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i- <br />tr- <br />}■' <br />t-tT- <br />Pi c». <br />tr <br />i'f <br />^L <br />k' <br />;^V <br />% <br />r <br />«# <br />P4-. <br />.. <br />L«tt«r to Mayor Paterson <br />Page Two <br />On page two of the report, Tim r«*viewa his understanding of the <br />eoeeieelon'e recent activities and his concerns regarding them. <br />He states that the cosmission approved a new staff position to <br />fecilltate playback for the new channel: In fact, the part^tiee <br />pj^eduetlon assistant position# which has been in place for eany <br />yeers, assueeed the additional duties of playback while staffing <br />the studio two evenings a week and on Saturdays; neither the <br />hours nor the salary of the position have changed as a result of <br />the ohennel playback responsibilities; additionally# the <br />oennlsslon agreed to the sanagenent of the new channel and noted <br />the opportunity It would provide for live studio capabilities. <br />Xhe report also notes concerns regarding the prograssing output <br />froe the Excelsior studio. It should bo noted that coeeunlty <br />television facilities are designed for use by the public. The <br />responsibility of the staff is to proeote the use of the <br />feellities. The following figures represent actual prograss <br />produced by the Excelsior and Orono studios: <br />1990 <br />Orono 38 prograss <br />Excelsior 76 progress <br />1991 <br /><as of March 31# 1991) <br />Orono 7 progress <br />Excelsior 24 progress <br />Additionally# referenda to "best-equipped... over-staffed" <br />subjective statesenta that are not supported by fact or <br />oosparlson in the report or elsewhere. <br />Finally on this natter# the Orono studio nanager and I have <br />worked cooperatively to address the needs of that studio; <br />however# our effort to provide additional staff to the studio In <br />1990 end to offer production training only served to provide <br />editing assistance for school and non-cable prograns. There was <br />no Interest in the classes offered and no participation in <br />production during the extended hours. As a result# we have been <br />trying to find a better approach to seating the goals of that <br />studio# which would be to provide access to the public as a <br />whole to coeeunlty television prograaeing production.