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CAROLYN H. KRAUSE
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RALPH W. ARTHURy,,
GERALD L.FARLEY
LEO FLOROS
NORMA J. MURAUSKIS
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THEODORE J. WATTENBERG
TERRANCE L. BURGHARD 100 S. Emerson Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056
village manager
MINUTES
MOUNT PROSPECT CABLE COMMISSION Phone 312 / 392-6000
APRIL 19, 1984
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman John Coleman called the meeting to order at
7:40 p.m., in the Trustees' Room of the Village Hall.
II. ROLL CALL
Present upon roll call: John Coleman, Michaele Skowron,
Mary Wajer. Absent: John Ruckstaetter.
Also present was John Bowman, Administrative Assistant
to the Village Manager, and George Wilson, visiting
Alderman from Prospect Heights.
John Coleman announced that John Rogers has resigned
from the Commission. A new member will be appointed to
fill this vacancy.
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Minutes of the meeting of April 5, 1984, were
approved.
IV. COMMUNITY TELEVISION WORKSHOPS
Commission members discussed the various Workshops
attended during the "Building Community Television"
Conference sponsored by the National Federation of
Local Cable Programmers. Explaining that the Commission
may at some point investigate municipal equipment needs,
Coleman reported his perceptions of a Workshop on
Equipment, Selection and Evaluation, Commenting on a
Workshop entitled, "Target Audience Programming,°' Skowron
and Wajer emphasized the need for quality production and
extensive promotion.
"Plugging Government into Cable" was the topic of a
Workshop attended by Coleman., which focused on various
means to present local government issues to residents.
Mr. Wilson described the potential for live "call-in"
programs with municipal officials.
Other Workshop topics included, "Identifying and Solving
Access Management Problems," "Funding Sources for Access
Productions," "Chicago Area Cable Update, ""Cable and.
«duca"tion """"""Regula'tion and Legislation, "" ""Copyright
�aws , an.a Jobs in Cable."
V. PUBLIC ACCESS RULES
John Bowman reported that Publi-c Access Rules adopted
by Cablenet do in fact incorporate all provisions
required under the Mount Prospect Cable Communications
Code and the Franchise Agreement.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Commission members agreed to hold a special meeting on
May 9, 1984, at 8:00 p.m., in the Trustees' Room of the
Village Hall to discuss final revisions to the Grant
Application and Guidelines. The meeting was adjourned
at 9:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN M. BOWMAN
Administrative Assistant
to the Village Manager
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