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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-11-18-CAC-min Lexington Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of November 18, 2010 Meeting COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING NOVEMBER 18, 2010 LEGION ROOM, CARY HALL Chairman Jim Goell called the meeting to order at 6 35 PM. Attendees CAC members. Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Jim Goell, Donnda Goodman, Maria Kieslich, Ken Pogran, Linda Roemer and John Rommelfanger Selectmen's liaison. George Burnell Lexington resident: John Rudy Minutes of previous meeting The CAC voted to accept the minutes of the October 28, 2010 regular meeting with the correction of one typographical error Operator reports Comcast, RCN and Verizon representatives were not present at the meeting and sent no written reports. October complaints Mr Rommelfanger received a call from a Verizon customer about an unresolved technical problem. No further information is available Chairman's report 1 Recruiting CAC members (a) Mr Pogran has placed an advertisement on the Lexington List requesting expressions of interest in the CAC (b) Ms Roemer will assemble the material for the LexMedia Bulletin Board. 2 Pat Goddard is exploring solutions and possible funding for problems in the Cary Hall audio-visual system. He is in discussions with LexMedia to clearly specify what is needed. 3 Mr Goell will take the lead in identifying problems and possible solutions for problems in the Cary Library large meeting room sound system. 4 The next meeting is set for December 16, 2010 at 6 30 pm in the Legion room. Committee photograph Photographs of CAC members present were taken for inclusion in the annual Town report. Selectmen's liaison report Mr Burnell is continuing to support coordination between LexMedia and Town personnel. Lexington Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of November 18, 2010 Meeting Planning for Town backup fiber loop Ms Goodman has been requesting quotations from communications fiber suppliers in meeting the Town's communications requirements. Our three cable operators have so far not been interested in this opportunity PEG Access provider contract Ms Roemer reported that the CAC has met its obligations in support of the RFP process, and we await the results of the Town's negotiations with the recommended bidder LexMedia's On-Demand proiect LexMedia did not have a representative at the meeting. However, Harry Forsdick provided a written status report, which is attached. Wireless subcommittee report Mr Goell reported that there is a currently a lull in applications for new and modified cellular antenna permits, and suggested that the process might need to be modified to reflect the current state of the wireless communications business. This will be a discussion item for the January meeting. New protects 1 The Committee discussed ways to let more people know that LexMedia cablecasts meetings of several mayor Town committee meetings. One idea was that a note be added to official meeting notices that the meeting would be cablecast, listing the LexMedia channel. We expect to have discussions with Town officials on the feasibility of this idea. 2 The Committee considered the possibility of providing help to residents who wished to change their cable provider This is a complicated subject, because many residents pay for a "package" of services from the cable operator, typically including cable TV service, telephone service and high-speed Internet service, and the CAC, strictly speaking, has oversight only on the cable TV service offered to our residents. However, we are not precluded from offering help on any related subject to Lexington residents, providing that CAC members have the capability and time to due so -the difficulty for some residents in changing providers may in part come from a non-cable TV part of the package (e g., maintaining email history or address book information) We will pursue this prospect at a future meeting. Consideration of applicant for membership on the Committee The members present voted to go into executive session to consider the application of Mr John Rudy to become a member of the Committee The vote in favor was unanimous, by the following members David Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Jim Goell, Dorinda Goodman, Maria Kieslich, Ken Pogran, and Linda Roemer The Committee then went into executive session at759PM. The Committee came back into open session at 8 10 PM and adjourned. 2 Lexington Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of November 18, 2010 Meeting Documents received The following documents were received by Committee members in conjunction with this meeting: 1Comcast's 3rd Q 2010 PEG Access and Tech Initiatives payments. 2RCN's 3rd Q 2010 PEG Access payment. 3 Comcast's annual payment in lieu of I-Net 4 Verizon's annual payment in lieu of I-Net 5 LexMedia invoice for September 2010 6 LexMedia invoice for October 2010 7 RCN's Opposition to Montgomery County's (MD) comments on RCN's petition for relief from FCC's analog system testing requirements 8 LexMedia status report dated November 18, 2010 (attached) Submitted by Dave Becker 3