Susan Fleischmann
Executive Director
Cambridge Community Television
Happy 20th Anniversary to CCTV! I feel privileged to have watched this community grow and mature.
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Article 6. CPAC Members Advisory Committee
- Powers and Responsibility
- Membership and Tenure on the Members Advisory Committee
- Election
- Removal of MAC Representatives, Vacancies
- Disqualification
- Compensation
- Amendments
The Members Advisory Committee (MAC) shall represent the interests of the membership of the Corporation by participating as voting members on all committees of the Board of Directors, with the exception of the Personnel Committee. The MAC shall plan an annual social event for the membership. The MAC is an advisory body, and shall represent the full diversity of the CCTV membership. An agenda and minutes of the Board of Directors shall be mailed to all MAC members. Reports of MAC meetings shall be made to the Board at their regular meeting.
The MAC shall be comprised of the 10 active access members who have been elected to five of the standing committees of the Board of Directors. Active members are those who have completed a program in the past 6 months or have a production in process.
Those elected will serve for a term of one year. They may serve no more than three consecutive terms.
No later than sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall solicit from the members of the Corporation and the general public nominees participate as voting members of the standing committees of the Board of Directors. Such nominees shall be considered to be broadly representative of the community interest as defined in Article 2, Section of the By-Laws. At least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting, a listing of the nominees shall be distributed to all access members of the Corporation, including short statements by each.
The election shall take place at the annual meeting of the corporation.
A MAC representative may be removed for cause upon the vote of 2/3rds of the MAC. Cause shall include, but not be limited to, consistent inability to work with others, disruptive influence, abuse of one's position, gross misrepresentation, harassment of others, or illegal CCTV related activities. Any MAC member proposed to be removed shall be entitled to at least ten (10) days notice in writing by mail of the meeting of the MAC at which such removal is to be voted upon and shall be entitled to appear before and be heard by the MAC at such meeting prior to such vote for removal taking place.
In the event of any vacancy on the MAC the remaining members of the MAC may exercise the powers of the MAC until successors are elected. Any vacancy on the MAC shall be filled by a vote of the MAC upon receipt of nominations from the general membership. Members of MAC so chosen shall serve only until the Annual Meeting at which time the Members of the Corporation will elect a person in accordance with Section 3 of this Article to fill the position for the duration of the un-expired term of the person whose absence caused the vacancy to exist.
No member of the Corporation's staff or applicant for a position with the Corporation shall serve as a member of the MAC. No close relative of the Corporation's staff shall serve as a member of the MAC nor shall any close relative of a member of the MAC be an employee of the Corporation. No officer, director, employee, or stockholder or close relative of an employee of the entity that holds the Cable License in the City of Cambridge or any of its affiliates may serve as a member of the MAC, nor shall any member of the MAC or close relatives become an employee of the Licensee or its affiliates. aside from the two MAC members so elected, MAC members or nominees for the MAC may not hold a seat on the Board of Directors.
Members of the MAC shall receive no compensation for their services. In recognition of their time spent for the Corporation MAC members shall receive free classes and a discounted membership fee. Members of the MAC shall not be precluded from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, other than as a staff member, provided that a full disclosure of the nature of such service and the compensation therefore (if any) is filed with the clerk. No member of the MAC shall vote on any matter for which he or she is engaged to render service in an independent capacity.
No part of Article 6 may be amended by the Board of Directors without consultation with the MAC.
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