HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-01-12-CAC-min.pdf CATV AND COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF JANUARY 12, 1995
Members Jack Cunha, Lionel Fray, Jane Gharibian (chair) , Julie
Longcope, Bill Lucas,Ted Mairson, Bill Spencer, Julie Triessl,
Caleb Warner (ex-officio) Attendees Joe Magno (Cablevision) ,
Steve Ellis
Minutes of previous meeting were approved Spencer will put this
Committee's minutes on the Lexington gopher Citizens Guide to
Lexington will also be on the gopher Reference was made to the
LINK discussion of the contents of the gopher the address of which
is LINK CI LEXINGTON MA.
Agenda item. search for new co-chair to replace Warner who has
resigned Committee seeks to parcel out responisibilities by
topic
Regulatory and Statutory Matters - Bussgang(seeks assistance)
Technical - Spencer
License Renewal - open
Administrative - Gharibian
Customer relations - shared
Mairson expressed interest in extending the ethernet to home
systems This will be included in license renewal process
Committee will cal on services of volunteers who wish to work on
particular issues without full committee membership
Discussion of Town-wide Information Handling System warrant
article
- to pick up cost of Internet connection once BBN pilot project
ends Ellis believes that that cost is included in the schools'
Technology Budget request Others who had attended the LINK
meeting stated that they had been told that this was not the case
and would be contrary to the premise of the warrant article
- Mairson objected to including workstations in the article,
suggested that services of 1/4 FTE administrator is necessary
Warner suggests that workstations are important component but that
Mairson's proposal makes a good fall back position
- Lucas suggests "town-wide" is deceptive Citizens might believe
system would include home access Spencer responded that "town-
wide" was intended to convey the cooperative aspect of the Town's
information policy and that the warrant represents the major Town
information agencies - Town Governement, Cary Library, and the
Public Schools Rewording will be considered for final draft
Spencer says E Lexington library should not be on the list
Action Spencer makes motion "Subject to clarification of the
Lexington Public Schools' Five Year Technology Plan and the
schools' operating budget to assure the absence of redundancy, the
CATV and Communications Committee endorses the January 11th
document before it 4 voted for, 3 against, 1 abstention
Discussion was renewed establishing the desirability of a year's
experience in guiding future decisions A second vote resulted in
5 for, 2 against, 1 abstention.
Other agenda items were deferred to next meeting Gharibian has
sent out notes regarding discussion outside the meeting room once
our time had expired for use of the meeting room.
Next meeting will be February 16, 1995 at 5 30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Triessl
2/6/95