[cma-l] cma-l Digest, Vol 26, Issue 8

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From: "Totally Wired" <totallywired at graffiti.net>

To Tim et al.

Be wary of taking for granted the achievements of your forebears.  The
Tories are queueing at the gate and planning to steal the family
silver.

A lot of hard political and campaigning work went into ensuring that
Resonance and everybody else could get access to the spectrum to do
what they do.

It was time well spent.  The results are plain to see.

Having publicity-hungry politicians round your gaff is all well and
good but by itself will not move the show on.  Political campaigning
is absolutely essential and should be supported - especially by those
who directly benefit from it.

Congratulations on contributing to a great show at Resonance and best
wishes for your continued success.

TW.

Tim Abbot wrote:

> I have to add at this point that it is nice to see that no-one has
> publically (although if Steve S is to be believed they have privately)
> refused to sign the petition. That is a good start. As someone who is
> not a regular petitioner, and one of the many community radio people
> with time constraints, I would argue that it will be hard to motivate
> people to sign something which essentially is a "suggestion". I'm not
> a big believer in government consultations ever amounting to much.
>
> I believe I have signed it, but I see the work I and others do
> volunteering as much more important than any petition ever. If the
> government need evidence of commitment and desire for funding, I'm
> sure they get it every time they talk to one of us.
>
> Just my two cents/penn'orth,
>
> Tim Abbott
> Resonance104.4fm volunteer engineer, BA Broadcast Journalism graduate
> and freelance journalist