<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I think that’s an excellent idea. All in the spirit of ‘open government'. One for Dom and Ed to discuss over a slice of cake I feel.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Feb 2015, at 13:57, Ian Hickling <<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" class="">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Maybe we should formally ask to be shown the procedure - as it has a very direct effect on Applicants' businesses?<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><hr id="stopSpelling" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:david@theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">david@theradiopeople.co.uk</a><br class="">Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:08:49 +0000<br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cma@nnbc.co.uk" class="">cma@nnbc.co.uk</a><br class="">CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br class="">Subject: Re: [cma-l] Officialdom<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">It would be interesting to hear a summary of people’s experience on this as there is no published process.</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">As we all know, the list of applicants is first published followed, a few days later, by the application documents (once the confidential sections have been redacted). </li><li class="">We understand the application is broken into various sections and 'farmed out’ to specialists in each area. </li><li class="">We can’t identify any discernible order that Ofcom use for prioritising which applications to look at from a region. </li><li class="">If Ofcom has a query regarding anything in your application they will invariably email you. Our experience is that their questions are not worded particularly well (this could be intentional). So be careful how you answer them - don’t offer more that they are asking or you could dig yourself into a hole!</li></ul><div class="">In short, that’s our experience on behalf of our clients. Anyone else?</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><div class="">The Radio People</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><span id="cid:620BF7C3-DE78-4694-9985-1391CDAD0832@home"><240 x 240 copy.jpg></span><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class=""><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline">Email: <a href="mailto:david@theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">david@theradiopeople.co.uk</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Website: <a href="http://theradiopeople.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/theradiopeople" target="_blank" class="">@theradiopeople</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Facebook:<span style="color: rgb(95, 134, 255);" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk" target="_blank" class="">facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote class=""><div class="">On 5 Feb 2015, at 10:07, Terry Doyle <<a href="mailto:cma@nnbc.co.uk" class="">cma@nnbc.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can anyone provide me with some information on how those OFCOM process community licence applications they've received... or is subject to the Official Secrets Act (shoot me now!) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just spoke to and 'representative' and boy do they know how to 'answer' probing questions without 'answering' probing questions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why am I asking this? Oh just curious! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Terry Doyle </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NNBC, Northampton</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Reply -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br class=""><br class="">The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><br class="">Twitter:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank" class="">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank" class="">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br class="">Canstream Internet Radio & Video:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" class="">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Mailing list guidelines:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/" class="">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br class=""><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l" class="">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="letter-spacing: normal; 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