Program Schedule Answer Book Operating Rules & Procedures


5.0 Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television Disciplinary Discretion
5.1 The sanctions and penalties outlined above may, in individual cases, be adjusted by either the Auburn Area Access Board of Directors ("Board") or its designated Committee. The Board or Committee may impose greater or lesser sanctions and penalties than those specified above if the Board or Committee determines that there is good cause to do so.
5.2 A decision by the Board or the Committee to impose a greater or lesser sanction or penalty than those prescribed in Part V of the Auburn Area access/Auburn community television Operating Rules and Procedures shall be made at a public hearing in which the user shall have an opportunity to fully participate ("variance hearing"). A variance hearing of the Committee may be instigated by the Auburn Community Television Executive Director or the Committee. A variance hearing of the Board may be instigated by the Committee or the Board.
5.3 A user against whom the Auburn Community Television Executive Director has imposed a suspension or Probationary Sanction may request a variance hearing of the Committee by filing a written request for a variance hearing with the Auburn Area access Board office within ten (10) days of notification of the suspension or Probationary Sanction. A request for a variance hearing may be filed separately or as part of a notice of appeal under Section 5.0 of Part V of the Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television Operating Rules and Procedures.
6.0 Appeals Procedures
6.1 Any user against whom the Auburn Community Television Executive Director has imposed a suspension or Probationary Sanction may appeal the decision to a designated Committee of the Auburn Area Access Board of Directors within ten (10) days of notification of the suspension or Probationary Sanction by filing a written notice of appeal at the Auburn Community Television office.
6.2

The Committee may choose to hear an appeal of a suspension or Probationary Sanction after investigating the circumstances of the violation. In public hearing with the Committee, the Auburn Community Television Executive Director or staff person shall make a presentation on the circumstances of the violation(s) and the suspension or Probationary Sanction imposed, and the user will make a presentation of the appeal. The Committee may decide:

(a) To sustain the sanctions imposed by the Auburn Community Television Executive Director;
(b) To make alternative determinations; or
(c) To refer the appeal to the full Auburn Area Access Board of Directors.
6.3 Determinations of the Auburn Area Access Board of Directors or its designated Committee in matters of suspensions or Probationary Sanctions or other actions are final.
6.4 Should the Auburn Community Television Executive Director decline to cablecast programming submitted to Auburn Community Television for cablecast, the party submitting the material may appeal the decision to a designated Committee of the Auburn Area Access Board of Directors within 10 (ten) days of notification of the Auburn Community Television Executive Director's declination by filing a written notice of appeal to Auburn Area access Board. Determinations of the Committee or the Auburn Area Access Board of Directors in matters of programming shall be final.