TO: Information Services Advisory Board

FROM: Susan Moran, Public Information Officer

DATE: June 18, 2002

SUBJECT: Informal Report

Dear ISAB:

Our rescheduled May meeting, which should have occurred on Jun 6, 2002, was cancelled due to lack of a quorum. While no official business could be conducted, I did take the opportunity to update those present with the following information for consideration at your next meeting.

• Citizen's Guide to Services
  At present, we do not have the reserve amount of CGTS to distribute them to all residents in apartment communities. The distribution goal for the CGTS is to send it to all new Cary residents as they move in. Currently, we are not budgeted to print the additional 10,000 copies the ISAB would like to distribute to apartment communities. However, in December 2002, we will be setting budget items for FY2004, which will also be the same time that the CGTS will need to be updated per our update schedule.

• CARY TV Update

Equipment: Satellites have been installed and for the most part are functional. Some work still needs to be completed, specifically on the motor. We have given ourselves a month to complete the work and programming, setting a deadline for July 1, 2002. As you know, when the Town took over cable channel 11 from Time Warner Cable in 2000, Time Warner Cable was no longer willing to send through-satellite programming on channel 11 (i.e. NASA). We plan to add to our programming NASA and the Triangle Radio Reading Service with the installation of a new antenna, all of which will be coming on line July 1, 2002. If you have any programming suggestions that meet our criteria (produced by or for local, state, or federal government), please feel free to forward them to me at your convenience.

Policy: For nearly a year, staff has been revising the Town's Government Access policy as it relates to candidate forums. Please review the attached document for discussion at your next meeting, which is scheduled for June 27, 2002.

• Web Use Report

See attached.

• 24-Hour Town Hall Report

See attached.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. I look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.