He plans to do that at the next board meeting of theirs which he believes to be June 11. The Alliance for Community Media solicited our participation regarding proposed federal legislation that would amend current code pertaining to the dispersement of government surplus. The intent was to allow PEG access facilities to join those already eligible in acquiring government surplus of television equipment.
States ultimately do the dispersement.
Congressman Dan Burton was seen as a key player in this process, which is why we were contacted. The Agency met with Comcast officials regarding the hiring of their new PR person and we discussed at that time the protocol for how Comcast would handle cable complaints going through our office. Channel 16's signal on the Comcast system is much improved after the laser link between Time Warner and Comcast had been completed over the last three weeks. I, personally, have noticed a big difference in the quality of our signal for both video and audio. We received numerous cable problem inquiries and assisted in mediating the addressable ones to the customer ' s satisfaction.