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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/24/1986 MPCC Minutes6,. k& MAYOR,. CAROLYN H. KRAUSE TRUSTEES RALPH W. ARTHUR GERALD L.FARLEY LEO FLOROS NORMA J. MURAUSKIS GEORGER J. N GEE VAN 11 i a e !of Mout �,.� Irm i' 11 s e lr t THEODORE WA RG V VILLAGE MANAGER Cable Television Commission TERRANCE L. BURGHARD 100 S. Emerson Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 Phone 312 / 392-6000 MINUTES MOUNT PROSPECT CABLE COMMISSION APRIL 24, 1986 I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7:06 P.M. Present were: John Coleman, Judd Strickland, Rachel Toeppen, Karen Giet, Cable Administrator, and Mr. Joseph Krouchick, Grant recipient. Absent was George Frazier. IT. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 20 1986 The minutes of the March 20, 1986 meeting were approved. III. RESIGNATION OF JOHN COLEMAN . dJohn Coleman announced his resignation, effective after -.the March 20, 1986 meeting. He explained that he had ri found an apartment in Arlington Heights and would no longer be eligible to serve as Chairman of the Cable Commission. ::die proposed that election of a new Chairman as well as °-,k.ot,her Commission business should be put on hold until ;�w recently resigned members were replaced. ";Karen Giet indicated that she had contacted the Mayor and °;requested that new members be appointed. John Coleman said however that if either Judd Strickland or Rachel Toeppen were interested in the Chairmanship he ..would be in approval. IV. Mount Prospect Cable Commission/Minutes page 2 April 24, 1986 Judd Strickland indicated that he would not have time to be the chairman as he is frequently out of town. John Coleman added that George Frazier would be in the same postion, and suggested that when the Mayor selects the new members she keep in mind that one of them will be the Chairman. Karen Giet suggested waiting until the members had been selected and let the group select a Chairman. She indicated that she had also talked to Trustee Farley and he felt that the Chairman should be chosen by the group. John agreed, and said that he felt the Mayor should just keep in mind that one of them will probably be elected Chairman, and not to be selected by the Mayor. Karen Giet added that George Frazier had expressed an interest in the Chairmanship, but would need to evaluate his availability, as he was in the process of a job change. John Coleman explained the time giving the group an idea of what time he made as Chairman. CHAIRMAN ELECTION commitment he made as Chairman, type of preparation and The election of a new Chairman was postponed until new members are appointed. V. GRANT AWARD APPLICANT (Joseph Krouchick John Coleman explained that some confusion about the Grant Program in regards to the Northwest Municipal Cable Council Resource Center, was due to the fact that he was not aware of limitations on the number of productions available through the, Resource Center-. He explained to Mr. Krouchick that, -he would personally serve as producer of Mr. Krouchick's prodction. He asked that Mr. Krouchick rewrite his proposal under the old format and that he would provide all of the neccessary support, this all contingent on the Commission's approval. Mr. Krouchick went on to explain to Rachel Toeppen an Joidd Strickland what his play is about,. He also asked about:-p.rpmotion of the program, if some funds were available to promote the play. He mentioned that he was already written up in'.the Journal. and that it was free publicity. Mount Prospect Cable Commission/Minutes page 3 April 24, 1986 Approval was given by the Commission for the John Coleman added that Mr. Krouchick would out a new form with a summary of the budget. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. Grant Program initial proposal. need then to fill 1. Municipal Production Center John Coleman said he still was unable to get in touch with the seniors regarding their project, and said he would continue to try. He said he had talked to Joe Kolonowski and gone over some ideas regarding the program for the Mount Prospect Police Association. He said he would type up a formal proposal and send it to the Cable Administrator's Office. Karen Giet raised the question of whether the grant recipients were still required to come to.,the Commission meetings and formally present their ideas. John Coleman it was his understanding that once a recipent had been chosen by the Commission,- a contact from the Commission would be appointed or would volunteer. They would be in contact with the recipient and bring the idea before the Commission for a vote. Judd Strickland said he had still not contacted the ministerial association. John mentioned he had a call in to them but had not heard back as of yet. Karen Giet said that Dave Price from the Park District had contacted her and needed a new application. :John Coleman said he had contacted George Frazier to let him know the name of the person to contact at the Mount Prospect Jaycees. Karen Giet asked John Coleman what would happen to the group that he was contact for, He said he • - Police • • • • ust had --• A takentyped up •sent In. He • • - he would like e Cable Administrator' Office to follow• on the; Seniors or one of - new Commissio members. ., Mount Prospect Cable Commission/Minutes page 4 April 24, 1986 Karen Giet wanted to add that the projects should be ready for production no later than October to allow Peggy Busch ample time for completion, she also noted that all the available production units for grants had been used, and any other grants would have to follow the guidelines for non -Resource Center grant productions. Karen Giet wanted to know how the grantees were now being notified. She suggested that if -.the grant .recipient: had been notified and had not responded within six weeks that they should be contacted and told that they will no longer be eligible if they do not respond. John. Coleman saidthat it appears that all the groups have responded positively except for the seniors. He added that he made contact with an individual went over some ideas that they would like to see covered.. He said that each Commissioner should find out who the "movers" and the "shakers" are in the organization, contact them and get several concepts from them that they would like covered in a program. The Commissioner should then bring those concepts and ideas to the Commission for approval. At that point, if approved, the idea and contact person can be turned .over to Peggy Busch, who will take it to completion from that point. Karen Giet brought up promotion and said ideas should be considered for different ways to promote.the grant program. John Coleman said he felt this should be discussed when the Commission was at a full level. Newsletter Column Karen Giet mentioned that John had written one article for the Cableviews newsletter. She said the Cable Administrator's office would like to continue this if someone from the Commission would write an article, she added that all that would be needed would be the information as it could be re -written by the printers who put together the newsletter. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Action Agenda John Coleman felt this too should be postponed for discussion until new members are appointed. Mount Prospect Cable Commission/Minutes Page 5 April 24, 1986 VIII.. CABLE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT Karen Giet reported that the Commissioner's program "Welcome to Mount Prospect" had been re-edited as there were some technical problems, and the program was completed if the Commissioners wanted to view it. IX. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:49 P.M. Respectfully submitted June 25, 1986