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CABLE COMMITTEE MEETING MIN UTES
DATE: July 13, 2011
PLACE: Town Meeting Hall
TIME: 5:30p.m.
CALL TO ORDER:
Roll Call: Diane Morin, Chairman; Mary Winglass, Public Relations/Programmer, Sally Woodman, Secretary;
Minutes from Previous Meeting of June 8, 2011: Diane motioned to accept the minutes as written. Mary W. seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Budget:
- The budgets for May and June were reviewed.
Correspondence and Communications:
- The Board of Selectmen approved the Franchise extension we requested from Bryan Christiansen of Comcast. She will contact him again to determine where to send the completed form.
- Bryan quoted $25,630 as the price for connecting the Middle School to the cable room at the Town Hall. He will forward this quote in writing to the committee. He will send the formal estimate in an email.
Upcoming Events:
Unfinished Business:
- The two job descriptions for the new hires were reviewed. It was decided to make them living documents. They will be given to our new hires when they come to the Town Hall.
- We continued to review and hone the Franchise document. The question about franchise fees being paid by Newton subscribers to other towns still needs to be resolved. Comcast is conducting an audit that will provide us with the information.
- Mary W. said the two new applicants, Scott DePanfilis and Donna Judge, were accepted by the BOS. Mary W. will contact them and invite them to the Town Hall to be introduced to Nancy Wrigley and instruct them to go to the Police Station to initiate their background checks.
New Business:
- Mary W. purchased two new USB flash drives. A motion was made by Sally to approve the cost of these drives, $18.75. Diane seconded and it passed unanimously.
- The policy Diane wrote for the use of the new USB flash drives, DVD’s and any other device for transferring a recording that is requested by a resident of a program on Channel 20 was read. Diane will update the policy according to the comments received by the committee.
- We will ask Mary Marshall to explain the file naming system she created and Scott can work with it or propose a system he feels would work.
Other:
Next Cable Committee meeting: July 27th, 2011
Adjournment:
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman
Secretary
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