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Lexington Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of November 15, 2007 Meeting Chairman’s discussion Jeanne Canale sought a sense of the committee on reducing the length of our meetings by setting time limits on discussions. It was decided to set some informal limits for the next meeting to see how they work out. Selectmen liaison’s report George Burnell reported receipt of approximately $50,000 from Verizon for the PEG account. Linda Roemer understands that Burlington received approximately $58,000 from Verizon for their PEG use, and wondered whether there might be a discrepancy. George will investigate. Cable account financial reports The Chair provided copies of financial reports on the two accounts for which the CAC has monitoring responsibility. There were questions on the meanings of several entries. George Burnell will investigate. Maria Kieslich and Dave Becker proposed a revised reporting form and offered a mock- up to show how it would work. George Burnell was not sure that the Finance Department would be able to create such a report. Appreciation to Lynne Pease The committee voted to commend Lynne Pease for her diligence in checking payments due from the cable operators. By her efforts, a neglected payment due from Verizon last February was identified, and the Town received the $769.97 that it was owed. RCN I-Net Dave Becker reported that we’ve met with RCN and the Town and School network managers and separately with those managers and Atrion, the monitoring and consulting contractor for our I-Net switch. The primary motivation for these meetings was to find out whether the RCN I-Net is technically capable of carrying live cable signals (analog and digital) for Town, School and LexMedia use. The preliminary answer seems to be “yes,” but there are some issues to work out. We also heard some of the Town’s plans for upgrading the I-Net. The committee has an interest in anything related to connecting additional sites to this network, as we have to discuss new sites with RCN under their license. We have learned that the existing switch has capacity for one more site in its existing configuration, and that the switch can accept one more expansion card, which would provide space for an additional 16 sites. There’s also a preliminary plan to upgrade the switch with one of higher capacity. Negotiation Subcommittee report There was no activity on the RCN renewal license this month. 2