HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-02-22 Cable TV Advisory Committee MinutesMinutes of the Meeting of the Reading CATV Advisory Committee
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February 22, 2001 R E A D I N A .
The meeting was opened by Doug Cowell at 7:06 PM Zggl p pR 13 P 1. 4 5
Those present were: Doug Cowell (Chair), Cheri Hart, Joe Santangelo, Douglas Cowell
No visitors present.
A. Old Business:
1. Minutes of the January 25, 2001 meeting were approved as written.
2. RCTV Stereo Transmissions: Chair reported that he received an e-mail from Karen Hayden stating that
she has resigned from RCTV. Chair will send a letter to Richard Cohen, Chair of RCTV Board,
requesting status of replacement. Stereo transmission matter tabled until next meeting.
3. Handling of service complaint correspondence: Doug Cowell drafted a letter and the Committee
approved it with changes to be a standard letter sent to AT&T whenever a complaint is received by the
Committee. Chair will forward copies of this template to all members of the Committee.
4. RCTV question re: digital compression: Doug Cowell will write a letter to Tim Murname at AT&T to
request a copy of the AT&T response to Karen Hayden's letter on this matter be copied to the
Committee and Reading Town Manager.
5. RCTV funding formula: Tabled until next meeting.
6. Intranet issues for RCTV: Karen Hayden wrote a letter to William Fyfe at AT&T on December 5, 2000.
Committee expects due diligence on AT&T's part in identifying the source of the malfunction of the
residential feed. Matter tabled until next meeting.
B. New Business
1. AT&T Broadband letter of January 31, 2001 re: changes to program packages. No action required by
Committee.
2. AT&T Broadband letter of January 29, 2001 re: changes in rate filing process. No action required by
Committee.
3. State of Massachusetts Dept. of Telecommunications & Energy, Cable TV Division letter of February
8, 2001 re: Financial and Statistical Data Forms. No action required by Committee.
Next meeting: The next meeting of the Reading CATV Advisory Committee will be held on Thursday,
April 12, 2001 at the Town Hall in the Conference Room.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 PM.