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RCN. 1. Ed Steel may not present at the 1/24 Board of Selectmen meeting due to a personal issue as scheduled. We would like to know, in advance, what position he's going to take. 2. The request of the BOS for RCN to delay its build out until Comcast could partner cost a delay of at least two years. Jeanne K. has brought up Lexington's role in this delay in the past and will bring it up again. One proposal is that RCN commit to doing 10% of the build out per year. RCN says that it would cost 1.5 million to get service to the residents that don't currently have access to RCN. Funding: The committee could not vote on requesting Board of Selectmen to allocate funds for the Media Center and Scola as there was no quorum. Jeanne C. will do a poll vote - call members to get their opinion and then ratify the decision at the next meeting. Review of BOS presentation for 1/24. Jeanne K. to print presentation and get to Lynne to get to the BOS. Jeanne K. to distribute copies of modified presentation. Miriam gave report on BOC. Due to a snowstorm the meeting scheduled for earlier this month has been rescheduled for later this month. At the next meeting the process for soliciting and selecting a Board of Directors will be defined. The current timeline indicates that the BOD won't be functional until at least April. If real estate becomes a problem, there are other buildings in Lexington where play back deck equipment could be placed to allow broadcast of official programs for a short period of time. Cary Hall is just best. Any building with an INET connection could be used. To place equipment in a school building, we would need permission from the School Committee. Equipment may have to be stored. Ideal would be a 3-6 month lease. Goal is Cary Hall for 7/1. CAC should be able to use Cary Hall for storage. SCOLA: CAC pay for one more year and than turn bills over to Media Center. Annual cost: $1,680.00 Town meeting preparation. Jeanne C. working with Connie and Jim and Tom Steel. Jeanne received a list of questions from RCN. She's working on getting answers. Town meeting will start at 7:30 instead of 8:00. Close captioning covered; same person used as previous years. Ideal would be for Media Center to pick this up. Cost was $4,100 for last year. Jeanne will call Lynne and ask how to get payment for Close Captioning. Jim Baker. Discussed his request that the 'flood of emails' be minimized. The suggestion was made that the committee meet twice a month and that less business be done via email. He would like to deal just with Cable, satellite and TV issues. Steve Ellis. New form 100 is now in effect as of 1/1. 10-15 communities responded. Most responses were from cable operators. The requirement to provide the local system specific financial information as removed. Form 100 asks the companies to list the other services that they plan to offer, for information purposes only. Part of our role is to