[cma-l] feedback - Community Radio Fund & the CMA

[Eddie Stuart]

I'd certainly support a motion along these lines.....

Eddie

KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM
and to the world on the internet at http://kcr.fm

KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd.
Registered in Scotland: No SC 173805
Registered Office: 59a Land Street, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 5AN



On 11/05/16 14:02, Canalside's The Thread wrote:
> Dear All
>
> I am just interested in peoples feedback on this one. As you are aware I
> have been banging on about this for quite a while now and with current
> too-ings and fro-ings I think the time is right to pitch it again.
>
> We all know through our own experiences that one of the biggest problems we
> all face is the constant plate spinning. Obviously the running and chasing
> around for funding takes up about 5 wobbly canes, and all the other plates
> spin when we can get to them. Some as we know do fall off.
>
> We have each come to learn how to deal with this and 'manage' ..... whether
> 'managing' is what we are meant to be doing I don't know ?  but we won't
> trawl over the age old arguments again.
>
> Cutting to the chase, I don't believe the CMA (our representative body)
> should have to operate in this manner ..... it doesn't say a lot for us, nor
> does it help any of us if the CMA cannot represent us properly because they
> to are also spinning plates.
> We at least each have a Broadcasting platform to play around with, they (the
> CMA)   do have canstreem, but that in itself is time consuming and doesn't
> leave a lot of time for the admin and the representation.
>
> I hope I am not speaking out of turn (Bill / Martin et al) but I believe the
> Community Radio Fund should automatically every year donate £25,000/£30,000
> to the CMA.
> I believe we would all benefit from it as the CMA would then be doing what
> it is meant to be doing as opposed to learning the craft of plate spinning.
> I suggest they leave that to us.
>
> Over the past few months I have been in liaison with David Rutley our Local
> MP and Ed Vaizey to get feedback from them and whether it could be done.
>
> Obviously the questions are :-    can we have a mandate from members please
> to officially put this forward and can I/we get authority from the
> DCMS/Ofcom that this could be made possible.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> This of course prevents us from going round in circles, or dare I say going
> backwards if people cancel membership because they feel they aren’t being
> represented. I'm not one for Chinese whispers behind closed doors as you
> know, and this should an open discussion. Do it now and then either throw it
> through the window at Conference or officially stamp it.
> I don't particularly fancy still discussing it in ten years time which tends
> to the norm in this game of Community Radio.
>
> The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas H Dumpty / Chairman and current Plate
> spinning World record holder
>
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