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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-11-12-CAC-min.pdf 1 Town of Lexington Cable TV and Communications Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting of November 12 , 1992 The meeting was convened at the Town Office Building at 5 30pm Present were members Julian Bussgang, Jack Cunha, Jane Gharibian, Theodore Mairson, Leo McSweeney, Sara Schoman, Martha Stanton, Julie Triessl and Caleb Warner Also present was Jay Somers, Cablevision representative Julie Triessl was elected recording secretary Minutes of Meeting of October 11 , 1992 were accepted Bussgang reported that Warner had submitted the report of the Committees activities to the Town Report Committee Photographs to accompany the report were taken during the meeting A transfer of license status report was given by Bussgang Peter Epstein had submitted some changes to the agreement which had been previously circulated for the consideration of all parties A draft taking into account comments from Cablevision was distributed at the meeting Bussgang indicated that the changes were acceptable to him They were identified as 1 ) dropping all references to Warburg, Pincus as a signatory, 2) dropping a paragraph which contained language to which Cablevision objected, 3 ) changing reference to SEC filing since Cablevision files with its bondholders not the SEC Considerable discussion took place as to whether Warburg should or should not be a signatory Schoman and Warner felt strongly that Warburg should sign the document Bussgang agreed to discuss matter with Epstein and concerned parties , including Selectman Dailey Commmittee discussed whether its presentation to Selectmen scheduled for November 16 needed to present a final document with recommendations or whether a document in the works was sufficient to provide Selectmen information on which to make a decision (The appearance before the Selectmen was later postponed to November 30) Somers agreed to have a stenographer present Gharibian submitted notes of meetings held by the Access Subcommittee Several questions raised were answered by Committee members and Somers The Subcommittee intends to establish a campaign which will raise awareness of local access opportunities to community organizations and which will recruit new workers for local programming Cablevision liason, Joe Magno, and Ed Harbist will work with the Subcommittee to identify Cablevision' s role in providing staff and equipment for coverage of local events t McSweeney spoke with appreciation for Cablevision coverage of Veterans Day in Lexington Next meeting of the Subcommittee was scheduled for December 2 at 5 30pm in J-8 at Lexington High School Bussgang announced that he may be away for three months early in 1993 A resume of an interested volunteer for the Committee has been received and was referred to Triessl for action Copies will be circulated to all members for their consideration Somers announced that a second pay-per-view channel will be offered Subscribers will be notified by mail A payment of $165 by the Lexington cable operator, A-R Cable Services, Inc to the schools has been received and spent by the schools on miscellaneous cable-production related equipment such as replacement bulbs The money represents the reinvestment of all the 1992 advertising revenues derived from the Local Origination channel (Final License dated August 31 , 1981 , Sec 22 , p 17 ) campaign Documents regarding I-Loop and channel allocation were submitted by Stanton on behalf of Bill Spencer Stanton submitted a list of Lexington Public Schools programs for the month of November Next meeting was scheduled for January 7 , 1993 at 5 30pm Meeting was adjourned Respectfully submitted Julie Triessl