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IN ATTENDANCE |
APOLOGIES |
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Jan Bless |
Satnam Boll |
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John Defoe |
Tee Fabikun (for lateness) |
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Tee Fabikun |
Pallavi Malhotra |
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Carole Gilligan |
Richard Steel |
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Hammad Khan |
Steve Tyler |
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Richard Overton |
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Linda Salim |
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Rick Smith |
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Richard Stubbs (RS) |
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Paul Whiteman |
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Copies of the minutes of the last meeting were circulated, read and adopted as the true copy of the meeting.
NCFE now committed to providing training programme. Carole said that there were 5 potential groups and that she would liase with Pallavi and Hammad to create programme. Agreed we should seek to link to user group formation and the “Meet the Neighbours” launch. There was a Young Persons Video training workshop planned for 6-7th July.
3.1 A report was circulated that highlighted an unanticipated and critical problem resulting from Blicks’ work on the estate, even worse the extent of the problem could not currently be determined.
3.2 It turns out that Blick sublet the installation work to two separate contractors; one to do the CAT5 work and one to do the IRS. This meant that contractors had to get into homes twice with the result that an unknown number of homes that we have been told are “connected” have in fact not been as they have only got an IRS socket and the CAT5 wires have not been terminated or tested.
3.3 It was agreed that the legal position should be explored with respect to liquidated damages and that we should also investigate whether payment had been made with respect to the work.
3.4 It was agreed that RS should seek a statement from Blick regarding exactly what the position was with regard to “connected” properties. It was noted that it was essential that Blick provided the Cat5 test certificates with respect to the connections made.
3.5 It was noted that it would take evening and weekend working for Blick to be able to rectify the problem in a reasonable time period because of the problems of gaining access during the day.
3.6 It was agreed that the Council should raise this problem formally at a high level with Blick. John Defoe agreed to get this followed up internally.
3.7 There was a great deal of technical work planned for July involving a wide range of contractors. It was agreed that RS should seek to negotiate with IVision so as to secure more time from RO to work on site so as to ensure that this work goes smoothly
3.8 The main problem with respect to premises was the lack of ventilation of the TMO hall. The 1st of July WebSmart launch meant this had to be resolved before this.
3.9 Another problem was that the Video Edit suite was currently housed, free of charge, in Carpenters College and the problem was that it could not stay there when the College closed over Summer. There looked to be little choice but to transfer to James Reilly.
4.1 Carole gave the report on Media Trust’s work
4.2 The WebSmart launch was on 1st July
4.3 The local history film was now 50% completed
4.4 The “Meet the Neighbours” launch was planned for 14th July
4.5 5 recipes had been filmed for Carpenters Cooks
4.6 5 short stories had been filmed
4.7 Work on training and TMO films had been scheduled
4.8 10-15 people had expressed interest in being included in the Home Thoughts film
4.9 Look Whose Talking, the film at Carpenters school was scheduled for next term
4.10 The 1940s night event had gone very well indeed.
4.11 The main problem
4.12 UEL will be doing a Kids programme for the Estate at a very low cost. A working plan is already in place.
4.13
The Media Trust are seeking to reschedule their work to
allow them to stay for a longer period on the estate such that they don’t have
to leave before the service is launched. It was agreed to seek extra funds to
support this.
5.1 At our last meeting we had agreed that a mutual support club needed to be established possibly in August
5.2 This was discussed further and it was noted that there were potentially two distinct functions: a user group that was fairly informal in nature and a more formal group, probably constituted as a company limited by guarantee, that could take formal responsibility for the Home to Home channel. It was also noted that there would be a great deal of need for input around the portal in terms of supporting local discussion groups and similar activities.
5.3 Agreed that CG, RS and Ramila Patel would meet and discuss and should report back to next meeting.
5.4 It was noted that a report on sustainability of the project as a whole was to be produced after the LDA meeting booked for later in the week.
6.1 BBC. Not able to ascertain position as yet.
6.2 Desperate Optimists. All the films ready but will like to have a pre view before showing it to the public. RS to give contact details to CG.
6.3 DKTV videos and service interface content had been procured.
6.4 Free to air TV – license for 10years can be sought but need to find out if we can still afford the equipment. No progress had been made in the last month.
6.5 Microsoft – Everything agreed in principle, meeting arranged to discuss new licensing details
6.6 Plato – will be installed same time as the Internet.
6.7 Start here – Been tested and works with our system.
6.8 NHS interactive – Agreed but waiting for purchase of SQL database and server prior to being installed.
6.9 UK online – Agreed but no date for install as yet.
7.1 Still no feedback from Brian Taylor or Legal Department with respect to agreements provided.
7.2 Noted that video equipment is not covered by the standard Council policy and extensions are required. CG to ensure that all is covered.
7.3 The SRB bid needs to be completed. There is a problem regarding actual expenditure because the Council has Council has completely muddled the recording of expenditure between the DfES project and the SRB one.
7.4
It was noted that the problem of misuse of expenditure codes
was in no way restricted to our project and various anecdotes were shared.
8.1 RS circulated a written report.
8.2 The key problem caused by Blick had already been discussed and unfortunately there was currently no way of determining the consequences. Obviously the problem was that we could scarcely launch the service when we had no idea how many homes on the estate actually possessed a socket into which they could plug a set top box.
8.3 Rick Smith said that if we postponed the planned September launch we could aim to incorporate the launch as a key event within the UK Online Campaign that starts mid October. It was also noted that Stephen Timms MP was now the eMinister and would be a very appropriate person to do the honours.
8.4 RS agreed to contact Stephen Timms and ask him if he would open the event as part of the UK Online promotional campaign.
9.1 School – Jan said that the ICT suite had been used for the first time today and that the wireless network was also being installed. The teachers were still very excited by the project. Later this week there was going to be an audit of all paperwork and equipment.
9.2 Richard Overton had met with Graham Pragnall and it was agreed that the WuC project would provide a set top box for every class room and the main hall that could linked to the interactive whiteboards (17 required in all). Graham had agreed to provide a laptop that could be used for testing home access to the school.
9.3 Hansard – All had gone quiet, Rick Smith to check out what is happening.
9.4 Neighbourhood Co-ordination – Meeting to be hold with Housing to discuss ways of getting more resources into the estate. Linda Salim leading on this.
10.1 Rick Smith noted that after the collapse of ITV Digital we were the only digital TV pilot left as part of the WuC programme.
10.2 The final WuC conference would be on 22nd/23rd January in East London.
Next Meeting.
3.00pm - Monday 15th
July 2002.