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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>
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<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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