HomeMy Public PortalAboutCable Television Advisory -- 2011-10-04 Minutes (2) Minutes of the meeting of the Brewster Cable TV Advisory Committee
Tuesday, Oct.4, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room A, Brewster Town Hall.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Norm Adams, Chair.
Members present: Norm Adams, Walter Powers,Janet Husband.
There was no audience present.
Norm Adams distributed copies of the draft minutes of the meeting of Tuesday,August 9, 2011
as well as copies of the approved and subsequently filed minutes of the meeting of Tuesday,
April 6, 2011. Janet Husband moved and Walter Powers seconded that the Minutes of the
August 9, 2011 be accepted. All members present voted Yea. The Minutes of the August 9,
2011 meeting of the Brewster Cable TV Advisory Committee were accepted.
Matters discussed (as listed in the posted agenda):
Update on LCCAT and the Community Access TV Channel (17).
Norm Adams reported that there will be no LCCAT Open House as previously planned.
The Annual Meeting, however, has been scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 at the Nauset
Regional High School studio at 7:00 pm. The public is invited.
The "nervous background crawl" noticed by viewers on Channel 17 is alleged to be
caused by hardware problems. Overall progress on getting the channel up and operating, as
reported by Norm Adams, has been "less than satisfactory."
Utility of small factual videos on town aspects.
The Committee continues to feel that short videos on matters of general interest to
Brewster residents and visitors should be produced. James Paul Ludwig is capable of making
these videos, depending on how much time he has available for such work. Examples of topics
are: interviews with newly elected or appointed officials, informative summaries about services
available to the public, i.e., recreational programs, Council on Aging activities,flu shots, etc.
There followed a discussion of the possible use of volunteers to help make this sort of
video for the government channel. Will citizen volunteers be allowed to produce videos for the
government channel (Channel 18),or will they be limited to working for the public access
channel (Channel 17).
New Business -
There continues to be concern over the operating hours of Channel 17. Viewers and
potential producers are beginning to express their dissatisfaction with the availability of the
studio's new director. They report having been unable to contact him or to get a schedule of
his regular working hours. The studio is being used by students, but the studio has not been
accessible to the public, not has any training program been announced.
Schedule of future meetings.
We had hoped that James Paul Ludwig, now working for the town of Brewster 25-35
hours per week,would be able to attend. But he was busy taping another public meeting. We
will try to schedule future meetings at a day and time when Mr. Ludwig will be able to attend.
Walter Powers moved and Janet Husband seconded that the meeting adjourn. All members
present voted Yea. The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 pm.
Submitted by
Janet Husband,Clerk, Brewster Cable TV Advisory Committee.
Documents used (and attached)are:
1) "Brewster Government Channel Projects" prepared by James Paul Ludwig.
2) Memo from Charles Sumner to James Paul Ludwig, 9/28/2011.