NEWTON CABLE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
DATE: December 7, 2011
PLACE: Town Meeting Hall
TIME: 5:30p.m.
CALL TO ORDER: 5:37p.m.
Roll Call: Diane Morin, Chairman; Mary Winglass, Public Relations/Programmer, Sally Woodman, Secretary;
Mary Marshall, Production Manager, Donna Judge, Operator
Minutes from Previous Meeting of November 16, 2011:
Mary Marshall motioned to accept the minutes of November 16 as written. Diane seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Budget: Not available
Correspondence and Communications:
- The recreation committee has asked to broadcast their December 14th meeting.
Review Programing Schedule:
- Donna is working on adding holiday music to the slide shows.
Upcoming Events:
- The BOS will be meeting on December 14th. There is a conflict between the Rec and BOS for the same night. Which board meets in the Town Hall will be recorded.
Unfinished Business:
- Donna will look into software that will convert files and video editing. She will report back to the committee with her recommendation.
- After a consensus of the committee was reached Diane motioned to accept Scott’s logo #7 to be used as our station’s logo. Sally seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mary W. will send this logo to David who will work it into the station’s programming. The font will remain the same as Scott used. This logo will be used at the beginning of a program with the words “This is a production of” and at the end of a program with, “Thank you for watching Newton Cable”.
The retention policy will be written out by Diane and reviewed at the next meeting. Upon the committee’s approval it will be presented to the BOS for approval.
New Business:
- Mary M made a motion to hire Sylvania Maddock3 to have two network lines dropped into the cable room and to configure monthly backup. Mary W. seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
- Diane made a motion to hire Sylvania to purchase 2 1TB drives for backup. Sally seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
- Diane motioned to have Sylvania set up Mary W’s PC enabling her to remotely access the cable PC. Sally seconded it and it carried unanimously.
- Diane motioned to purchase two desktop speakers for $30 or less to be paid from the equipment expense file. Mary M seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Donna will purchase the speakers.
- The upgrading of the Nexus along with what would be needed to improve the cable broadcasting was discussed in length. The consensus was that we would upgrade the Nexus to the UltraNexus 2.2 in 2012 when monies were available. It is felt that the best way to handle the upgrade is to send our Nexus to the company and have them do the upgrading. This will shut the station down during the upgrade for about 4 days. It is felt the improved quality is well worth it.
- Donna requested the purchase of two inexpensive speakers to enable the operators to receive the broadcast in real time since there is a time gap at present. Donna is going to research the cost of head phones as an alternative. This would help keep the noise level in the cable room down.
Other:
- Diane made a motion to go into nonpublic session under RSA 91A:3II (a) at 7:11p.m.
- Diane made a motion to come out of the nonpublic session at 7:23p.m.
- Diane will write Code of Conduct rules covering what the members agreed upon. Donna will update the list of things to do before, during, and after a broadcasting session. Both will be given to the operators and a copy will be posted in the cable room as well as copies filed and kept by the secretary. A copy of the Code of Conduct will be forwarded to the cable committee members.
- Mary M left the meeting at 7:25p.m.
Next Cable Committee meeting: January 11, 2012
Adjournment: 7:35p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman
Secretary
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