Weekly Schedule for 3/28-4/3
From: Heather Drain, CAT Office Coordinator (heather@catfayetteville.org)
Sent: Sat 3/27/10 5:20 PM
To: Friends & Viewers of CAT (aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com)
Sunday, 3/28/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
1:00 am Sexy Slam
2:00 am Reflections of Madness: Episode 1 "Tards & Cards"
2:54 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
8:30 am C.F. Roberts: The American Dream/The Zoo Story
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: God's Children are Love, Too pt.2
10:00 am Beyond Today: A Crisis of Character
10:30 am WTF?!? 2/26/10
11:00 am Krishnamurti: Violence, Fear & Religious Division
12:00 pm Freethought NWA
1:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
2:00 pm Words of Peace: "Because You Are Alive"
2:30 pm Kids World
3:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Righteous By Faith Pt.1
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
4:38 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
5:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What on Earth is God Doing?
7:30 pm The Inger Show #2
8:05 pm "I Need a Word" Proverb 14:22
8:30 pm New School News
8:41 pm Message Board
9:00 pm Whistle Where You Work #24
9:30 pm Victory Church Service
10:00 pm Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
11:00 pm The Inger Show Episode 4
11:45 pm Message Board
Monday, 3/29/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Kids World
9:30 am "I Need a Word" Proverb 14:22
10:00 am La Voz de la Profecia #13
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
12:52 pm Message Board
1:00 pm Whistle Where You Work #24
1:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
2:00 pm The Inger Show Episode 4
2:45 pm Message Board
3:00 pm The Caine Interviews: North Arkansas Dance Theatre
3:18 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Need to Know 1/17/10
4:48 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Short Takes Live!
6:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
7:00 pm On the Air: Laurie Masterson
8:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
8:20 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
8:30 pm Freethought NWA
9:30 pm One Whirled View
10:30 pm New School News
10:41 pm Message Board
11:00 pm Short Takes
Tuesday, 3/30/2010
12:00 am Sexy Slam
1:00 am Reflections of Madness: Episode 1 "Tards & Cards"
1:54 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm On the Air: Laurie Masterson
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm Need to Know 1/17/10
2:48 pm Message Board
3:00 pm One Whirled View
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Sports Shorts
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
7:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
7:30 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
7:38 pm Message Board
7:45 pm New School News
8:00 pm Krishnamurti: Violence, Fear & Religious Division
9:00 pm The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
9:52 pm Message Board
10:00 pm The Inger Show #2
10:33 pm Message Board
11:00 pm Short Takes
Wednesday, 3/31/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
1:00 am Sexy Slam
2:00 am Reflections of Madness: Episode 1 "Tards & Cards"
2:54 am Message Board
4:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
10:00 am The Inger Show Episode 4
10:45 am "I Need a Word" Proverb 14:22
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What on Earth is God Doing?
12:30 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
12:45 pm Message Board
1:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia #13
2:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: God's Children are Love, Too pt.2
3:00 pm The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
3:52 pm Message Board
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
4:53 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Beyond Today: A Crisis of Character
6:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
7:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
8:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
8:30 pm Words of Peace: "Because You Are Alive"
9:00 pm The Inger Show #2
9:35 pm New School News
9:46 pm Message Board
10:00 pm The Caine Interviews: North Arkansas Dance Theatre
10:18 pm Message Board
10:30 pm C.F. Roberts: The American Dream/The Zoo Story
11:00 pm Short Takes
Thursday, 4/1/2010
12:00 am Sexy Slam
1:00 am Reflections of Madness: Episode 1 "Tards & Cards"
1:54 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am The Caine Interviews: North Arkansas Dance Theatre
9:18 am Message Board
9:30 am C.F. Roberts: The American Dream/The Zoo Story
10:00 am Message Board
10:30 am Words of Peace: "Because You Are Alive"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm The Inger Show Episode 4
12:45 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
12:53 pm Message Board
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm WTF?!?
2:30pm "I Need a Word" Proverb 14:22
3:00 pm Unarius-Infinite Concept Lesson #4
4:00 pm The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
4:52 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Sports Shorts
5:30 pm Kids World
6:00 pm CAT Board Meeting: April 1st Live!
10:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia #13
11:00 pm Short Takes
Friday, 4/2/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
1:00 am Sexy Slam
1:55 am Message Board
2:30 am WTF?!? 2/26/10
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: God's Children are Love, Too pt.2
10:00 am One Whirled View
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
12:52 pm Message Board
1:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Righteous By Faith Pt.1
2:00 pm The Inger Show #2
2:33 pm Message Board
3:00 pm The Caine Interviews: North Arkansas Dance Theatre
3:18 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Unarius-Infinite Concept Lesson #4
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Key to the Kingdom
7:30 pm Sports Shorts
8:00 pm Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
9:00 pm The Inger Show Episode 4
9:45 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
9:53 pm Message Board
10:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
11:00 pm Short Takes
Saturday, 4/3/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am The Caine Interviews: Andrew "Panda" Lucariello
7:52 am Message Board
8:00 am The Inger Show Episode 4
8:45 am "I Need a Word" Proverb 14:22
9:00 am Beyond Today: A Crisis of Character
9:30 am Sports Shorts
10:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
12:00 pm Unarius-Infinite Concept Lesson #4
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Righteous By Faith Pt.1
3:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
3:15 pm Message Board
3:30 pm WTF?!? 2/26/10
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm The Inger Show Episode 4
5:15 pm The Desecration of Mountain Creek
5:23 pm Message Board
5:30 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
6:00 pm On the Air: Laurie Masterson
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What on Earth is God Doing?
7:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
8:00 pm Victory in Jesus #108
9:00 pm Freethought NWA
10:00 pm Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
11:56 pm Message Board
Saturday, March 27, 2010
CAT board's private-meeting habit supported by some legal opinions; however, one word "and" was left out of the 2010 contract with the city, appearing to weaken city's demand for full openness in board's processes
Please click on Skip Descant's highlighted byline to go to newspaper site and read full story.
NWAOnline.com
Television Board Meeting Closed To Public
Friday, March 26, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE — When the Fayetteville Community Access Television Board met in a retreat Saturday that was not open to the public, it did not violate Arkansas’ open meetings law, legal experts say.
“Independent contractors of the city (like CAT) are not statutorily required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act in relation to the ‘public meetings’ requirement,” wrote Kit Williams, Fayetteville city attorney, in a memo to Lindsley Smith, Fayetteville communication director.
Fayetteville Community Access Television has a $93,000 a year contract with the city to offer local access television. This amounts to the bulk of CAT’s budget, according to a review of the station’s financial documents, which are public records in compliance with FOIA.
Holding a closed-door retreat on the final day of National Sunshine Week did not go unnoticed. Sunshine Week is organized by journalists and others to shine light on Freedom of Information Act laws. Jim Bemis, a CAT producer, showed up at the Omni Center for Peace Justice and Ecology, the location of the retreat, camera in hand.
“What irony that the community’s public access channel is closed to public and media during Sunshine Week — which is intended to celebrate the Freedom of Information Act,” Bemis wrote in an e-mail Saturday.
,John E. Tull III, a Little Rock lawyer who serves as general counsel to the Arkansas Press Association, agreed with the city attorney’s opinion.
“I do not believe it (the retreat) violated FOIA, or that FOIA applied to the retreat,” Tull said Wednesday, via e-mail. “If all the board members were city employees or there were some other public connection my answer might be different. But the mere fact that most of its revenue is tied to the city, by itself, does not mean FOIA applies to all of its meetings in my opinion.”
A review of FOIA-related opinions by Arkansas Attorney General say private contractors doing business with government are subject to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
“Private entities are subject to the FOIA only if (1) they are ‘wholly or partially supported by’ public funds, and (2) their activities are intertwined with government,” reads a Nov. 2008 opinion in regards to whether the private company contracted to provide busing services for the Little Rock School District are subject to Arkansas’s open records law. Williams, Fayetteville’s city attorney, has repeatedly affirmed that CAT documents are part of the public record.
CAT board president Debra Leaf said no business was discussed or conducted on the retreat.
“It is a chance for us to get to know each other as fellow board members in order for us to be able to work together as a board,” Leaf said. Board members Marietta Camiellieri, Rose Sparrow, Dave Johnston, David Orr and Roger Henry attended the retreat. Board members David Young and Bruce Perry had prior commitments, Leaf said.
Bemis videotaped the first two hours of the retreat.
He intends to make the recording available to CAT to have the full board decide if it (Bemis’ recording) will be shown on the Fayetteville public access station.
“It was completely innocuous,” said Bemis on the nature of the meeting he witnessed.
“Independent contractors of the city (like CAT) are not statutorily required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act in relation to the ‘public meetings’ requirement,” wrote Kit Williams, Fayetteville city attorney, in a memo to Lindsley Smith, Fayetteville communication director.
Fayetteville Community Access Television has a $93,000 a year contract with the city to offer local access television. This amounts to the bulk of CAT’s budget, according to a review of the station’s financial documents, which are public records in compliance with FOIA.
Holding a closed-door retreat on the final day of National Sunshine Week did not go unnoticed. Sunshine Week is organized by journalists and others to shine light on Freedom of Information Act laws. Jim Bemis, a CAT producer, showed up at the Omni Center for Peace Justice and Ecology, the location of the retreat, camera in hand.
“What irony that the community’s public access channel is closed to public and media during Sunshine Week — which is intended to celebrate the Freedom of Information Act,” Bemis wrote in an e-mail Saturday.
,John E. Tull III, a Little Rock lawyer who serves as general counsel to the Arkansas Press Association, agreed with the city attorney’s opinion.
“I do not believe it (the retreat) violated FOIA, or that FOIA applied to the retreat,” Tull said Wednesday, via e-mail. “If all the board members were city employees or there were some other public connection my answer might be different. But the mere fact that most of its revenue is tied to the city, by itself, does not mean FOIA applies to all of its meetings in my opinion.”
A review of FOIA-related opinions by Arkansas Attorney General say private contractors doing business with government are subject to the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
“Private entities are subject to the FOIA only if (1) they are ‘wholly or partially supported by’ public funds, and (2) their activities are intertwined with government,” reads a Nov. 2008 opinion in regards to whether the private company contracted to provide busing services for the Little Rock School District are subject to Arkansas’s open records law. Williams, Fayetteville’s city attorney, has repeatedly affirmed that CAT documents are part of the public record.
CAT board president Debra Leaf said no business was discussed or conducted on the retreat.
“It is a chance for us to get to know each other as fellow board members in order for us to be able to work together as a board,” Leaf said. Board members Marietta Camiellieri, Rose Sparrow, Dave Johnston, David Orr and Roger Henry attended the retreat. Board members David Young and Bruce Perry had prior commitments, Leaf said.
Bemis videotaped the first two hours of the retreat.
He intends to make the recording available to CAT to have the full board decide if it (Bemis’ recording) will be shown on the Fayetteville public access station.
“It was completely innocuous,” said Bemis on the nature of the meeting he witnessed.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Latest email exchange between president of CAT board and CAT producer Jim Bemis, etc, at of 6:30 p.m. March 19, 2010
Re: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
From: Dedra Leaf (hambyleaf@yahoo.com)
Sent: Fri 3/19/10 4:27 PM
To: Jim Bemis (nputjim@sbcglobal.net); don bosseau (don@bosseau.com); mark warren (mark_warren@catfayetteville.com); Don Marr (dmarr@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); Frederick Gisler (fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); Lioneld Jordan (ljordan@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); jim tennant (jutennan@cisco.com); marvin hilton (marvinhilton@cox.net); Aubrey Shepherd (aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com); mike russell (russell.cm.2@pg.com); fred cusanelli (nysplicer145@sbcglobal.net); Lindsley Smith (lfsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us)
Cc: Cat Board (cat-bod@googlegroups.com)
Dear Jim,
Thank you for your work in trying to ensure public information about the public's interest. I appreciate your diligence and your contributions to the CAT Policy committee. As I stated to Aubrey, you will be welcome to observe the Contract and Policy sessions of our orientation, but you will be asked to leave before the session on Board Obligations and Responsibilities. It isn't that I mean to be rude or exclude you or anyone but that information and discussion should be between the members of this board in order for us to build unity, something we desperately need at this time. I have excluded cameras because, as an educator you must know, hands go down when the camera goes on. I want everyone on the board to feel free to ask whatever questions they may have without worrying about how ridiculous that question may make them sound. I want interaction and that won't happen with the camera on. No discussion or debate about policy will be taking place; it will be strictly informational.
As far as the Policy committee records go, there are digital as well as print copies from as far back as '07, when I began chairing that committee. We're still working on a way to get those old records archived for the public.
Please remember, half of our members have been on this board for less than two months. We are, essentially, trying to build cooperation and unity from the ground level. Please respect that.
If you wish to file a formal complaint with the CAT Board you are welcome to do so according to our policies.
Thank you, Jim.
Sincerely,
Dedra
Sent: Fri 3/19/10 6:16 PM
To: jim bemis (nputjim@sbcglobal.net); don bosseau (don@bosseau.com); mark warren (mark_warren@catfayetteville.com); Don MarrCity (dmarr@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); fritz gisler (fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); lioneld jordan (ljordan@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); jim tennant (jutennan@cisco.com); marvin hilton (marvinhilton@cox.net); mike russell (russell.cm.2@pg.com); fred cusanelli (nysplicer145@sbcglobal.net); dedre leaf (hambyleaf@yahoo.com); lindsley Smith (lfsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us)
Cc: chuck roberts (pugrex62@yahoo.com)
Thank you, Jim. As a member of governor Winthrop Rockefeller's staff before many current people in government or on our local boards were born, you understand not only the reasons the FOIA was created but also why it should not be seen as limiting the amount of sunshine on government action by way of its exemptions and exceptions to the rule.
From: Jim Bemis
To: don bosseau; mark warren ; Don Marr ; Frederick Gisler ; Lioneld Jordan ; jim tennant ; marvin hilton ; Aubrey Shepherd ; mike russell ; fred cusanelli ; Dedra Leaf ; Lindsley Smith
Cc: Cat Board
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 3:42:16 PM
Subject: Re: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
Aubrey, Dedra, Lindsley & all --
I hope everyone has a chance to watch the FGC production of the Telecommunications Board meeting last night. It covered a range of topics, all of which would be useful at the CAT Board's retreat last night, and it will be archived for future use in orienting both the Telecom Board members and CAT Board Members, as well as the CAT producers and public.
I regret that the CAT Board was not represented at that meeting, and that President Leaf has to exclude video recording and has declared that the Retreat is not open to the public.
Therefore, I ask that this email note be considered as a formal complaint regarding President Leaf's decision to declare that the meeting is not open to the public and she has chosen not to have it videotaped. My understanding of current policy is that this note should suffice for purposes of making a complaint.
I also have read Lindsley's note of today that relays the City Attorney's opinion regarding the the FOIA criteria that he feels would apply to the CAT Board's retreat. However, I respectfully disagree with Mr. Williams, although I believe I understand his reasoning.
As a "Community Board" member of the CAT Board Policy Committee, I understand that it is my job to inform the community of Board policy deliberations and related discussion by the Board, such as reflected in the agenda for the Retreat to be held on Saturday. Therefore, I will attend the CAT Board Retreat tomorrow, as I indicated at the Telecom Board meeting last night.
I will be recording the proceedings as a "Community Member" of the CAT Board's Policy. Members of the Policy Committee will recall that I have videotaped the Policy Committee meetings over the past three months, as a means of documenting the
actions of the Committee. We have had at least two chairs of the Committee since the first of the year, and the minutes of the meetings have been difficult to recover, either in written form or in digital recordings. Thus, my purpose for documenting the
Retreat will be for my own use as a CAT Committee member and for use by other Board members, if they choose (as indicated in an earlier email.)
I also will produce a video for use on CAT and for later archiving and, based on Mr. William's comments as relayed by Lindsley, I will submit that recording for televising on CAT, using the regular producers request form. I anticipate that the full CAT Board can then consider the disposition of my request, if necessary. Similarly, if there is a need to consider my request as a "test case" regarding the legality of televising the meeting, I will be happy fill that role. I would urge the CAT Board to ask for an opinion on from the Arkansas Attorney General's office. I agree that there may be a need to test on a case-by-case basis.
Thank you for your consideration,
Jim Bemis
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Lindsley Smith wrote:
From: Lindsley Smith
Subject: Re: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
To: "don bosseau", "mark warren" , "Don Marr" , "Frederick Gisler" , "Lioneld Jordan" , "jim tennant" , "marvin hilton" , "Aubrey Shepherd" , "mike russell" , "jim bemis" , "fred cusanelli" , "Dedra Leaf"
Cc: "Cat Board"
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 2:06 PM
Telecommunications Board,
I checked with the City Attorney's Office and explained the type of meeting (non-business/non-voting orientation session)
and FOIA does not require meetings to be filmed, as I explained last night. As to the open meeting requirements
of FOIA, with the facts of this meeting, the contract, and the entity applied in a case-by-case manner, this particular
orientation session is not required to be open to the public under the State's existing FOIA law.
Lindsley Smith
Lindsley Smith
Communication Director
City of Fayetteville
lsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us
PHONE 479-575-8330
FAX 479-575-8257
TDD 479-521-1316
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>>> Dedra Leaf 3/19/2010 1:13 PM >>>
Dear Aubrey,
I wish a member of our board had been available to attend last night's meeting, a practice we have been trying to make over the last several months, but we have been very busy with our duties involving the search for a new manager and the restructuring of positions we feel necessary to make at this time too alleviate the current stress on our staff. Last night was another of many meeting we have been holding during the last month. In all that time, during all of those meetings, I have been trying to integrate and educate four new members to our board. Some of those members have at least some board experience, but every board is different as you probably know.
The information our members will be receiving tomorrow is the same information found on our website, but it will be presented to the members in a comfortable, noninvasive environment so that they may for five hours come together as a group without public scrutiny. This orientation is about more than imparting information. It is about bringing individuals together, teaching them the value of each other and getting them to work as a group. I feel that is more in the public's interest than recording the event for later review.
I have sent you a program for tomorrow's retreat. We will be preparing new board books with all of the information we will be using tomorrow and I plan to have one in the office at all times for public viewing. I think it would be a very good idea for the Policy committee to produce a series of round-table discussion of those documents we will be discussing (contract, bylaws, policies) to provide a more detailed public discussion of the same. Perhaps that is a project they can work on when their current business is less pressing. I'll suggest that to them at the next board meeting.
Although I value your advise and have carefully considered your suggestion, I am the one who has to do what is in the best interest of creating a strong, unified board out of one that has been through an awful lot in the past few months, and I do not feel it is in the best interest of Community Access Television to record this orientation.
Respectfully,
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
________________________________
From: Aubrey Shepherd
To: dedre leaf; fred cusanelli ; Don MarrCity ; don bosseau ; jim bemis ; jim tennant ; mike russell ; marvin hilton ; aubrey shepherd ; lindsley Smith ; lioneld jordan ; fritz gisler ; mark warren
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 12:31:30 PM
Subject: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
Dedra, the Telecom Board voted last night for me to contact you about your retreat plan.
Holding a retreat can be an important thing to do.
I have watched Telecom Board and City Council retreats on Government Channel many times in the past decade. And I have also watched retreats held by various other boards and committees on television. I have learned from every one!
The Telecom Board told me to ask respectfully that you arrange to record your retreat and show it on CAT soon.
As one member of the audience asked during the Telecom Board discussion Thursday night, "Why wouldn't they want it recorded?"
I personally would consider spending the time and effort that goes into this process wasted if it is not recorded and broadcast. Who will remember every detail, every major idea discussed, every suggestion, otherwise. How much more value will the effort have if it is saved for later review?
Please consider the Telecom Board's suggestion.
Aubrey James Shepherd
P.O. Box 3159
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702
aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com
479-444-6072
________________________________
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:52:59 -0700
From: hambyleaf@yahoo.com
Subject: CAT Board Retreat
To: cat-bod@googlegroups.com
CC: fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us; aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com; mark@catfayetteville.org
Board Members;
Attached is the program for tomorrow's retreat. We will begin promptly at 9:00 A.M. at the OMNI Center on Lee Street and the program will end sometime between 2 and 3P.M. (depending on how much we talk). I will bring the food and materials we will need. I need for board members to bring only themselves. Everything needed will be provided.
This retreat will not be videotaped, as we are not conducting any business at the retreat; we are orienting our members. It has been announced and, according to my understanding, that is all FOI requires for such an event. Members of the public are not invited, however citizen members of committees may attend some portions of the program.
Sincerely,
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
From: Dedra Leaf (hambyleaf@yahoo.com)
Sent: Fri 3/19/10 4:27 PM
To: Jim Bemis (nputjim@sbcglobal.net); don bosseau (don@bosseau.com); mark warren (mark_warren@catfayetteville.com); Don Marr (dmarr@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); Frederick Gisler (fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); Lioneld Jordan (ljordan@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); jim tennant (jutennan@cisco.com); marvin hilton (marvinhilton@cox.net); Aubrey Shepherd (aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com); mike russell (russell.cm.2@pg.com); fred cusanelli (nysplicer145@sbcglobal.net); Lindsley Smith (lfsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us)
Cc: Cat Board (cat-bod@googlegroups.com)
Dear Jim,
Thank you for your work in trying to ensure public information about the public's interest. I appreciate your diligence and your contributions to the CAT Policy committee. As I stated to Aubrey, you will be welcome to observe the Contract and Policy sessions of our orientation, but you will be asked to leave before the session on Board Obligations and Responsibilities. It isn't that I mean to be rude or exclude you or anyone but that information and discussion should be between the members of this board in order for us to build unity, something we desperately need at this time. I have excluded cameras because, as an educator you must know, hands go down when the camera goes on. I want everyone on the board to feel free to ask whatever questions they may have without worrying about how ridiculous that question may make them sound. I want interaction and that won't happen with the camera on. No discussion or debate about policy will be taking place; it will be strictly informational.
As far as the Policy committee records go, there are digital as well as print copies from as far back as '07, when I began chairing that committee. We're still working on a way to get those old records archived for the public.
Please remember, half of our members have been on this board for less than two months. We are, essentially, trying to build cooperation and unity from the ground level. Please respect that.
If you wish to file a formal complaint with the CAT Board you are welcome to do so according to our policies.
Thank you, Jim.
Sincerely,
Dedra
Sent: Fri 3/19/10 6:16 PM
To: jim bemis (nputjim@sbcglobal.net); don bosseau (don@bosseau.com); mark warren (mark_warren@catfayetteville.com); Don MarrCity (dmarr@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); fritz gisler (fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); lioneld jordan (ljordan@ci.fayetteville.ar.us); jim tennant (jutennan@cisco.com); marvin hilton (marvinhilton@cox.net); mike russell (russell.cm.2@pg.com); fred cusanelli (nysplicer145@sbcglobal.net); dedre leaf (hambyleaf@yahoo.com); lindsley Smith (lfsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us)
Cc: chuck roberts (pugrex62@yahoo.com)
Thank you, Jim. As a member of governor Winthrop Rockefeller's staff before many current people in government or on our local boards were born, you understand not only the reasons the FOIA was created but also why it should not be seen as limiting the amount of sunshine on government action by way of its exemptions and exceptions to the rule.
From: Jim Bemis
To: don bosseau
Cc: Cat Board
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 3:42:16 PM
Subject: Re: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
Aubrey, Dedra, Lindsley & all --
I hope everyone has a chance to watch the FGC production of the Telecommunications Board meeting last night. It covered a range of topics, all of which would be useful at the CAT Board's retreat last night, and it will be archived for future use in orienting both the Telecom Board members and CAT Board Members, as well as the CAT producers and public.
I regret that the CAT Board was not represented at that meeting, and that President Leaf has to exclude video recording and has declared that the Retreat is not open to the public.
Therefore, I ask that this email note be considered as a formal complaint regarding President Leaf's decision to declare that the meeting is not open to the public and she has chosen not to have it videotaped. My understanding of current policy is that this note should suffice for purposes of making a complaint.
I also have read Lindsley's note of today that relays the City Attorney's opinion regarding the the FOIA criteria that he feels would apply to the CAT Board's retreat. However, I respectfully disagree with Mr. Williams, although I believe I understand his reasoning.
As a "Community Board" member of the CAT Board Policy Committee, I understand that it is my job to inform the community of Board policy deliberations and related discussion by the Board, such as reflected in the agenda for the Retreat to be held on Saturday. Therefore, I will attend the CAT Board Retreat tomorrow, as I indicated at the Telecom Board meeting last night.
I will be recording the proceedings as a "Community Member" of the CAT Board's Policy. Members of the Policy Committee will recall that I have videotaped the Policy Committee meetings over the past three months, as a means of documenting the
actions of the Committee. We have had at least two chairs of the Committee since the first of the year, and the minutes of the meetings have been difficult to recover, either in written form or in digital recordings. Thus, my purpose for documenting the
Retreat will be for my own use as a CAT Committee member and for use by other Board members, if they choose (as indicated in an earlier email.)
I also will produce a video for use on CAT and for later archiving and, based on Mr. William's comments as relayed by Lindsley, I will submit that recording for televising on CAT, using the regular producers request form. I anticipate that the full CAT Board can then consider the disposition of my request, if necessary. Similarly, if there is a need to consider my request as a "test case" regarding the legality of televising the meeting, I will be happy fill that role. I would urge the CAT Board to ask for an opinion on from the Arkansas Attorney General's office. I agree that there may be a need to test on a case-by-case basis.
Thank you for your consideration,
Jim Bemis
--- On Fri, 3/19/10, Lindsley Smith
From: Lindsley Smith
Subject: Re: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
To: "don bosseau"
Cc: "Cat Board"
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010, 2:06 PM
Telecommunications Board,
I checked with the City Attorney's Office and explained the type of meeting (non-business/non-voting orientation session)
and FOIA does not require meetings to be filmed, as I explained last night. As to the open meeting requirements
of FOIA, with the facts of this meeting, the contract, and the entity applied in a case-by-case manner, this particular
orientation session is not required to be open to the public under the State's existing FOIA law.
Lindsley Smith
Lindsley Smith
Communication Director
City of Fayetteville
lsmith@ci.fayetteville.ar.us
PHONE 479-575-8330
FAX 479-575-8257
TDD 479-521-1316
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>>> Dedra Leaf
Dear Aubrey,
I wish a member of our board had been available to attend last night's meeting, a practice we have been trying to make over the last several months, but we have been very busy with our duties involving the search for a new manager and the restructuring of positions we feel necessary to make at this time too alleviate the current stress on our staff. Last night was another of many meeting we have been holding during the last month. In all that time, during all of those meetings, I have been trying to integrate and educate four new members to our board. Some of those members have at least some board experience, but every board is different as you probably know.
The information our members will be receiving tomorrow is the same information found on our website, but it will be presented to the members in a comfortable, noninvasive environment so that they may for five hours come together as a group without public scrutiny. This orientation is about more than imparting information. It is about bringing individuals together, teaching them the value of each other and getting them to work as a group. I feel that is more in the public's interest than recording the event for later review.
I have sent you a program for tomorrow's retreat. We will be preparing new board books with all of the information we will be using tomorrow and I plan to have one in the office at all times for public viewing. I think it would be a very good idea for the Policy committee to produce a series of round-table discussion of those documents we will be discussing (contract, bylaws, policies) to provide a more detailed public discussion of the same. Perhaps that is a project they can work on when their current business is less pressing. I'll suggest that to them at the next board meeting.
Although I value your advise and have carefully considered your suggestion, I am the one who has to do what is in the best interest of creating a strong, unified board out of one that has been through an awful lot in the past few months, and I do not feel it is in the best interest of Community Access Television to record this orientation.
Respectfully,
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
________________________________
From: Aubrey Shepherd
To: dedre leaf
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 12:31:30 PM
Subject: Telecom Board's suggestion on CAT Board Retreat
Dedra, the Telecom Board voted last night for me to contact you about your retreat plan.
Holding a retreat can be an important thing to do.
I have watched Telecom Board and City Council retreats on Government Channel many times in the past decade. And I have also watched retreats held by various other boards and committees on television. I have learned from every one!
The Telecom Board told me to ask respectfully that you arrange to record your retreat and show it on CAT soon.
As one member of the audience asked during the Telecom Board discussion Thursday night, "Why wouldn't they want it recorded?"
I personally would consider spending the time and effort that goes into this process wasted if it is not recorded and broadcast. Who will remember every detail, every major idea discussed, every suggestion, otherwise. How much more value will the effort have if it is saved for later review?
Please consider the Telecom Board's suggestion.
Aubrey James Shepherd
P.O. Box 3159
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702
aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com
479-444-6072
________________________________
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:52:59 -0700
From: hambyleaf@yahoo.com
Subject: CAT Board Retreat
To: cat-bod@googlegroups.com
CC: fgisler@ci.fayetteville.ar.us; aubreyshepherd@hotmail.com; mark@catfayetteville.org
Board Members;
Attached is the program for tomorrow's retreat. We will begin promptly at 9:00 A.M. at the OMNI Center on Lee Street and the program will end sometime between 2 and 3P.M. (depending on how much we talk). I will bring the food and materials we will need. I need for board members to bring only themselves. Everything needed will be provided.
This retreat will not be videotaped, as we are not conducting any business at the retreat; we are orienting our members. It has been announced and, according to my understanding, that is all FOI requires for such an event. Members of the public are not invited, however citizen members of committees may attend some portions of the program.
Sincerely,
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Schedule for March 14 through March 20, 2010
Sunday, 3/14/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
8:00 am "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
8:30 am Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
10:00 am Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
10:30 am WTF?!? 2/18/10
11:00 am Krishnamurti: San Diego State University Talk #4
12:00 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
1:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
2:00 pm Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
2:30 pm Kids World
3:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
4:35 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
5:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
7:30 pm St James M.B. Church
8:18 pm Message Board
8:30 pm Legendary Karaoke
10:44 pm Message Board
Monday, 3/15/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Kids World
9:30 am Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:35 am Message Board
9:45 am“"I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
10:00 am La Voz de la Profecia
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm St James M.B. Church
12:48 pm Message Board
1:00 pm Legendary Karaoke
3:14 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
5:00 pm Short Takes Live!
6:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
7:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
8:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
8:15 pm Message Board
8:30 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
9:30 pm One Whirled View
10:30 pm The Run
11:00 pm Short Takes
Tuesday, 3/16/2010
12:00 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
1:22 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
3:00 pm One Whirled View
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Sports Shorts
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
7:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
7:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
7:35 pm Message Board
8:00 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
8:30 pm "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
9:00 pm CAT Board Meeting: March 4, 2010 Pt.1
11:00 pm Short Takes
Wednesday, 3/17/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
12:45 am The Run
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
10:00 am Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
10:30 am "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
12:30 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
12:45 pm Message Board
1:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia
2:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
3:00 pm St James M.B. Church
3:48 pm Message Board
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
4:53 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
6:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
7:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
8:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
8:30 pm Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
9:00 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:10 pm Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
10:35 pm The Run
11:00 pm Short Takes
Thursday, 3/18/2010
12:00 am The Run
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:05 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
10:30 am Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm WTF?!?
2:30 pm Legendary Karaoke
4:44 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Sports Shorts
5:30 pm Kids World
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
7:30 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
8:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
9:00 pm Krishnamurti: San Diego State University Talk #4
10:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia
11:00 pm Short Takes
Friday, 3/19/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
12:45 am| The Run
1:00 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
2:22 am Message Board
2:30 am WTF?!? 2/18/10
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
10:00 am One Whirled View
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm St James M.B. Church
12:48 pm Message Board
1:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
2:00 pm Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
3:22 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concepts #2
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Key to the Kingdom
7:30 pm Sports Shorts
8:00 pm Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
9:00 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:05 pm Message Board
9:30 pm The Run
10:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
11:00 pm Short Takes
Saturday, 3/20/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
8:00 am St James M.B. Church
8:48 am Message Board
9:00 am Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
9:30 am Sports Shorts
10:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
12:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concepts #2
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
3:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
3:15 pm Message Board
3:30 pm WTF?!? 2/18/10
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
4:35 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
5:30 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
6:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
7:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
8:00 pm Victory in Jesus #106
9:00 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
10:00 pm Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
11:56 pm Message Board
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
8:00 am "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
8:30 am Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
10:00 am Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
10:30 am WTF?!? 2/18/10
11:00 am Krishnamurti: San Diego State University Talk #4
12:00 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
1:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
2:00 pm Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
2:30 pm Kids World
3:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
4:35 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
5:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
7:30 pm St James M.B. Church
8:18 pm Message Board
8:30 pm Legendary Karaoke
10:44 pm Message Board
Monday, 3/15/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Kids World
9:30 am Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:35 am Message Board
9:45 am“"I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
10:00 am La Voz de la Profecia
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm St James M.B. Church
12:48 pm Message Board
1:00 pm Legendary Karaoke
3:14 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
5:00 pm Short Takes Live!
6:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
7:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
8:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
8:15 pm Message Board
8:30 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
9:30 pm One Whirled View
10:30 pm The Run
11:00 pm Short Takes
Tuesday, 3/16/2010
12:00 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
1:22 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
3:00 pm One Whirled View
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Sports Shorts
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm OMNI Month in Review-September 2009
7:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
7:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
7:35 pm Message Board
8:00 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
8:30 pm "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
9:00 pm CAT Board Meeting: March 4, 2010 Pt.1
11:00 pm Short Takes
Wednesday, 3/17/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
12:45 am The Run
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
10:00 am Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
10:30 am "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
12:30 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
12:45 pm Message Board
1:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia
2:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
3:00 pm St James M.B. Church
3:48 pm Message Board
4:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
4:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
4:53 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
6:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
7:30 pm Key to the Kingdom
8:00 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
8:30 pm Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
9:00 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:10 pm Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
10:35 pm The Run
11:00 pm Short Takes
Thursday, 3/18/2010
12:00 am The Run
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:05 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
10:30 am Words of Peace: "One of a Kind"
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm "I Need a Word" 1 John 4:10
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm WTF?!?
2:30 pm Legendary Karaoke
4:44 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Sports Shorts
5:30 pm Kids World
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Valley Harvest Ministries: Strife the Blessing Blocker Pt. 9
7:30 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
8:00 pm Need to Know: God's Helping Hands
9:00 pm Krishnamurti: San Diego State University Talk #4
10:00 pm La Voz de la Profecia
11:00 pm Short Takes
Friday, 3/19/2010
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: "Cho!"
12:39 am Message Board
12:45 am| The Run
1:00 am Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
2:22 am Message Board
2:30 am WTF?!? 2/18/10
3:00 am Free Speech TV
7:00 am Democracy Now!
8:00 am Free Speech TV
9:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Unequally Yoked
10:00 am One Whirled View
11:00 am Short Takes
12:00 pm St James M.B. Church
12:48 pm Message Board
1:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
2:00 pm Telecom Board Special Meeting-2/3/10
3:22 pm Message Board
3:30 pm Que Pasa-Episode 1
3:53 pm Message Board
4:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concepts #2
5:00 pm Short Takes
6:00 pm Democracy Now!
7:00 pm Key to the Kingdom
7:30 pm Sports Shorts
8:00 pm Media Marketing Mix-Children's Workshop
9:00 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
9:05 pm Message Board
9:30 pm The Run
10:00 pm Peace Train 1610 AM
11:00 pm Short Takes
Saturday, 3/20/2010
12:00 am Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
1:56 am Message Board
3:00 am Free Speech TV
8:00 am St James M.B. Church
8:48 am Message Board
9:00 am Beyond Today: Your Spiritual Bucket List
9:30 am Sports Shorts
10:00 am Horror-ible Morning: Monster Creature Feature "Revenge of Dr X"
12:00 pm Unarius: Infinite Concepts #2
1:00 pm Preservation With Paula: West Lafayette Historic Walking Tour
2:00 pm The Real Good News "Healing By Scripture"
3:00 pm Intellectual Property #19 "Portait of a Suicide"
3:15 pm Message Board
3:30 pm WTF?!? 2/18/10
4:00 pm Explorations in Faiths
4:30 pm Strange View:Goodbye Dedra
4:35 pm Message Board
5:00 pm Ridin' the Rails: Journey Through the Ozarks
5:30 pm All about Town with Chris and Angela
6:00 pm On the Air: Jori Costello
7:00 pm Tomorrow's World: What Will Save America?
7:30 pm Jazz Cardio Strength Stretch
8:00 pm Victory in Jesus #106
9:00 pm Freethought NWA-Show #4
10:00 pm Horror Hosts Presents: Monster Creature Feature "Santa Claus"
11:56 pm Message Board
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
CAT directors' meetings for coming week
The Community Access Television Board of Directors announces the following meetings:
Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Policy Committee will meet at 5:30 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Roger Henry, Chairperson.
Thursday, March 11, 2010: Personnel Committee will meet at 5:30 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Dedra Leaf, Chairperson.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010: Finance Committee will meet at 5:00 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Roger Henry, Chairperson.
For further information contact Mark Warren, Interim Administrator, or visit our website at www.catfayetteville.org.
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Policy Committee will meet at 5:30 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Roger Henry, Chairperson.
Thursday, March 11, 2010: Personnel Committee will meet at 5:30 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Dedra Leaf, Chairperson.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010: Finance Committee will meet at 5:00 P.M. in the break room at the City Television Station at 101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville, AR. Roger Henry, Chairperson.
For further information contact Mark Warren, Interim Administrator, or visit our website at www.catfayetteville.org.
Dedra Leaf
President
Community Access Television Board of Directors
Friday, March 5, 2010
Northwest Arkansas Times reports on February 4, 2010, CAT Board meeting
NWAOnline.com
Not Even New Administrator Can Fix CAT Problems
By Skip Descant
Friday, March 5, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE — Two weeks after an interim administrator was named at Community Access Television, the transition has not been smooth as the Fayetteville Video Independent Producers’ Association continues to question actions by the CAT Board of Directors.
The independent producers wondered why CAT Board President Dedra Leaf removed files from the office of former CAT manager Kathryn “Sky” Blaylock.
“I took the tax records and personnel files home on Feb. 18, returned the tax records on Feb. 23, but have retained the personnel records until the personnel committee can review the employee evaluations we requested from Sky back in December,” Leaf said.
Leaf added her aim is to better organize the files and familiarize herself with operational aspects of the local access television station.
They are still accessible through the Freedom of Information Act, Leaf pointed out.
“Whether the files are in my possession or in the office they are, of course, subject to FOI,” Leaf said. “We’re working on getting all monthly reports and minutes up on the Web site so our business is a little more accessible to the public, but if there is anything anyone wants to know it is available to them, as long as it is a public document.”
“I can think of no reason why those files should EVER leave the building,” wrote Sheree Burnett in an e-mail to CAT board members and producers. “Whether they go home with the station manager or the president of the board ... They shouldn’t be going home with anyone. EVER!
“This is blatant micromanagement,” she continued.
Leaf contends though the bylaws do not speak directly to her authority to retrieve files, she has informed the board of her decisions, and has been in regular contact with Mark Warren, who is serving as interim CAT administrator.
“If they have concerns over my actions they have not expressed them to me, but I’m sure this will be discussed at the next board meeting,” Leaf said.
Warren, who formerly served as production coordinator for CAT, reports it’s been mostly business as usual at the local access TV station.
“So far, everything has been surprisingly, fairly easy,” Warren told Leaf earlier this week.
For Leaf and several other members of the CAT board, the last several months have been anything but easy.
C.F. Roberts, who heads up the Fayetteville Video Independent Producers’ Association, says the association wants Leaf removed as a member of the CAT board.
“Dedra, at this point, is referring to us as the ‘Accusation of the Month Club,’ but we never dreamed she’d give us as compelling a reason as tampering with personnel files,” Roberts said.
Leaf says she has tried to meet with the handful of producers who have expressed discontent with the board’s decisions.
“They say they want to be heard, yet we have asked them to speak to the board and they refuse,” Leaf said, identifying Roberts, Burnett and Richard Drake. “They throw accusations around the Web, but are not interested in engaging in civil discourse when the offer is made. I’m still hoping for a positive outcome, but I’m beginning to think the only thing that will satisfy them is my resignation.”
In the next few weeks the CAT board will hold a retreat to orient new members to their responsibilities and the rules that govern CAT. Leaf said she hopes more ideas will come forward regarding how to repair the relationship with the association.
In the meantime, the board has formed yet a new subcommittee — Administrative Transition Advisement — to assist Warren with his new role as interim administrator. Jim Goodlander, a former CAT manager has volunteered time to serve as a member from the public. Leaf and fellow board members Roger Henry and David Orr also serve on the subcommittee.
Leaf assured Warren he should not hesitate to consult the subcommittee.
“Even if you think it’s a piddly thing, send it to me, and if I think it’s big enough, I’ll send it to the board,” Leaf told Warren.
Since Fayetteville maintains a $93,000 a year contract with CAT for local access TV to residents, officials say they’ve been watching the conflicts closely, but the problems have not indicated a breach in CAT’s ability to carry out its responsibilities in the contract.
“We want to make sure that the law is followed and the FOI is followed,” said Lindsley Smith, communication director for Fayetteville, explaining what she looks for when either internal or external problems at CAT surface.
“I always provide answers and then I guess, closely monitor what’s going on,” Smith said.
Not Even New Administrator Can Fix CAT Problems
By Skip Descant
Friday, March 5, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE — Two weeks after an interim administrator was named at Community Access Television, the transition has not been smooth as the Fayetteville Video Independent Producers’ Association continues to question actions by the CAT Board of Directors.
The independent producers wondered why CAT Board President Dedra Leaf removed files from the office of former CAT manager Kathryn “Sky” Blaylock.
“I took the tax records and personnel files home on Feb. 18, returned the tax records on Feb. 23, but have retained the personnel records until the personnel committee can review the employee evaluations we requested from Sky back in December,” Leaf said.
Leaf added her aim is to better organize the files and familiarize herself with operational aspects of the local access television station.
They are still accessible through the Freedom of Information Act, Leaf pointed out.
“Whether the files are in my possession or in the office they are, of course, subject to FOI,” Leaf said. “We’re working on getting all monthly reports and minutes up on the Web site so our business is a little more accessible to the public, but if there is anything anyone wants to know it is available to them, as long as it is a public document.”
“I can think of no reason why those files should EVER leave the building,” wrote Sheree Burnett in an e-mail to CAT board members and producers. “Whether they go home with the station manager or the president of the board ... They shouldn’t be going home with anyone. EVER!
“This is blatant micromanagement,” she continued.
Leaf contends though the bylaws do not speak directly to her authority to retrieve files, she has informed the board of her decisions, and has been in regular contact with Mark Warren, who is serving as interim CAT administrator.
“If they have concerns over my actions they have not expressed them to me, but I’m sure this will be discussed at the next board meeting,” Leaf said.
Warren, who formerly served as production coordinator for CAT, reports it’s been mostly business as usual at the local access TV station.
“So far, everything has been surprisingly, fairly easy,” Warren told Leaf earlier this week.
For Leaf and several other members of the CAT board, the last several months have been anything but easy.
C.F. Roberts, who heads up the Fayetteville Video Independent Producers’ Association, says the association wants Leaf removed as a member of the CAT board.
“Dedra, at this point, is referring to us as the ‘Accusation of the Month Club,’ but we never dreamed she’d give us as compelling a reason as tampering with personnel files,” Roberts said.
Leaf says she has tried to meet with the handful of producers who have expressed discontent with the board’s decisions.
“They say they want to be heard, yet we have asked them to speak to the board and they refuse,” Leaf said, identifying Roberts, Burnett and Richard Drake. “They throw accusations around the Web, but are not interested in engaging in civil discourse when the offer is made. I’m still hoping for a positive outcome, but I’m beginning to think the only thing that will satisfy them is my resignation.”
In the next few weeks the CAT board will hold a retreat to orient new members to their responsibilities and the rules that govern CAT. Leaf said she hopes more ideas will come forward regarding how to repair the relationship with the association.
In the meantime, the board has formed yet a new subcommittee — Administrative Transition Advisement — to assist Warren with his new role as interim administrator. Jim Goodlander, a former CAT manager has volunteered time to serve as a member from the public. Leaf and fellow board members Roger Henry and David Orr also serve on the subcommittee.
Leaf assured Warren he should not hesitate to consult the subcommittee.
“Even if you think it’s a piddly thing, send it to me, and if I think it’s big enough, I’ll send it to the board,” Leaf told Warren.
Since Fayetteville maintains a $93,000 a year contract with CAT for local access TV to residents, officials say they’ve been watching the conflicts closely, but the problems have not indicated a breach in CAT’s ability to carry out its responsibilities in the contract.
“We want to make sure that the law is followed and the FOI is followed,” said Lindsley Smith, communication director for Fayetteville, explaining what she looks for when either internal or external problems at CAT surface.
“I always provide answers and then I guess, closely monitor what’s going on,” Smith said.
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