Town of Newton
NCAT 20 Cable Committee
PO Box 378 Newton, NH 03858
Meeting Minutes
Date: March 2, 2010
Call to Order: 5:39p.m.
Roll Call: Diane Morin, Chair; Mary Winglass, Public Relations/Programmer
Sally Woodman, Secretary
Minutes from Previous Meeting: Read and accepted as written.
Correspondence and Communications
Unfinished Business:
- Patrick Clifford, from Comcast, explained the Nexsus system to Diane in the morning and Andrew Papas explained the wireless microphone system to her in the afternoon.
- The needed preparation for Candidate’s night, March 2nd, was discussed. Susan Godin and Tavish Forsyth, our cable operators, as well as the Cable Committee, will be in attendance. Bill and Marilyn Landry have offered their help as well. Diane will explain the updated operating system to the two operators.
New Business:
- Bill Landry, Carol Szot and Deidre Castle responded by e-mail of their intention to be at the Candidate’s Night while Brenda Fiers, Charlie Melvin, and Trisha McCarthy gave their intentions verbally to Mary Winglass.
Mary was notified by IT Consultant Sylvania Maddock that they are changing from Dynamic IP addressing to Static IP addressing.
Diane requested the software that will allow us to view and edit the recorded video.
Diane then requested the purchase of a cable needed to connect the camera to the PC. Diane was going to send a link to Mary with the information for both the software and the cable. Mary will then purchase the items.
Diane requested from Sylvania Maddock, to be able to access the PC in the cable room from her home. Mary also asked to be included in this access.
We need to decide on a format for requests coming in for broadcasting. The Nexus software accepts files in a jpeg format.
Diane suggested we organize the many cables according to their function. She showed bins for storage possibilities. She suggested we organize the cables first, and then determine the size of bins needed for storage. Mary suggested we label the cables as well as the bins. This will be done as time permits.
It was decided that a hard case was necessary for the protection of the expensive Canon camcorder. Mary will check on funding for this purchase; this item will be discussed at the next cable meeting.
A motion was made, seconded, and approved to purchase the software, cable, and the camera case.
- We were able to acquire copies of a series of cooking shows produced by the Methuen Cable Committee. These will be scheduled in.
Finances:
- We reviewed the financial statements sent to us from Kim Hughes And found them to be accurate.
Diane signed approval to pay Sally for the purchase of mini DV tapes, envelopes, and stamps.
Next Cable Committee meeting: The next Cable Committee meeting will be on March 17, 2010 in the Selectmen’s office at the Town Hall. It will begin at 5:30p.m.
Adjournment: 6:28p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman
Secretary
DRAFT
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