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RECEIVED <br /> 2023 '1 ,Jain, &A9 am <br /> TOWN OF LEXINGTON TOWN CL,ERK <br /> COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br /> LEXINGTON <br /> MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18, 2021 <br /> CONDUCTED BY REMOTE PARTICIPATION <br /> 1. Call to order and roll call. <br /> Communications Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order <br /> at 6:05 PM and called the roll. The meeting was conducted remotely via Zoom. <br /> Members Present (via Zoom): Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone, Dave Becker, Dave <br /> Buczkowski, Smita Desai, Steve Kaufman, P.K. Shiu, Ramin Taraz, Rita Vachani. <br /> Members Absent: Dorinda Goodman, Nick Lauri at <br /> Quorum: A quorum of members was present. <br /> Others Present: Florence DelSanto, LexMedia; Tom Steel, RCN <br /> Materials Referenced: Draft minutes of the October 21, 2021 meeting, Verizon FiOS license <br /> renewal —email re. extension of negotiation period. <br /> 2. Review and VOTE to approve minutes of the CAC October 21 meeting <br /> The minutes of the October 21"meeting, recorded by Rita Vachani, were reviewed and approved <br /> with amendment. <br /> 3. Service provider reports: Tom Steel <br /> Mr. Steel announced his retirement at the end of 2021, after 25 years at RCN. Tom expressed his <br /> thanks and enjoyment working with the CAC, especially having worked with Mr. Buczkowski <br /> and Mr. Becker since the first RCN license negotiation. Tom was proud of working with <br /> Lexington, that we have a well-functioning institutional network, and that Lexington was the <br /> first to suggest having High-Definition PEG programming, which was implemented and later <br /> expanded to other communities. Led by Mr. Buczkowski, the CAC expressed our thanks to Mr. <br /> Steel wishing him a happy retirement. <br /> Mr. Steel mentioned that RCN is changing the company name to Astound, and will be known as <br /> "Astound powered by RCN" in the interim. His replacement will be David von Moritz, who is <br /> based in Washington state. <br /> 4. Chairman's Report: Ken Pogran <br /> Ken Pogran explained that Mr. Kaufman is not yet at the CAC meeting because Mr. Kaufman <br /> noticed the current Select Board meeting includes an agenda item on the approval of a policy <br /> concerning small wireless facilities. Mr. Kaufman is currently attending that meeting and will <br /> report back soon. <br />