ELCAT ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2003

 

To the Members of the Board of Selectmen and the Residents of East Longmeadow,

 

The East Longmeadow Cable Access Television, Channel 5, has experienced some changes during 2003 and is looking forward to an exciting 2004.  In collaboration with the East Longmeadow School Department, ELCAT will be offering a course for high school students looking to extend their learning from their years at Birchland Park Middle School. 

 

ELCAT was established as a community-based station and depends on its volunteer base for taping community events.  Residents interested in school, senior center, and recreational sports activities have volunteered their time to tape events.  We would like to increase the amount of programming of these community events that deserve to be shared with the residents of East Longmeadow.

 

East Longmeadow has many community organizations and businesses that will be able to take advantage of sponsoring programming to get their message out to the town residents.  Training programs on camera use and editing, offered in the past, will once again be available to residents interested in getting community events on the air. 

 

Finally, we would like to thank our past chairman, Paul Paschetto, and our part-time studio manager, Ben Durant, for their time and talents over the past six years and wish them both success and happiness in their future activities.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Judy Croci, Chair

John Kasparian

Steve Morissette

Lloyd Oaks

Leon A. Gaumond, Jr., Executive Secretary