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May 6, 2020 Minutes

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FINAL – CTAC Meeting Minutes   May 6, 2020 – TELECONFERENCE (due to virus pandemic)

Attending members:

Peaches Quinn – (New Haven) –  Acting Chair
George Alexander – (Hamden) – Treasurer
Yvonne Manning-Jones  – (New Haven) – Advisor
Laurel Coleman – (Hamden) – Advisor
Anthony Cardo – (Hamden) – Advisor
Johnes Ruta – (New Haven) – Acting Secretary

Sharon Codeanne (Comcast) and Joe Schofield (CTV) were both invited to participate in the
teleconference, but neither are present online.

Call to order 6:06 pm.   Teleconference members on Zoom.

1.     TREASURER’S REPORT
George. Alexander states that the bank balance for CTAC’s account is $4,778.35.

George paid the U.S Post Office Box charge for the year of $254 for the year 2020.

Partnership Adult Day Care of Hamden has deposited their check for $2000.
Hannah Gray Elder Residence in New Haven has deposited their CTAC check for $2000.

Johnes makes a Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report. Yvonne Seconds the Motion,
Vote unanimous to accept.

2.   OLD BUSINESS

a.   CTAC PSA – Laurel: states that work on the PSA has not proceed because CTV studios
are currently closed due to the pandemic. Status remains the same.

b.   Community Awards – Anthony Cardo: update of the Veteran Award;   Anthony states that
the VA has not responded during this month period. The Contact is Abner Oakes,
who is Chairman of the Hamden Veterans Commission.

  1. Neither CTV nor Comcast has contacted CTAC during this month since April 1.d.   Yvonne has become Administrator of the CTAC Facebook page with full authority.
    CTAC Cable televsion Advisory of New Haven, West Haven, Hamden.
    She has forwarded the March Minutes to George Alexander to be posted on the CTAC
    website CableAdvisory.org.

    e. Peaches questions whether Joe Schofield and Sharon Codeanne are included on the
    [email protected] ?   They are not on the list because they are not members.

    3. NEW BUSINESS

  2. Johnes has proposed action to recommend Comcast Security & Abuse office to
    investigate for criminal fraudulent activity many emails which appear to come
    from Comcast demanding Comcast email user to log online and provide account
    “verification updates” with the user’s personal information.   Many of these
    fraudulent emails labeled as “Xfinity” and “Comcast” are decoded as being
    from Comcast email users themselves – as “—[email protected].”Johnes has contacted the Comcast Abuse office, and has received email responses
    from them, but with no explanation of how that office will handle these abuses
    sometimes five or ten per day.   Johnes’ concern is for Comcast customers who will
  3.                      be drawn into providing critical personal information to fraudulent perpetrators.Johnes makes a Motion for Peaches to follow up with Sharon Codeanne at Comcast.
    George seconds this Motion, Vote carried.

    4 . APRIL 1st CTAC Minutes
    a.   April Minutes – Peaches has edited Johnes’s draft of the April Minutes to remove text
    pertaining to Comcast, as the Comcast Report has been appended separately.

    Motion to approve as revised from George. Yvonne seconds Motion.

    Johnes raises issue that Minutes should record not only that which is voted on in
    Motions. Discussion about amount of detail of text of Minutes, and the recording
    of the meeting in order to have an accurate record of meeting. . Johnes reminds
    members that the CTAC By-Laws allow the recording of CTAC by members of
    the public as allowed to attend, or members of the Council.

    George makes Motion to have Minutes be a summary of discussion which lead to
    Motions taken. Johnes seconds this Motion. Carried.

    Consensus now to adjourn this teleconference.     Next meeting set for June 3, 2020, teleconference. .

    Johnes makes Motion to adjourn. George seconds this Motion. All agreed.

    Meeting Adjourned 6:45 pm.

May 6th,, 2020 CTAC Meeting Minutes respectfully submitted by Johnes Ruta, (New Haven) Acting Secretary, May 29, 2020.