September 4, 2019 Minutes

CTAC Meeting September 4, 2019 

Attendees: 
Peaches Quinn – (New Haven) –  Acting Chair
George Alexander – (Hamden) – Treasurer
Laurel Coleman – (Hamden) – Advisor
Yvonne Manning-Jones  – (New Haven ) – Advisor.
Johnes Ruta – (New Haven) – Acting Secretary
Meeting convened at 6:05 pm.

1..  Review of August 7, 2019 Minutes
Two minor modifications required (indicated on August 7 Minutes attached in.
Laurel makes Motion to accept. George Alexander seconds this Motion.
Vote unanimous.

2. CTV Report

   No report. Please see attached CTV Report.

   3. COMCAST Report.   Please see attached COMCAST Report.

   4.   New Business

   Peaches Quinn:   CTAC Officer elections will be postponed to December.

   State Cable Advisory representation question – An individual named John Weiss called Peaches
   who wants to go to the State Advisory meetings, but does not want to come to CTAC meetings.
   We all agree that (such a person) a state rep must come from CTAC membership.

   4. Correspondence

   Letter from Comcast customer named Diane V. of Hamden, concerned with news release that
   Comcast will move the Turner Classic Movie (TCM) channel from all existing packages into the
   Sports Package.   This change will be effective as of October 11, 2019.

   This is troubling news that the Advisory all agree must be confirmed and contested. Council members agree
   that   “we are tired of Comcast decreasing channel offerings while not lowering rates & charges. TCM is               especially popular among older adults. We expect customers will push back on this change.

Peaches notes that TCM is available online at WatchTCM.com

Next meeting Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 6:00PM.

September 4^th , 2019 Minutes respectfully submitted by Johnes Ruta (New Haven)
Acting Secretary.   September 25^th , 2019.