HomeMy Public PortalAboutCable Television Advisory -- 2012-07-03 Minutes Brewster Cable TV Advisory Committee
Minutes of the Tuesday,July 3,2012 meeting
4:00 PM in Meeting Room B, Brewster Town Hall
The meeting was called to order at 4:03 PM by Norm Adams,Chair.
Members present: Norm Adams,Janet Husband,Walter Powers
Non-members present: James Paul Ludwig,Video Services Coordinator
Draft minutes of the May 2,June 6 and June 14,2012 were distributed. Walter Powers moved
and Norm Adams seconded the motion that all three sets of minutes be accepted as written.
Mrs. Husband also distributed her June 16th letter to Norm recommending the appointment of
Jennie Mignone as Brewster's new representative to the LCCAT board to replace Larry Greeley
and a copy of the email she sent to Cape Codder news reporter Rich Eldred on June 19, 2012.
There followed a discussion of the the cabling of Brewster's town agencies for a local I-net that
was part of the contract with Comcast. It is expected that this town-wide network will be
hooked up to the Open Cape node when it is installed. Open Cape expects all their cabling(from
Sandwich to Provincetown)will be completed by January 2013. James Paul Ludwig will speak to
Town Administrator Charlie Sumner about the details of this work,especially where the Open
Cape node will be and how soon Brewster's cabling will start. Members of the BCTVAC are
concerned about what their role in this should be. There is a feeling that present board
members are not technically skilled enough to direct this work.
James Paul reviewed his work during the last month. He was able to tape the recent program
entitled: Losing Cape Cod;Our Wastewater Challenge. James Paul feels that the BCTVAC's level
of expertise does not have to extend to supervising the town's inet installation or the Open
Cape connection. Kathy Lambert,the town's IT professional,will be responsible for that.
The appointment of Jennie Mignone to the LCCAT Board of Directors was made by the
Selectmen at their June 18,2012 meeting. Norm will phone Jennie to alert her to the next
LCCAT Board meeting. Members of the BCTVAC feel that Jennie should also be a member of our
Board. Apparently she is agreeable.
The discussion then turned to a constructive letter from the BCTVAC to Garrett McCarry
suggesting expressing our feeling that programs originating in Brewster(by James Paul and
others)should have priority over any and all non-local programming. These programs deserve
consistent attention and should be run frequently on a regular schedule. We would like to see
Brewster's programs run repeatedly on weekends and during prime time(6 PM to 10:30 PM) on
a set schedule so that viewers will be able to anticipate when to expect them. Janet will draft
this letter.
The next meeting was set for Wednsday,August 1,2012 at 4 PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:54 PM.
Respectfully submitted by
5anet?fus6and,Clerk, Brewster Cable TV Advisory Committee