VAN of Vermont is quietly transitioning into summer. Policy activity, like the lawsuit from Comcast, is in a wait-and-see period. VAN uses Slack (slack.com) as their communications/forum tool. Check the VAN website here or contact VAN’s representative to the Northeast board.
NHCCM of New Hampshire have had good attendance at the member meetings with a workshop as the main feature each time. Their annual meeting will be held in the fall, as a cookout-BBQ event. Their emphasis is on making members aware of the state organization. Their website is still under reconstruction as of this writing but you can contact their representative to ACM-NE.
ACMNY of New York state was disappointed by the failure of a state bill that would give any video provider a tax credit for contributing to a capital fund for PEG entities. Their allies in the state assembly can resubmit the bill next year, with the hope that November elections will bring them more support. In the meantime, the plans for a Northeast regional conference in Schenectady is pulling in more people from the state. Read more about the NY chapter on their website or find their chapter representative here.
CTacm of Connecticut will finally have a meeting on June 20 at Skye Cable XIII in Waterbury. Among other things, they plan to discuss affordable closed captioning. Sometimes there are updates on their website. Otherwise, ask their representative what’s up.
MassAccess in the Bay State still pursues their HD/EPG bill and another that would preserve PEG funding within Massachusetts’ “enterprise funds.” The PEGs in Spectrum/Charter areas in the western part of the state are experiencing channel slamming and will need help dealing with it. MassAccess holds conference calls for all their members on first Friday of the month in the morning and have planned Meet & Greet get-togethers at various stations this coming fall. Their dynamic website has more information to you (their HD/EPG bill is going to the floor of the state Senate as we write this). We are counting on their state representative to tell us how that turns out…!
Maine’s CTAM continues to continue, which we all applaud. Check their website here, or contact their representative, a community television manager who doubles as an assistant town clerk and registrar of voters.
