Thank you for your recent coverage of the Harvard Community Access Cable Committee and its failure to provide television representative of, and accessible to, the community.
Lynda King accurately reported that leading members of our school, senior citizens, business, arts, and church communities have expressed their desire for a better and more inclusive cable access program.
Many of these residents were at the Feb. 3 Board of Selectmen meeting. Among them was the lead set decorator for The Departed, winner of four academy awards, including best picture. Also present at the meeting were a professional sound recordist with decades of experience, including an Emmy-winning TV series; a highly successful CEO with professional connections to the Boston and New York arts communities; the founder of a locally based financial services company; the co-founder of a nonprofit organization that raises funds in support of local arts; a successful local businesswoman who previously was the managing director of two 501(c)3 corporations that received national recognition; and two successful entrepreneurs who run their own audio equipment and sound design companies. All of these professionals stood ready to lend their experience, expertise, contacts, and vision to the development of true community access television.
With their documented support and physical presence in the room, it was stunning to hear HCACC member Jonathan Williams state that Harvard was “just too small” to achieve the vision these residents propose. When will the Cable Committee get it? It’s not the size of Harvard that’s the problem. It’s the size of the committee’s vision.
Keith Turner
Littleton County Road
