Worth meet to prepare another proposal if Mrs. Worth so desires. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Mr. Stein, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Looney, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Covington ~: None/Motion Carried Fundinl'; Request: Mr. Rodney Johnson The agenda was amended to include a funding request from Mr. Johnson. After his present- ation, Mr. Covington moved that the Board grant Mr. Johnson's request for $25.00 for production costs of his public access production "The Myths of Califia." Mr. Looney seconds. AYES: Noes: Mr. Looney, Mr. Covington, Mrs. Jones, Mr. Stein, Mr. Arnold None/Motion Carried . Statement of Philosophy and Goals----Mr. Peter Arnold Mr. Arnold asked that this item be carried over to next month's Foundation agenda. Mr. Stein then questioned the Quarterly Financial Report from Financial Officer Denis Thomas. The Board discussed fully the financial statement and expressed concern that ~~ Group W Cable is not fulfilling their agreement to provide staff commitments to the Foundation, particularly in providing accounting help for the Foundation. Mr. Stein asked that John Monsen of Group W Cable be asked to appear before the next meeting to provide a summary of staff commitments. It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 10:05 p.m. Ray Allebaugh Foundation Staff ~\ .