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'~~~~~t.t~~~T}{~~~~Jlt~ The following report highlights the accomplishments and activity of the North Metro Community Television and Cable Commission operations in 2005. We experienced a year filled with accomplishment, transition, and some disappointment. Staff shattered previous production records, developed new services for our cities, expanded our channel capacity, and successfully completed the digital upgrade of our production truck.. While we had many successes in the area of public access, we also experienced the loss of two prolific local producers, which resulted in a decline in programming produced by the public utilizing our facilities. Even so, our tour numbers, volunteer, intern and class statistics improved. Meanwhile, the Commission participated in a national FCC Form 1205 rate review, and became increasingly concerned regarding proposed federal and state legislation regarding telecommunications franchising and regulation. 'fiT...~ .... ...",V""il;;I._,1ft'-~ii~"""" ~~~~~ Structurally, we have two basic departments; the public access department and the staff production department. Two staff members are entirely devoted to working with our community producers. They accomplish this through class instruction, tours, assisting the public with their video projects, publicizing our services, and scheduling and operating the channel. This was a year of transition for the public access department. When we first moved into the new building, we knew that we would be stretched in some areas, because of the expanded services we planned to provide to our cities. Our goal was to follow through with the expansion of services first, and then determine what staffing changes would be needed to meet any deficiencies that resulted. Throughout the year it became clear that we were not able to meet our outreach goals with the current level of staff. As a part of the budgeting process for 2006, 3