Minutes Cable TV Teleprogramming 12 02 08MINUTES OF CABLE COMMUNITY TELEPROGRAMMING COMMISSION MEETING
December 2, 2008
CITY HALL ANNEX - 2nd FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM #2
MEMBERS PRESENT: AI Vincent, Jennifer Tigges, Sr. Carol Hoverman, George Herrig, Pauline
Maloney.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Burton Everist. One seat is vacant on the Commission
OTHERS PRESENT: Jim Barefoot, Mediacom
Craig Nowack, City of Dubuque
Mr. Vincent called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.
Acceptance of the Agenda
Upon a motion by Sr. Hoverman, seconded by Ms. Maloney, the agenda was accepted as published
unanimously.
Approval of the Minutes of the November 12, 2008, Meeting
Upon a motion by Ms. Tigges, seconded by Mr. Herrig, the Minutes of the November 12, 2008,
Meeting were approved unanimously.
Public Comment
Mr. Barefoot said that some local film/video production people are getting together to form a club or
an organization. The purpose of the club is to perhaps produce a film for fun, or to provide training, or
assist in any outside productions that might shoot in the Tri-State area. An upcoming questionnaire of
members will help determine the organization's future. They are leaning toward the title of Great
River Film Initiative.
Mr. Herrig brought up for discussion the lack of access listings in print. He wondered about the
possibility of getting them reinstated in the TH or perhaps in the Dubuque Advertiser. Mr. Nowack
said he had contacted the Advertiser. They were interested, but it would be difficult for them given the
amount of space listings would require and the availability of space. Mr. Vincent wondered about
listings in 365.
Sr. Hoverman wondered if listings could be placed in the monthly utility bills the sends out, or in the
Mediacom bill mailings. If it was possible, Mr. Nowack thought it would be difficult to get accurate
information in time to make deadlines given the varying lengths of PEG programs.
Sr. Hoverman asked about the problem with Channels 15 & 16. Mr. Barefoot said that he and Mr.
Nowack have been working with Tightrope on the issues that have been occurring. There were
problems with the installation of the equipment, but those have been addressed. Mediacom is now
using beta software that addressed the lack of audio issue, but there are now encoding issues. He
said that Mr. Nowack had written a forceful a-mail to Tightrope last night and today a software update
came out and was installed at Mediacom. It's too early to tell if the encoding problems are solved.