Goodness, in the two From the Boards committee write ups by Marty Green and Connie Larrabee, it sounds suspiciously like a tail is very much trying to wag its dog. The Harvard Cable Access Committee, a volunteer committee in Harvard which serves at the pleasure of the Harvard Board of Selectmen, is refusing to fulfill its legal obligations to said committee and other town boards and, by default, all the Charter subscribers of Harvard, who underwrite its funding. Imagine if the Fire Chief refused to fight fires on Myrick Lane because it’s too far from a water source, but “strongly recommended” that all the fires occur at the far end of East Bare Hill Road, where they would fight them using water from a private residence’s fire pond. Ridiculous. I’m confident that a solution can be found to taping and broadcasting the town boards and committees at Bromfield without “significant effort and investment in paid staff time, infrastructure and equipment installation/maintenance/setup/breakdown.” And even if significant effort was required to find that solution, well, that’s exactly what we expect from the talented people who volunteer to be on a board or committee in Harvard. Otherwise, what’s the point of serving?
Full disclosure, my husband, an independent cinematographer whose clients included National Geographic, BBC and PBS, was a member of HCAC. Prior to that, he was the volunteer leader of the Bromfield Video Club for several years. In addition to inspiring several of his students to pursue film and video in college and professionally because of his love for the craft of filmmaking, he worked with Charter to fulfill the school’s hitherto unused ability to do live video feeds from Cronin Auditorium and the gym. At no additional cost to the town.
Mary H. Vesenka Turner
Littleton County Road
