Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-04-04; Community Television Foundation; MinutesFOUNDATION FOR CARLSBAD COMMUNITY CABLE TELEVISION 1200 ELM AVENUE CARLSBAD, CA 92008 - 1989 MINUTES - Regular Meeting - April 4, 1985 The meeting was called to order by President Dominguez at 5:50 PM. people were present: The following Foundation Members: Bill Dominguez, Bob Sheppard, Bill Levinson, John Brinker Bob Lucas City Staff: Roger Greer Guests: Tony Acone APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Sheppard made a motion that the minutes be approved as submitted. Mr. Levinson remarked that he felt the minutes did not accurately reflect that he was not in total agreement with hiring an outisde person by Request for Proposal to do the job that he felt the Foundation members should already be doing. second the motion to approve the minutes. r Mr. Levinson did The vote was: Ayes - 2 Abstentions - 2. FINANCIAL REPORT It was reported that as of March 31, 1985, the Foundation has $22,876.11 in its account. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Tony Acone asked to be allowed to address the Foundation regarding the Request for Proposal (RFP) that it was planning to review. Mr. Acone expressed his concern that if a person was to be hired, the funds the Foundation has available for grants would be dangerously depleted. Mr. Acone proposed that the cable operators help the Foundation by producing a video tape that would reflect what the Foundation is and what community access programming is and could be and to have someone, preferrably a Foundation member or members, contact different community interest groups and corporations and set up viewing of the film to spark some interest in the access channel for more programming and for fund raising. Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Dominguez expressed ocncern that the operators would be getting too involved in Foundation business and this offer could be construed as a conflict of interest. After some discussion, Mr. Sheppard made a motion to postpone any action on the RFP until the regular meeting of June 13th in order to provide the cable operators time to submit a plan for in-house implementation of a similar proposal. The vote was unanimous. r Mi nut es April 4, 1985 Page 2 - Consideration of Grants Before the members considered the two grants offered for approval, a question was raised as to whether or not the Foundation had a copy of each program for which it had granted funds. each tape except the "Wavelength" series. Mr. Brinker made a motion that each grant application include a requirement that a tape for the Foundation library be submitted by each applicant of each program which is aired. seconded the motion and it passed with a unanimous vote. Mr. Lucas remarked that the Foundation has a copy of Mr. Levinson John A. Quarterone - "Carlsbad Loves Kids Day" Mr. Quarterone resubmitted his application as requested and clarified his budget request page. His application asked for a grant of $637.00. short discussion, Mr. Sheppard made a motion to approve the application for the amount requested. a unanimous vote. After a Mr. Brinker seconded the motion and it passed with Michael Sarain "Wavelength" It was decided by general consensus to carry over this application to the May 2nd meeting due to Mr. Sarain's not having his application to the Foundation that his application will be considered. 1 until April 2nd. Mr. Greer will send Sarain a letter advising him of the date DATE OF NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held May 2, 1985 at 5:30 PM at the Carlsbad Cablevision offices on El Camino Real. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Sheppard made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Mr. Brinker seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 7:OO PM.