<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>You could always "doorstep" them with an instant interview to be played on local radio.???<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26 May 2016, at 21:27, Martin Steers <<a href="mailto:martin@martinsteers.co.uk">martin@martinsteers.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hiya Nick,<div><br></div><div>This is a genuine question to you and the rest of the list, but what does successful plan B look like?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 May 2016 at 07:51, Canalside's The Thread <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk" target="_blank">office@thethread.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Ask Mr Whittingdale and Mr Vaizey to raid
a larder or two and come up with the same amount for us (just like they did
for Community White Elephant TV / BBC Journalists / Newspapers etc etc and then
pop it in our Pot ………….divvy the Pot out equally, and 50% of our problems disappear
overnight.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">8 Million on top of what we already have
and it’s game over.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">If not, then we DEMAND to know why not, so
please ask the question.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Me personally, I would like the answer
(whether negative or affirmative) to be at least valid. I would be grateful if
we don’t receive an answer that :-<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><span>1)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Insults our intelligence<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><span>2)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Tells us how wonderful we are, but gives us nothing concrete<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><span>3)<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Tells us 20 things that we already know<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">In the event of a negative we need a Plan
B. Plan B has to consist of either a way forward, sideways or backwards as the Status
Quo is as dead as a Dodo.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">You then get a mandate from members ……..
preferably from those who are prepared to stand up and be counted and/or those
who are prepared to be walked all over, keel over and die or spend the rest of
their days as a carpet.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">We are not the third tier of broadcasting,
we are the third fiddle in the Orchestra at the moment.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Nick<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Martin Steers<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 25 May 2016 16:22<span class=""><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> The Community Media
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</span><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Community
Radio Fund mini-survey</span></font><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Alan,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You do raise very good points, and I think you might be right.. but if
anything all we do is ask then at least we have done something.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On 25 May 2016 at 16:12, Alan Coote <<a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk" target="_blank">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">I think the argument
to support local papers is that the BBC will gain qualified journalists as
stringers where they don’t already have them or to save money by reallocating
staff. I’m not sure what numbers were crunched to get to £8M but someone
thought about it - for a few minutes at least. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Most community
stations don’t employ journalists, so it would be difficult to justify
diverting licence fee money into arguably less suitable organisations,
especially when they could undermine BBC local radios value in serving the
community. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Personally – I don’t
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">So thats BBC's money
to sort of spend as they wish. Its also to fund the BBC employment of staff
into "qualifying local news organisations" so just cash for
newspapers.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">There may be scope to
engage with the BBC to unpick whats involved and to see if community stations
can be classified into these "</span></font><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">qualifying
local news organisations" for journalists into stations (to not
mention access to local video etc).</span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#333333" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333">Martin </span></font><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">On 25 May 2016 at
12:53, Two Lochs Radio <<a href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk" target="_blank">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</a>>
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<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">As per previous postings, Ron, the money would
come from the licence fee. The BBC reckons it is a good value for money
(£8m/year) in news gathering, giving it and other local media better and
cost-effective coverage of local news, particular things such as local authority
and public utility news stories.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">For more details of how the BBC sees it: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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25 May 2016 at 12:18 Ron Millet <<a href="mailto:ronm@bridging-thegap.co.uk" target="_blank">ronm@bridging-thegap.co.uk</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">1) where is the money
for newspaper journalists coming from?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Ofcom or DCMS resources from what sector has it been taken?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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and relevant section gives authority for granting these monies?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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On 25 May 2016, at 19:59, Tony Bailey <<a href="mailto:ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk" target="_blank">ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk</a>>
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(dredging the memory banks here) wasn't there a proposal to introduce community
Beeb websites which was seen by some to undermine local press? <br>
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Tony Bailey<br>
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On 23/05/16 12:32, Canalside's The Thread wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">QUOTE: <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">………I ask the question
again and I have asked via my local MP / Mr
Vaizey this money that has suddenly appeared from
nowhere to fund Newspaper Journalists (which has absolutely nothing to do with
Radio !)(unless I have missed something?) <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><strong><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">From:</span></font></b></strong><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>]
<strong><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">On Behalf Of </span></font></b></strong>Bill
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<strong><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Sent:</span></font></b></strong>
20 May 2016 17:45<br>
<strong><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">To:</span></font></b></strong>
<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<strong><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Subject:</span></font></b></strong>
[cma-l] Community Radio Fund mini-survey<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Just in case people didn't see this email
buried in the long thread entitled 'Community Radio Fund & the CMA' I'm
reposting this in a new thread to give it higher profile.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">The CMA informed DCMS in its 2014 Community
Radio Consultation that we had held a consultation meeting in <u></u>Sheffield<u></u>
in April 2014 at which members attending the meeting "unanimously put
forward the view that the Community Radio Fund should be distributed equally to
all eligible stations rather than on a contested basis as is now". However
it was apparent at the time that not all members supported that view.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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Radio here: <a href="http://bit.ly/1XmMLaA" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1XmMLaA</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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that a change to how the Community Radio Fund is distributed would not be
impossible. However to distribute the Fund equally between all
licensed stations would require a substantial change on which DCMS
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The Funding Agreement for the next four years now requires updating. For
the current year (2016/17), substantial change is not envisaged - the <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/" target="_blank">first round of the Fund</a> is already open for
applications and <strong><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">closes next week on Thursday 26th May</span></font></b></strong>.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. Other options for distributing the Fund
will be considered.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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that a proposal to distribute the CRF equally amongst licensed stations remains
popular and the CMA will collate the views expressed on this mailing list and
submit them to DCMS and to Ofcom. There is also an online form here for
members to submit their feedback:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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