The only items which are allowed to be checked in and out of the Auburn Community Television facilities by trained and certified community users are as follows:

(a) Single camera systems
(b) Studio-in-a-Box (SIB)

Check-out Procedures

(a) The checkout date and time reserved is to be considered by the user as an appointment with an Auburn Community Television staff person.
(b) The single camera system user should allow a minimum of 30 minutes for the scheduled pickup and checkout of equipment.
(c) The user checking out a single camera system is required to set up the equipment in the presence of an Auburn Community Television staff person and make a test recording prior to removing the equipment from the facilities. The test allows the user and the staff person to verify the operability of all components of the system and to agree upon any exceptions.
(d) All equipment to be removed from the Auburn Community Television facilities must be checked out by an Auburn Community Television staff person, signed for by a certified user, and properly recorded in the loose-leaf binder and user must complete an " Equipment Reservation/Check-Out Form".
(e) The Equipment Reservation/Check-Out Form will include an indication of each item of equipment being checked out, and a statement that the undersigned user understands that he or she agrees to take complete financial responsibility for any damage to or theft of the equipment while it is signed out to him or her, normal wear and tear excepted.
(f) The user must present a valid Auburn Community Television User ID card to the Auburn Community Television staff person supervising the check-out. The User ID card must have been appropriately embossed to indicate the user's certification to use the requested equipment. The User ID card will be attached to the Equipment Reservation/ check-out Form until the equipment is returned to the Access Sacramento facility and checked in.
(g) The user must sign the Equipment Reservation/Check-Out Form, assuming responsibility for the items indicated as being checked out, noting any malfunctions, cosmetic damage or missing parts, and reserve the date and time he or she agrees to return the equipment to the Auburn Community Television facility.
(h) The user is responsible for the safety, proper use and care of the equipment while it is signed out to him or her.

Check-in Procedures

(a) The check-in date and time reserved is to be considered by the user as an appointment with an Auburn Community Television staff person.
(b) The single camera system user should allow a minimum of 30 minutes for the scheduled check-in of equipment.
(c) The user checking in a single camera system is required to set up and operate the equipment being returned in order to allow the Access Sacramento staff person to check it over for operability and possible damage.
(d) At no time is a single camera system to be returned, dropped off or left at the facilities without examination and testing with an Auburn Community Television staff person and signed-off on the Equipment Reservation/Check-Out Form by both the user and the staff person. Failure to return equipment through proper check-in procedures may subject the user to forfeiture of equipment usage privileges.
(e) Equipment must be checked in by the user who checked the equipment out. The User I.D. card will be returned when the check-in procedure is completed.

Late Returns

Except under circumstances beyond the User's control, late return of a single camera system is a violation of the Auburn Community Television Operating Rules and Procedures, and can subject the user to forfeiture of equipment usage privileges.

Use of the Auburn Community Television video editing systems must be for the purpose of producing programming for cablecast on an Auburn Community Television video channel. The following activities are not allowed:

(a) Copying or dubbing tapes. Finished programs may be checked out for dubbing purposes at other locations.
(b) Preparing or editing material for private or commercial purposes.

At the conclusion of an editing session, the editing suite must be left in the same condition that it was when the user started:

(a) All tapes must be boxed, properly labeled and properly shelved.
(b) All sound sources, equipment and switches must be returned to normal positions or locations.
(c) All paper, debris and miscellaneous material must be removed from the editing suite.

At the conclusion of a studio production session, the studio and control room must be left in the same condition as when the user started:

(a) All tapes must be boxed, properly labeled and properly shelved.
(b) All accessories (e.g., microphones, stands, set materials, props, etc.) must be returned to their proper storage locations.

All Auburn Community Television tapes must remain at the Auburn Community Television facilities, with the following exceptions:

(a) Tape may be checked out to record a program produced with the field production SIB.
(b) Producers may check out master program tapes which they are editing.
(c) Producers may bring their own tapes, but provide Auburn Community Television with a copy for cablecast on Auburn Community Television Channel 20.

When a completed master program is recorded on Auburn Community Television tape, a decision must be made by the producer after the tape has finished its playback cycle on Auburn Community Television Channel 20:

(a) The producer may check out the tape to have a personal copy made, or
(b) The producer may purchase or replace the tape, or
(c) The tape will be erased and recycled.