[cma-l] Bill Best is celebrating 13 years at Community Media Association

[Caroline Diehl]

Congratulations Bill!   The work you do is amazing, and so useful, helpful and informative.
See you soon I hope, and celebrate well!
caroline
xx
Caroline Diehl MBE
Chief Executive

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On 13 Nov 2013, at 10:53, Bill Best wrote:

> Thank you very much Richard.
>
> Time certainly flies when you're having fun!
>
> I came to the CMA after leaving HSBC as a mainframe operator. In the
> Summer of 2000 I took part in my first RSL with SheffieldLive! and was
> immediately enthused by community radio. The station operated out of a
> small caravan in a local park and I was amazed at what could be
> achieved on a shoe-string budget.
>
> A vacancy arose for an IT Manager at the CMA which I'm glad I got :o)
>
> Back in 2000 I think we had at least 20 staff and an office in London
> and Scotland. Now we have a mere four staff.
>
> Over the years funding has been reduced as it has for everybody in the
> third sector and since 2007 the CMA has developed services to generate
> unrestricted funds which has been great fun. Over the years Canstream
> has supplied online media services to hundreds of community media
> projects and we have also worked with the Orange Prize for Fiction,
> Diesel Clothing, the Make Poverty History Campaign, Reuters, and the
> Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Canstream also supplies
> Internet radio for a number of overseas customers based on our
> reputation for reliability, quality and service. We are also currently
> in discussion with a major national brand to supply Internet radio -
> but that is top secret!
>
> The thing I enjoy most about the job is helping our members - whether
> it's PPL, PRS or advice on business development. The next best things
> are that no two days are the same and everyday is an opportunity for
> learning.
>
> Here's to the future - back to work now!
>
> Best regards
>
> Bill
> --
> Technical Operations Manager
> Community Media Association
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>
>
> On 13 November 2013 09:38, Richard Hilton <Richard.Hilton at bitc.org.uk> wrote:
>> As some of you may have seen on LinkedIn our very own Bill Best started at
>> the CMA 13 years ago on the 20th November 2000.  13; unlucky for some but
>> certainly not the CMA in his case.  Congratulations on all your hard work
>> and success over the last 13 and looking forward to similar over the next 13
>> years!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Hilton
>>
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