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Notes from the meeting of the Media Subcommittee of the Communications Advisory Committee for October 26, 2004. Present were Maria Kieslich (CAC), James Akimchuk (CAC), Jeanne Canale (CAC), Miriam Boucher (CAC) Jeanne Krieger (BOS) and Alan Lazarus (TMMA)  We discussed the current status of the Board of Convener process. The mode of governance has been decided. Any official announcement will wait until the present phase of discussions is completed.  The presentation to the Board of Selectmen on the current status of the Board of Conveners has been postponed until mid/end-November or December. Before any presentation is made, we need answers to the questions from Jeanne Canale to Town Counsel.  Transition Plan We discussed the transition plan that Maria presented. o When it’s firmed up, we will need to present it to the BOS. o An important part of this plan will be how we’re going to handle Town o Meeting.  If an outside bid is required for any work (e.g. any future build out, outside contractor for production services), we will have to get a minimum of three bids. We may need to talk to purchasing to get instructions on the procedure to follow.  Kite’s End Need to talk to Comcast and RCN about the potential of getting an RCN o live feed into Kite’s End (Comcast has historically not been cooperative about this). Jim to manage. We will need to go through Lexington’s purchasing procedures to rent o Kite’s End – Jeanne to manage. The town can hire contractors. However, we will need a job description to o do this. A large issue with Kite’s End is how to staff it. Exactly when to take over o the lease is also an issue. Will still need connectivity to both Comcast and RCN wherever the media o center locates. Jeanne C. to contact Tom Steel and try and set up a meeting with Jim to o discuss this informally.  Will probably know within a month about whether the media center will be allowed to occupy space in the basement of Cary Hall.  Jim to be point person for any contact with Arlington’s media center.  Programming Miriam will be the complaint person for subscribers’ issues with o programming. Need to create process for getting programming aired. Jim to manage. o  Open issue: status of sound system in Cary Hall.  SCOLA Wendy Wilson to be contacted o What’s the status of SCOLA? o