Chabot College Unit Plan, Part III(a)
Unit Plan: Description of the Unit
Unit: Television Studio KCTH 27 & KCMC 28 & 29
Division or Area to Which You Report: SOTA
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Sujoy Sarkar
Date: 3/10/11
Audience: To be read and responded to primarily by Marketing and Outreach
Purpose: Used for public relations, used in catalog and/or brochures, grant applications. Marketing & recruiting materials
Instructions: Write about one paragraph which should include the unit’s mission statement. You may include an image or picture, if you wish.
You may use last year’s description with updates or revisions as needed.
Our mission: The mission of the TV Studio is to support the college mission and strategic plan, as well as remain a viable revenue
center for the College through the PEG funds in our community. The TV Station currently has the City of Hayward supporting the
studio that provides services for Hayward, Union City, Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Castro Valley and Fremont. The City of
Alameda has already passed their DIVCA (Digital Infrastructure Video Completion Act, which releases the funds from Comcast and
AT&T to be used for the PEG (Public Education and Government) use. As a result of the extra funding, the Studio is better able to
serve the students by having the latest state of the art equipment to use. In addition, our studios are available for rental to outside
agencies such as local businesses and major networks and studios that do video shoots in the East Bay.
Virtually everything the TV Studio does supports the college’s mission, strategic plan, marketing, and outreach goals.
Ongoing activities: By looking at the annual use report one can see what services we provide for the community and the college. We
have become one of the only venue of choice for a growing number community producers and returning customers. We also provide
video services for various events and activities on campus. Several areas around campus like the Nursing department, FASFA and the
School of the Arts and the Business Arts (DECA) has used our services extensively.
Staffing:
(1) Full time Chief Engineer
(1) Half Time Professional Specialist ( Tentative)
(2) San Francisco State Interns
(1) Federal Student Aid
(1) Student Assistant
(3) Volunteers
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Goals of the unit:
To staff our studio and remote video shoots in ways that will enable us to utilize the sustainable revenue stream coming from the
DIVCA in the most efficient way. To handle the number of increased studio rentals and community access use, and to avoid worker
burn-out, and to avoid related safety issues, we want to add at least one more Full time employee in addition to the Professional
Specialist and add staff as our needs grow.
To continue on our path of accountability, transparency, client satisfaction, and postiive growth. To continue building on our strategic
plan to increase use days and grow our net profitability in our goal to remain an SSE (Self-Supporting Enterprise).
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Unit Plan: Full-Time Faculty/Adjunct Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category 1000]
Unit: TV Studio
Division or Area to Which You Report: SOTA
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Sujoy K. Sarkar
Date: 03/10/2011
Audience: Faculty Prioritization Committee and Administration
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time faculty and adjuncts
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning
Priorities. Please cite any evidence or data to support your request, including enrollment management data (EM Summary by Term) for the most
recent three years, student success data (EM Success report), and any other pertinent information. For EM data, go to http://help/EMC/ (from on
campus—college intranet). If you have not worked with EM data previously, seek assistance from your division dean or CEMC rep.
The addition a Professional Specialist working 20 hours a week, to handle the increase in workload due to the PEG, College related
work, and Studio bookings is essential to prevent burn out of the Chief Engineer, who currently has to work over his allocated hours
just to keep up with current workload. The cost of the Professional Specialist is directly recouped from the charges paid by the PEG
hour to the client/lessee of the Studio. This is always at a profit to the TV Studio. These are specialized postions that are
contracted for Studio rentals.
The addition the Federal Work Study student and the Student Assistant, along with the volunteers will help us a long way to catch up
with our current workload and take on the pending workload with the PEG when the other cities coming on board the DIVCA.
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Unit Plan: Classified Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category 2000]
Unit:
Division or Area to Which You Report:
Author(s) of this Unit Plan:
Date:
Audience: Administrative Staff
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time and part-time regular (permanent) classified
positions
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning
Priorities. Please cite any evidence or data to support your request. If this position is categorically funded, include and designate the
funding source of new categorically-funded position where continuation is contingent upon available funding.
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R ela ti o ns hi p t o i nst it ut io na l pr io rit ies .
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Unit Plan: Request for Resources
Unit: TV Studio
Division or Area to Which You Report: SOTA
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Sujoy Sarkar
Date: 3/10/11
Audience: Budget, Deans
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Budget Committee.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests. Text boxes below will expand as you type. To list the items you
are requesting, please complete the accompanying Excel spreadsheets for the items you are requesting in the 4000, 5000, and
6000 account categories, as needed, along with the justification for these requests below.
Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000]
Please note: Equipment requests are for equipment whose unit cost is over $200
Brief Title of Request (Project Name): General needs
Building/Location: 100 TV Studio
Request Amount (include tax and shipping): $86,736 Includes all taxes and Shipping.
Description of the specific equipment or materials requested:
Sony Portable HVRM25AU HDV/DVCAM VTR – This is essential for recording HD videos for clients directly from HD studio
switcher and cameras.
Sony NX HD Camera with Case and Tripod – 2nd camera to existing HD portable camera.
Rewiring of Control room at $150.00 an hour – desperately needed to prevent failure of existing equipment.
Video Teleprompter ( I-PAD2 Based) with all Mounts & Accessories- upgrade to 10 year old system for HD
Stream Box Remote Software (Laptop Based) LIVE Broadcast – For remote broadcast LIVE from anywhere in the world.
Upgrade in Hardware for Current Switcher + Software – needed to keep video switcher functioning properly.
LED Lighting for Studio (2nd Part) – 2nd half of lighting grid in studio to eliminate need for old 1000 watt lights.
360 Systems Backup HD Server – backup server and additional server needed for more PEG to add more cities.
Yamaha LS-9/16 Audio Console Upgrade (Control Room) – Replace existing 14 year old mixer.
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What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
These items all in their own way support all the Mass Communications classes, all College relate events that need
recording, the PEG producers, Clients who rent the studio and pretty much anyone who uses the studio and our
services outside the studio too.
Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Educational Master Plan and the Strategic Plan Goals and
support the goals and outcomes detailed in your Unit Action Plan (Part II, Section 2)?
This is the part that the Mass Communications instructors should describe and do. Basically, all the equipment in the
Control room used in the studio is to be used by students to learn how to use the latest equipment to assist them in
finding jobs in the industry.
Why is this equipment necessary?
___x_Immediate health, safety, or security issues
____x_Increases enrollment
___x_Prevents further deterioration of facilities
_____XReplaces deteriorated equipment or facilities
___x_Shows cost advantage due to rising prices
____x_Provides visibility for the Bond Program
Briefly describe how the above criteria are satisfied:
See above.
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What is the consequence of not funding the equipment?
In most cases these equipment purchases effect the PEG contract we have. So if we did not order them the PEG
contract would be effected. Also, some of the equipment is over 10 years old and must be replaced. They are
essential to the operations of the studio.
What alternative approaches have been considered to meet programmatic demands for this equipment?
We should take these according to their priorities – (1) Buy HD recording deck (2) Rewiring Control Room (3)
Upgrade switcher (4) Purchase 2nd portable HD camera. Then the rest of the list. Most of the money could also come
from PEG funds.
How many students will be impacted by the purchase of this equipment? ____Hundreds over the life___
Do students use this equipment?
____x_yes
_____no
Is this equipment a replacement?
_____xyes
_____no
Staffing requirements for new equipment (number of staff, are they available, training, etc.):One
Will training be required?
_X____yes
___x__no
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What are the estimated ongoing costs (for maintenance, etc.)? None
Are there potential utility costs/savings? No
Is this request CTE (Career Technical Education) Eligible? ___possibly__yes
_____no
Supplies & Services Augmentation Requests [Acct. Category 4000 and 5000]
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Note: Augmentations are rarely funded and are based upon available funding.
Definition of Augmentation: A request for additional funds for your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received),
over and above the current amount.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name):
Last year’s 4000 category budget __________NOT REQUESTING AUGMENTATION___
Last year’s 5000 category budget _____________
Please state why you are requesting these funds in addition to your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received).
Why were the funds previously allocated insufficient?