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COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 14, 2018
Call to order. CAC Chair Kenneth Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the
LexMedia Studio, Kline Hall, at 1001 Main Campus Drive.
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Bob Avallone; Dave Becker; Dave Buckowski;
Smita Desai; Dorinda Goodman; Steve Iverson; Ben Moroze; Ramin Taraz; Rita
Vachani.
Members Absent: Nicholas Lauriat
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: Florence DelSanto, Executive Director, LexMedia.
Materials Referenced: (Draft) Minutes of the meeting of May 24, 2018; CAC
contribution to Selectmen's Goal-Setting; LexMedia Q3 report, cover letter, and draft
CAC response.
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes.
The minutes of the meeting of May 24, 2018 were unanimously approved with
corrections.
2. Carrier Reports
There were no service provider representatives present, and no carrier reports were
submitted.
3. Selectman's Report
Selectman Pato was not present, and there was no Selectman's Report.
4. Chairman's Report
a. Committee member reappointments
Steve Iverson had previously announced his intention to leave the committee at the
end of his current one-year term, i.e., in September 2018. It would be good to
continue to have a member closely associated with LexMedia operations.
Smita Desai's and Dave Becker's terms will also expire this September. Ken
requested that both let him know by mid-August whether they want another term.
Members are reminded that the CAC, like all Town committees, needs ongoing new
member recruiting. If someone you know might be interested,please let Ken know.
b. Selectmen's Goal-Setting
CAC members are encouraged to make any suggestions for improving the draft
CAC contribution to Selectmen's Goal-Setting, and direct them to Ken as soon as
possible.
c. LexMedia Third Quarter Report
Members should let Florence know of any additions to the draft response to
LexMedia's third quarter report.
d. Meeting Dates
This is the last CAC meeting for the "academic year." Our next meeting will be
on September 20, at the usual location.
5. LexMedia update: Florence DelSanto
LexMedia staff showed Committee members the new Podcast Studio, and told us
about its capabilities and plans for producing both audio and video programming
LexMedia is producing a documentary on retiring State Representative Jay Kaufman.
LexMedia is showing a Public Service Announcement on the Town's new trash &
recycling contractor.
The studio is being updated by replacing studio lighting and improving signage.
The LexMedia Web site is being redesigned, with completion planned for end of
Summer.
LexMedia is also rethinking its backup processes, including validating their backup
requirements, and answering questions such as: What do we have? What do we
need? Would backup on the Cloud be useful?
Dave Becker will check with Bedford's Cable Committee to see where they stand on
continuing to contract with an Access Corporation.
The LexMedia Q3 report and CAC draft response were discussed, but it was noted
that the CAC draft response used the annual report criteria rather than the quarterly
report criteria. Discussion was deferred until September to allow appropriate
adjustments to be made.
6. RCN 2019 license renewal update: Dave Becker, Dave Buczkowski, Nick Lauriat
A Public Hearing is scheduled for Monday, June 18 at 7:00 pm in the Selectmen's
Meeting Room. Comments from that meeting will be combined with requests from
the Town Manager's and School Superintendent's staffs into a set of validated
requirements for the next renewal. The Pelham Road property, recently purchased by
the Town for the Lexington Children's Place, should be added to the list of Town
locations to be served by the I-Net.
A major concern is to ensure that costs to the Town do not increase because of RCN's
re-engineering of their distribution system (using the Arlington Hub instead of that
formerly in the Lexington Liberty Mutual building) not increase. We may have to
insert language covering this in the renewal license.
7. "Net Neutrality" update: Bob Avallone
Congress does not seem interested in tackling the issue nationally. In the
Massachusetts legislature there is some activity in trying to assure fair treatment for
all Internet users within the state.
8. Town IT update: Dorinda Goodman
Nothing to report for Town services.
A conduit is being planned for the new Minuteman High School I-Net connection.
9. Wireless applications: Nick Lauriat, Ben Moroze
There are no current applications
10. Complaints: Steve Iverson (May), Ramin Taraz (June)
No complaints were received in this period
Upcoming: Ben Moroze(July), Nick Lauriat (August), Smita Desai(September)
11. New business: None was brought up
Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David Becker
Recording Secretary