All, Tim Ness, Santa Maria City Manager/ and also illegal City Clerk [by dubious appointment], has hired Mr. Vande Kamp to produce more "Government" Access programing. He is a former News Press employee and will be paid out of PEG funds. He has never worked here before in PEG. Wm "B.J." Wagener May Peace and Capitalism Prevail. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Walt Taylor" <quivive75@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: a_wynne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dpierce@xxxxxxxxxxx, drdraw@xxxxxxxxxxx, hurray4hemp@xxxxxxx, samhefley@xxxxxxxx, deanne.carr@xxxxxxxxxxx, ghillinger@xxxxxxxxxxx, 10630@xxxxxxxx, howard@xxxxxxx, jkeller2002@xxxxxxx, thefreakoutshow@xxxxxxxxxxx, howerton62@xxxxxxx, karinpowers@xxxxxxx, cmgaumer@xxxxxxxxx, YNTV2000@xxxxxxxxx, trasklee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lompoc_tv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mestasmanny@xxxxxxxxxxx, walmart@xxxxxxxxxx, m_collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ray_harper@xxxxxxx, director@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, slee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tcasidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, quivive@xxxxxxxxx, bjwagener@xxxxxxxxxxx CC: quivive64@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Lompoc PEG TV ASAP Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 08:06:56 -0700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra St orage! Multiple plans available.[1] --- Links --- 1 http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2737??PS= Received: from 68.35.172.34 by sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 04 Apr 2004 15:06:56 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.35.172.34] X-Originating-Email: [quivive75@xxxxxxxxxxx] X-Sender: quivive75@xxxxxxxxxxx From: "Walt Taylor" <quivive75@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: a_wynne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dpierce@xxxxxxxxxxx, drdraw@xxxxxxxxxxx, hurray4hemp@xxxxxxx, samhefley@xxxxxxxx, deanne.carr@xxxxxxxxxxx, ghillinger@xxxxxxxxxxx, 10630@xxxxxxxx, howard@xxxxxxx, jkeller2002@xxxxxxx, thefreakoutshow@xxxxxxxxxxx, howerton62@xxxxxxx, karinpowers@xxxxxxx, cmgaumer@xxxxxxxxx, YNTV2000@xxxxxxxxx, trasklee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lompoc_tv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mestasmanny@xxxxxxxxxxx, walmart@xxxxxxxxxx, m_collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ray_harper@xxxxxxx, director@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, slee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tcasidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, quivive@xxxxxxxxx, bjwagener@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: quivive64@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Lompoc PEG TV ASAP Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 08:06:56 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html X-Stn-Info: <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">ATTN: PUBLIC ACCESS, EDUCATION PRODUCERS & VOLUNTEERS</SPAN></B></P> <P align=left class=MsoNormal>Several Public Access, Education Producers and Volunteers have surmised that an organizational meeting<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of all PEG Access users should occur prior to the April 6, 2004 Lompoc City Council meeting.</P> <P class=MsoNormal> The purpose of this meeting would be to formulate comments & discussion points to bring before the Council with the objective of placing the operation of and the issues related to the Lompoc PEG facility as a reoccurring City Council agenda item.</P> <P class=MsoNormal> All people interested in attending this meeting, please bring all copies of the historical documents that you may have including, but not limited to Comcast Franchise Contract, Cable Committee agendas or minutes, Memorandums Of Understanding, amendments, exhibits, and documents. </P> <P class=MsoNormal> Please also bring with you any previous Lompoc or Santa Maria City Council meeting agendas, exhibits, and/or prerecorded videotaped meeting sessions or Lompoc or Santa Maria newspaper articles.</P> <P class=MsoNormal> Many PEG Users have questions regarding and would like to see a public historical and current-to-date written accounting of the financial transactions between Comcast, and representatives of the Cities of Lompoc and Santa Maria and what has been spent so far.</P> <P class=MsoNormal>Many PEG Users believe that now is the time to vigorously safeguard our public broadcasting facility by pursuing our efforts to find out our cities? future plans for Public Access television.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Though the creation of the ?LOMPOC PEG ACCESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS? all PEG Users can work together so that we can understand this newly evolving entity that is Lompoc Public Access TV and its relationship with the previously established Lompoc & Santa Maria PEG Representatives and the PEG Executive Director.</P> <P class=MsoNormal> All of us desire to make this evolutionary process a continuing success. </P> <P class=MsoNormal> It is vital that we, as the PEG Users are able to advise City Council, the Lompoc City Administrator, and the PEG Executive Director regarding efficient and equitable dispersal of the PEG initial capital grant money and future funding.</P> <P class=MsoNormal>The PEG Users want to propose to the Lompoc City Council on April 6, 2004 that Council and city staff recognize and charter the LOMPOC<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PEG ACCESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L.P.A.B.D.) as ?at large? community representatives-tasked with advising Council and administrators regarding public access, funding, and production issues associated with Lompoc?s PEG facility.</P> <P class=MsoNormal>In addition, PEG Users want to propose to the Lompoc City Council that they appointment nine ?at large? board of directors to represent the separate entities that are public access, educational access and local city government access, to advise the City Council, City Administrator, and the PEG Executive Director about our issues by voicing our suggestions, concerns, and objections, in a meaningful, constructive manner.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal>We owe it to ourselves to do all we can, to maintain the high quality of programming we have all come to expect and enjoy. </P> <P class=MsoNormal><STRONG>Please come to this impromptu meeting at 3 PM Sunday April 4, 2004 at the Comcast Public Access Studio entrance on "G" Street (push button rt. side Stage Entrance alcove) to discuss the formation and objectives of the L.P.A.B.D. </STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal>The Studio telephone number is 735-4629.</P> <P class=MsoNormal>We know that this is very short notice and expect this continuing process to move forward into Monday April 5<SUP>th</SUP>, Tuesday April 6th and beyond, with the intention of holding our innitial organizational meetings without direction from the Executive Director or city appointed PEG Representatives, with a prospective meeting on Friday April 9th at 7:30 PM.</P></DIV></div></html> ==================================================== Lompoc public access producers group Post to: Lompoc_TV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Admin: deanne.carr@xxxxxxxxxxx (un/subscribe) ====================================================