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Prelude to the mission statement of
the Alliance for Community Media.
In order for democracy to
flourish, people must be active participants in the government, educated
to think critically and free to express themselves.
The mission of the ACM is to advance democratic ideas by ensuring that
people have access to electronic media and by promoting effective
communication through community uses of media.
Workshop Sessions / Special
Events that Rick Hayes attended.
Workshop on best practices for
creating and maintaining an effective community board of directors.
Speaker: Laura Cirivello,
Executive Director, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, MI
#2 Thursday July 26, 2007
Opening ceremony and
welcome
Plenary Session Speakers: Gloria
Tristani, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Barb Popovic, Executive Director, Chicago
Access Corporation, Chicago, IL. Hannah Sassaman Prometheus Radio
#3 Thursday July 26, 2007
Pragmatic strategies and
solutions to keep your access center thriving even when budgets decline.
Speakers: Debra Rogers, ED
Falmouth Community Television, MA
Hap Freund, ED Santa Barbara CA
#4 Thursday July 26,
2007
Home Improvement: Capacity Building for Community
Media
Explores the notion of
viability, what it takes to thrive, by including capacity building and
leadership development practices in your organizations planning.
Speakers: Daniel Schott,
National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. Tom Poole, Pittsburg PA,
Beverly Hacker, KDHX St., Louis, MO, Cynthia Carrion, MNN Youth Channel,
NY.
The Youth Video Exchange Network
is a project of the National Youth Media Access Project and the
Manhattan Neighborhood Network Youth Channel.
Speakers: Andrew Lynn MNN Youth
Channel, Gretchen Vinnedge Grand Rapids Community media center, MI.
Antoine Heywood, Peoples TV Atlanta GA. Emily Frazier Vermont Access
Network, Gariet Cowin, Portland Community Media
#6 Friday July 27,
2007
Community Broadband and Broadcast opportunities
A number of municipalities are
looking at municipal broadband deployment to serve their community.
Speakers: Coralie Wilson, NSCC/CTV
Minn. MN. Gloria Tristani, Spiegel & McDiarmid. Hannah Sassaman,
Prometheus Radio Project. Christopher Mitchell, Institute for Local Self
Reliance. James Farstad, rClient.
This workshop presents an
overview of solutions that allow you to create a streaming presence for
your PEG channels.
Speakers: Todd Thayer, CAPS TV
Ventura CA. Brad Stapleton, ICRC-TV Cincinnati OH
#8 Saturday July 28,
2007
National, State and Local Broadband Policy:
Getting Involved.
As the U.S. continues to slip in
the global rankings of availability of high-speed broadband services,
various states, counties, and municipalities are developing broadband
policies and funding the rollout of broadband networks.
Speakers: Chuck Sherwood,
Community Media Visioning. Charles Benton, The Benton Foundation.Lauren-Glenn
Davitian, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy, VT.
#9 SPECIAL EVENTS
-Hometown Video Festival and
Leadership Awards – Thursday evening
Congratulations to the following award
winners!
Lauren-Glenn Davitian - George Stoney Award for Humanistic Communication
Michael Zinzun - The Jewell Ryan-White Award for Cultural Diversity
Debra Rogers - The Buske Leadership Award
-Central States Regional
Business meeting - Friday afternoon
-Alliance for Community Media,
Membership / Business meeting – three parts
-Nicollet Island Picnic in the
Park - Friday night
-Keynote Luncheon: Featuring Al
Franken, Author, Video producer and Candidate for US Senate from
Minnesota.
-Conference Vendor trade show
featured over 50 industry representatives
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
for 2008
Next year the
national conference will be July 9-12 in Washington DC.
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