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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1986-02-18 "e SEAL BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING February 18, 1986 The Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., with Chairwoman Mrs. Teresa Jones calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the Flag. Roll Call Present: Chairwoman Jones Members: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein Absent: Mr. McCurdy, Mr. Covington Also Present: John Monsen, Group W Cable Minutes of January 20, 1986 Chairwoman Mrs. Jones asked that the minutes be revised to read as follows: Under New Business, Budget Planning, paragraph four should read "Mr. Arnold moved that the $25,000 be divided as follows: $2,500 for funding an intern for cablecasting." Hearing no other other corrections, Chair ordered the minutes to stand approved. . OLD BUSINESS Mr. Stein brought up the issue of insurance for the Foundation, and stated that he felt it was very important for this issue to be resolved as soon as possible. Mrs. Jones then directed staff to contact Acting City Manager Dan Joseph for an opinion and information relating to the Foundation's Articles of Incorporation, specifically Article 7, section 6 (page 27), which mentions the indemnification of the City. At this point, Board member Mr. Covington entered the meeting. NEW BUSINESS--------Funding Request, Rex Strothers Before act~ng on Mr. Strother's request, the Board discussed fully the idea of establishing guidelines for videotapes for programs funded by the Board. After a lengthy discussion by members of the Board and members of the audience, it was decided to establish the following guidelines for tape stock for each single pro- gram: The Board will give to each funded program the following tapes: three 20-minute 3/4" tapes or one 120-minute ~" tape; and two "final product" talles (consisting of one masteor edit, and one first generation copy to be returned to the Foundation). The three 20-minute 3/4" tapes are to be returned by the access producer to a tape pool established by the Board; however, if the producer wishes to keep the tapes containing raw footage, he will reimburse the cost of the tapes to the Foundation. The issue of the producer keeping or returning these three tapes to the pool must be resolved before the cablecast of any completed program. Moving on to Mr. Strother's request for funding, Mr. Arnold moved that Mr. Strother's request for funding be approved, and that the Board grant five 20-minute 3/4" tapes for his production of "Pass it On". Mr. Covington seconds. . AYES: Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carried Turning to Rex ~trother's second request for funding, Mrs. Jones made a motion to gran~ $~O.OO and two tapes of sufficient size for his request. Mr. Arnold seconds. 'line request is for Rex Strother's production, "Untitled Music Video." '. . . AYES: Hoes: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Stein, Mr. Covington, Mrs. Jones None Motion Carried The Board then moved on to the subject of purchasing tapes for public access producers.After a discussion between Board members and Fred Esters of Group ~ Cable, Mr. Covington made a motion that the Board authorize staff to coordinate the purchase of the following: three dozen 20~inute 3/4" tapes; three dozen 30- minute 3/4" tapes; one dozen 60-minute 3/4" tapes; and two dozen 120~inute ~" tapes, to be used as a tape pool for those programs funded by the Foundation. Mr. Arnold seconds. AYES: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones Noes: None Motion Carries Jeffrey Peters, Los Alamitos Municipal Usage Corporation Mr. Peters introduced himself, and explained that the Foundation and the Municipal Usage Corporation are similar in that both are non-profit corporations. Mr. Peters explained the history of his involvement with the M.U.C. and the involvement of the North Orange County R.O.P. with the M.U.C. After a lengthy discussion among all present, Mr. Covington stated that he fel~ it would be appropiate for the Board to make a gesture of commitment towards the M.U.C. in exchange for a copy of the February 14th, 1986 production of the Los Alamitos-El Dprado High School Varsity Basketball game. Mr. Covington then moved to'allocate $125.00 for production costs and $25.00 for tape costs to the Municipal Usage Corporation for this pro- duction; and with the completion of appropiate documentation, to have a copy of this program featuring the basketball game delivered to the Foundation and SBOC, and put on the programming schedule. Mr. Arnold seconds. Before the voting, Mr. Stein spoke briefly and said he felt that Rogers Cablesystems was failing to live up to its franchise agreement and promises to the M.U.C., and that he felt it was unfair to ask Group W Cable to help pay for these programs. Mr. Stein also expressed his concern over the future of the Foundation in regards to funding programming in other systems. AYES: 'NOeS: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Covington, Mrs. Jones Mr. Stein Motion Carries Mr. Covingtonmoved that the Foundation direct staff to request at the earliest con- venience a meeting between members of Group W Cable and the Municipal Usage Corpor- ation to discuss various areas and ways in which to satisfy all obligations and regulations governing those parties; and after having determined areas of joint benefit, they submit progress reports to the Foundation. Mr. Arnold seconds. AYES: NOeS: Mr. Arnold, Mr. Covington, mr. Stein, Mrs. Jones None Motion Carries Mr. Covington the moved to direct staff to prepare a letter of opinion from the Board of Directors to the Orange County Cable Administrator concerning the loss of use of those franchise fees which benefit the students who attend Los Alamitos High School, considering that those students are from two different cities. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: 'NOeS: Mr. Covington, Mr. Stein, Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Jones None Motion Carries It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:30 p.m. Ray Allebaugh/SBCCF Staff