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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Well, I would definitely vote for Inverness! Glasgow
would be okay too.</FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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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
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<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></BODY></HTML>