[cma-l] CMA Council meeting

[Tom Buckham]

Hi

Perhaps there could be some discussion/updates about how things are developing with the C.O.I. (Central Office of Information).

Listening to our ILR output (occasionally) they seem to be in receipt of all the government sponsored ad campaigns, whereas we've struggled to make any inroads with the C.O.I. in our own (albeit limited) discussion.

It was the usual Rajar discussion when I did speak to thema month or so ago, but surely they need to acknowledge the growth of our sector and equally support it through the provision of at least some of these government campaigns.

There was a recent story about how the government are going to be spending 2+ million pounds on additional Swine Flu advertising, but I would hazard a guess that our sector won't see much/any of that spend. We were contacted by 'radio fillers' with a piece of audio we 'could' play relative to the outbreak of Swine Flu, but it's a little insulting when you see second rate ILRs taking in all the government campaigns, and CR stations are contacted by 'radio fillers' and expected to play things for free!!

Anyway, it would be good to see how things are progressing with C.O.I. as I say :)

Tom Buckham
(Station Manager, Future Radio)



Future is a social inclusion project that uses the arts and media to engage, inspire and train young people and adults in Norwich and Norfolk
Fax; (01603) 508096
Future, 168b Motum Rd, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8EG. 
Registered charity number 113200
http://www.futureprojects.org.uk/ 
http://www.futureradio.co.uk/ 


Before printing, think about the environment
P It takes 24 trees to produce 1 ton of office paper!

Please note that Internet email is not a fully secure method of communication. You should be aware of this lack of security when emailing us.

-----Original Message-----
From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of CMA-L
Sent: 04 August 2009 12:33
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; cmamembers-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [cma-l] CMA Council meeting

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Phil Shepherd <phil at somersetfilm.com>

Dear Members and Friends

The CMA Council meets tomorrow in Glasgow, hosted on this occasion by Awaz FM.

Our agenda includes:

- feedback and next steps post Digital Britain
- strategies to support for the sector campaign for increasing the
size of the Community Radio Fund (which includes the petition to
Gordon Brown)
- prospects for Community & Local Television in the wake of lacklustre
support from Lord Carter's report
- update on the emerging Make Media Project
- development of streaming and other member services
- UK sector relations with European colleagues and opportunities therein
- schedule for regional CMA meetings over the next few months

Thoughts and contributions welcomed from all today or first thing
tomorrow via this list.

I will provide feedback fcrom the meeting by the end of next week.

Best wishes

Phil Shepherd
Chair of Council
-- 
Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk/
http://twitter.com/community_media
_______________________________________________

cma-l mailing list - cma-l at commedia.org.uk

Community Media Association - www.commedia.org.uk
_______________________________________________

To manage your mailing list subscription please visit:
http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l