CABLE ADVISORY
COMMISSION
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.