[cma-l] Ofcom: 10th March, DCMS: 11th March

[Bill Best]

I suggest that we make this the last Friday of the month - otherwise we
might just get burnt out by all the positivity...!

This initiative will probably be more sustainable in the long-term if we
save our stories for one day per month and so keep it going longer.

Just my two cents.

Bill
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On 8 March 2016 at 16:01, Richard Berry <richard.berry at sunderland.ac.uk>
wrote:

> Good news Friday. Great idea Martyn! I think it’s very easy to get
> downbeat and moan about lack of action here, or a lack of understanding
> there and think that anything that ofcom (or anyone else) does is somehow
> of cynical move or one that well ultimately do us harm. Amidst all that we
> perhaps forget what a great sector we have, if only we had a place to come
> together and celebrate.
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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 *Martyn Haynes
> *Sent:* 08 March 2016 15:03
> *To:* The Community Media Association Discussion List
> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] Ofcom: 10th March, DCMS: 11th March
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> James makes a good point, albeit in his "unique" way  ;-)  - this mailing
> list has become an endless loop of negativity in recent months and I don't
> think it a) it represents our sector as a whole in a good light and and b)
> doesn't help us achieve our goals.
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> Sure, we're all facing an uphill battle with issues like funding, etc. and
> many of us believe that we should get more help from those in charge, but
> that's not going to happen to any great extent.  The benefit of being
> members of this association is work together, I worry that an echo chamber
> of whining isn't helping anyone.
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> Can I suggest one day a week, perhaps a Friday, we use this mailing list
> to show off the good things we've achieved, be it news about
> funding/volunteers/some great audio whatever in order to bring a bit of
> positivity back, we're all here for the same reasons, aren't we?  Let's
> promote and encourage that?
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> So, Feel Good Friday, who's in?
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> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:31 PM, James Cridland <james at cridland.net>
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> >Much of the qualifying criteria were technical and designed so that Ofcom
> could gain empirical data, therefore it’s a technical trial.<
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> I think you misunderstand. It was a 9 month technical trial. I am now
> arguing that it is no longer a technical trial, and that Ofcom are just
> letting these muxes continue on-air while they work out what to do next.
> Good for listeners. Good for those people who gambled successfully to run
> those muxes. I can't see the downside.
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> But, this being the community radio list, don't let me stand in the way of
> more gripes and moans about Ofcom and how desperately unfair life is in
> general. We haven't heard how much PRS and PPL are going to charge yet! A
> rich seam!
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> In separate news, I'm really impressed at the quality of radio from the
> community radio sector here in Australia. I visited Bay FM in Byron Bay a
> few weeks ago, who had massively impressive news gathering, and 4ZZZ in
> Brisbane also has tremendous and unexpected programming (a fascinating
> computer games news show the other day). 4ZZZ appears to directly feed the
> local ABC with staff, and similarly many of the local ABC staff are also
> involved with 4ZZZ too. I've yet to hear anyone moan about ACMA, much less
> whine about the general unfairness of everything. Seems that people just
> get on and make great radio, with the same lack of resource as the UK
> manages on, by the way.
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> Martyn Haynes
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