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ON J. 8/4/88es II. BACKGROUND E NOTE: In any discussion of local programming on a cable communications system, one encounters several terms such as "public access", "local origination", and "institutional network". These and other terms as they have been used in this study are defined in Appendix A. The reader is urged to consult the glossary to understand the meaning of the terms as they apply to the specific situation in the North Suburban area. Community access in the North Suburbs is currently managed by Cable TV North Central, a company providing cable communications services to the cities of Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, Roseville, Saint Anthony, and Shoreview. As community access manager, Cab.le TV North Central employs a staff, provides equipment, facilities, and assistance to those interested in producing programs for cablocast or messages for display on appropriate channels of the system designated for access or community message use. The North Suburban Cable Commission (Commission) is composed of ten members, one appointed from each member city. The Commission has been charged by the member cities through a joint and cooperative agreement to oversee and administer the franchise agreements in effect between the cities and ('able TV North Central. The North Suburbs Access Corporation (NSAC) is a non-profit tax-exempt corporation established for the purpose of performing functions of the Commission on matters related to community access. Its members are the sere as those sorving on the Commission plus one representative of Cable TV North Central. III. THE PROCESS From January through Junc, 1988, Commission members participated in 11 workshops as part of the community access study.' During these workshops, members discussed and made policy recommendations on the following issues and topics: 1. the definition of "successful access operations" in the North Suburbs, 2. perfirmance indicators to measure the activity of the entity that will manage community access, 3. the access management structure that will best achieve success as defined by Commission members in community access, 4. the relationship of a community access management entity to those institutions involved in community access at the present time, i.e., school districts, non-public schools, higher education institutions, public libraries, municipal and other government entities, and