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. Videogram online Talk about a money saver. We decided to move to an electronic newsletter. This will allow us to produce a newsletter of any size, utilizing all colors at no additional cost. We can also greatly expand our mailing list at no additional cost. The newsletters are emailed on a monthly basis. It is also posted on our website. We estimate the Media Center will save approximately $115,000 across the 15 year franchise by moving to the electronic format. Technical Assistance for the Cities . Computers, networks, and Rose Ever since we sent Rose to school to become a Microsoft Systems Engineer, a big goal of ours was to offer whatever computer assistance to our cities that we could. Several of you have taken advantage of this resource for things ranging from building and troubleshooting web sites, computer and networking problems, building new computers, and setting up and networking your high speed data connections with Comcast. . Video equipment problems For this we have Rick. Many times over the past year he has visited your cities to assist with video equipment and signal related problems. It seemed like things might be less busy for the Commission in 2003, what with the new franchise being signed in November of 2002. Instead, the year was consumed with all of the dramas that make up the steps to building a new Media Center. There were other issues, related to rate regulation and the company's upgrade of the cable infrastructure, . but the big story of the year was the quest for a new facility. The New Facility . ShoUld we build it As a part of our franchise renewal, a needs assessment was performed. The clear and unwavering consensus from that report was that our current facility was inadequate. Staff floated the idea of building a new Media Center. Armed with the "Needs Assessment" and the financial reality that owning is better than 12 1_