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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/25/1985 MPCC MinutesMINUTES MOUNT PROSPECT CABLE TELEVISION PUBLIC ACCESS COMMISSION APRIL 25, 1985 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. Present at the meeting were John Coleman, Jud Strickland, Michaele Skrown, Chuck Bennet, George Frazier, Cable Coordinator, Karen Giet, Edie Eirich, and Pat Erickson of the Slowik Foundation. Also present was Stan Hyclia of the Rivertrails Band Boosters. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the March 21 meeting were approved by George Frazier and seconded by Jud Strickland. The minutes of the February 21 meeting were approved by Jud Strickland and seconded by George Frazier, with a correction to show that Chuck Bennet was not in attendance and did not move for adjournment. III. NEW BUSINESS GRANT APPLICATION FOR RIVERTRAILS BAND BOOSTERS A grant application was presented by Stan Hyclia for the River - trail Band Boosters. Stan noted that he had seen the request on channel 63 for Public Access Grants. He felt that the band program would be excellent for the station and the band groups and contacted Karen Giet. He noted that there are families involved in the Music Boosters and that they would watch the program. The group requested a grant of $388.28. George Frazier made a motion to approve the grant, Chuck Bennet seconded the motion. The grant was approved for $388.28. RESOLUTION RENEWAL The letter to the Mayor was discussed and changes made. The corrected letter is to be typed by Karen Giet and will be ready to present to the Board at the next available date for app- earance before the Board. It was decided that if the survey and brochure are ready they should be attached to the letter. Karen Giet said that she would notify the Village Manager that the Commission decided that they would all be present for the presentation to the Board and for their re -appointment. MINUTES PUBLIC ACCESS COMMISSION PAGE 2 GOALS AND DIRECTIONS Goals and directions for 1985-1986 will be on the Agenda for the next meeting. Michaele Skowron suggested that they be listed under Old Business. IV.- OLD BUSINESS SLOWIK UPDATE Edie Eirich and Pat Erickson thanked the Commission with special thanks to John Coleman and Michaele Skowron for the outstanding work done on the Jeff Slowik Telethon. It was decided by John Coleman, that thank -you letters should be sent to Tom Daley, Peggy Busch, Clark Weber, Jim Mitchell, Al Giannatti, and Dolores Haugh. Edie noted that the Foundation made $1,600 on the day of the tele- thon. She wants to know when it will appear again as a re -run and Karen Giet said she would notify her. The Commission decided and let the Foundation out the payment of the and not the Grantor. to send a check for $1,000 to the Foundation pay their own invoices. Karen Giet pointed bills was a responsibility of the Grantee Michaele Skowron said that when other groups ask for advice on a telethon, the commission should tell them that there are better and more profitable ways to make money. She gave the example of a "Bowl-A-Thon." John Coleman suggested to the Commission that they consider several goals for discussion and then send those goals to Karen Giet by May 7, 1985, so that she could include them with the Agenda. Some of the goals/topics were: 1. Speakers Bureau 2. Alerting Schools and Park Districts to Public Access Programming 3. Determining groups that could benefit from Public Access 4. Monitoring the Public Access level of Cablenet, Inc. 5. Who should be a producer? Jud Strickland wanted to know to what extent the Commission should identify organizations that use Public Access rather than explaining or showing them how to use Public Access. Michaele Skowron thought the main thrust should be in making people aware of Public Access and Chuck Bennett agreed. There was a limited discussion on how the various groups could find production crews. MINUTES PUBLIC ACCESS COMMISSION PAGE 3 BROCHURES: A discussion of the cost of the brochures was held by the members. It was decided that the quoted price was too high and that Karen Giet should speak to the printer again. A decision was made to use non -glossy paper to hold the cost down. It was also decided that the cost for 1,500 copies should be in the $700 - $800 range. (Note: The final cost will be $732.62 plus $70..00 for composition and $5.00 for shipping, totaling $807.62.) The Commission agreed to let Karen Giet place the order if the price was within the range decided upon. SURVEY A correction was made on the survey and it is now ready to go to Carol Fields. Karen told the Commission she had checked with Dave Jepson about the Postage Return Permit and he would get the information as soon as possible. Since there would need to be a way to seal the survey., Karen instructed her secretary to pursue having the survey reduced to a.post card for ease of return and possible increased return response. V. OTHER BUSINESS COMMUNITY ACCESS PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL STATEMENT Karen Giet noted that she had sent a follow-up letter of John Colemen's letter to Mike Zadel, asking for a financial statement to be returned in accordance with the Grant Agreement. As of April 25, the report had not been received. It was decided that Karen should send another letter and that it should be copied to Dominic Iodice, the Community Access Producers Associations President. CABLENET/TCI PARTNERSHIP The Commission expressed concern over the possible reduction in access facilities at Cablenet, due to the partnership with Cablenet. They felt they should call a joint meeting with the Des Plaines Cable Commission and ask Cablenet, Inc., to explain their position on access. Karen Giet explained to the Commission that their real power was their influence with advising the Board and that they had no authority with Cablenet. Karen explained the Franchise Agreement and compliance hearing report stipulations to the Commissioners. -It was decided that this should be a watched area for the Commission. MINUTES PUBLIC ACCESS COMMISSION PAGE 4 VI. CABLE COORDINATOR'S REPORT Karen Giet gave the Commission a copy of the new Policies and Procedures forthe use of Municipal Broadcast Equipment. Karen noted that the New Production Assistant, Bill Slatter, would start on May 1, 1985. She gave some background information on Bill, and explained that he would be the secretary for the Television Production Center as well as assisting in the pro- ductions for Channel 63. Karen gave an update on the programs that have been taped, "Garden Walk," and those under way. VII. ADJOURNMENT A motion for adjournemnt was made by George Frazier and seconded by Chuck Bennett. The meeting adjourned at 10:06 p.m.