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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Cable Communications Commission - 03/15/2010 MINUTES RECEIVED CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION March 15,2010 JUL 1 6 2010 PRESENT I CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE Chairperson Connie Gutierrez, Commissioners Leo Estrada, Carolyn Moon,Latrice Sellers ABSENT Vice Chairperson Steve West CITY STAFF Lisa Aguilar, Interim City Attorney, Kim Womack and Ted Nelson, Public Information Office Ms. Gutierrez called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm and verified the necessary quorum. The Commissioners approved the January 25, 2010 as amended by request of Ms. Sellers and February 15, 2010 minutes as presented. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING ABSENCES Motion was made by Ms. Moon to excuse Ms. Gutierrez regarding absence at the February meeting. Second was made by Mr.Estrada and vote concluded with all approving. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING VIOLATION APPEALS In an effort to clarify violation notification returned mail,Ms.Womack provided a detailed listing of all mail that had been returned by US Mail service as undeliverable. Ms. Womack asked for clarification regarding the mail and the violations. It was determined to begin the violation process over for Sinai Evangelistic Center since a new producer had taken over and never received notifications. The only remaining unsolved violation was Mr. Ruben Hernandez (Revival Center) in which March was his second meeting to attend. Ms. Moon motioned to issue a violation with Mr. Estrada seconding, all were in favor with the exception of Ms. Sellers who abstained. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PRODUCER GUIDELINES A brief update was given regarding the subcommittee work and a recommendation was give to approve the presented copyright memorandum for approval. Ms. Moon motioned to approve as presented, Mr. Estrada seconded,all were in favor except for a no vote from Ms. Sellers. Another update was given regarding the subcommittee work and a recommendation was made to modify the existing producer application to be in line with the new copyright memorandum. Ms. Moon motioned to approve as presented, Mr. Estrada seconded, all were in favor except for a no vote from Ms. Sellers. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CABLE OPERATOR COMPLAINTS No cable operator representative was in attendance at the meeting. A discussion occurred regarding a complaint regarding Time Warner from Mr. Mark DiCarlo (Channel 10 Producer of Voices of the Coastal Bend). Mr. DiCarlo's program was not aired in its normal time slot. Mr. DiCarlo's complaint alleges censorship and requests a response from Time Warner. Ms.Womack followed up with a letter requesting a response from Time Warner regarding the program from SCANNED • w the City and as of the date of the meeting nothing had been received from Time Warner. Mr. Gordy noted that Mr. DiCarlo failed to notify the PAUG Channel 10 President(Mr. Gordy) of the complaint. Ms. Sellers complimented staff regarding letters to Time Warner and Mr. DiCarlo regarding status of the complaint. Mr. DiCarlo was not in attendance and no other action was taken. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING TIME WARNER NOTIFICATIONS Brief discussion occurred with no action regarding Time Warner notifications of channel lineup changes. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PRODUCERS DISCONTINING PROGRAMMING Documentation was provided regarding producers that have chosen to stop producing public access programming. REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING MEDIA DELIVERY LOGS All was well with the media logs PAUG UPDATES Channel 10: Mr. Gordy briefly discussed status of channel 10 noted the lottery was next month. Channel 18: Mr.Nesmith was not in attendance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Ms. Moon moved that the meeting be adjourned. Commission agreed and the meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.