MCCI Sept 16, 2004

Present: Barbara Stewart, Mike Farrick, Michael Muller.

Due to lack of quorum those in attendance reviewed the CAC's working draft for the RFP


Local Access Criteria  (Working Draft)


Specific:  Each proposal should contain the following from each proposing organization:
	
·	a mission statement containing a statement of philosophy;
·	an organizational plan;
·	a 3-year business plan that demonstrates allocation of resources, staffing plans, program development, community involvement, proposed community training, etc.;
·	a capital plan;
·	a detailed statement of staff qualifications and background;
·	a proposal for assessing on an ongoing basis community needs, interests and concerns;
·	a proposal for assessing on an ongoing basis customer satisfaction;
·	a proposal for enhancing basic funding through grants, underwriting, etc.  Any history of acquiring grants for public access purposes should be included;
·	a detailed inventory of present equipment in working condition that could be used for local access purposes and/or what equipment the organization plans to purchase over the first three years to enhance community programming;
·	a proposal demonstrating how the organization intends to conduct workshops in the community facility; what the topics will be; and a proposed schedule for these workshops;
·	A detailed statement demonstrating how the organization will manage and maintain PEG programming;
·	A statement demonstrating the proposed ratio of Montague-originated programming to that of external programming as well as plans for increasing this percentage; 

Proposals should also include statements demonstrating how the proposing organization intends to comply with the following obligations expected of the local access provider:

·	be responsible for programming free from censorship;
·	be non-discriminatory in its hiring of staff and/or independent producers;
·	develop and promote programming;
·	make public facility available on a fixed schedule of at least 30 hours per week;
·	assume fundraising responsibilities;
·	be responsible for continual and consistent community outreach;
·	be responsible for outreach to the schools;
·	provide detailed quarterly reports to the Cable Advisory Committee and the Selectboard regarding activities and expenditure of resources.  The financial statements must be specific in regard to overall personnel costs.  Expenses for overhead, including equipment purchased and maintained, must be detailed.
·	be responsible for ensuring an acceptable level of technical quality of all programs;
·	maintain a log of programming available to the general public.
·	maintain a complaint/compliment file available to the general public.  These should include downloaded emails and/or notes of telephone responses.
·	demonstrate an ability and willingness to broadcast annual town meetings and other important government meetings or public hearings
·	maintain a library of recent and current local access programs
·	provide and maintain a community calendar as a PSA


Any comments?

Mik




-----Original message-----
From: "Michael Muller" admin@montaguema.net
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:17:47 -0400
To: admin@montaguema.net
Subject: [MCCI] meeting tonight

> Don't forget... meeting tonight at 7:30
> 
> Can someone e-mail back to the list the minutes from the last meeting (back in August)? I don't have them on me, and I'm sure we'd all like another look.
> 
> BTW, just in case you didn't have a chance to read the minutes from the mini-meeting I had with Jeff on sunday, here they are again.
> 
> Veronica, are you going to be at the meeting tonight, and if so can you draft Jeff S a check for $50? Until he gets paid (as an adjuct professor, he hasn't been paid all summer) he's completely broke.
> 
> Attached are the CAB's initial thoughts for an RFP. Below are Jeff S's comments (who will not be attending).
> 
> Mik