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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Could I go back to my absolutely square one,
point one, the beginning etc etc and point out that if weren’t scratting
our backsides for funding because of the restrictions we could lighten the load
of the unemployment service / job seekers by about 600 persons and knock all
the skittles down with one bowl by having one or two more hands on deck
(possibly professionals) (which = better training)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">This I believe is the point …………..
we will never find the remedy if we don’t understand the symptoms. The
symptoms are VERY IMPORTANT ………. If they are caused by and
created by us (Community Radio) then we have to take it on the chin when the
big chiefs come down on us …….. if however they are part of theblame (which the restrictions are) then a
re-think needs to happen. Preferably sooner rather than later.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Everyone is trying to do their best under
the circumstances, us included. I personally think we all deserve a medal
operating in the main very good services with little help from people who live
in Ivory Towers and have no idea of what is actually going on. These people get
my gander right up and one day very soon I shall bump into one or two of them
and they will not like it up em’ Mr Mainwaring
! </span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy">J</span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> LOL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Nick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Soldier on chaps and do your best !<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:
bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Julian Mellor<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 21 September 2011 12:31<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> CMA-L<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Offensive
language on radio - how to avoid the pitfalls</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Interesting debate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">It does seem that there are two models of community radio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">One is a radio station that happens to use community and voluntary
resources. The operational style is probably very similar to commercial
radio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">The other is a community project that happens to produce radio. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">It's not to say one is better than the other, and I'm sure some
stations combine both. But we very much fall into the second model.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Hardly anyone had previous radio experience before we setup six years
ago, but we had lots of community development experience. We setup
primarily to do community development. In that context, we're not going
to be negligent and we're not going to ignore what we have signed up to do. But we are going to be realistic about what volunteers can be expected to
do, and what they can achieve and deliver in the absence of full-time hands-on
management. From the conversations I've had, people from the more
commercial and possibly top down model really struggle with this approach.
But it works for us, it works for our community, and from what Ofcom have
said having monitored our output, it works for them as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">So getting back to the original point, a regulatory system which relies
upon stations having fully resourced staff and management teams presents extra
challenges for volunteer run stations such as ours. If, at the meeting
in October, Ofcom seem inclined to move towards increased regulation or
expectations, I would ask that the Jaqui and the CMA represent the difficulties
that this will pose for stations operating with minimal resources.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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12.0pt">Julian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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