Public Access USA

SE Region, Tampa Bay area: Alliance for Public Access, members' home page;
this is www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/6096, hosted by Joe Daurril, POB 2794, Tampa FL 33601

fast forward news:

  • In Tampa, current status of the city's RFP process)
  • Hillsborough County refuses sunshine on 6/15/98 CAC workshop
  • In Tampa, Joe Daurril 4/98 (commentary))
  • In Tampa, the Weekly Planet reports on the state of public access

    • fast forward references selector:

  • Local & National WebSites of interest
  • Tampa-Hillsborough Cable Advisory Committee meetings
  • Enabling and other Documents
  • Daurril-authored documents (see new Case site for 1992-1994 ...)
  • Apopted public access websites
  • Additional surfed public access websites
  • Host: J Daurril resume

    • In Tampa, current status of the city's RFP process: per John McGrath 6/24/98. The next meeting of the CAC is August 5, 1998 at 6:30 PM in the county commission chambers. No agenda has been published yet, but it will be a regular meeting.

    The RFP for a public access operator will be mailed this week. RFPs will be available at the City of Tampoa Purchasing Department on the 2nd floor of the City of Tampa Municipal Office Building (TMOB) 306 E Jackson Street. There is a pre-proposal conference for proposers scheduled for July 2, 1998 at 9:30 AM in the 3rd floor conference room of the TMOB. Proposals are due to the City of Tampa Purchasing Department August 3, 1998 to be opened at 11:30 AM. The CAC will be evaluating the proposals at a meeting on September 2, 1998. The meeting time a(nd) place for the September meeting will be set at the August 5th CAC meeting.

    Hillsborough County refuses sunshine on 6/15/98 CAC workshop: currently under construction

    Joe Daurril 5/98 (commentary) concerning Cable Guise: airing for 3 consecutive days starting 6/4/98.

    Questions the continuing anomalous reference in press releases to a programming (Remote Control) authority for "Hillsborough County's" cables. How and why the producing community is represented here exclusively by just three individuals. Press here for the full analysis.

    The Weekly Planet for May 14-20, 1998: Cable Guise:

    "Is there a future for public access television in Hillsborough County?", by Daniel Berger. About Time Warner's expired cable TV franchise with the city of Tampa, and what provision are to be made in its renewal for the continued existance and/or management of a public access facility. Press here for the full summary.

    Local and National WebSites of interest:

  • for First Amendment Supreme Court decisions
  • FCC: Federal Communications Commission
  • State of Florida
  • Hillsborough County BOCC
  • Hillsborough County GATV (station mgr: Greg Vawter)
  • City of Tampa (Franchise Admn: John McGrath; GATV mgr: Mindy Snyder)
  • TBO: Tampa Bay Online: a service of the Tampa Tribune
  • Weekly Planet: the weekly reader (alternate press) in Tampa: Ben Eason: FAX (813) 248-9999
  • TECC Educational Consortium (dir: Ann Flynn Goldberg)
  • ACM: Alliance for Community Media (mgr: Ann Flynn Goldberg)
  • Time Warner Communications: Karla Boling
  • (RFP NPO#1 contact): Speak Up Tampa Bay.
  • (RFP NPO#2 contact)
  • PAC: Public Access Center: (831) 254-1687 (mgr: Brian H)
  • TH Cable Advisory Committee (CAC chrmn: A. Martinez: see Meetings below): no WebSite
  • CAC Access Membership (Access Manager's) (sub) Committee: no WebSite

    Enabling and other Documents:

  • Congress enabling Franchise Authorities (incl PAC)
  • PAC enabling Users (Guide to Policy and Procedure)
  • County enabling Advisory
  • County enabling Cable Franchisee
  • City enabling Advisory
  • Advisory enabling Advisory (ByLaws)
  • Advisory enabling AMC (Guide to Policy and Procedure)
  • AMC enabling AMC (ByLaws)

    Daurril-authored documents: (November 2000) 1992+ Cases: operational but still under construction

    Collateral public access sites of interest:

  • Chicago Access Corporation Home Page
  • Free Speech Internet Television
  • Public Access TV Producer Web Ring and Community Forum
    note: request to enter ring joined 6/30/98 0600 EDT.
    keywords: Covering everything in the Tampa Bay area of Public Access USA.
    description: Offering a comprehensive look at PEG access infrastructure under local regulation, this site reveals and analyzes the evolving separate political awarenesses among members of a typical producing community.

    This Public Access TV Producers Web Ring site is owned by
    Joe Daurril.

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