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as separate organizations, with separate meetings, budgets and financial records. In recent years, the duties of the Commission have included many transfers of ownership and the renewal of the original franchise, as well as customer service problems associated with the cable system upgrade in 1999. The Commission is currently reviewing applications for franchises from two companies who want to compete with the incumbent cable operator. The Commission also manages the Institutional Network which serves the cities and schools and other public organizations in the 10 cities. Although the mission of the Access Corporation has not changed, the tools used in the production of video programming have increasingly become digital. In the 10 years that the Corporation has been operating public access, community television has become a fixture in our cities. Both the Commission and the Corporation's Board of Directors meet on the first Thursday of the month, usually at the Roseville studio at 950 1NoodF�ill Drive. The Commission meeting begins at 7:00 p.m., and the Corporation Board meeting follows. Members of the community are welcome to attend the meetings. In addition, they are cablecast live the night of the meeting and re-cast every Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.