[cma-l] Quote of the Week.

Mon Nov 15 08:51:05 GMT 2010

One of our hard-working Community Radio clients has posted this today to a well-known Industry news group:

"That’s the difference between Community Radio and ILR nowadays. 
They can’t be bothered, and we can!"

Can I suggest that this is a very relevant message that should be conveyed by the CMA to those who matter - and can actually do something about it?

From: office at ccr-fm.co.uk
To: sandra.martin at saintfm.org.uk; cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:35:47 +0000
Subject: Re: [cma-l] BANG Talent needs your vote

Sandra

Also ….. being a touch cynical ………………..  this could very easily be a ‘kopp-out’ for a lot of Trusts ………………. They don’t want to award us anything, so rather than spend half an hour on the phone explaining as to the reasons why, they simply say ‘’ ah but !  you lost fair and square in a vote ‘’                           possibly a rigged one ??

I’ve lost faith in virtually everything in society these days as you can possibly see.

Governments / Morals / Legal issues etc etc ……………………… when is this Country going to be ruled by something that we are all crying out for ??        it’s called COMMON SENSE !           or have this and the next generation lost that as well ?

Anyway …………. Another whinge over, back to the grind … (enjoyable grind may I say)

Regards

Nick

From: sandra.martin at saintfm.org.uk [mailto:sandra.martin at saintfm.org.uk] 
Sent: 12 November 2010 08:26
To: Office - ccr-fm
Subject: Re: [cma-l] BANG Talent needs your vote

Couldn't agree more Nick.  At Saint FM I have given up applying for anything that needs votes - can't and don't want to compete with Children or animal charities!

Sandra
Saint FM Community Radio 

On 11 November 2010 at 13:58 Office - ccr-fm <office at ccr-fm.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear All
>
> Another whinge but in my opinion brilliant observation !
>
> First of all I wish any community station the best of luck when trying to
> obtain funding ........... however, here's another classic example of a
> system that in my opinion is a cock-up ......
> I'm afraid to say I'm drifting back into my usual Mr Fairness mode.
>
> Ie:- and with reference to the community radio fund     if there are 100
> stations and there is £100 available ...... each station gets a quid
> ........ SIMPLE / STRAIGHTFORWARD / NO BOTHER / AND FAIR AND SQUARE
>
> The same goes with the lottery and any other grant for that matter !   If a
> body is kind enough to make grants they should then do it under a fair
> system. Who has the right to say that our not-for-profit community group is
> more worthy or any better than the local scouts or the local swimming club
> for elderly people      ???    and visca versa     answer in my opinion  =
> NO ONE !
>
> So ---- if the Herbert Bloggs Charitable Trust decide to offer £300,000 to
> projects which serve the community (in whatever way) and 5,000 groups in the
> country apply ....... the only criteria that is relevant is are they
> not-for-profit ?   are they charitable ?  do they do what they say they do ?
> can they prove it ?       yes yes yes yes .......... then award each one of
> them £60
>
> All you need is one chap with a cheque book and a small team of proof
> readers to verify that those applying are genuine. No waiting months and
> months on end to be told NO .... as you are aware that somewhere down the
> line you will at least receive something.
>
> This is my opinion and it won't change ........ with reference to this
> voting system ..... we are going from the sublime to the ridiculous ......an
> organisation in a village is never going to gain more votes than some group
> from a city or large town so going in for it is pointless.
>
> Anyway ... whinge over for this week
>
> Regards
>
> Nick
>
> -----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: 10 November 2010 22:10
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; comradio-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: [cma-l] BANG Talent needs your vote
>
> BANG 103.6 has been short-listed for a £50,000 grant from the Big Lottery.
>
> This funding will allow the community radio station to launch BANG
> Talent that will offer young people in Brent the opportunity to join a
> music-making project to develop their skills and abilities and
> celebrate their talents. The project will include workshops, courses,
> free studio time and live showcases.
>
> The winner of this funding is chosen by the viewers and the project
> with the most votes wins
>
> A TV feature on BANG Talent will be shown on ITV’s London Tonight on
> Wed 24th November between 6:00-6:30pm and supporters will need to call
> on the night and vote for BANG Talent to win. The phone lines open at
> 9am and close at midnight on 24th November.
>
> http://www.bangradio.fm/index.php/2010/11/02/bang-talent-needs-your-vote/
>
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