[cma-l] Oxford Media Convention 2011

Thu Jan 6 19:39:53 GMT 2011

Good point from Mark I suppose.

Will the BBC Director General be paying to get in ?       he can use some of
my licence fee if he wishes. Mr Hunt 

 will he be paying ?
perhaps if they paid, the hire on the hall would be covered so reps from our
end who genuinely haven’t got any money would be able to attend for free.

Ah !  but !               there’s a slight problem there. These people don’t
want us sticking our three-pennith in 
. It distracts away from the smell of
B.S.  !

We are an insignificance, a none-entity, possibly even a nuisance 

 in
fact most definitely a nuisance (bit like the fly buzzing around the cows
head)              we are however so much a none-entity that the whole lot
of them have to impose restrictions / sanctions / limits / boundarys etc

. The point I am making is that everyone can’t be as bad off as
they’re making out 

.. or else we would do something about it.

The only way we’ll sort this out is by doing something drastic (I’m afraid)
I personally don’t want that, I never have 

.. we just want to be left
alone to flourish in our own little way. Having the odd advert here and
there for a few quid, plus a couple more watts, so that those in our
community who don’t want to listen to Mr Vine talking to Mr Hunt or the
Director Generals overpaid muppetts -      are able to -
without a load of crackling coming through their radio set.

Not a lot to ask 

. Whatever this meeting is about, one thing is
for sure, our plight will not get a mention.

You can possibly tell, as I said yesterday, I have nothing but contempt for
this whole debacle.

Why doesn’t Mr Hunt come down to Canalside and I’ll show him our books 

..
I’ll also show him what we can do and can’t do, and advise him why and how
come. Perhaps he doesn’t know ?     may be that the curtains were drawn on
the Ivory Towers.

I quite like our local MP 

.. he’s new 

. Our old MP was a good
constituency stalwart as well 

.. both Conservatives, and both, sadly,
unable to grasp what is actually going on. When I did try to explain to
David about six months ago 

 he came across as being ‘shocked’      and
‘unaware’ 

.. so 

.. Labour made a balls-up of it and precided over
a shambles and the Tories look like they’re going to fumble through it as
well. I don’t care for any of them actually, (Labour / Liberal / Tories /
Ukip / Raving Loony they’re all useless. They couldn’t run a raffle.

I heard Mr Cameron today preaching the sermon about growth and confidence

.. simple, basic and straightforward politics he said 

.
This meeting I believe is all about growth / confidence / the future 

..
whose growth ?       whose confidence ?           we are not at the table
and if we were, we have no say.

At the moment (we) (Canalside)        are stuggling to deliver what we are
supposed to be delivering 

. (perhaps I shouldn’t be saying that??)    but
I’m honest and upfront 

. However, the reason I say it is because we
have no guilt 

.. it is not our fault 

.. the blame lays firmly at the
door of the DCMS.

As I have said 

 talking might get us there eventually 

. Possibly about
the same time when we’re handing in the licences. If we could afford it,
would we get ours renewed ?? 

.. could get branded as trouble causers.

Maybe they will change the rules 

 I would be the first to congratulate
them and there would be no more postings. If there were postings, they’d be
positive. I can’t do that at the moment I’m afraid as we are still in the
proverbial.

Soldier on kids, but enjoy 

 we do, believe it or not !
Just about to do a radio project with 15 local girl guides, it runs for the
next 4 weeks 

. No really 
. I am 

 there’s 3 volunteers (me
included) and the 15 of them 

. They love it !            it’s a pity it
might have to stop 
. I told    Arkela to give Mr Hunt a ring, he’ll sort it
out.

In fact, the girl guides would do a better job around that table in Oxford
as opposed to the Keystone Cops who will be there !

Regards

Nick

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Sent: 06 January 2011 14:42
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Oxford Media Convention 2011

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From: MARC TIERNEY <Marc at marctierney.orangehome.co.uk>

Not entirely sure I'd agree with the assertion that the coalition government
was given a clear mandate to do anything....

It is a shame that a small panel of CR station reps couldn't have been
formed and let in for free or at a much reduced rate?

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Message Received: Jan 05 2011, 06:11 PM
From: "Ian Hickling" 
To: "cma-l" 
Cc: 
Subject: [cma-l] Oxford Media Convention 2011

I wonder how many of the 207 cash-strapped CR stations will want to fork out
£265 for something in which they will have no say and will be able to read
about the next day?

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From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:20:35 +0000
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; cmamembers-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [CMA members] Oxford Media Convention 2011

Dear friends

The CMA is delighted to be a marketing partner for the Oxford
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention/>  Media Convention 2011.
Now in its ninth year, the Oxford
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention/>  Media Convention returns
to the Saïd Business School <http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/>  on 19 January 2011. 

With the dawn of a new coalition government working under a clear mandate to
cut costs and stimulate growth, OMC
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention/>  2011 remains the
agenda-setting forum for senior government and industry figures to debate
the current and future challenges around domestic policy, regulation and
strategy for the media and creative industries.

Organised by the ippr <http://www.ippr.org.uk/>  in partnership with
MediaGuardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media> , this year’s convention
will explore the regulatory challenges facing public and private entities as
they discuss and debate how to create an effective environment for growth
and provision within Britain’s creative industries.

This year's line-up of esteemed speakers includes:

*	Jeremy Hunt MP
<http://www.culture.gov.uk/about_us/our_ministers/7049.aspx> , secretary of
state, culture, Olympics, media and sport
*	Mark Thompson
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/executives/markthompson.
shtml> , director general, BBC
*	Ed <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/edrichards>  Richards, chief
executive, Ofcom
*	Richard Allan, director of policy, EMEA, Facebook
*	David Elms, head of media, KPMG 
*	Sam Conniff, founder, Livity/ Live Magazine
*	Ben Page, chief executive, Ipsos MORI

The CMA will be present at the Oxford
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representing the views of the community media sector.

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View the programme, further speakers and book your place at
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