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Lexington Communications Advisory Committee – Meeting Minutes - December 21, 2006 By Jim Gonzalez Meeting called to order at 6:35pm. Present were CAC members Maria Kieslich, Ed Vail, John Rommelfanger, Jeanne Canale, Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, and Jim Gonzalez. With 7 of 10 members present, this constituted a quorum. Also present were Jane Lyman from Comcast and CAC candidate Linda Roemer. Selectmen’s Liaison Jeanne Krieger arrived approximately 6:50pm. LexMedia chair Alan Lazarus arrived approximately 7:00pm. LexMedia board member George Burnell arrived approximately 7:10pm. Minutes of the November 9, November 16, November 20 and December 4 meetings were reviewed. No comments or corrections were offered. Dave Buczkowski moved that they be accepted as distributed. Maria Kieslich seconded. All members present voted in favor. Jane Lyman made a verbal report on behalf of Comcast. Repairs at the Museum of Our National Heritage were made, and declared “acceptable” by Comcast’s tech and an unnamed representative of LexMedia. Jeanne Canale asked about complaints of hum on the live feed. Jane responded that she was unaware of a complaint. Jeanne Canale asked about the work on the “second drop” at the Museum. A ticket had been pulled for test of the second outlet. Dave Becker sought clarification on whether the second jack could be used at the same time. Jane responded that it could, with a second modulator. Regarding an INET connection at the Lexington Historical Society, Jane Lyman stated that Comcast corporate policy limits installation of drops to Town buildings, including schools. Depot Square does not qualify. Jeanne Canale noted that there is an RCN INET drop at Depot Square. Jeanne agreed to inform Susan Bennett at the Lexington Historical Society of the decision. Tom Steele was absent from the meeting, and there was no written report on behalf of RCN. Jeanne Canale had two items to report related to RCN. The first was that she had seen numerous complaints regarding failures with their digital TV service following a firmware upgrade to the set top boxes. Jeanne also passed along a complaint from Hank Manz regarding audio quality. Lynn was absent. Jeanne Canale distributed a letter and related material regarding changes to Verizon’s TV packages. It constituted a price hike. Jeanne Canale made her report. Printout from the accounting system was distributed. The printout included recent payments from RCN, Comcast and the first payment from Verizon. Questions were raised regarding payments to Anderson & Krieger. Jeanne Krieger stated that she would investigate. Jeanne Krieger introduced George Burnell, who was appointed as the Selectmen’s appointee on the Board of LexMedia. Jeanne Canale introduced Linda Roemer, who is seeking appointment to the CAC.