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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-05-18-CAC-min.pdf Cable TV & Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of May 18, 1994 Present Cunha, Fray, Gharibian, Longcope, Mairson, Schoman, Spencer, Stanton, Triessl, Warner and Paul Norton, representing Cablevision Newly appointed member Julie Longcope, MIS coordinator for the Town was welcomed Minutes of April 1994 meeting were accepted Spencer reported that the Town's application for an NSF grant has made it through the first round Further word is expected between June 15 and July 15, 1994 The grant is for 3 years at $750,000/yr Personnel, hardware and some contracted services will be covered An NTIA matching grant is scheduled for Oct 1, 1994 funding BBN has been providing Internet training to school department personnel Payment of $25,000 was received from Cablevision within recent weeks It had been requested January 28, 1994 It was pointed out that that time period is greater than that allowed by the contract Four bridges may be purchased for under $25,000 Spencer submitted the prioritized list of bridges and invited comment Warner stated that the joint dispatch system is a "classified network" and requires higher level of security Other points of discussion switching DPW and Public Satety, DPW use of Novell, Sytek modems are a possibility for other sites in Fall Some members felt unqualified to vote The 1994 plan was approved The decision on the 1995 plan was deferred Mairson suggested that written reports would be in order He also asked that the Committee consider what would happen if the Institutional Trunk were no longer provided as a free service Vote was taken to approve three bridges to the schools and to town for 1994 Spencer reports 1- I trunk and extensions - cable is in to MV facility at Lincoln Labs Splices, amplifiers and power supplies yet to be done Target date is June 15, 1994 2 Quality of I-trunk shortfall in performance marked improvement fine tuning by Cablevision needs personnel allocation By law, residential checks are mandated at greater frequency Warner suggests this is issue for new licensee - more institutional inspection Public hearing is scheduled for June 20 Selectmen's meeting It was decided that a brief presentation by a Committee spokesperson would be helpful Other than that the Selectmen will guide the meeting Questionnaires need to be out before time of meeting Posibility of funding from town to cover a mailing to 1/4 households Distribution in public places Publicity in forms of articles, letters and perhaps the form itself in minuteman Consider doing a more technical questionnaire in the Fall Longcope will be liason with the Town in this matter Triessl will write article Warner and Gharibian will write letters to the editor Will be put on cable community bulletin board Mairson reporting on NATOA regarding action alert Federal legislation may be unenforceable John Urban is resigning from Massachusetts Cable Commission Jay Somers will be replaced by David Green Committee encourages Green to attend our meetings Next meeting June 15, 1994 at 7 30p.m.