<div dir="ltr">Hiya Marilyn,<div><br></div><div>I would say I do understand your perception of awards.. I would like to correct certainly with my community radio awards that we have tried to tone down the glitz and glamour (well never having it in the first place) to make them not only affordable but also accessible and engaging to all.</div><div><br></div><div>As for receiving nominations or awards, we have a lot of feedback of the positive impact that it has, engagement with local communities, recognition of projects and work etc.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2017 at 12:08, Marilyn Hyndman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marilyn@northernvisions.org" target="_blank">marilyn@northernvisions.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">One sees these discussions from time to time on the list and I can understand people’s frustration that the CMA does not have the public profile which one would wish it did have.<div>Sadly it seems that anything with the word community in the title is looked upon as secondary, even inferior and quite often “cheap” in the sense that it can exist without much money.<br><div><br></div><div>There is a lucrative industry out there in the world giving awards to everything under the sun as well as using public funds to do so, selling tables and three course dinners, wines, buying speakers and entertainment for the night, etc etc. I don’t know about this particular award, but they often have large budgets for a one off event.</div><div><br></div><div>Whether it is a meritocracy or not is anyones guess…..it’s up to the organisation as is whether it matters or not to receive an award in the first place.</div><div><br></div><div>With best wishes,</div><div>Marilyn<div><div class="h5"><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 19 Sep 2017, at 11:39, James Ewing <<a href="mailto:jimmyewing@live.co.uk" target="_blank">jimmyewing@live.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-2355255747179585752Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div>Having worked for the Prison Radio Association for 2 years, from 2013... I can assure you that the nomination is well deserved. They do a fantastic job in serving the prison community by providing their many listeners with helpful
and meaningful radio that literally changes lives. The work they do helps to reduce reoffending and impacts the wider community beyond the prion gates, for the better.</div>
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On 19 Sep 2017, at 11:24, Resonance104.4fm <<a href="mailto:info@resonancefm.com" target="_blank">info@resonancefm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>We've one programme nominated, so cannot complain. But the ARIAS sure are boring. I've seen budget hotel foyers that offered more inspiration; and am more familiar with some of the nominees than I am with members of my immediate family. Is there a tear
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<div>It is a real stroke of genius too <span class="m_-2355255747179585752gmail-st">for them to promote prison radio - which no one can hear - as exemplary of community media. A sure indication of the Academy's attitude to the CMA and its membership.
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<span class="m_-2355255747179585752gmail-st">Time to open a dialogue, perhaps, with "Rog". Or is it the case that everyone really wants to be just like the Academy's pets, sounding the same hysterical middle-English monotone?<br>
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