2014-05-15 (2)Beverly Cable Advisory Commission
Meeting held May 15, 2014
Members Present: Muriel Zaginailoff, Chair; D. Berman, Secretary;
Eric Overberg; Al Torsey; Alex Ushakoff
Alternate Members: Neil Overberg
Members Absent: none
Others Present: none
Recorder: Donald Berman
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Muriel.
The minutes of previous meetings were approved as presented - March, April, and
the report of the April Joint Meeting with the BevCam Board.
Muriel reported on creating a standard agenda that would also incorporate
flexibility but also simplify meeting preparation that she will distribute.
Members also confirmed that the third Thursday of each month was mutually
acceptable as a meeting schedule.
Re: I -Net. Alex reported on his interaction with Mayor Cahill and Assistant Kevin
Harutunian Discussion followed on what should be the Commission's next action.
Muriel will contact Kevin and ask for details on the city's plans and activities.
Berman reported on progress on the list of Commission project priorities that had
been established.
Muriel suggested we contact other cable commissions to learn how they handle
subscriber complaints in order to create a formal process and complaint form.
Berman discussed BevCam's revision of programming procedures to accommodate
more active producers based on his conversation with Kim Alyn.
Eric played a recording of a subscriber complaint about not being able to purchase
but only rent terminal equipment from Comcast. Since neither the city nor we have
any jurisdiction over Comcast fees and subscriber options all we can do is convey
the sentiment to Comcast.
It was agreed to omit an August meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM
Next meeting scheduled for June 19 at 7:00 PM.