The meeting was called to order by Chairman Renee Camille at 7:08 pm.

Present were members Renee and Ken Camille, Pat Adams, Ken Curley. Peter Blinn and Cable Coordinator Gary Garnett.

Minutes of the November 10th meeting were corrected.  Under “REPORTS Cable Coordinator” “Selectman’s budget work session” was replaced with “Board of Selectmen meeting”. The minutes were approved as corrected.

Mrs. Camille welcomed Peter Blinn to the committee.

REPORTS -

Board of Selectmen liaison – The Board of Selectmen representative was not present. Mrs. Camille said she sent an email to Selectman Bryer inviting him to our April meeting.

Lake Region Public Access – Mr. Curley said he was unable to attend the Board of Directors meeting in November due to a scheduling conflict with work.

Cable Coordinator –

Burtt Interview - Mr. Garnett said he has finished the Burtt Interview video and DVDs were available for distribution. It is approximately 38 minutes long. He had problems when he burned the first 6 DVDs, the audio did not transfer. To get around the problem he copied the audio from the digital voice recorder and overdubbed the video. It took a lot of time to synchronize the two. Mr. Curley recommended that the Historical Society be given a copy. Mr. Garnett said he will now start production on the Discovery Day tapes.

Mobile Video System Proposal – Mr. Garnett said he was developing a proposal for a portable system to tape sporting and other outside events. He has started making a list of the equipment needed and is getting pricing from internet websites. The committee discussed differences in vendor pricing and service. Mr. Curley recommended that he include replacements for some of the older equipment. One of the cameras is 7 years old and may not be reliable.

Coe Brown Northwood Academy – Mr. Garnett said he will contact them in the coming week to discuss video programs.

Streaming Video – Mr. Garnett said he has not had time to contact the Technology Committee about streaming meeting videos to the website.

School Board Meeting (taping & training) - Mr. Garnett stated that the school’s Technology Director Mr. Roberts is no longer coaching and should be available for more production system training.

OLD BUSINESS

Cable Contract Renewal – Mr. Curley read correspondence dated October 2008 between the Town Administrator and Metrocast regarding starting contract negotiation. He said that he will make copies of the current contract and hand them out at the next meeting so that members can review it before we start discussing the negotiations process.

NEW BUSINESS

Community Center – Mrs. Camille said that until March meetings will be held at the community center. There will be no delay in starting the meetings now that she has a key.

Next meeting is scheduled for 7pm January 5, 2010 at the Community Center.

Meeting adjourned at 8:14pm.

Respectfully submitted,
  Ken Curley
 

Minutes approved January 5, 2010.