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Hi All<div><br></div><div>From our point of view, it is great the swing that CMA has with ofcom.</div><div><br></div><div>We would like to propose a task for CMA, it is this.</div><div><br></div><div>To tackle the 5km rule for community radio and seek a seperate definition for "community of special interest" radio stations which does not involve the 5km rule</div><div><br></div><div>We believe that this needs to be done before round three applications are sought i.e. within the next three months</div><div><br></div><div>I have been seconded by our management to attend CMA meetings</div><div><br></div><div>Phil - Where is the Jan 29 meeting</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Polden</div><div>Flame CCR</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br>Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:18:31 +0000<br>From: phil@somersetfilm.com<br>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: [cma-l] Happy Christmas and future thoughts for CMA<br><br><pre>Hi members and friends<br> <br>Happy Christmas and a great New Year to all!<br> <br>This has been a challenging year for most of us in different ways and the<br>signs are that it won't get much easier anytime soon. However the good<br>news is that thanks to the hard work of our great staff and the support of<br>members, CMA is holding its own and continuing to punch above its weight on<br>many fronts. <br> <br>We are far from complacent however and right now Council is looking at the<br>best ways forward for the organisation into 2011-12 and beyond. We need<br>your input into this debate.<br> <br>* Three of the main questions are: what are the key characteristics of our<br>sector? what does the sector need? - and - what can the CMA feasibly offer?<br> <br>Some of the answers to these questions are obvious of course - like lots of<br>us (but by no means all) run radio stations, like we need more money and<br>higher profile for example! Others may not be so clear.<br> <br>We've found it useful to go back to our Charter and to ask if it remains fit<br>for purpose. The answer in our view is primarily 'yes, the Charter<br>continues to eloquently express what we mean by community media and what the<br>important principles are that inform our practice'. I'm adding the<br>wording of the Charter in full to the foot of this posting for you to<br>review. We feel there are some details which could do with updating but<br>only minor revisions needed. What do you think?<br> <br>Does everyone read and digest the charter when they sign up to the CMA? Do<br>we all adhere to these principles in our activities? We feel it's<br>important to go back to first principles in this way, to try and identify<br>our USP and our collective commitment to it. We are entering an ever more<br>complex multi platform environment in which it will be increasingly<br>difficult to discern the provenance and intention of content. CMA and the<br>community media sector has a stated common purpose and we need to be clear<br>we are all signed up to the same starting point. There may well be other<br>organisations who would also subscribe to the Charter - they are our<br>potential partners as we seek to sustain accessible platforms for the UK's<br>rich diversity of voices to be heard without fear or prejudice.<br> <br>Once we all confirm that we have the starting point right (and I know this<br>was done years back but a review process is always healthy) then there are<br>important questions to ask about structure and strategy. Council is<br>looking at these issues too.<br> <br>Our next meeting is on 29 January. I will post a weekly update on our<br>debate through January and look forward to hearing your views as we move<br>forward. We need your input so please give it some thought. First off,<br>thoughts about the Charter and whether we can reference it as a kite-mark<br>for content. A bit like Fair Trade for example. There are pros and cons<br>for this argument but let's hear your thoughts. Many thanks.<br> <br>In the meantime, here's to a good festive season for all.<br> <br>Best wishes<br> <br>Phil<br> <br>Phil Shepherd <br>Chair of Council<br>Community Media Association<br> <br>philshep.wordpress.com<br> <br> **********************<br> <br>THE COMMUNITY MEDIA CHARTER<br> <br>Recognising that Community Media fosters the freedom of expression and<br>information, the development of culture, the freedom to form and confront<br>opinions and active participation in local life; noting that different<br>cultures and communities lead to a diversity of forms of Community Media;<br>this Charter identifies objectives which Community Media share and should<br>strive to achieve: <br> <br>1. To promote the right to communicate, to assist the free flow of<br>information and opinions, to encourage creative expression and to contribute<br>to the democratic process and a pluralist society;<br>2. To provide access to training, production and distribution facilities, to<br>encourage local creative talent, to foster local traditions, and to provide<br>services for the benefit, entertainment, education and development of their<br>audience; <br>3. To seek to have their ownership representative of local geographically<br>recognisable communities or of communities of common interest;<br>4. To be editorially independent of the government, commercial and religious<br>institutions and political parties in determining their programming policy;<br>5. To provide a right of access to minority and marginalised groups and to<br>promote and protect cultural and linguistic diversity;<br>6. To honestly inform their audience on the basis of information drawn from<br>a variety of sources and to provide a right of reply to any person or<br>organisation subject to serious misrepresentation;<br>7. To be established as organisations which are not run with a view to<br>profit and to ensure their independence by being financed from a variety of<br>sources; <br>8. To recognise and respect the contribution of volunteers, to recognise the<br>right of paid workers to join their trade unions and provide satisfactory<br>working conditions for both;<br>9. To operate management, programming and employment practices which oppose<br>discrimination and which are open and accountable to all supporters, staff<br>and volunteers; <br>10. To foster exchange between Community Media practitioners using<br>communications to develop greater understanding in support of peace,<br>tolerance, democracy and development.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br></pre><br>_______________________________________________
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