(a) Volunteers or students may participate in government or education program productions, but an employee of the user agency must be present during studio production or editing sessions. Field taping equipment must be checked out by an employee of a listed agency.
(b) (1) Agencies and educational institutions desiring to use the government access studio must request that they be placed on a list of approved agencies. The initial listing must be requested over the signature of the chief administrative officer of the agency. The listing must be filed with the Cable Access Coordinator and approved by the AUC.
(2) Subsequent approval of training and production projects and personnel may, at the discretion of the user agency, be delegated to the heads of appropriate departments or divisions of the user agency, provided a list of such authorized personnel is filed with the Cable Access Coordinator.
(c) Government and its agencies may sponsor programs by meeting the following criteria. Failure to comply with these rules may result in the denial or cancellation of the program for cablecast.
(1) The sponsoring agency should have a direct role in developing program content and/or approve content prior to production.
(2) The sponsoring agency must provide written approval of sponsorship prior to cablecast.
(3) Program content must be directly related to the mission, responsibilities, or functions of the sponsoring agency.
(4) Governmental and Educational agencies shall not sponsor programs which have no relationship, or are only indirectly related to the agency and its mission.
The City of Oxford shall have the right to deny or cancel programs based on noncompliance with government access rules. Talawanda High School shall have the right to deny or cancel programs based on noncompliance with education access rules.
(Ord. 2670. Passed 1-4-00.)