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TC 09-03-97 Cupertino Teleeommnnleations Commission Regular Adjourned Meeting Sept. 3, 1997 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman Ernest Tsui at 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Commissioners Present: L.T. Guttadauro, Bill Mannion, Sal Algeri and Ernest Tsui. Absent: Mike Wincn Staff: Donna Krey, Laura Newman De Anza College: Ron Fish TCI: Dave Walton, Bruce Dinger Guests: Linda Grodt, Dean Chamberlain REVIEW OF COMMISSION'S 1997 GOALS Telecommunication liaison: Commissioners clarified the scope of this project, agreeing that present liaison activities be confined to the Los Altos sister channel. They indicated they - wanted to see a copy of the Los Altos producer agreement and asked Krey to find out when the Los Altos cable board's next meeting would take place. Krey said she would ask Wincn to provide that information. Wincn will continue to act as the liaison and other members voiced interest in attending the Los Altos meetings as well. Mannion made a motion to formalize the goal through the creation of a liaison between the Cupertino Telecommunications Commission and the Los Altos cable board for the purpose of understanding how they conduct business and to offer an open channel of communication. Algeri seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Production of videotapes: Tsui said he was unable to contact Marquita Byrd to find out the status of her project on cultural richness, but he offered to be the lead on pursuing the project and requesting from her a status report. He said he would ask for a written or verbal report by Oct. 1. He also said the Public Safety Commission has plans for producing a videotape and suggested deleting the public safety videotape from the list of projects. Guttadauro made that motion; Mannion seconded and it passed unanimously. Mannion then moved to consolidate "stewardship" with "cultural richness." Guttadauro seconded and the motion passed with Tsui dissenting. Commissioners also agreed to delete "local news" from the list, saying that was a videotape project that Fish could pursue. For the "annual report" video, Mannion offered to be the lead and said the tape could be played on the access channel, as well as given to the council. Tsui will work with Mannion to develop a script for the tape, which will be available to commissioners at the next meeting. Commissioners were asked to e-mail to Tsui their ideas for what accomplishments should be included. Guttadauro made a motion to meet a half-hour early at the October meeting to discuss the annual report. Mannion seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Communily educa~on event: Commissioners discussed possible topics for an event in 1998 and agreed to keep this as a goal. This will be agendized for more discussion at the October meeting. Promotion/as, at, ness of access channel: Commissioners agreed ~his is an ongo'mg goal. Web page: This. too, is an ongoing goal, commissioners decided. Special award for access producers: Krey said she would make the nomination applications available to a subcommittee, which would meet prior to the next commission meeting. The subcommittee will review all nominations and make a recommendation to the whole board at the October meeting. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 6, 1997 MINUTES Mannion made a motion to approve the minutes as written; Algeri seconded and the motion passed unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS Oral: Dean Chamberlain from The Better Part asked Fish what the status was on the repair of the Toaster in the access facility. Fish reported that three .edit suites have broken down and the Toaster is the most serious, because computer repairs take longer than VCR repairs. To fix the other two suites, he stripped the Toaster. This piece of equipment will be repaired as soon as possible. Outtadauro told commissioners he attended TCI's open house event at the new facility, and was very impressed with the operation, noting that the beadend will be installed at the beginning of next year. Written: Krey distributed copies of a San Jose Mercury News article regarding the small circle of ownership in the cable industry. OLD BUSINF~S 1997 project timeline: There were no changes Promotion/awareness of channel: Krey called commissioners' attention to information she compiled regarding the cost of placing ads in the Cupertino Courier and the cost of purchasing small promotional items, such as magnets, keychains and mugs. Commissioners agreed newspaper ads were not a good use of funds, and decided to pursue the idea of television- shaped magnets, with a "watch Channel 26" message inscribed. Krey said she would provide the magnet design and order the minimum amount (500). Algeri offered to provide input on the design, as well. .Web page update: Guttadauro said the Web page for the access channel has been updated with current information and that he was waiting for the city to fill its vacant MIS position, so that a link could be established from the city's site to the De Anza page. Krey said the city is in the process of recruiting an infom~ation technology person, but the position has proved difficult to fill, and it could take a while before someone was hired. At the suggestion of Tsui, Guttadauro offered to look into the San Jose Mercury's television web page to see if listings for the public access channel could be included. NEW BUSINESS Report from City of Cupertino: Krey told commissioners that the city would conduct a community satisfaction survey sometime in the fall and that she hoped there would be questions on it pertaining to viewership of both government and public access channels. She also reported that The City Channel has scheduled a full slate of election programming to be aired during the month of October. Also, a meeting has been scheduled with TCI to discuss plans for the Cupertino rebuild on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Report from De Anza College: Fish told commissioners he would be on vacation for two weeks beginning Oct. 1. He said a new access Pub !lhow would begin airing on the channel and that the character inserter (bug) has been ordered and should arrive in three weeks. The scheduled producer meeting was canceled and another meeting will be announced soon; Fish will e-mall members with the date. He also said that repairs to the facility have been made, as the college promised. Tsui asked Fish to e-mail him with a list of repairs that have been done, so that he can write to Willie Pritchard thanking him for his attention to the repair work. Report from TCI: Dinger reviewed the company's monthly report, explaining that the call answering time was not up to usual standards because of the volume of calls from residents transferring service from Pacific Bell to TCI in San Jose. Walton told commissioners that he would bring a guest to the October meeting to discuss TCI's all-digital television project. ADJOURNMENT At 8:25 p.m., Guttadauro made a motion to adjourn the meeting to 6:30 p.m., Oct. I. Mannion seconded and the motion passed unanimously. ATTEST: APPROVED: C~ Chairman