Rutland Cable Advisory Committee
Meeting Minutes – July 26, 2018
Members present: Chairman Paul Mattson, Peter Craine, Christian Santillo.
Members absent: None
Guests present: Paul McKenzie (Town’s IT Support President)
Meeting was called to order by chair at 6:00 PM.
IT Support
Paul introduced himself and his company (cmgeeks.com). Committee described current IT uses (Town Internet connection; private network to Nexus; fiber links to schools and Charter; etc.).
Committee explained the basics of the upgrades coming. What do we want from IT support?
- Remote Access so we don’t have to be physically in the control room to do our work. They have a system that uses 2-factor authentication to grant remote access of our control room computer.
New Computer. No problem. He will help spec the computer to be very good for our video production as well as remote system. Who buys it? Who installs it? These can all be worked out. There will be a cost to have it controlled like other Town-owned computers.
Network Infrastructure. What is it like now? Paul isn’t sure. There is, he is pretty sure, a cisco firewall. The rest of the network infrastructure isn’t obvious. We will need to be sure it will scale to handle the new requirements of our new system. Needs will increase but should not be extreme.
In general, Paul’s attitude isn’t to “nickel and dime” the Town. We can call him and we can collectively figure it all out.
Meeting Minutes
Amended meeting minutes from June 28, 2018 accepted at 6:35 PM. Christian moved; Paul 2nd; vote was unanimous.
Bills and Accounts
Paul presented a Treasurer’s report. Total expenses were $384.60, all salaries, since the June meeting.
Financial report was accepted as presented at 6:36 PM. Peter moved; Christian 2nd; vote was unanimous.
Old Business
Leightronix
Budgetary quote from HB Communications did not include Installation. Christian to follow up.
Hiring
Jobs were posted on Town Website. Will send to High Schools and local Colleges/Universities as the new academic year starts.
Landmark? Telegram? Will consider soon.
New Business
New Broadcast Equipment
Is it time for the RFP?
First let’s visit Holden Cable and see how well they like their Tightrope system.
Christian will connect with Leightronix Installer.
We will decide next meeting (we hope!)
New handheld camera
One of our “portable” cameras has died. This is the one we used when recording in-library meetings. It looks like it’s an internal power supply problem.
We are now looking for a new hand-held camera to take its place. Technology has advanced quite a bit since we bought the old camera. We should have no problem being much more mobile than before.
We know that the camera must have good low-light recording; the schools also have wildly varying light conditions.
While we’re at it…
We have outgrown our audio mixer in the control room. We need one that supports more audio channels.
The Select Board desk was designed for 5 Select Persons. However, the Town Administrator also shares that desk. Perhaps we should make another space for the Administrator. That will likely cause a room rearrangement (screen and projector; perhaps podium).
Next Meeting
The Committee’s next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 PM on Thursday, August 29, 2018.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned, unanimously [Motion: Peter; 2nd Christian] at 7:24 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Peter Craine
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