Lincoln County
Television
Electronic Bulletin Board Policy and Procedures
The following policy and procedures are designed to provide for uniform and equal access to the electronic bulletin board on Lincoln County Television Channel 7.
Policy
The policy of the LCTV Board of Directors is to provide a bulletin board when video programming is not being cablecast as a means for any person or organization in the LCTV viewing communities to announce upcoming events, activities or public services. It is also the policy of the LCTV Board of Directors to establish any and all procedures necessary to provide a clear, uniform system of accessing this bulletin board, so that the ability to post messages is equal and fair for all members of the community. This includes quality control that will ensure the bulletin board is used for its intended purpose and that messages are readable.
Procedures
Content
The following are content guidelines for posting messages on the bulletin board:
1. All messages must announce a specific community organization, event or activities with a specific time and place associated with the event or activity. Some examples are: community meetings, nonprofit fundraisers, public services, town sponsored fairs, parades, celebrations, cancellations or schedule/situational changes, public school events, religious services.
2. All events or activities posted on the bulletin board must be of a nonprofit nature. The promotion of any business, commercial or private enterprise is prohibited.
3. Statements or opinions will not be accepted on the bulletin board unless they are part of an announcement of the event being posted. No profanity or libelous statements will be posted.
4. Wording of messages must be concise stating primarily who, what, where and when.
5. Wording should not exceed 40 words with a maximum font size of 32 that can be read and understood in 10 seconds or less.
6. LCTV will accept any and all messages fitting the above criteria, regardless of the social, political or religious nature of the event.
Access
Direct access to Carousel, the program that creates slides for the bulletin board, can be obtained by any community organization by requesting a user name and password. Please send an email to lctv1@lctv.org with a brief description of your organization. LCTV will email to you your user name and password and instructions on how to use the Carousel program. If you do not plan on posting more than two slides a year, you may request that LCTV post your slide for you. You may email us a PowerPoint slide, jpeg or the exact text you want on the slide. Please let us know the beginning and ending dates for the posting. Please be aware that events are posted no earlier than 30 days from the beginning day of the event. You may also send text requests to us by snail mail - LCTV, 29 Sheepscot Road, Newcastle, ME 04553. All bulletin board slides are subject to approval by LCTV.
Complaints
Complaints regarding decisions to post or not to post messages on the LCTV Electronic Bulletin Board, must first be made in writing, either by email to lctv1@lctv.org or by post to LCTV, 29 Sheepscot Road, Newcastle, ME 04553. If the person filing a complaint does not receive a response that satisfies him/her within 10 days of submitting the written complaint, the person with the complaint may address the appeal to the President of the LCTV Board of Directors in writing (same addresses as above) for review by the LCTV Board of Directors. The LCTV Board of Directors will issue a written decision to the person filing the complaint/appeal within (30) thirty days of receiving it. All decisions of the LCTV Board of Directors are final.