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TC 09-01-99 Telecommunications Commission Regular Meeting September 1, 1999 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Sal Algeri at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, L.T. Guttadauro Bill Mannion, Ernest Tsui, David Eggleston Staff: Donna Krey, Linda Lagergren De Anza College: Bob Haber Guests: Linda Cn'odt, Hema Kundargi APPROVAL OF JULY 7, 1999 MINUTES A correction was made in the minutes on page two, line S to read "Add the phone number 864- 8766." Guttadauro made a motion to approve the minutes as amended; Mannion seconded and the motion passed. Eggleston abstained. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Linda Orodt announced that last Wednesday she attended a luncheon at the Fairmont Hotel in which the U.S. Secretary of Education was the guest speaker. Linda took a brand new Silicon Kids host with her and the host interviewed the Secretary of Education. Grodt also handed out copies of articles regarding the event that appeared in several newspapers (Campbell Reporter, San $ose Mercury and Business Journal). Written: Krey mentioned she received a letter today in the mail from Frank Jelinch, a Parks and Recreation Commissioner and President of the Chamber, stating his cable service was disconnected for reasons he did not understand because he had a credit balance on his invoke. Krey said with approval from the Chair, she could draft a response to Selinch's letter. Krey said she received information on thc ACM Regional Conference that will be held on Oct. 22 and 23 in Palo Alto. Guttadanro, Tsul, Eggleston and Mannion asked to attend. Commission agreed to take New Business item - grant request from Hema Kund~rgi out of order. NEW BUSINESS Grant request from Hema Kundargi - After a brief discussion Outtadauro made a motion to accept the grant as submitted. Algeri seconded the motion. All in favor. Krey said the grant request would go to City Council at the second meeting in September for their approval. A check would be released by the end of the month. OLD BUSINESS Activities Calendar. There were no changes or additions to the calend_~x. Review of educational ~'ants program - Commission reviewed thc educational grant guidelines and grant application procedure. It was suggested to add "and school" to lb under the Grant Award Evaluation Factors section. It also was suggested to possibly use the grant money for helping with faculty computer literacy, paying for ~Home in all schools, purchase of student videos and training tapes. Algeri said the school district needs to submit a request for the grant money and the Commission would respond. Tsui would like to meet with Karen Bumett at FUHSD and the representative at CUSD before they submit their grant applications. Eggleston said he also would like to be included in those meetings. Krey will contact CUSD to find out who the new representative will be. Krey will contact Bumett to talk about the educational grant process and set up the meeting for the commissioners. She also will make the changes to the grant guidelines and application. Tsui re.adc a motion to accept the Educational Grant Guidelines and Grant Application Procedure with the change to paragraph lb. Mannion seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Review producer guidelines and agreement form - Haber had a few more changes to the Producer Guidelines so Krey told Haber to make the changes and make copies to be distributed in the next month's packet. Website - Commission asked why only City Council and Planning Commission minutes and agendas arc on the city web site. Lagergren will report back at the next meeting. It was suggested to put the grant application fo~m, educational grant application form and COPA award winners on the · - web site. NEW BUSINESS Appoint members to COPA subcommittee - ~ mentioned the job of the subcommittee would be to review the applications and make a recommendation to the commission. Eggleston and Guttadauro volunteered to be on the subcommittee. Krey said two applications have been received and the deadline is on the l0* of Sept~,~bcr. Haber said he put a notice in the Public Access Producer's newsletter. The subconunittee will be prepared to make a recommendation at the November commission meeting. Reports from: TCI: No report -- TCI was not present at the meeting. Krey reviewed with Commission the written report she received from TCI. She said TCI said they would be attending the October meeting. A request was made to have a representative from TCI discuss the launch of ~Home. Mannion asked if it would be ok to invite representatives from TCI's competitors to speak at our meetings. Krey said we could invite one per month if there was an interest. Possibly Pacific Bell could come in Nov¢ix-~ber to speak about high-speed solutions. Krey hoped commission had all received .their coupon voucher from TCI. Some people had tossed out the coupon thinking it was an advertisement for digital services. Commission suggested that possibly TCI could credit customeis in two months if they hadn't used their voucher. City of Cupertino: Krey reported that regarding the issue of Sunnyvale and access programming, the Cnperiino city manager met with the city manager from Sunnyvale and Sunnyvale is not ave~ze to paying for the use of the access programming. Krey met with the Cupertino city manager and Willie Pritchard from De Anza to come up with cost estimates. All three city managers will review the figures and the Sunnyvale city council will make a decision. The City Channel pwduced a Y2K show that will air Sept. 2 at 7 p.m., Sept. 8 at 6 p.m., Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. It has turned out to be a ve~ popular program. A total of 50 dubs of the tape have bean ordered. Krey reminded Commission of Cupertino niEht at the San Jose Giants, De Anza College: Haber reported their new Macintosh G3 is now equipped with Macintosh's latest version of non-linear editing soilware "Final Cut Pm" and "Adobe Photoshop 5.5." Forty-seven antries were entered in the WAVE awards this year. Cupertino Community TV will produce the WAVE award video this year. On Sept. 8 another show of the Lndian Vegetarian proEram will be taped using the remote cart. The Aul~ust newsletter is out and on the web site. A new black curtain from Musson Theatrical has been installed in Studio A. They are hoping to donate the old curtsin to a high school in the area. The work to improve safety inside the TV Canter is near completion. ADJOURNMENT Mannion made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:49 p.m.; Guttadauro seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVI~D: City Cl~rk t o / ?