Letters of Support


General Letters of Support for GO-TV.

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CEJOH PRODUCTIONS
CECILIA GUTIERREZ - JOHN MOLINELLI ······································································ 7 Tuttle Drive
Ossining, N.Y. 10562
(914) 941-7822
February 2, 2004
To: The Village and Town of Ossining
Re: GO-TV Financial Support

We have been producing "Valores Humanos" for the past 5 years and we have been very fortunate to have GO-TV as our community access channel. The studio has been making strides to improve equipment as well as the studio space, but this is very difficult on the limited budget that they have. In all honesty, no matter what they do, the space they are presently in is totally inadequate on many levels. First, it is extremely small for studio space. It is actually a miracle that a three camera studio can even function at all within the confines of a 20 X 20 room with 8 foot ceilings and share this with office space as well as the control room. Second, the location itself is not conducive to " community access" . The studio hours have mostly been dictated by the school . The studio hours are also limited by budget in that staff can only be hired as part time or volunteer. With adequate funding GO-TV would be able to move to a more suitable location, purchase much needed equipment as well as production supplies, and offer existing staff better compensation as well as the ability to hire more help. Volunteer help is noble, but you can't always rely on people showing up.
In short, GO-TV has great potential to be a community facility that the Village and Town of Ossining would be proud of, but the reality is it takes money . We hope that the Village and Town of Ossining will strongly consider providing funding.
Sincerely,
Cecilia Gutierrez
John Molinelli


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-----Original Message-----
From: Marion Sinek
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:54 PM
To: Mary Prenon
Subject: Support of NCCTV Public Access Programming
Following up on our discussion about the extent of support by the Town of New Castle for NCCTV, I can tell you that the Town allocates a portion of the franchise fees we receive to the operation of the Public and Governmental Access operation.
Initially we established an independent Board for NCCTV as a joint venture of the Chappaqua School District and the Town of New Castle. The studio space is supplied by the School District and the Town supplies much of the equipment. We get to use it during non-school hours. NCCTV Board members are appointed by the Town and School District (2 each) and the remainder were envisioned to come through a Friends of NCCTV group, which has really not quite materialized. Prospective members are now recruited by current Board members.
Initially the Town supplemented Cablevision's Access Contribution by matching it. As time went on we felt that we wished to support the programming to a greater extent, particularly given the fact that they carry extensive programming about the Town, including Town Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board Meetings both live and in repeat showings.
We have continued these contributions over the past several years and in the 2004 Budget we are providing a $105,000 contribution to the NCCTV budget. They are operating on something of a shoestring with total expenses of about $150,000, not counting the in-kind contributions of the school district. The NCCTV Board is making every effort to raise additional support from merchants and other members of the community.
Please let me know if I can answer any additional questions about our Cable operations for you. We wish you well for the GOTV enterprise.

Warmest regards,
Marion Sniek


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Nov 4 2003
Dear GO-TV Board of Directors:
I am very grateful that you have allowed me to continue this wonderful opportunity to try my bit to bring some positive programming of the goodness of God to all of us in this great world of Ours created. We thank Our Creator for this wonderful marvel of communication to reach so many of our Brothers and Sisters of all persuasions in the love of their Creator.
Sincerely Brother Goretti Zilli MM
President - Friends of Staint Maria Goretti


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