<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div>Those representing Scotland's local TV working groups pull tables together for a couple of hours in a corner of the Willow Cafe in Perth.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Dave<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 7 Sep 2011, at 17:27, Two Lochs Radio wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div><font face="Calibri">Well, I would definitely vote for Inverness! Glasgow would be okay too.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> </font></div><font face="Calibri"> <div><font face="Calibri">Any further south than Glasgow/Edinburgh generally means one or two overnight stays or sleeper trains, which hugely increases the cost.</font></div> </font><div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">The only meeting on Community/local TV I have ever been able to get to was because it was conviently located in Inverness!</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">However, Inverness is not ideally situated for those in southern England or Wales, except for air travel, and I suspect that Glasgow is in time terms actually probably the most central. I can make afternoon meetings in Glasgow (eg 2-4pm) on day travel from here, starting out about 6.30am and home by 10pm. I suspect similar timings would apply for those attending a Glasgow meeting from London or even the south-west, even by train (eg Bristol 0730, Euston 0830, Cardiff 0655).</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div></font></div> <div><font face="Calibri">I wonder if CMA has ever considered subsidizing transport/accommodation for its smaller member stations to attend events, as RadioCentre does for the smallest commercial stations? It could probably get a training or development grant from somewhere to cover the costs of doing that, without needing members to cross-subsidize each other.</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <div><font face="Calibri">Alex</font></div> <div><font face="Calibri"></font> </div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="eddie@kcr.fm" href="mailto:eddie@kcr.fm">Eddie Stuart</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 05, 2011 10:46 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community radio (and laterpossibly TV...)</div> <div><br></div>Nick,<br><br>To us, Birmingham *is* London, only often more expensive and harder to get to!! (Far more trains & planes to London from the frozen North than to Birmingham). It's better - a decade ago, BA would return trip me to London for a bought well ahead hundred quid or so. Aberdeen to Birmingham used to be £464. (Not a typo....!!) Overnight sleeper meant Euston then an expensive peaktime train back to Birmingham or getting off at Crewe at 4am.<br><br>Even Edinburgh is a (lousy) 4hour drive or multiple trains. We do however have it easier than people in the Hebrides etc.....<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br><br>You're right though - many London based folk regard Doncaster as The North despite there being a mile or two of England higher up, let alone Scotland! People in Shetland regard Aberdeen as "The South"<br><br>So forget Birmingham - why not hold one meeting a year (at least) in Newcastle, Edinburgh, Inverness?<br><br>Eddie<!--[if !mso]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><![endif]-->.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Reply - <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media">http://twitter.com/community_media</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk">http://www.canstream.co.uk</a>/</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mailing list guidelines: <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>