<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Mary<br><br></div>Many thanks for your email.<br><br>We are still putting the agenda together but the main topic of conversation will be, of course, the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/community-radio-consultation" target="_blank">DCMS Consultation</a>.<br>
<br></div>We are still open for suggestions to the agenda but we are currently considering that some or all of the following topics should be covered:<div><div><ul><li>Background / Context:<br>- the Communications Act 2003<br>
- the Community Radio Order 2004<br>- the Community Radio Amendment Order 2010</li></ul></div><div>
</div><div><ul><li>The Licence Fee - pros/cons of top-slicing the Licence Fee to fund community media<br></li><li>European context - other models of funding community media<br></li><li>Current issues & potential solutions: funding, advertising restrictions<br>
</li><li>Responses to the current DCMS consultation - discussion<br></li><li>The future - frequency availability, digital migration, low cost DAB</li><li>National advertising scheme for community radio<br></li><li>The CMA Conference & AGM - 14th June 2014</li>
</ul></div>If you or anybody else has anything else to add to the list for consideration then please advise.<br><br></div><div>Best regards for now<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>
Bill<br>-- <br></div></font></span><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><div>
Technical Operations Manager<br>Community Media Association<br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 March 2014 14:54, mary dowson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk" target="_blank">mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Can you tell us what actually is going to
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] You're invited to
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