<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Please find a copy of the email that was sent to our mailing list and to CR stations to announce that the nominations period for the community radio awards is now open. All details can be found below, but feel free to ping me an email if you have any questions.</div><div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><br><br><br></span><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="http://communityradioawards.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/8c7a59bb-18b2-4e60-9c51-7641a2c414d5.png" width="536" height="198"><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px"><strong style="font-size:large;line-height:21.6px">Submission Entries are open</strong></h1><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">The day has finally arrived and we can officially open the submission process for the 2016 Community Radio Awards.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">The submission site can he found here: <a href="https://www.judgify.me/communityradioawards" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)" target="_blank">https://www.judgify.me/communityradioawards</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Details of the categories and the submission requirements can be found here:<a href="http://communityradioawards.co.uk/award-categories/" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)" target="_blank">http://communityradioawards.co.uk/award-categories/</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:21.6px"><strong>How does it work?</strong></span></font></h1><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Submissions are open from the 9th of May 2016 for 3 weeks. You can head to the submission site and follow the instructions to submit your entries either as a station or as an individual from a station.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">The submissions are £5 per entry and we are offering each station free entry into the Station of the year category. Payment can be made by paypal or cheque (or bank transfer but select cheque). If you need an invoice or any assistance please email <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=info@communityradioawards.co.uk" style="color:rgb(43,170,223)" target="_blank">info@communityradioawards.co.uk</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px"><font size="4"><span style="line-height:21.6px"><strong>Who should enter?</strong></span></font></h1><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify">The awards have been designed so that stations and individuals from stations can submit as many entries into any of the categories as they like. We are do not want to limit stations as to how many submissions they can make, and we are happy for stations to administer it how they wish. Some stations may send out the information to their presenters & volunteers or some may decide to centrally organise and submit entries in one go. We want everyone who is involved in community radio to feel in a position to enter, and we hope that there is a category for everyone with our awards.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">The only exceptions to the process would be;</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Station of the Year – Only one entry per station, ideally from the station management themselves</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Volunteer of the Year – To be submitted by anyone to nominate someone else</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Young Person of the Year – To be submitted by anyone to nominate a young person</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:26px;line-height:32.5px">What Next?</h1><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Entries will be checked and sorted in June when the judging process starts, the entries will be judged by our judging panels. A shortlist of 5 for each category will be produced and published prior to the ceremony.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">The Gold, Silver and Bronze for each categories will be announced at the ceremony that is being held on 10th September at Birmingham City University.</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px">Good luck to all those that enter and we look forward to hearing your submissions.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">To signup to our mailing list to stay informed about the awards head here: <a href="http://eepurl.com/bVJeT1" target="_blank">http://eepurl.com/bVJeT1</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Like us on facebook here:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/communityradioawards/" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/communityradioawards/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Follow us on twitter here:<a href="https://twitter.com/commradioawards" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/commradioawards</a></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">---<div><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Martin Steers</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span>Chair</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;margin:2px 0px 0px"><img src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Community Radio Awards</span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.communityradioawards.co.uk/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.communityradioawards.co.uk</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://twitter.com/commradioawards" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/commradioawards<br></a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/communityradioawards/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/communityradioawards/</a></div></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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