2013-10-17Beverly Cable Advisory Commission Meeting
DATE: October 17, 2013
LOCATION: Beverly Public Library, Beverly Ma. Fogg room.
TIME:7:00 P.M.
COMMISSION MEMBERS:
Muriel Zaginailoff — Chair - person, Al Torsey, Eric Overberg, Don Berman, Alex Ushakoff,
Diane Costa, Alternate - Neil Overberg.
• COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Al Torsey — Chair - person, Eric Overberg, Don Berman, Alex Ushakoff, and Diane Costa.
• PUBLIC PRESENT: None
• A quorum being present the meeting was called to order at 7:01 P.M by chair - person Al Torsey,
sitting in for Muriel. Don motioned to accept the Sept. 19, 2013 CAC minutes as amended. Diane
Costa seconded.
• CORRESPONDENCE: None.
• OLD BUSINESS: On Sept. 20, Muriel received an email re: BevCam's long range plan and non
involvement in the I -Net expansion to Lynch Park and Beverly Farms from Paul Earl and Walt
Kosmowski. Muriel forwarded it to all commission members for discussion at the November
meeting.
• Report from the chair; Muriel Zaginailoff. None.
• NEW BUSINESS: Don gave Eric a CD containing his copies of various documents for archiving.
• SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS:
• Compliance and oversight Don Berman, Al Torsey, Alex Ushakoff: No further report.
The committee will meet before the November meeting.
• CAC policies and procedures: Muriel Zaginailoff and Diane Costa: Diane passed out a
draft copy of the new member guide for discussion at the November meeting.
• I -NET and Operation Alert: George Johnson and Eric Overberg: No official report.
Eric presented a summary of the September 24th meeting with Mayor Scanlon and John
Dunn, re: a letter per the contract to be sent to Comcast to initiate funds for the I -Net
expansion. Don also gave comments of the meeting. Eric reported that he called Mayor
Scanlon to ask if he had contacted George Johnson, as he said he would, on this issue. He
said he had not, but the responsibility still resides with himself.
• OPEN ISSUES:
• Results of meeting with Mayor Scanlon re: letter to Comcast.
• Operation alert. Ongoing.
• I -Net build out. Ongoing.
• Long term strategic plan from BevCam.
• New member search.
The next CAC meeting will be held at the Beverly Public Library on Thursday, November 21, 2013,
at the Beverly Public Library in the Fogg room at 7:00 P.M.
At 7:53 P.M. a motion to adjourn was made by Eric, and seconded by Al.
Respectfully submitted: Eric Overberg, Secretary.