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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSBCCF Min 1985-10-21 . . . ":" -.- .; ~-:- SEAl. BEACH CABLE COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING October 21, 1985 The Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., with the Chairwoman, MrR. TereR~ Jones, calling the meeting to order and leading the Salute to the 111 ag. '.' Roll Call Present: Chairwoman Jones Members: Arnold, Stein Covington, McCurdy Ray Allebaugh, SBCCF Staff Support Absent A.i.!'lo Present: Minutes of September 16, 1985 . ,. Mr. Arnold moves to adopt the minutes. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Arnold, Jones, Stein NOeS: None Motion carried Mrs. Jones took the opportunity to comment that she personally wanted to thank Ginger Bennington for all of her assistance to the Board i~ the past. Mrs. Jones said that Ginger's help was invaluable, and the Board regrets the oversight in not thanking her in person at the last regular meeting. OLD BUSINESS--Amendment to Franchise Jrgreement Mrs. Jones introduced John Monsen of Group W Cable and asked for his comments on the Amendment to the Franchise Agreement. Mr. Monsen stated that the Board members had previously received a letter contain!sg the recommendation for the rewording of the proposal, and that only Mr. Arnold had contacted him with any comments. He explained that the City Council was asking for a recommendation on whether the language for this proposal be substituted for Form K of the Franchise Agreement, which deals with personnel and equipment commitments to local programming. Mr. Monsen said that this language was the standard that Group W was currently operating under, and asked the Board to approve and recommend this wording to the City Council. (Board member Mr. Covington entered midway through this discussion.) After some discussion, Mr. Monsen explained that the process of this language was arrived at by City Staff recommending that this be adopted: after approval by the Foundation Board, it will go to the City Attorney for formal drafting, and then to the City Council for a vote. After Mrs. Jones explained the history of the rewording of the language, Mr. Arnold made a motion to approve the amendment as written with the Board's recommendation to let the City Staff forward the amendment to the City Council. Mr. Covington seconds. AYES: Noes: Arno14, Jones, Stein, Covington None Motion Carried Before moving on, Mr. Allebaugh introduced Ken Hayashida, who presented a letter of follow-up and thank you to the Board for funding his program "A Salute to Education". Mrs. Jones thanked him for his prompt response in letting the Board know about the completion of the event. Mr. Arnold inquired about the availability of a 3/4 inch master tape for use by the Foundation. Kathy Risk of Group W Cable said that SBOC-TV would be glad to cablecast the program, but there must be a dub (copy) of the master in case of any accident. . - "..... . . . '(:.~... ~~..:.r-.~...... -..- ......r. ~~fS" '-~'" . -"":"..,! :................ ;- --;:""':-'. ~f..'~ ~.~ :/1 .' - .: ~ ~...===-':.;.--a--:~...~~:i.v:;-~~._.. ..~:-.'"'::-;- .....:-::--'=4 I~: . '" ~_' '.,-,:~...__~_~~' ~~....::;.w . .- .., .o:.,=-_~ w'" .~., - . ~USINESS--Funding Guidelines Mr. Allebaugh introduced the funding guidelines and spoke briefly about them. During the discussion that followed, Mr. Covington made a motion that the fund- ing guidelines be adopted with the ~intmum ~ount being lowered from $50.00 to $25.00. Mr. Stein seconds. .' AYES: Noes: Stein, Jones, Arnold, Covington None Motion Carried Funding Request--Francis Looney The Board then moved on to funding requests. Mr. Looney spoke to the Board, asking for funding of $120.00 for four additional episodes of "Backstage with Fred Cooper". During the conversatior., Mr. Arnold quietly comment~d that with the amount of pro- gramming Mr. Looney has created so far for SBOC, he may someday get his own channel. Mr. Covington made a motton to approve Mr. Looney's funding request. Mr. Arnold sec- onds. AYES: NOeS: Stein, Arnold, Covington, Jones None Motion Carried Funding request----Kathy Ferrito Mr. Allebaugh said that this request s~uld be held over until the next regular meeting because no budget was prepared for this proposal. Chairwoman Jones agreed, and the Board will consider this request at its December meeting. ... Funding Request--James Clow Mr. Clow's program proposal and funding request was explained by Mr. Looney, since Mr. Clow was unable to attend the meeting. Mr. Stein made a motion to approve Mr. Clow's request for $35.34 for his program, "The Arts and Crafts Festival of 1985". Mr. Arnold seconds. AYES: Arnold, Stein, Jones, Covington NOeS: None Motion Carried Funding Request--M&rk EwinR/Paul D'Amour The Board then examined Mr. Ewing's proposal for funding of 12 episodes of his series titled "Get Involved", Mr. Ewing explained the background of the program and the pro- posal, and introduced Karen Thompson, the on-air hostess of "Get lnvolved". During the following discussion, Mr. Covington expressed concern over what happens to any extra tape stock that is used by Mr. Ewing. After comments from Kathy Risk regarding Group W policies of storing and copying videotapes, Mr. Covington suggested that tbe actual sbow tape of any program funded by the Foundation be retained by the ~ound- ation. Board members and Mr. Ewing discussed this fully. Mr. Stein then asked staff to initiate contact with the Municipal Usage Corporation of Rogers Cable systems and see that both facilities determine common interests and~rogramming services. Mr. Covington then made a motion that Mr. Ewing's request for $I,805.00 be approved with the additional condition-that Mr. Ewing and the Foundation agree that the final 12 thirty-minute programs be presented to the Foundation for protection and storage. Mr. Arnold seconds. . AYES: Arnold, Stein, Jones, Covington Noes: None Motion Carried ~- '..~ ~:~~ :~..~:~~ - _.: ...."': _~-~:?"~::~~7~~~'.~-'l.t""',,"'.;,,."':.:r~;e:-.rw.~_.~-~..:-S~~~);;_...::~:?:=~~~~:~::;"':"'..~_::::~!".:-~::{.S . . . Before moving on to audience communications, Mrs. Jones asked that staff be directed to address the concerns of the Leisure ~orld portapak Club; specifically, the amount of editing time and eduting help available, and pOdsibly establishing a videotape pool for the club. (The Foundation would provid~ seed money for a central supply of tapes; the Portapak Club would provide an accounting and inventory of these tapes which would be purchased by Leisure World access producers.) Mrs. Jones then app- roached the issue of the Board funding an intern to assist the Portapak club. Karen Thompson said that as a graduating member of the Long Beach State Radio-Television Department, she thought there would be several students willing to donate their time as interns. Kathy Risk then spoke and said that in her experience as a Public Acc- ess Coordinator, the scheduling of time to teach editing has been a problem. Mr. Arnold said that he thought the Foundation was providing $25,000 to Group W to help with this particular problem. He said that earlier the Board had voted to recommend to the City Council the acceptance of t~e language revisal for the Amendment to Franchise Agreement, which felt covered:any staff h~lp. After lengthy discussion by Board members, Mr. Covington made a motion to revise the approval of the amend- ment to Franchise Agreement on condition that Mr. Arnold and Mrs. Jones meet with John Monsen and satisfactorily reconcile the interpretation of line 3)e " supply equipment and staff ". Mr. Arnold seconds. AYES: Noes Stein, Arnold, Covington, Jones None Motion Carried AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS .,. ~r. Arnold supplied Board members with a copy of the October newsletter of the EI Monte Access Producer's Newsletter, Mr. Stein then asked staff to develop a form or chart to use- to follow the development of any program funded by the Foundation, from amount granted to cablecast date. Elaine Allbee of the Leisure World Portapak Club asked questions regarding the content of her program, and it was suggested that she meet with staff at a later date to resolve these questions. The Board then add- ressed the Foundation Quarterly Financial Report, and Mr. Arnold made a motion that Mr. Covington meet with Financial Officer Dennis Thomas to examine these re- ports and be authorized to outline an investment plan for these funds. Mr. Stein seconds. AYES: Noes Stein, Arnold. Covington, Jones None Motion Carried Mr. Arnold then reported on his efforts to establish a tape library in the Mary Wilson Library, and said that he had run into a lot of red tape from the Orange County Library system regarding the use of the Senior Citizen's room and access to this room. Board then directed staff to look into the possibility of establishiug such a library in the Library at the Rossmoor Center. ADJOURNMENT It was the consensus of the Board, and so ordered by the Chair, to adjourn the Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation at 9:46 p.m. . , Ray Allebaugh SBCCF Staff Support ;-" :-.:::: -.:. -:7M;.....:.:-..:.~ :''?_'~~ "':::-;.Jf.:... 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