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<DIV>I’d like to publicly thank Dom for leading the CMA with such verve over the
past 2 years. I first met him at an event in Southampton and was instantly
struck by his energy, enthusiasm and vision for our sector. This led
directly to my standing for Council, alongside some very talented and
experienced colleagues. Dom has worked tirelessly to forge new
partnerships, he’s travelled the length and breadth of the country visiting
member stations, and his work on the internal workings of the CMA leave us in a
much stronger position. Above all, working with Dom has been great
fun. He’ll be a great asset to any organisations he works with in the
future.</DIV>
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<DIV>The CMA is in safe hands with Danny Lawrence BEM as interim Chair and Bill
Best at HQ. There will be elections in due course and I look forward
to working with my Council colleagues to develop new ideas and
initiatives.</DIV>
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<DIV>Have a great weekend everyone.</DIV>
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<DIV>Pippa</DIV>
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<DIV>Philippa Sawyer</DIV>
<DIV>Director, Wycombe Community Radio CIC</DIV>
<DIV>@wycombesound @curlyradio</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [cma-l] From Dom Chambers, Somer Valley
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<P class=MsoNormal>To CMA members,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This is to let you know that yesterday I stepped down as
chair of the CMA. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>It has been an extraordinarily rewarding and life changing
experience working with the CMA. I have met amazing people making a fantastic
difference through community media<A
name=15093b6785a17820_15093b5b897707b2_15093a3156ec636f__GoBack></A>. We are a
vibrant and growing phenomenon that is all the richer for its grass roots base.
The media establishment is trying to work out what it is all about. As it
juggles attitudes ranging from admiration to outright horror I strongly sense
that appetites across all arenas, the wider public to governing circles, are
growing for our positive force for social change or media with ‘good stuff’ as I
like to put it. As society tries to make sense of us and we build our presence
in the media landscape there has never been a greater need for the CMA. We must
all help it to grow and I wish my colleagues on Council well with their work
leading on achieving this. I’d like to make special mention of Bill Best whose
dedication and support of our members is exemplary. Without Bill there wouldn’t
be a CMA. Support him to support us as we all go about the vital business of
delivering community media.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Visiting and talking with our members has been the most
rewarding part of my work with the CMA. It is pretty obvious but those
conversations confirm that funding is the principal challenge for our sector.
For some time I have been increasingly focussed on finding funding solutions.
This work has now reached the point where I need to give more time to realising
the ambition of building a dedicated foundation charity. That is why I need to
now step away from the chairs role. I think there is much to be learned from the
Australian model of community radio where the representative organisation works
in close collaboration with an enabling charity. That work will mean that I will
always value and support the CMA from whatever platforms my work takes me
to.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>From Glasgow to Glastonbury the conversations have been
deeply stimulating but they are not done with. My appetite for learning about
and sharing the experience of people right across community media remains
unstinted. May there be many more. If you ever chance upon that remarkable
pocket of England that lies between Bath and Wells known as the Somer Valley
then do pop in. I’ll get the kettle on and conversation will flow.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Best wishes</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dom</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,102,255)'><IMG
alt="Dom 1" src="cid:AA6E981BBB0447B79379E07C823238E2@PhilippaPC" width=138
height=44></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(30,181,58)'>Dom
Chambers</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(0,160,223)'><BR></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>Station
Manager/Sales</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(30,181,58)'>Somer
Valley FM 97.5<I> </I></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif'>Award winning radio for
Local News, Sports & Great Music!</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>Telephone:
</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>01761 568 004 /
01761 411755 (Ext: 150)<BR><B>Mobile</B>: 07802 457 396<BR><B>Email 1:</B>
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: gray'><A
href="mailto:manager@somervalleyfm.co.uk" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray">manager@somervalleyfm.co.uk</SPAN></A><BR><B>Email 2:</B> <A
href="mailto:sales@somervalleyfm.co.uk" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">sales@somervalleyfm.co.uk</SPAN></A><BR><B>Personal
Twitter:</B> @TheDomChambers</SPAN><U><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'><BR></SPAN></U><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>Web</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>:
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: gray'><A
href="http://www.somervalleyfm.co.uk/" target=_blank><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray">www.somervalleyfm.co.uk</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'>Somer
Valley Community Radio Ltd, St. Chads Avenue, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, BA3
2HG</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style='FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial",sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(127,127,127)'></SPAN></P><A
href="http://www.somervalleyfm.co.uk/audio.html" target=_blank><SPAN
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