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PUBLIC ACCESS USER GROUP
• MINUTES OF 4-22-95
On April 22, 1995, at 10:00 a.m., the third meeting of P.A.U.G. was conducted at TCI.
Cablevision with users present.
The following persons were presents:
Hector T. Morales Morales and Company
James E. Doty, Ph.D. Focus with Dr. Doty.
Mark Ulrich Hatin Satan
Robert Hughes Bouncing Ball Production/TCI Cablevision
Lyndon McFate TCI Cablevision.
Dennis Moore TCI Cablevision
The minutes of April 8, 1995, were approved.
Co-chairman Mr. Morales deferred the adoption of P.A.U.G. by-laws and elections of
Board Members due to the lack of access users present.
Mr. Morales discussed how the P.A.U.G. could have more of the Public Access Users
present at the meetings. Mr. Ulrich suggested that it might be better to phone everybody
to remind them of the meeting. Mr. Morales and Mr. Ulrich volunteered themselves to
phone everybody. Mr. Hughes agreed to mail out the results of this meeting and a notice
of the next meeting.
Mr. Moore briefed those present of the results of the Cable Communications Commission
meeting of April 17, 1995, including the changes made of the guidelines and the
Commission's willingness to review any future proposals of P.A.U.G., which may change
the guidelines. Also Mr. Moore announced the Commission's special meeting on May 1,
1995, to discuss the P.A.U.G. certification in according with Sec. 2-183 of the Corpus
Christi-City Code.
A special meeting of P.A.U.G. was scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 1995 at 7:00 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.
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PUBLIC ACCESS USERS GROUP
BY - LAWS
Article I — Name
This organization shall be known as Public Access Users Group (hereinafter referred to as
PAUG), as established by Public Access channel users on March 18, 1995.
Article II —Purpose
The purpose of PAUG is to establish user policies, determine schedules procedures, address
issues of mutual interest and to resolve disputes regarding the use of the Public Access channel
provided by TCI Cablevision of Texas, Inc., and to serve as an advisory group to the Corpus
Christi Cable Communications Commission on Public Access matters.
Article III — Membership
Membership shall be open to any citizen of Corpus Christi, Texas. A voting member will be
defined as any Public Access User who has a signed cablecasting application on file at TCI
Cablevision and has presented a program on the Public Access channel within the last 365 days.
Article IV— Board of Directors
Section 1 - The management of PAUG shall be vested in a Board of Directors (hereinafter
referred to as the Board) of not less than nine (9) nor more than twelve (12) members. To the
extent possible, the Board should reasonably reflect the supporting constituency of PAUG.
Section 2 - The duties and responsibilities of the Board shall be to administer the services of
PAUG and to facilitate the planning and conduct of these services through such member
organizations (committees, councils, etc.) as the Board may deem appropriate.
Section 3,- Members of the Board shall be elected by the voting members of the PAUG at the
annual election meeting in October of each year.
Section 4- Members of the Board shall be elected for one (1) year terms.
Section 5 - Members of the Board shall be eligible to succeed themselves, not to exceed three
(3) consecutive terms.
Section 6-Any vacancy on the Board will be filled at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the
PAUG if the vacancy reduces the Board to less than nine (9) members.
Section 7 - The Board shall meet during November each year to elect officers for the following
year. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President at the request of two or
more members of the Board for the purpose of considering a.specific issue. A quorum shall
consist of fifty percent plus one of the Board. Regular meetings of the PAUG shall be scheduled
by the Board during the first month of each calendar quarter during the calendar year.
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Article V— Officers
Section 1 -At the first meeting of the Board following the annual election of members, the Board
shall elect from its membership a President, vice-president, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such
other officers as the Board may from time to time establish. These officers shall hold office for
one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. The President of the board shall
serve as the President of PAUG.
Section 2-.The President shall preside at all meetings of PAUG and of the Board. The President
shall instruct the Secretary to notify all officers and members of PAUG, the City Cable liaison, all
Cable commission members and the City Secretary's office of all PAUG meetings. The notice of
any meeting shall be posted properly at City Hall in accordance with the City's policy on open
meetings.
Section 3-The vice-president shall, in the absence,disability or refusal of the President to serve
and act, have all the powers and perform all the duties of the President.
Section 4 - The Secretary shall keep a record of the minutes of PAUG and the Board. The
Secretary shall be responsible for posting all notices of all PAUG meetings with the City. The
Secretary shall take a copy of the notice to the City Secretary's office for date-stamping no more
than seven (7) days prior and no less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to all PAUG meetings.
The Secretary shall then post the date-stamped notice on the bulletin board in the City Hall
provided for that purpose.
Section 5 - The Treasurer shall keep a record of all financial operations of PAUG and shall
provide a written report at each regular PAUG meeting (or more often as required by the Board).
Article VI -- Programming Violations Review Committee
The Board will select five (5) Board members to serve on a Programming Violations Review
Committee, (hereinafter referred to as PVR Committee). The PVR Committee will review
programs that TCI Cablevision initially charges with a programming violations. A quorum of at
least three of the five members of the PVR Committee must be present to either sustain or
overrule the access user's appeal of TCI Cablevision's charge of violation. All parties retain the
right to appeal any ruling in accordance with City Code.
Article VII —Certification
These by-laws shall be submitted to the Corpus Christi Cable Communications Commission as
part of the certification process as required by Sec. 2-183 of the Corpus Christi City Code.
Article VIII --Amendments
Amendments to these by-laws may be presented in writing at any regular Board meeting or
general meeting of the PAUG. A notice of vote on said amendments (with an explanation of
each amendment) shall be announced in the notice of the meeting. Amendments require at
least two-thirds majority vote of the members in attendance. Any amendments approved by the
PAUG shall be submitted to the Corpus Christi Cable Communications Commission prior to
implementation of such amendments, in accordance with the requirements of City Code.
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