CABLE ADVISORY COMMISSION

MINUTES OF MEETING OF October 9th, 2002

 

Present were Chair Catherine Russo, Lou Ann Bowen, John Hopkins

Excused absence of Sue Hoffman

Also present were Mark LaTour and Gary Delius

 

James Paul Ludwig of the AT&T Orleans Public Access Studio

was present to discuss with us how he could help the development

of the Provincetown media center.  Catherine asked him if Provincetown

could count on a certain amount of hours from him for training.

She stated that not much effort had been given to the Provincetown

Community over the last few years and that it was in the contract

That staff from the Orleans Studio help produce programming for

Provincetown. He said he had to cover 6 towns with only one full

Time staff and one half time. He said we would have to speak with

His boss Mary O’Keefe to ask for this attention. He talked about

The kinds of programs Provincetown producers had produced in

The past, the equipment situation and availability and the channel

limitations.

 

There was some discussion about how to proceed with getting a lease

for the Aquarium center site. Mark will work on this.

 

Catherine reported on her talks with other media center managers

about which kind of cameras, mics and editing systems were best

for public access.

Catherine made a motion to buy the MacIntosh editing system. It was

Seconded by Lou Ann. The vote was 3 in favor and 0 opposed.

 

Mark handed out copies of the minutes of past meetings. Lou Ann made a

motion to accept them, seconded by Catherine. The vote was 3 in favor,

0 opposed.

 

Gary will email contacts at other media centers to ask if there is something

missing from the equipment wish list.

 

Next meeting Monday October 21, 2002 at 7pm

 

Lou Ann moved to adjourn at 9:20. Seconded by John.

The vote was 3 in favor and 0 opposed.