[cma-l] Fwd: Pathways to Community Media Seminar 2

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From:  <donald at donaldmack.co.uk>

There are still a few places left on the Pathways to Community Media
Seminar 2 on 12 June at Ofcom - see below.

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Dear Colleagues

Please find, within the body of this email, details of the Pathways
for Community Media Seminars.

For your information, there is no charge associated with attending
these Seminars.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We look forward to seeing you soon

Best Regards

Donald and Peter

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Dear Friend,

Re: Pathways for Community Media in London

Thank you for expressing an interest in attending some (or all) of
these events. All Seminars will run from 2pm -  6pm. Light
refreshments will be provided. I am writing to confirm that you are
booked to attend the following Seminars:

(1) Who?s out there? - 12 May: Rich Mix Centre, 35 - 47, Bethnal Green
Road, London, E1 6LA
(http://www.richmix.org.uk/visitor.htm)

Report: http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pathways-1-report1-final.pdf

(2) Sustainability - 12 June: Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a, Southwark
Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA
(http://www.ofcom.org.uk/contactus/

Invitees: http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/seminar-2-invitee-list.pdf

(3) Ways forward for the future - 1 July - London Metropolitan
University, The Graduate Centre, 166-220, Holloway Road, London
N7 8DB (http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/about/graduate-centre.cfm

The purpose of these Seminars is to explore the practical methods that
are required in order to establish an appropriate and thriving
Community Media sector across London. By the end of the series we
envisage that we will be able to identify effective strategies that
will both establish and secure the future for London?s growing
Community Media sector.

We suggest that you check out some of the background material (links
listed below) which, we believe, will bring everybody "up to speed"
with the current state of play and allow us to focus on highlighting
possible solutions and a way forward.

IT'S 'THE OFF' FOR COMMUNITY RADIO IN LONDON!
(http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/tlproc/invites/area8.pdf)

The day following last Tuesday's seminar, Ofcom announced its call for
bids for CR licences for Greater London "within the M25" with a
deadline of September 15. This underlines the need to reach community
groups, form alliances, seek advice (legal, technical, financial) and
above all lobby to get increased political support for the sector. Our
seminar series was planned with these needs in mind, so book your
place now if you have not already done so. Contact Donald McTernan
donald at donaldmack.co.uk

Next meeting: Friday, 12 June, 2pm - 6pm hosted by Ofcom.
Sustainability: funding sources and a 'manifesto' draft. Riverside
House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA.
(http://www.ofcom.org.uk/contactus/ )

Wednesday, 1 July, 2pm ? 6pm Ways forward for the future. Presenting a
'manifesto' for Community Media in London., hosted by London
Metropolitan University at The Graduate Centre, 166-220 Holloway Road,
London N7 8DB
(http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/about/graduate-centre.cfm)

We look forward to seeing you.

Best Regards

Peter Lewis
p.lewis at londonmet.ac.uk

Donald McTernan
donald at donaldmack.co.uk

Document list:
1. Salvatore Scifo's site http://www.communitymedia.eu/ which includes links to
- Ofcom's report on the Community Radio Sector
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2009/03/nr_20090309a
- London Met's report on the 2007 conference Finding and Funding Voices
http://www.communitymedia.eu/events/finding-and-funding-voices/Finding_and_Funding_Voices-Report.pdf
- Peter Lewis's article - "Finding and Funding Voices: the London Experience"
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/londonmet/library/s16011_3.pdf

2. Department of Culture, Media and Sport (2004) The Community Radio
Sector: looking to the future, London: DCMS, available at
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Broadcasting/community_media/

3. Report of the EU Parliament's Culture and Education Committee
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-402.919+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

4. Council of Europe report Promoting social cohesion: the role of
community media
http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardsetting/media/Doc/H-Inf(2008)013_en.pdf

5. Declaration of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on Community
Media http://www.cmfe.eu/article.php?id=81