American Cable Association Inc

“An executive committee shall be established which will include the chairperson, vice chairperson, treasurer and two (2) members of the board of directors. The executive committee shall have the authority of the board except with respect to: - the approval of any action for which the nonprofit law also requires approval of the members; - the filing of vacancies on the board or on any committee which has the authority of the board; - the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the board or on any committee; - the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws; - the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; - the appointment of committees of the board or the members thereof; - the expenditure of corporate funds to support a nominee for director after there are more people nominated for director than can be elected; or - with respect to assest held in charitable trust, the approval of any self-dealing transaction as defined by section 5728 of the nonprofit law or any successor section thereto, except as provided by law.”

“American cable association, inc. Shall have one (1) class of voting members. Only cable television businesses may become voting members.”

“The directors shall be elected by the members ar a regular or special meeting of the members called for such purposes or by written ballot. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any meeting of the members where directors are to be elected, each member shall designate a proxy to cast such member's vote for directors at a meeting called and held for such purposes. At the meeting called for the election of directors, each such proxy shall be entitled to cast the number of votes held for each office of director to be filled, without the right to cumulate votes. In any election of directors by members, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes are elected. Only those persons nominated in accordance with the procedures established in the bylaws may stand for election as director.”

“The form 990 is reviewed by the president and ceo, executive vice president and the treasurer.”

“The evp of finance reviews several (5 or more) similar association form 990's for ceo compensation. This includes associations both in washington, d.c. And in pennsylvania. The evp of finance purchases the ceo update salary guide for national associations and non-profits and creates a compensation proposal for the chairman of the board. The chairman of the board shares this proposal with the executive committee of the board. The chairman of the board determines the ceo's compensation. The evp of finance uses the same process for all officers and presents the compensation suggestions to the ceo. The ceo determines the compensation for all other officers of the corporation. The compensation for the remaining staff members is reviewed by the full board of directors as part of the budget discussion and is approved by the full board as part of the budget approval.”

“No documents are available to the public.”

“The following individuals serve on the board of american cable association, inc. With no voting rights: dick beard; pat thompson; colleen abdoulah; and doug fuller.”

“Aca commends house energy & commerce passage of bill banning broadband internet access rate regulation aca commends the house energy & commerce committee for reporting rep. Adam kinzinger's (r-il) legislation to prevent the federal communications commission from regulating the retail rates for broadband internet access service. Not only have subscription fees been reasonable, but senior white house and fcc officials have assured us that reclassification of broadband internet access under title ii would not result in retail rate regulation by the fcc. "aca remains concerned about the ongoing regulatory costs of title ii on smaller broadband providers. A law banning government interference with retail broadband access rates would give smaller broadband providers greater confidence when deciding on making investments or seeking financing on reasonable terms and conditions." aca applauds 60 house lawmakers for bipartisan letter raising alarm about impact of fcc's set-top box rules on small providers aca thanks all of those members of congress who understand and support our concerns about how the fcc's set-top box mandates would impact small pay-tv providers. They recognize the important services small providers offer to their consumers and they are concerned this proposal would not only harm these providers and their customers, but would also reverse the progress they have made in this increasingly competitive environment. "aca would especially like to thank reps. Kevin cramer (r-n.d.), kurt schrader (d-ore.), bob latta (r-oh.), and collin peterson (d-minn.) for their leadership in spearheading this effort and gathering support from their colleagues on both sides of the aisle to press the fcc to rethink its approach so it does not disrupt a vibrant market and negatively impact small and rural providers." aca commends fcc on open internet transparency rule guidance aca believes that in crafting the just-released open internet transparency rule guidance on disclosing network performance metrics, fcc officials have properly balanced the interests of consumers and smaller internet service providers (isps). "aca had expressed concern that the enhanced network performance disclosure obligations adopted in 2015 were vague and would impose undue burdens on smaller isps. The new guidance addresses that concern by giving smaller isps additional and reasonable direction on complying with the new packet-loss and geographic granularity requirements and by reiterating that smaller isps can continue to follow the 2011 guidance as to acceptable methodologies to measure and disclose actual network performance." "aca appreciates the responsiveness of the fcc's chief technologist scott jordan, the office of general counsel, and the enforcement bureau to aca's concerns. The guidance will assist smaller isps in fulfilling their obligation to provide consumers sufficient and understandable information about their broadband services and practices in a reasonable manner." aca praises fcc approval of caf competitive bidding framework order the american cable association applauds the fcc for moving forward on creating a sensible framework for distributing connect america fund (caf) support through a competitive bidding process in eligible areas served by price cap incumbent carriers. "aca appreciates that the fcc in adopting this framework has sought to maximize participation in the competitive bidding process by adopting reasonable requirements for participation by smaller competitive providers. Specifically, aca thanks the fcc for engaging with aca for many months to address concerns that smaller providers would not meet the fcc's proposed 'audited financials' requirement for entities that seek to bid or be able to obtain a 'letter of credit' from a bank meeting the fcc's proposed eligibility requirements if they are a winning bidder. Addressing these issues and ensuring that the process of being designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier is no”

“Aca praises fcc on commitment to regulatory fee parity between dbs and cable/iptv aca is very pleased to see the fcc remains firmly committed to establishing true regulatory fee parity between cable/iptv providers and satellite tv's directv and dish - respectively, the second-largest and fourth-largest multichannel video programming distributors (mvpds). Achieving this goal will mean that the burden of supporting the fcc's media bureau is distributed fairly among all types of mvpds. As the fcc noted, the media bureau's oversight and regulatory work related to cable/iptv providers and dbs providers are similar. In aca's view, fee parity is also essential because smaller mvpds should not be put in a position, by government policy, of subsidizing their largest pay-tv competitors. "for the next year at least, despite the increase in dbs fees, cable's fee burden with remain substantial. The fcc plans to collect $1.00 per subscriber from cable operators. Particularly in light of the substantial and continuing cable/iptv-dbs fee disparity, the fcc deserves praise for dismissing dish's assertion that the year-over-year increase in the dbs fee from 12 cents to 27 cents - a monthly increase from 1 cent to roughly 2 cents per subscriber - would subject its customers to 'rate shock'." aca praises fcc on elimination of the outdated uhf discount aca believes that the elimination of the uhf discount is justified by the facts, the record, and sound public policy and that the fcc deserves praise for rejecting any number of red herrings introduced into the record by tv station owners profiting from the perpetuation of a technological relic that, following the digital transition, has allowed them to effectively serve more households than the fcc intended to be permitted under the national cap. "while uhf stations signals were weaker than vhf signals when the discount was adopted in 1985, today the two station types are virtually interchangeable in terms of territorial reach. With the uhf discount no longer addressing any meaningful limitation on uhf station ownership, its existence only served as a means for broadcast station owners to maintain or acquire a greater share of the national audience than congress intended. This can allow these owners to attain significant leverage over mvpds in retransmission consent negotiations - a result causing harm to competition and to consumers through more massive fee hikes or more high-impact signal blackouts or both. With large-scale consolidation occurring in the broadcast television industry in recent years and expected to continue, the fcc is right to act now." "aca supports the fcc's decision to both grandfather existing combinations and to specify that any grandfathered ownership combination subsequently sold or transferred would be required to comply with the national ownership cap in existence at the time of the transfer. For the past 15 years or so, industry participants have effectively been on notice that the fcc expected to eliminate the uhf discount following the completion of the dtv transition. They purchased their stations with that risk factor squarely before them and have benefited from their ownership in the intervening years." aca salutes fcc's nprm designed to promote independent and diverse programming aca is very pleased to support this nprm. In particular, we salute fcc commissioner mignon clyburn for her long-term efforts to get the fcc to consider industry practices that make it difficult for independent and diverse programming to gain access on small cable systems. "we are especially glad to hear that the rulemaking solicits comment on various ways that the commission could curb bundling that prevents small cable operators from offering independent and diverse programming to their customers." "it is undeniable that large programmers and broadcasters require small cable operators to carry dozens of unwanted networks that hog up limited bandwidth that could be allocated to independe”