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WPAA
COMMUNITY BUILDING TV
Policy
What follows is a continuation of the policy
(Adopted 4.2009)
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES (This revision
is in Final Review.)
In order for policies to be effective,
procedures for enforcement are essential for the preservation
of User Rights and the organization's community mission.
WPAA COMMUNITY BUILDING TV is authorized to issue warnings
and suspensions to Users and will do so in writing stating
the violation and penalty.
Certain User actions are consider Major
Violations and will result in an immediate 90-day suspension
of all User privileges.
These include, but are not limited to:
Abuse
of staff and other Users.
Commercial
or profit-making use of facilities or resources.
Misrepresentation
of Users affiliation with WPAA
Falsifying
forms.
Taking equipment without authorization.
Conduct of any illegal activity at the WPAA facility
Certain User actions are consider Minor
Violations and will result in a written warning or possible
suspension of facility or resource use. User behaviors
seen as patterns with multiple occurrences over time
or collectively will be reviewed for suspension action.
These include, but are not limited to:
Entering
areas posted as off-limits.
Abuse
of equipment, including attempted repair. Changing wiring,
connections or attaching accessories without staff authorization.
Failure
to cancel a reservation in a timely manner.
Late
return of, or missing or damaged equipment.
Any
mishandling or tampering with any WPAA equipment.
Smoking
in WPAA facility.
Failure
to clean-up after using the facilities.
Failure
to proper credit submitted programs.
Failure
to comply with 1st Use distribution.
APPEAL PROCESS
Users
are encouraged to resolve difficulties directly with
WPAA Board. If an appeal is not resolved with WPAA the
USER can appeal to CACSCC. [If
the issue came to WPAA through the Council the Board
is encouraged to include the local advisors and/or CACSCC
officers directly in the appeal process.]
The
process and timeline is summarized as follows:
Upon receipt of a User complaint action will be taken
by staff or a board member with consult with at least
one board member following the action outlined for either
the major or minor violation. Written notice of the
complaint and the action will be sent to the offending
User. The notice will either state the next meeting
date of the Board or advise the offending User that
a meeting can be requested to be held within next meeting
15 days. If there is an Appeal the Board will consider
the Users position. If there is no Appeal the Board
will ratify the action of staff or board member.
TERMS
Address:
A
physical or mail location or virtual address represented
by a web site name.
Community
Access Program:
A media program developed with video and/or computer
equipment. Most are made by Users of Community Access
Facilities like WPAA. Others have non-commercial content
of deep interest to User/Viewers. Programs with political
content are treated like all other programs. Any program
that is not produced by a Community Access Producer
must have a Wallingford resident Guarantor to be distributed
by WPAA.
Credits:
References in a media program that acknowledge contributions
to the production. Contributors include but are not
limited to: WPAA, talent, crew, host, copy write permissions
for audio and graphic sample by title & producer,
sponsors that provide financial support including in-kind
services or materials. Credits will appear at the end
of a program unless production value dictates an alternative
placement; however, sponsorship can only be credited
at the end of a program. Credits should not appear to
identify participants or sponsors in a manner that can
be considered advertising.
Distribute/Distribution:
WPAA supports distribution of media programs on designated
cable and video channels authorized by federal and state
regulation. WPAA also supports video streaming. As of
2009 this includes Comcast-Cable, ATT U-verse Video
and V-Brick Internet Streaming.
Narrowcasting:
The WPAA service territory is Wallingford. Cable TV
viewing is limited to Wallingford, Video TV viewing
is selectable by Wallingford designation and streaming
has most likely appeal to Wallingford residents temporarily
located out-of-town. So ‘narrow’ compares
to ‘broad’ cast with the idea that Wallingford
viewers and topics are central to the policy interpretation.
Suspension:
Notice
to a User that they are not welcome at the WPAA facility
or not eligible to reserve the facility or equipment
or not eligible to schedule Community Access Programs
for distribution or any combination thereof for a designated
period of time subject to any results of Appeal. Confirmation
of Suspension is made by the Board. Staff can activate
an instant suspension of 2 week in urgent situations
based on verbal review with any members of the Board
that is available for consult. A User may request in
writing a meeting with WPAA Board in order to appeal
and/or resolve the suspension.
User:
A person 18 years of age or older contracting by signature
on designated forms to use WPAA resources, or a person
identifying them self as a viewer of WPAA distributed
programs. User access to resources can have a dependency
on residency in Wallingford, employment or schooling
in Wallingford or the six towns of Branford, East Haven,
Guilford, No. Branford, No. Haven or Madison. Users
agree to have their identity maintained in WPAA records
which are available for inspection as required by state
regulations. 
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