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Members Present: Muriel Zaginailoff, Chair; Diane Costa, Al Torsey; Alex Ushakoff
Guests: Russ Fisk and Dennis Greenleaf, Beverly IT Dept.
Member Absent: Eric Overberg
Recorder: Muriel Zaginailoff
The meeting was called to order at 7 P.M. by the Chair.
Russ Fisk and Dennis Greenleaf had been invited to update the Commission on the final details
of the city's I -Net distribution. From the beginning the Commission has had a strong interest
in the development of the I -Net in Beverly and Alex provided the meeting with an enlargement
of an 'as- built' diagram, plus smaller charts for each member of the commission. The Lynch Park
drop is active and some re- arranging at the Carriage House for a broadcasting hook up has been
accomplished. However, Hurd Stadium will be delayed until a new grandstand and other
updates have been installed. Russ and Dennis gave a lively description of events during the
development and near conclusion of the plan which prompted many questions from
commission members present and provided much discussion.
After the presentation, and follow up, the regular meeting was continued.
The Chair reported her visit to a meeting of the North Shore Public Access Association held at
the Cape Anne. This organization meets on a quarterly basis and gives local access station
Presidents and Executive Directors an opportunity to share experiences. The Executive
Director of BevCam made the arrangement for the Chair to observe the meeting. While all
access stations do their own thing it was surprising how many common concerns they have, in
programming, equipment changes, costs and staffing.
The Chair also shared information on a complaint forwarded to her from the city's Chief of
Staff. The complaint from a local resident was with the delivery of telephone service with
Comcast, the lack of response, and excessive charges. Before following through the Chair had
a conversation with the complainant who revealed that Comcast had recently refunded the
charges and the complainant had changed to another telephone company.
Under Other Business there was a brief update on broadband. The idea of using a recorder for
minutes was discussed and it was agreed to try it out at the next meeting.
There being no other business the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.