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LMCCC MINUTES TUESDAY, JUNE 17► 1986 page two Administrator • continued Administrator Hansen said she is on the board of directors and membership committee (Minnesota Association of Cable Admini- strators). She said they're planning a Fall Mini -conference and a Annual Winter Conference. She spoke at the June 2nd Council meeting in Spring Park, explaining government uses of cable and acquainting them with the Lake Minnetonka program which was taped June 16th and airs on Channel 20 every 3rd Thursday ar 6:30 PM. A NATnA Government Programing Contest is coming up and she would like to enter a 10-15 minute segment. The entry fee is 530 and it would cost $20-25 for 3/4" tape. Orono Studio has 29 certified field, 29 editing_;, and 30 field, and produced 5 programs in May; Excelsior Studio has 69 certified field, 47 editing, and 31 studio, and produced 4 programs in May. Holly said she would like to offer 3 one-time refresher courses to certified users in field, editing, and studio/performance at a cost of $10 for 3 hours. The $10 would cover expenses. She will be going to the NFLCP Conference July 9th. C. Dow -Sat Mary Smith gave the Executive Committee copies of the Dow -Sat Report and reviewed it with them. She said the net gain was 166 subscribers. She said every home is servicable, sometimes it just takes special easements. She discussed non -pays and how they are working on handling them. They are checking services by checking the tag number at the tap or in the pedestal to tell what services they have. Illegals are being sent letters which are followed up within 10 days. People are being very cooperative. There have not been any overall outages. Mary would like to have an oscilloscope to aid her but so far has gone without one. She said HBO -MAX is the core of the packaging. Dow -Sat does well with Disney. There are also summer promotions -coming up. There has been an equipment problem which Mary and Holly have been working on. JBC will be shipping a booster amplifier to Holly and hope this will solve the problem. They are also starting to work on daytime programing. V. PERFORMANCE BOND REDUCTION REQUEST Motion 6.17.86.4 DeMonchaux moved, Haggerty seconded, to accept Dow-Sat's test results and agreed to reduce the bond from $100,000 to $10,000 with the understanding that the Joint Powers Committee be sole beneficiary. Motion carried unanimously. VI. LMCCC FINANCIAL AUDIT William F. Denny and Co. of Excelsior of fared to do the audit free of charge.