| 1.0 |
General Rules |
| 1.1 |
The following categories of equipment items are available
for use by trained and certified community users: |
| 1.11 |
Single Camera Systems. These are portable VHS cameras
that may be checked in and out of the Auburn Community Television
Studio facility at Placer High School Room 408. Each package
may also include such accessories as a tripod, microphone
and cable, AC power adapter, batteries, and carrying cases.
A portable lighting kit may also be checked out. |
| 1.12 |
Video
Editing Systems: Both analog and digital editing systems
are available at the Auburn Community Television facility
to enable users to edit their previously recorded videotape
footage into finished programs.
(a)
The analog editing station includes A/B roll video players
and an edit deck, an edit controller, an effects mixer,
an audio CD player, a microphone, and a character generator
(used to superimpose titles, names, credits, etc.)
(b) The digital editing system is a Casablanca
station including a Hi-8 VCR and a VHS/S-VHS VCR, and
an audio CD player.
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| 1.13 |
Television
Production Studio
A television
production studio is housed in the Auburn Community Television
facility. The studio equipment package includes a portable
system, called Studio-in-a-Box, used for location shooting
as well as studio production. Studio includes Effects Mixer,
VCR, (VHS/S-VHS), Character Generator, Microphone Mixer,
with six hand-held microphones, four (4), S-VHS AG-456 camcorders,
closed intercom, cables, tripods, etc.
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| 1.14 |
Recording
Tape
Audio
and video recording tape in a variety of formats and lengths
is available for use by people to record their final "master"
program tape. Auburn Community Television does not provide
recording tape for use prior to the recording of a master
program tape. Such recording tape, in HI-8/8MM, VHS and
S-VHS formats, must be purchased elsewhere by the user.
However, Auburn Community Television periodically receives
used recording tape free of charge from a variety of sources
(local TV and state agencies, etc.). These tapes will be
given free to users, who should inspect them ahead of time
for technical quality.
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| 1.2 |
Auburn Community Television video equipment (as described
above in Subsections 1.1 1 through 1.16) may only
be used to record or prepare a program or program material
for subsequent playback on a video channel managed by Auburn
Area Access/Auburn Community Television. |
| 1.3 |
Any private or commercial use of Auburn Area Access/Auburn
Community Television video and/or audio production equipment
is strictly prohibited. |
| 1.4 |
Community users shall agree in writing, as a condition of
the use of Auburn Community Television video production equipment,
to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Auburn Area Access,
Auburn Community Cable Foundation, Charter Cable, the Cable
Television Commission, the County of Placer, the City of Auburn,
and their respective directors, officers, agents, and employees
from and against any and all claims or other injury (including
reasonable cost of defending claims or litigation) arising
from or in connection with claims of loss or damage to person
or property arising out of the failure to comply with these
Operating Rules and Procedures, any applicable laws, rules,
regulations, or other requirements of local, state, or federal
authorities, for claims of libel, slander, invasion of privacy,
personal injury, or infringement of common law or statutory
copyright, for breach of contract or other injury or damage
in law or equity which claims result from the use of Access
Sacramento channel space, facilities, equipment or other resources.
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| 1.5 |
Community
producers are strongly encouraged to obtain a homeowner's
or renter's insurance policy* which includes liability coverage
to protect them in the event of a claim or litigation against
them for reasons described above in Section 1.4.
*As
in all insurance policies there are exclusions. Here are
some major exclusions that you need to be aware of: There
is no coverage for:
(a)
Libel, slander, invasion of privacy
(b)
Incidents involving boats, planes, autos.
(c)
Pollution
(d)
Alcohol-related activities/substances abuse
(e)
Property in your care, custody and control
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| 1.6
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Community
users must satisfy each of the criteria regarding residency
and age as specified above in Subsections 3.2 and 3.3 of "Part
III: Programming" of the Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community
Television Operating Rules and Procedures to be considered
as eligible to use the Auburn Community Television video production
equipment. |
| 1.7 |
Auburn Community Television video production equipment may
only be used by appropriately trained and certified community
users. (See Section 5.0, Certification Procedures, in "Part
II: Training and Certification", above.) |
| 1.8
|
All
certified users of Auburn Community Television video equipment
must complete a "Crew Finder" form. This form will enable
Access Sacramento staff to compile such information as the
user's name, address, phone number, areas of programming interest,
certification levels and a summary of production experience.
Certified users who are willing to help other users in need
of crew members may choose to authorize the staff to provide
such information to other users for this purpose only. Users
who provide such authorization will be included in a computerized
file and a loose-leaf binder for access by other community
producers. |
| 1.9 |
Please be advised that any child (or children) under ten years
old should not be brought to the Auburn Community Television
facility if you plan to be there longer than thirty minutes.
It has been our experience that after thirty minutes young
children become very bored and disruptive to other producers
even if they are being supervised by a relative or friend.
Please make other arrangements. |
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