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- - - Update-on-Cable-Licenl -Pro rens- iitinu - - - - --- -. _ <br /> 0 Mary Lou Polumbo,Executive Director of Mashpee Chamber of Commerce, approached Joyce and Mar <br /> rt <br /> Lou would like very much to be the director of the studio here in Mashpee,along with her Chamber <br /> director hat to give her a full-time position. Joyce asked Mary Lou to put a proposal together for the <br /> MCAT Board to look at. Joyce said that Mary Lou thus we could do a studio in concert with Mashpee <br /> Chamber of Commerce. lith .Lou has not submitted a proposal yet. <br /> Possibility to lease current studio. Comcast agreed to continue to service us for one year from signing of <br /> contract until we have studio on our own and that will be a side letter of the contract for Mashpee only. <br /> 0 Comcast agreed to a capital budget with some up front money for us to create studio/non-profit <br /> organization. A part of our capital money that we'd get each year would have to probably offset the cost o <br /> the studio: <br /> 0 Comcast increased our revenue to 4-1/2%vs. %. <br /> 0 we are at point where we told attorney Peter Epstein to draft the contracts to bring to MCAT Board and <br /> Selectmen for review. <br /> 0 Peter Epstein to meet with Comcast on the customer service issue this week,and Joyce hasn't heard from <br /> Peter yet. <br /> Comcast agreed to a capital budget. <br /> Joyce said Peter Epstein hoped to get a draft done by this week and Joyce will send it out to MCAT Board <br /> 4 <br /> by e-mail when she gets it. <br /> Joyce said the next thing MCAT Board and Joyce will have to start working on is whether we want to create a non- <br /> profit organization to do our cable studio or do we want to share a studio. Joyce said she is of the belief that you <br /> don't get the undivided attention when you do a shared model but at the same time she is not sure she has time, <br /> energy or knowledge to put together our own studio. Joyce said she is not sure we have the expertise to do our own <br /> studio. <br /> MCAT Board asked Joyce about Wry Lou Polumbo's experience. Joyce said Mary Lou has experience 'in <br /> licensing and producing process. She would be head of this non-profit organization if we go that way. Andrew . <br /> Eliason commented that it would be great if you had someone who could also do Part of what Bill Shea did. Joyce <br /> said she will probably return to next MCAT meeting to ask hove the Board wants to proceed. Joyce said Sandwich <br /> would like very much to partner with Mashpee.hpee. Andrew Eliason said Lolita Mo ray often asks; are we getting <br /> enough out of the studio to make it worthwhile? Joyce said Mary Lou Polumbo feels strongly that she could do <br /> some exciting things not only to promote Mashpee(which is what the Chamber is to do)but would benefit the <br /> Town as well s it is probably worth hearing what she has to say. Janes Chisholm commented that combination is <br /> terrific because her role is to market the Town as a Chamber member. <br /> i <br /> Joyce said the non-profit organization would be a separate organization under the Town of Mashpee and wouldn't <br /> have any affiliation other than Mary Lou would be part-tine director of chamber and part-trine director here of our <br /> studio if we go that way. <br /> Meeting at MashM High School <br /> Andrew Eliason reported that it was a very interesting meeting at the High School with Arthur Join,Bob Tischler, <br /> David DelVecchio,,and Andrew Eliason in attendance. Andrew said they are keeping the video room very nice and <br /> orderly.- They talked about Kodak switchers and the devices that might allow us to send video and audio signals <br /> ` back to the head end from places in town where only an Internet connection would be required instead of special <br /> cabling such as what we have from Dere to the head end for the modulator signal which comes out of this building <br /> and the modulator signal which comes out of the school. <br /> Andrew Eliason'said Bob Tischler was unofficially representing Corneast. He was very much in agreement that <br /> this is a doable ging. Andrew thought that Bob Tischler was indicating that if we bought the equipment out of our <br /> budget Cornea. t would maintain it at the head end. He said Falmouth is doing it. <br /> Andrew said Arthur Joia was under the impression that Corneast owned the Town's LAN, but it was ilashpe's <br /> decision to let David f elVecchio proceed with his concept that is mostly wireless. This approach has been <br /> successful and cost-effective. <br /> 2 <br />