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contractors haven't put the signs up yet. LED lights for the studios have been ordered but not installed. LexMedia hired a social media person, tasked with maximizing use of social media sites (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook). This new hire has done a study, and set up social media guidelines. LexMedia hired a new part-time employee to help with community outreach and producing stories. LexMedia has a partnership with Minuteman High School. Minuteman is building a mass media department, and the department head is bringing a class to LexMedia every two weeks to recruit students to the department. LexMedia is having a student come from Cotting School—they are learning editing and helping to digitize old programs. Cotting School has been asking for years to partner with LexMedia. There are new podcasts which are not yet up on the new site. These are from both the Friends of the Council on Aging and Massmouth. LexMedia is installing a new membership and inventory system. Dorinda Goodman asked to see the new social media guideline document. 6. Review of CAC contribution to Town Annual Report and VOTE to approve Ken Pogran distributed this document to the committee. It follows the format of previous years' contributions. The contribution is due October 19, 2018, and covers July, 2017 to July, 2018. The Committee voted to approve the contribution as written. 7. RCN license renewal progress report Ken Pogran, Dorinda Goodman, and Dave Becker met on the RCN license renewal. The discussion was around how much speed and bandwidth the Town wants from RCN--the Town wants whatever the current commercial offering is, for free. By the end of November, Nick Lauriat, Dave Buczkowski, and Dave Becker will put together specific requirements for RCN, then get a proposal from RCN, and negotiate. The next step is that the Board of Selectmen accepts the proposal. Ken Pogran verified that the Town is using the informal track, rather than the RFP process. 8. PEG accounts update Dave Becker and Rita Vachani will schedule a meeting with the new Town finance person they want to encourage the Town to separate PEG money from money for improving network communications. Dave Becker reported that the Town had not been current in LexMedia rent payments to Avalon. Ken Pogran said LexMedia has a nominal sublease from the Town of the Town's lease of the space from Avalon. The Town pays Avalon from PEG account money, but doesn't go through LexMedia. Ken said there's a new 10-year lease agreement with Avalon. The Town's rent to Avalon is $30-$40k/year. Ramin Taraz asked whether the Town should be looking for alternative LexMedia locations, given the prediction of PEG revenue going down. Ken Pogran said that there is a bigger issue of what to do about LexMedia funding if PEG revenue declines. For now, there are