HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-02-10 Appointment12:28 FAT 310 208 8360 OSP ilcLecKI
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To: City Council of Iowa City(Attention: Mayor Ernie Lehmmn)
Broadband Telecommunieatiom Commitsion
Dear Cmmcil Mcmbe~s,
It is with regret that I must subr~ my resignation from 'he Broadband
Teleco -~catinn.s Co -mmlssion effective immediately. On './27/98, at the regular BTC
meeti~, I made a verbal announcement that ~ be rr. tlc~cxl in tho m/~ut~s. I am
resigning for the following reasons:
1) McI~odUSA rcccnfiy announced intmtions to enler the Cable TV b,,_~'iness in
the Cedar Rapid~ aret This could lead ~SA to beoo-~:,~ · dim;t
omp i or o the F chis ,? t.o .m}, with
Mc, IxodUSA, I fed the integrity of the Comm~,-4~ wo-M be in qu~'stion
ifI we~ to remain an active member, althou!~h I am not ~ involved
with this McI.eodU~ venture.
2) I have recently been promoted to executive l~vel .xpanagermmt, and assigned
to a group whc~c rights-of-way(R. O.W.) and ffr~chise issues a;c ncgotiated
the Co-~,~Lc_e!on's, ami my, iateg!ity could be qua,' 'nned, e.~pecialty in ~ of
the ongoing development era Iowa CRy Te, lecom~mlc~Ol~S Ord~azwe.
I have enjoyed my 20 nmnths tm the BTC, and feel its ~1¢ w~l continue to grow in
the areas of Corn,ram__ hy Prog~n.,dng, In.formation Tedmo10gies, and Cable TV
Franchise over~ight. In fact, I think a more appropriate title for the future would be the
Iowa City Te. lecomrmmlcations Commition. }also would like to reco----mu~nd that the
City Council protect and support our "Access (~-..ek" Th~ ~ cooperativ= efforts
by PATV, GIC, the Library Ch~,~el, Senior Center, and the ECC have resulted in a
co;~.~.,-ay television consortium known as the "Coovm~ty Televisio. Gro~(CTG) ':
This is truly a great step towards developing our '~neighborhood te. levision resources"
which provide local prograxmning of local histozy, local new~, the arts, political ~vents,
discussinn forums, exlucational infomilan, and governw.._~t ~ action. Fttrtherm~e, I
think that Public Access TV, under the direction ofFo ne Pa~,e, has provided not only a
~ee spvech forum for our comnmnity m~,mhe~s, but also an a~enue for dtizans to learn tha
sitHI-sets associated with tdevidon produ~an~ ~,,d~ progr~g. The people who
'cnlici~ PATV programming. I believe, rarely watch it. I ~ ohnlb,nge these ~'iti~ to
*'improve I~ATV progrprnmi~g" by gottittg offtheir l'~s ~d producing some shows of
I would also like to coremrod Barb Bh~k from the Iowa City Pubtic Librsxy, and
Bob Hardy of the Govo-nmmt Cha~m,,I for their commitn~nt to producing shows ~
lmve kept the publi~ informed of the various govtanment and .}ublic issues, some
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Vd abo h~ to think Adcn~ Hock o£TCI/n show/n~ ~ end ficx/bfi/W/n reEzrd to
ch,mnel off_e~ and in-oF ....... ;.,~ dcsircd by ot~ df/m~
and our local ~ov~
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Th~k, ~ ~or the opport~ to serve, and I wish the Couam'!, Comml.qql,'., and th~
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