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February 10, 2010 NCAT-20 Cable TV Minutes
           CABLE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES

DATE:                  February 10, 2010
PLACE:                 Town Hall, Selectmen’s Office
TIME:                  5:30p.m.
CALL TO ORDER:   5:37p.m.
ROLL CALL:             Diane Morin, Chair; Mary Winglass, Public
                               Relations/Programmer; Sally Woodman,
                               Secretary; Bill and Marilyn Landry,
                               Volunteers

SECRETARY’S REPORT: All three January meeting minutes, 1/12, 1/20, 1/27/2010 were accepted as written.

COMMUNICATIONS and CORRESPONDANCE:
  • Bob White has requested a taped copy of the Town’s Deliberative Session. Mary will have a copy for him at the Town Hall. There is a charge of $5.00 per tape.  
  • We have received a bill for installation of a Cat5 cable and RJ 45 ends in the amount of $150.00. The committee voted to pay the bill.
  • A communication from Jay Somers, manager of Government & Community Relations. It advises the Cable Committee that ComCast is changing the name of its video, Internet and Voice products in Newton to XFINITY TV, XFINITY INTERNET, and XFINITY VOICE starting on February 12, 2010.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

NEW BUSINESS:
  • Diane Morin will be meeting with Patrick Clifford, a Comcast Access Coordinator, at 9:30a.m. and with Andrew Papas from SSG to get help with the Nexus system at 12:30p.m.
  • Mary has compiled two schedules, one is for the Selectmen’s meetings, and the other for the Planning Board.
  • Mary has created an hourly pay schedule for the two cable operators.
  • The committee worked on a letter to be sent to each prospective candidate inviting them to participate in Candidates Night, March 2nd. And the committee also worked on a flyer announcing Candidate’s Night to be posted throughout the community. Bill and Marylin have volunteered to do this. The wording for both will be typed up and exchanged via e-mail. When all are in agreement, a letter will be sent to each candidate and the flyers will be posted.
  • Mary agreed to set up a mailbox at the Town Hall for Cable Committee business.
  • Sally will obtain envelopes and stamps.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 6:40p.m.



                                        Respectfully submitted,


                                        Sally Woodman
                                        Secretary