[cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community radio (and laterpossibly TV...)

Thu Sep 8 11:19:28 BST 2011

Jaqui n all

I think I would rather pay £20 to the CMA to be able to watch the
discussions/debate (which after all are VERY important in my view) than pay
over £100 quid on tickets or fuel or parking or hotel bills 

. I believe
there should be an alternative for those poor souls that we have in our
fraternity ::-(

Why doesn’t the CMA receive a small pot of money from the community fund to
provide facilities like the ones suggested by moi’ ?      it seems daft to
me !      then again, there has been a lot of daft things since the journey
began back in 2001/2 

 some of them getting dafter as each day goes on !

Just a thought that’s all 

. As you know, I will always share my thoughts,
gripes and experiences

Tatty bye for now

Regards

Nick

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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jaqui Devereux
Sent: 08 September 2011 10:18
To: Dave Rushton
Cc: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community radio
(and laterpossibly TV...)

Dear all

The initial meeting re advertising will be in London but we do hope that
reps from Scotland (e.g. Charles), Wales and N Ireland may be able to get
there.  Re the possibility of live streaming of the meeting, there are costs
considerations for that, we could stream it live using the Canstream
facilities but there are other costs involved which we currently have no
funding for.

We are happy to attend meetings in other parts of the country as well to get
your views directly.  Please let me know if you are going to have meetings
you would like me to attend to discuss this further.

Best wishes

Jaqui

On 7 September 2011 18:32, Dave Rushton <local.tv at virgin.net> wrote:

Alex

Those representing Scotland's local TV working groups pull tables together
for a couple of hours in a corner of the Willow Cafe in Perth.

Dave

On 7 Sep 2011, at 17:27, Two Lochs Radio wrote:

Well, I would definitely vote for Inverness! Glasgow would be okay too.

Any further south than Glasgow/Edinburgh generally means one or two
overnight stays or sleeper trains, which hugely increases the cost.

The only meeting on Community/local TV I have ever been able to get to was
because it was conviently located in Inverness!

However, Inverness is not ideally situated for those in southern England or
Wales, except for air travel, and I suspect that Glasgow is in time terms
actually probably the most central. I can make afternoon meetings in Glasgow
(eg 2-4pm) on day travel from here, starting out about 6.30am and home by
10pm. I suspect similar timings would apply for those attending a Glasgow
meeting from London or even the south-west, even by train (eg Bristol 0730,
Euston 0830, Cardiff 0655).

I wonder if CMA has ever considered subsidizing transport/accommodation for
its smaller member stations to attend events, as RadioCentre does for the
smallest commercial stations? It could probably get a training or
development grant from somewhere to cover the costs of doing that, without
needing members to cross-subsidize each other.

Alex

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Eddie Stuart <mailto:eddie at kcr.fm>  

To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk 

Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:46 PM

Subject: Re: [cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community radio
(and laterpossibly TV...)

Nick,

To us, Birmingham *is* London, only often more expensive and harder to get
to!! (Far more trains & planes to London from the frozen North than to
Birmingham). It's better - a decade ago, BA would return trip me to London
for a bought well ahead hundred quid or so. Aberdeen to Birmingham used to
be £464. (Not a typo....!!) Overnight sleeper meant Euston then an expensive
peaktime train back to Birmingham or getting off at Crewe at 4am.

Even Edinburgh is a (lousy) 4hour drive or multiple trains. We do however
have it easier than people in the Hebrides etc..... :-) 

You're right though - many London based folk regard Doncaster as The North
despite there being a mile or two of England higher up, let alone Scotland!
People in Shetland regard Aberdeen as "The South"

So forget Birmingham - why not hold one meeting a year (at least) in
Newcastle, Edinburgh, Inverness?

Eddie.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l

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