5/8/2001 CABLE AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Minutes

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Page—3- May 8, 2001 Cablevision Minutes through e-mail. Lula McC ray would like to know what type of equipment they need. Jaye Mason states that they need equipment to view training videos and the like. Jinn Chisholm motions to allocate $4,200 to the fir station with the stipulation that the proposal be emailed to the committee with its equipment list and final price. STATUS OF CO T TIUM: Andy Eliason opens a discussion on the status of the consortium. Joyce Masan states there is no communication at all. She says she will call Joe Ellen to get this going again. Andy Eliason states the consortium is doing nothing for Mashpee. The committee feels the consortium needs to communicate. Joe I ella ala requests the minutes of their meetings—Joyce Mason states there were no minutes kept. The goal of the consortium was get contracts negotiated and apparently after this was complete—nothing else was done. Lola McCray was to opt out of the consortium. Andy Eliason feels we should not maintain a relationship if it is not fruitful for u . Marjorie Katsoulls feels it should be kept at a national level. Jinn Chisholm mentions that individual licenses were given—different issues for different towns. Joyce Mason mentions that other communities benefited from lashpee being in the consortium. Jim Chisholm feels we should keep the consortium on an"as needed basis". Joe Dellagala notes that more voices are better than one. Mary O'Keeffe notes that Mashpee is the most organized group as far as maintaining meetings etc. Lola McCray wants to discuss the new rates with the consortium. She would like to got in touch with other communities, do some lobbying. Is there a group that would like to compete for better rates? Joyce Mason suggests invitations be seat out to hold an open forum. RATE INCREASE: Andy Eliason states how horrible the new Road Runner rate increase is. He feels the federal government is lax in regulating the cable industry. Bola McC ray reads an article from the Cape Cod Times, May 5, 2001 regarding the cable company and how they have free reign. She feels we need large numbers to hear our complaints and that the present process is not working. Jinn Chisholm suggests an all cape meeting for the consortium. lair. Eliason suggests people use the 800 number to express they complaints. He feels we are not getting the word out. A discussion of a possible open meeting at Cape Cod Community College to discuss these concerns. All communities should be invited. Mr. Eliason suggests Joyce Mason assimilate a list of Cape communities for a possible letter. Jinn Chisholm volunteers to draft a letter and feels we should head in a positive direction rather than criticize. AGENDA: Andy Eliason reviews his original agenda. He mentions his Merest in establishing a recorder telephone lime to set up a voice mail to address the community's concerns individually. perhaps at the next meeting a discussion can be held on how to get this done. Mr. Eliason asks Joyce Mason to research this at the Town Hall. He suggests a get together with Steve Buss on how to set up the email and telephone. Mr. liason asks for any other business—past or otherwise.