TC 05-01-02Telecommunications Commission
Regular Meeting
May 1, 2002
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Sal Algeri called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Commissioners present: Sal Algeri, David Eggleston,
Reggie Duhe (arrived 7:02p.m.)
Staff: Rick Kitson, Linda Lagergren
Guests: Linda Grodt, Bob Haber
Ernest Tsui, L.T. Guttadauro,
APPROVAL OF APRIL 3, 2002 MINUTES
Eggleston made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Tsui seconded the motion. All in
favor. Guttadauro abstained.
COMMUNICATIONS
Oral: None
Written: None
OLD BUSINESS
Activities Calendar. The commission reviewed the activities calendar and made some changes
on who would attend the Mayors breakfast meeting in November and December. The Forum date will
change.
Eggleston gave a brief report on the last breakfast meeting with the Mayor.
Annual Report Video Update: David Eggleston reported the annual report video is in process
and is tentatively scheduled to be ready for presentation to council on July 15th.
Action Item List: The commission reviewed the action item list. Reggie Duhe left a message
for Leon Beauchamp of PacBell regarding attending a commission meeting to discuss the DSL rollout
in Cupertino. Kitson is still working on getting test result reports from AT&T. Kitson will set up the
AT&T tour for July. Tsui said he would take minutes at the Pac Bell meeting and write an article for
the Scene. The commission requested that Kitson contact the recipients of the educational grants and
ask them to bring their finished product to a meeting for the commission to review.
NEW BUSINESS
Grant request from Linda Grodt - The commission reviewed the access producer grant
request from Linda Grodt for $235. After a brief discussion, Tsui made a motion to accept the grant
request as submitted. Duhe seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried.
Report on Public Access Forum - Guttadauro and Haber reported on the plan for the forum.
The forum would consist of 15-minute presentations from Public Access, the Educational element and
the Government Channel. After the presentations, there would be a 15-minute question and answer
period. The suggested date for the forum was August 7th and the suggested title for the forum was
"Cupertino PEG Communications Forum." Kitson mentioned that promotion for the event may be
limited if we hold it in August because there is no Scene published in that month.
Tsui made a motion to accept the proposal from the subcommittee and hold the forum in
August. Duhe seconded the motion. All in favor.
COPA
selection process - Haber had several suggestions for the COPA selection process.
Publish announcements for the nomination process in the cable TV section of the Scene.
Recruit at a Public Access booth at the De Anza flea market. Application forms could
be available at Senior Center, Library, City Hall, etc.
· Change the waiting period from 5 years to 2 years for repeat winners.
· Each producer who enters puts together a 5-minute "air check" or demo reel for the
panel of judges to review as part of the application process. Community judges could
review each application and tape and make recommendations to the commission.
· Award for outstanding program instead of outstanding producer.
· Recruit community judges.
The commission suggested Haber put together a proposal for a new award process.
Reports from:
City of Cupertino: Kitson distributed an application from Sempre Communications that is
before the PUC to lay a fiber optic network of which Cupertino is part of the region. Kitson also
distributed a letter from F. Kent Leacock, Vice President of Franchising and Government Affairs for
AT&T. He also distributed a letter from AT&T stating they will meet service levels in the future.
Kitson reported that the Rancho area is under a different franchise for service levels and standards. It
expires in three years and we are reviewing it for future negotiations.
AT&T: No report
De Anza College: Haber reported that they have started automated playback on a limited basis.
Current projects include editing this year's STAR - Citizen of the Year Awards and a public service
announcement for AARP. Recent remote productions include two episodes each of Gustine Castle &
You and Indian Vegetarian Gourmet. Two Sony DV Cam DSR 20 player recorder video decks were
ordered this month. It is expected that by the first week of June news will be out of the finalists and
winners of the Hometown Awards. The ceremony will be held in Houston, Texas on July 12th.
ADJOURNMENT
Eggleston made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m.; Tsui seconded and the motion
passed unanimously.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Chairperson