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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-11-17; Community Television Foundation; MinutesMinutes Foundation for Carlsbad Comunity Television November 17, 1983 r The meeting was called to order at 5:45 PM on November 17, 1983 by Vice President Bob Sheppard (President Dominguez arrived later). people were present: The following Foundation Members: Bill Dominguez Bob Sheppard Sharon Strong Bill Levinson Fred Morey City Staff: Roger Greer - Utilities/Maintenance Director Others: John Brinker - Carlsbad Cablevision Nancy Little - Rancho La Costa Cable TV A motion was made, seconded and unanimously approved to accept the minutes as submitted. Evaluation of Open House There was a brief evaluation session on the open house held on October 27, 1983. General consensus of the Foundation members was that it was well received and attended. the access channel. John Brinker told the group that, at present, the public access channel programming schedule is only in the Blade Tribune. the Carlsbad Journal and in the La Costan in the very near future. r The video taping done that evening is being aired three times a day on It will be in Applications No applications for use of the public access channel have been submitted at this time. There have been some inquiries. Certification Bob Lucas is putting together a certification program that will be a self- sustaining program for the present. tribute some funding. who need to know how to put on a TV show. companies should set up some counseling sessions for these people. a project for Bob Lucas. Perhaps later the Foundation will con- A question was raised regarding where to refer people Mr. Morey suggested that the cable This will be President Bill Dominguez arrived at this point and the meeting was turned over to him to chair. Certification Subcommittee Report At the last meeting, the subcommittee came up with some suggestions for the operators regarding the certification process. money could be better spent promoting public involvement at this point. They felt that the Foundation's r Minutes Foundation for Carlsbad November 17, 1983 Page 2 /I Community Television The subcommittee's suggestions are as follows: There should be a brief course with lots of hands-on as opposed to a lecture series. Keep the cost as inexpensive as possible so that more people can participate. Bill Levinson made a motion to accept the subcommittee's recommendations and let the operators sit down with those suggestions and evaluate them and come back to the next meeting with some firm guidance. motion and it was unanimously approved. Sharon Strong seconded the New Business Bob Sheppard made a motion that the Foundation write some kind of thank you letter to the cable companies thanking them and their respective staffs for their gen- erous contributions of time, energy and money to make the open house a success. Bill Levinson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. secretary was instructed to handle this task. Bob Sheppard suggested that the Foundation purchase a store of blank tapes and, using Palomar College's library and perhaps the Carlsbad City Library's current store of programs, copy some programs on them and donate this to the operators to be used as fill-ins on the public access channel thus starting a library for the public access channel. After some discussion, Bob Sheppard made a motion that the Foundation purchase $500 worth of blank tapes (approximately 20 individual tapes) for the purpose of establishing a store of back-up programming for the public access channel. Sharon Strong seconded the motion. follows: 5 ayes - 1 abstention. The motion carried. The recording /c The vote was as President Dominguez directed the Public Relations Subcommittee to begin composing some kind of solicitation letter to be sent to the businesses in our immediate vicinity and have it available for comment at our next meeting. The cable operators informed the group that the payments they make to the Foundation's trust fund are done quarterly. on "regular" fiscal quarters because of the month they started contributicg to the fund. will put them on the regular fiscal quarters for all future payments. After some discussion, Bill Levinson made a motion that the operators make their next payment to the Foundation's trust fund a four-month payment which will put them on a regular, fiscal quarterly schedule. it was unanimously approved. At this time, these payments are not They would like to make their next payment a four-month payment which The motion was seconded by Bob Sheppard and An announcement was made that Congressman Packard and Assemblyman Frazee will be in town over the holidays and Tony Acone will do some kind of porgram with them. r.- Minutes Foundation for Carlsbad Community Television November 17, 1983 Page 3 It was suggested that the Public Relations Subcommittee should have some kind of on-going publicity besides a column in the Carlsbad Report. will work up something and keep the Foundation informed. The subcommittee Bill Levinson made a motion to adjourn. was unanimously approved. Bob Sheppard seconded the motion and it The meeting was adjourned at 7:11 PM. Sharon Strong, Secretary -