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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Exactreee as they used to say on Terrahawks this is the point I have been making since day dot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>I even challenged them to look at our books ……. And it’s true, Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard and there was s o d all in it ………. I think it is disgraceful that organisations like ours that haven’t got a pot to pee in are paying anything near to 4 figures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>You would have thought they may have said something like ‘’well you can have your Internet included’’ I even suggested that. I have suggested lots of things --- one or two have been implemented, but only when it suits the Ivory Towers brigade … they then patronisingly parade round on the pretence that they did it for us ???? pull the other one !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>I’ll say it again, and it’s the same with all the other baloney we’ve been waffling on about for 14 Years ---- you ain’t gonna get nowt mate unless wees roll the sleeves up and have a ding dong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>First one for me would be take yer restrictions ALL THE LOT and stick where the Sun doesn’t shine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>It’s possibly all tooo late now as tooo much damage has been done and a lot of ill feeling has been created. It never needed to be like this. What I won’t accept though is that certain people who hop onto this message board pointing things out are somehow ‘bother causers’ ?? me included if we were treated correctly and with a bit of respect we could all move forward together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>We’re still bobbing and weaving though, and Mrs Hamster is still on her Wheel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Onwards and Upwards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Perhaps we could have another consultation on something that we already know the answer to, and then implement it 3 years later, that usually diverts attention away from the nitty gritty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 May 2017 17:06<br><b>To:</b> 'The Community Media Association Discussion List' <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] News release from PPL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ha, I’ll collect the award later Nick.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>But seriously, it does show that PPL has plenty of scope to propose to its members that they could introduce a social benefit licence scheme for very little cost by offering a low cost flat-fee (say £200) licence to stations constituted to operate not-for-profit and for social gain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A back of the envelope calculation suggests this might drop their revenue from £212.1m to £211.8m (ie by about 0.15%).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So it would make the tiniest difference to their bottom line, while making a big difference to many hard-pressed community operations, while PPL would get the publicity kudos of showing what excellent public benefit-minded souls they are, and also support stations that tend to give more exposure to their less well-known and less well-heeled members.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Must go now – I want to try and get a photo of the pig that just passed my window.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> [</span><a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Canalside Community Radio Ltd<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 May 2017 15:39<br><b>To:</b> 'The Community Media Association Discussion List' <</span><a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] News release from PPL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>If you going for the wind-up-merchant of the year award 2017 I think you’ve just won it LOL :<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222A35'>Nick</span></b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222A35'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century 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