[Advisors] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Advisory: Petition to Members of Parliament for Community Access Media Fund
Marita Moll
mmoll at ca.inter.net
Wed Dec 16 12:36:52 PST 2015
Clarice raises a crucial point below -- few CAP sites, or sites
delivering public access Internet call them selves media centers. But
people who use these centers to communicate as we are doing now are
engaging in content creation just as much as a filmmaker is engaging in
content creation. That is precisely why was so hard to engage at this
conference. Internet communications and the broadcasting model don't mix
easily.
I think the language has to change. But in the meantime.....
Marita
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Advisors] Fwd: Advisory: Petition to Members of
Parliament for Community Access Media Fund
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:54:44 -0600
From: Clarice Leader <cleader at mb.e-association.ca>
To: Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net>
The problem I see in Manitoba, is that none of the former CAP sites
would see themselves as media centres. They existed as community
resource centres, libraries, immigrant centres, libraries, recreational
centres, youth drop in centres, day care centres, seniors centres etc.
prior to adding CAP to their service delivery options and since the
dissolution if CAP continue to do so. So most would not feel qualified
to speak to the issue individually, but would rely on MBE to represent
them. There were no standalone sites here, ones that were created to
specifically deliver CAP. Not sure that is of much help to you Marita,
if you think MBE's voice is enough we would be happy to do what we can.
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
*From: *Marita Moll
*Sent: *Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:26 AM
*To: *TC Advisors
*Subject: *[Advisors] Fwd: Advisory: Petition to Members of Parliament
for Community Access Media Fund
Hello all. Below is a petition CACTUS wants to get into the House of
Commons under the new rules (see below). But before you look at it,
allow me to offer a brief prelude.
I went to the community media conference that was held in early December
and funded through a SSHRC grant (Carleton journalism department) for
community participation and organized mainly by CACTUS (Canadian
Association of Community Television Users and Stations). I considered
carefully the lengthy discussions on this list re: community media
before I went to this conference. So thanks for helping me keep on the
right track.
It was a good conference and well attended. I met 2 CRTC directors there
-- Peter Menzies, Vice-chair and Raj Shoan from Ontario who were not
speaking, but listening. Commissioners, at the moment, are eager to get
out and listen to the community. This is quite a new development.
However, as a group of community media organizations, CAP sites (as
community media organizations) had NO presence in this conference --
although they should have. I still think that community access sites
(CAP) have a stronger presence in Canadian communities than community
cable. There was a large contingent from the on-line gaming community as
new representatives of community media. Had there been a desire to do
so, TC could have assisted in the 2-year process that led up to this
conference. There were people funded from across the country to attend.
There had already been a substantial survey of community media
organizations/users. Would be nice to know if anyone here heard about
this and participated. A similiar survey of CAP sites was done under the
CRACIN project a few years ago. But the opportunity for sharing our
extensive studies and experience was already past. Perhaps I shouldn't
gripe -- I was invited to chair a panel -- but it was late in the day --
well after I had already registered, indicating my intention to attend.
Safe to say this community has either fallen off the map totally, or are
seen as competition. I didn't participate in the policy part of this
process as was my intention. This it was just coming from a completely
different place, more of a traditional media place (despite the gamers)
and it was too late in the process to really make a difference. I could
not find a comfortable fit.
CACTUS has its own agenda (not to be confused with the conference agenda
which included other groups). CACTUS is proposing around 200 major
media sharing centers be set up around the country to meet community
media needs -- a far too centralized model for my liking.
Nevertheless, the petition below mostly just raises the issue that there
are funds at the CRTC for community media. The basic "ask" in this
petition might still fit within the CAP frame: THEREFORE we call upon
Parliament to i) re-affirm the role of community media and the need for
regulatory and financial support to ensure a diversified and robust
Canadian media system and ii) specifically to direct the $130 million
collected by cable companies to a Community-Access Media Fund to enable
not-for-profit community media organizations to deliver multi-platform
digital media skills training and distribution of community-generated
media.
All CAP sites are not-for-profit community media organizations after
all. So, what do you think -- would this be a petition you could sign
on behalf of your community media organization.
CAP sites should really start flexing some muscle to let people out
there know that community access sites, in their various forms and
styles are alive and well. The process at the CRTC is long and arduous.
Getting access to any fund will take years. Maybe start a petition to
get community access sites directly on the federal agenda. Could it get
500 signatures?
Marita
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Advisory: Petition to Members of Parliament for Community
Access Media Fund
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:39:58 -0500
From: Cathy Edwards <cathy at timescape.ca>
To: Cathy Edwards <cathy at timescape.ca>
CC: Kirsten Kozolanka <Kirsten.Kozolanka at carleton.ca>
Dear ComMedia 2015 attendee,
(une version francaise de ce courriel suivra sous peu... en traduction)
For those of you who attended the Nov. 24th day-long policy forum and
attended the presentation made by CACTUS regarding a proposal to
establish a Community-Access Media Fund to provide stable operational
funding for community media, you may be interested to support the
petition by CACTUS member Sid Tan of Vancouver, below. (Sid presented
at the conference in the Multiplatform Distribution panel.)
A new piece of legislation went into effect last week whereby any
e-petition that garners at least 500 electronic signatures and is backed
by an MP will be presented on the floor of the House of Commons. Sid's
intent is that this petition be presented during January, prior to the
CRTC's review of community and local television. (Under previous
legislation, citizens had to collect at least 500 hard-copy petitions.)
As the policy forum participants seemed universally to support the
concept and need for such a fund, we thought you might like to know
about the petition and to have the opportunity to 'cast your vote'.
Clifford Lincoln's advice to CACTUS on Nov. 24th was that the solution
to the financial challenges facing community media lie with politicians,
and that the CRTC will not act in isolation.
https://www.change.org/p/members-of-parliament-create-a-community-media-access-fund-for-diversified-robust-canadian-media
Kind regards and best wishes for the holiday season. It is a season of
hope and renewal!
(BTW, we have obtained copies of videos of the conference panels, which
will be posted soon we hope. They are in the process of being
compressed for the web. Please also send us your presentation if you
have not already done so. We have received many requests for them... in
particular to assist individuals preparing for the upcoming CRTC hearing.)
Cathy Edwards
Conference Co-ordinator
ComMedia 2015
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