1997-09-15 Cable Television Advisory Commission.
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
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.Members: Meeting of Se, pte/nber 15. 1997
MediaOne. 19- Tozer Road. Reverly. MA-~s.
Dan Murphy - Chairman Pr'-~nt: Murphy, Torsey, Crandall, Siemasko, Lee, O'Connor, Jane
AI Torsey - Ant Chairman Lyreart for MediaOne
Amy Siemasko
Arthur Crydan Absent: none ,,
Robert Lee
Thomas O~_.onnor
The meeting of the Cable TV Advisory Commission was convened at 7:10
p.m.
Hi,~hllghts:
· Darla Grondin, new program manager, was introduced. She outlined plan. s
to provide information during the election including various Speakout
productions hosted by Corinne Lacy and Jim Maroney of the MediaOne,,
staff. She said four Beverly High School football games would be broad-
· DiscusSion concerned the status and use of the cable TV facilities at
Beverly High School. Siemasko will investigate and report at the next
meeting,
· Members agreed to meet every other month on the first Tuesday at 7 p.m.
~,, _o except for November which is election day in Beverly.
~>~ · Murphy said the amendment to the effective dates of the Licensinl;
=-~ ~ ~. Agreement is going through city government channels.
>' ~ ' · Lyman reported on progress of high-speed dam transmission and plans to
!:'~ ":~ ~.'~:- ~ wire schools in Beverly. She suggested school department consider prepar-
~: __~ ~= ing local area networks in advance to avoid delays and confusion latex.
:_~: ~: :.._ < Beverly is scheduled to receive high speed data transmission in ever/
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~:. ~ ~-~ ~; school.in the spring. In advance, information meetings will be held.
She reported that the MediaOne marketing effort is continuing. Marketer:i
call on cable subscribers and demonstrate new products.
Lyman reported that because of added capacity, the difficulty of contactin|;
MediaOne via telephone has been eased.
· MediaOne wffi hold a "Broadband Festival" on November 19 to report on
progress and future plans,
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There being no further bushess, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Dan Murphy - for the commission