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L*tt«r to Mayor Peterson Page Two On page two of the report, Tim reviews his understanding of the QOSB^aslon's recent activities and his concerns regarding them. He states that the coemisaion approved a new staff position to facilitate playback for the new channel: In fact# the pert~tiee production aealetant position# which has been in place for eany yosrs# essueeed the additional duties of playback while staffing the studio two evenings a week and on Saturdays; neither the hours nor the salary of the position have changed as a result of the channel playback responsibilities; additionally# the oonelssion agreed to the aanagenent of the new channel and noted the opportunity it would provide for live studio capabilities. Xhe report also notes concerns regarding the programming output from the Excelsior studio. It should be noted that cosmunity television facilities are designed for use by the public. The responsibility of the staff is to proeote the use of the facilities. The following figures represent actual programs produced by the Excelsior and Orono studios: 1990 Orono 38 prograss Excelsior 76 programs 1991 <as of March 31# 1991) Orono 7 programs Excelsior 24 progress Additionally# references to •best-equipped...over-staffed" are subjective statements that are not supported by fact or comparison in the report or elsewhere. Finally on this matter# the Orono studio manager and I have worked cooperatively to address the needs of that studio; However# our effort to provide additional staff to the studio in 1990 and to offer production training only served to provide odltlng assistance for school and non-cable programs. There was no interest in the classes offered and no participation in production during the extended hours. As a result# we have been trying to find a better approach to meeting the goals of that studio# which would be to provide access to the public as a whole to comeunlty television programming production.