After a good deal of consideration, the Commission's Proposal has emerged as a public document at last! It was included in a Special Meeting packet for the Woodbridge Board of Selectmen late this afternoon and is available now to download as a PDF from our handy GovTV Document Collection.
So go take a look, and feel free to provide feedback by adding comments to this post (light blue link below).
The Proposal is set to be considered by the BOS on Tuesday, February 6th (the meeting agenda is also included in the same PDF).
Stay tuned for a blow-by-blow (and YouTube clip) then...
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Did we make our areas of mutual interest clear?
Both SCVM and WGATV/GATCom want quality in the program.
Both believe government access TV is desireable.
The differences are easier to list.
SVCM believes systemwide programming is a better service to subscribers. During refranchising hearings the SVCM president said of town-specific repeat programs, that the viewer would be bored and switch it off.
WGATV/GATCom believe that town-specific programming is a better service to Woodbridge citizens/taxpayers. Repeat programming is necessary; people who do not have time to attend meetings also do not have time to tune in at a specific time or to sit thru an entire 3-hour recording in one sitting.
Nothing was said on 1/23 to change minds either way.
SVCM spoke of "the richness of the regional feed." If you check the program listing of for channel 79 in the week of 2/3-2/10, you see Pentagon Channel, CT-N, and Stratford Police Academy. The richness is only a potential for now.
Without programs from the towns, SVCM has no local G programming. Towns are not obliged to videotape their meetings, even if they realize it is desirable.
Incentive
Off-camera, SVCM's president offered an explanation of his use of "incentive" instead of "grant." But I am unable to clearly recall it. It was part of the same discourse where he explained that he could not set a precedent of paying towns for their production because all the public access producers would then ask for payment.
Saving taxpayer money is a strong incentive for any municiality. But recent history has shown that the possibility of a town-specific feed is an even stronger incentive to get a consistent, regular operation going. When will DPUC and SVCM recognize this? --pua
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