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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.
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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.
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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
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