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macta Rosewood Offic:e P10za . 1711 West County Road 8 Suite 300N, Roseville, MN 55113 - Ej}. Telephone: (612) 635-0306 MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF Fox: (612) 635-0307 CABLE TELEVISION ADMINISTRATORS June 16. 1994 Dear MACfA Member: The Minnesota Association of Cable Television Administrators is actively interested in state legislative matters regarding telecommunications policy. Members of MACfA's Legislative Committee successfully lobbied against proposed legislation submitted by the telephone industry which would have allowed phone companies to provide voice. video and data services and develop new electronic information systems with liule. if any. state involvement - and no local regulation. The efforts of the Legislative Committee. coupled with the rapid advancement of telecommunications technology, has convinced the MACfA Board of Directors that it must take a pro-active role and initiate efforts in the 1995 state legislature to protect local public access, programming and regulatory authority. The Board believes that.MACfA must act now to ensure that any state regulatory scheme will adequately protects local interests and afford municipalities a voice in the delivery of information services. To encourage discussion among its members and debate of the appropriate governmental role in regulation of new and expanded information technology. the MACfA Board of Directors commissioned Thomas D. Creighton of Bernick & Lifson to draft a Communications White Paper. A copy of this draft is enclosed. Please review it. and take the opportunity to consider the important issues it raises. Please bear in mind that . the ideas and concepts articulated in the Communications White Paper have not been officially adopted by MACfA and do not necessarily represent MACfA's position on these issues. I encourage you to reproduce this paper and provide copies to elected and appointed officials within your jurisdiction, such as city managezs, administrators, library directors. community and economic development officials. so that divezse viewpoints can be brought back to MACfA and used to draft revisions to existing state legislation. An Advisory Committee has been appointed to further study the issues identified in the Communications White Paper. This Committee will review all comments received and report back to the MACfA Board of Directors with recommendations and proposed legislation. Your comments and input are encouraged and welcomed. Please address your written comments and recommendations by July IS. to: MACfA 1711 West County Road B, Suite 300 North Roseville. MN 55113-4036 FAX 612 635-0307 You may also contact any MACfA Board Member or Legislative Committee member (listed on the reverse of this letter) with any comments or suggestions you wish to have considered. ~IY' ~ . Dc mp President Enclosure The Minnesota State Chapter of NATOA - The National Associalion of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors , - - ,",- ..-.. - "-->> ~- --_. - ....,~~.., ----~_..