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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font color="#000000">Maybe I've missed something here - but are we proposing asking the DCMS to give £25-30k to the CMA annually?<br id="FontBreak"></font>I honestly don't think there's a hope in hell of that ever happening - but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong!<br><br><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Ian Hickling</span></span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);line-height:17.9867px;line-height:17.9867px;"></span></font></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Partner</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;line-height:22.72px;"><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:blue;cursor:pointer;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);text-decoration:none;"><img border="0" id="ecx_x0000_i1025" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" style="line-height:22.72px;border:none;"></span></a></span></p><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Office: 016 3557 8435 (07h to 22h GTS)</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);line-height:17.9867px;"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Car: 075 3098 0115 (only responds when driving)</span></i><span style="line-height:17.9867px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"><font size="2">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></span></i></p></div><br><br><div>> To: cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>> From: eddie@kcr.fm<br>> Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 00:57:26 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: [cma-l] feedback - Community Radio Fund & the CMA<br>> <br>> I'd certainly support a motion along these lines.....<br>> <br>> Eddie<br>> <br>> KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM<br>> and to the world on the internet at http://kcr.fm<br>> <br>> KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd.<br>> Registered in Scotland: No SC 173805<br>> Registered Office: 59a Land Street, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 5AN<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On 11/05/16 14:02, Canalside's The Thread wrote:<br>> > Dear All<br>> ><br>> > I am just interested in peoples feedback on this one. As you are aware I<br>> > have been banging on about this for quite a while now and with current<br>> > too-ings and fro-ings I think the time is right to pitch it again.<br>> ><br>> > We all know through our own experiences that one of the biggest problems we<br>> > all face is the constant plate spinning. Obviously the running and chasing<br>> > around for funding takes up about 5 wobbly canes, and all the other plates<br>> > spin when we can get to them. Some as we know do fall off.<br>> ><br>> > We have each come to learn how to deal with this and 'manage' ..... whether<br>> > 'managing' is what we are meant to be doing I don't know ? but we won't<br>> > trawl over the age old arguments again.<br>> ><br>> > Cutting to the chase, I don't believe the CMA (our representative body)<br>> > should have to operate in this manner ..... it doesn't say a lot for us, nor<br>> > does it help any of us if the CMA cannot represent us properly because they<br>> > to are also spinning plates.<br>> > We at least each have a Broadcasting platform to play around with, they (the<br>> > CMA) do have canstreem, but that in itself is time consuming and doesn't<br>> > leave a lot of time for the admin and the representation.<br>> ><br>> > I hope I am not speaking out of turn (Bill / Martin et al) but I believe the<br>> > Community Radio Fund should automatically every year donate £25,000/£30,000<br>> > to the CMA.<br>> > I believe we would all benefit from it as the CMA would then be doing what<br>> > it is meant to be doing as opposed to learning the craft of plate spinning.<br>> > I suggest they leave that to us.<br>> ><br>> > Over the past few months I have been in liaison with David Rutley our Local<br>> > MP and Ed Vaizey to get feedback from them and whether it could be done.<br>> ><br>> > Obviously the questions are :- can we have a mandate from members please<br>> > to officially put this forward and can I/we get authority from the<br>> > DCMS/Ofcom that this could be made possible.<br>> ><br>> > Thoughts ?<br>> ><br>> > This of course prevents us from going round in circles, or dare I say going<br>> > backwards if people cancel membership because they feel they aren’t being<br>> > represented. I'm not one for Chinese whispers behind closed doors as you<br>> > know, and this should an open discussion. Do it now and then either throw it<br>> > through the window at Conference or officially stamp it.<br>> > I don't particularly fancy still discussing it in ten years time which tends<br>> > to the norm in this game of Community Radio.<br>> ><br>> > The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas H Dumpty / Chairman and current Plate<br>> > spinning World record holder<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> ><br>> > Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>> ><br>> > The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>> > Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>> > http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>> > Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> ><br>> > Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> ><br>> > To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>> > http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>> <br>> The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>> http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>> Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>> http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<br></div> </div></body>
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