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

[London Chinese Radio]

Also a big congratulations and thank you from us, without your help I don't
know what we would have done.

Peter VAUTIER
London Huayu




On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Caroline Diehl wrote:

>
> 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
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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
> > http://www.commedia.org.uk/
> > http://twitter.com/community_media
> > http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation
> >
> > Canstream Internet Radio & Video
> > http://www.canstream.co.uk/
> >
> >
> > 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!
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Richard Hilton
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