Community Radio Around the World: February 2012

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

[creative-radio] Radio for a New Nation

Radio for a New Nation
Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012
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For decades, radio waves have been the primary vehicle to disseminate
information in Sudan, as in many places where literacy is low, electricity
is inconsistent or uneven, and media options are few. But until eight years
ago, most people in South Sudan did not have access to radio or any type of
independent media.

n 2003, when Sudan was still embroiled in civil war, Sudan Radio Service,
the country's first independent broadcaster of news and information, was
launched with USAID assistance. In the early days, broadcasts took place on
shortwave from Nairobi for just one hour per day.

Since then, the Agency's support for the platform has helped educate and
inform millions of people. In addition to Sudan Radio Service, USAID also
supported the establishment of six community radio stations between 2005
and 2011 in southern Sudan and in northern Sudan's Blue Nile and Southern
Kordofan states. The Agency also supplied over 200,000 solar and
crank-powered radios throughout the south and the Three Areas (Blue Nile,
Southern Kordofan, and Abyei), increasing access to the broadcasts.

When the 22-year civil war ended with the landmark Comprehensive Peace
Agreement (CPA) in 2005, radio was the most efficient and effective way to
inform citizens about the agreement and their rights and responsibilities
under it. These rights and responsibilities included participating in a
nationwide census, voting in nationwide elections in 2010—the first voting
opportunity for many Sudanese—and the referendum on self-determination for
southern Sudan, which led to the creation of the new nation of the Republic
of South Sudan in July 2011.

"USAID recognized that it was important to support radio that provided an
independent source of reliable information in Sudan, to support the peace
process and help mitigate conflicts that could undermine the CPA," said
Donna Kerner, a USAID democracy specialist who helped establish the
community radio network in South Sudan in the years before the country's
independence. "Community radio is particularly important in ethnically
diverse, multilingual areas that are vulnerable to conflict to provide an
accessible community forum for diverse views," she added.

Particularly in remote areas of South Sudan outside the capital of Juba,
radio is often the only source of information available. Due to the legacy
of war, there is a lack of electricity except in a few major towns, a
dearth of print media, exceedingly low rates of Internet access, and high
levels of illiteracy. Approximately 73 percent of South Sudanese adults
cannot read.

http://www.internews.org/our-stories/press/radio-new-nation

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Monday, 27 February 2012

[creative-radio] FYI: Ice instruments make sweet music in Oulu, Finland

Ice instruments make sweet music in Oulu, Finland
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"...Norwegian musician and composer Terje Isungset has played to audiences
all over the world using instruments made of ice. Isungset, who is playing
concerts in the northern Finnish city of Oulu this weekend, is a
world-renowned percussionist.

Although he has more than twenty years' experience of jazz and music across
the Nordic countries, Isungset now regards himself as more of a sound
artist and shaman, using ice to produce warm sounds and clear notes.
[...]
The artist has built instruments out of granite, birch, glass and metal.
The best ice he has found for musical instruments was at Jukkasjärvi in
northern Sweden. Weather conditions are crucial when making instruments
from ice, and ice is an unpredictable material to work with.
[...]
http://eyeonthearctic.rcinet.ca/en/news/finland/58-culture/1714-ice-instruments-make-sweet-music-in-oulu

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Sunday, 26 February 2012

[creative-radio] Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor

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Choudhary, a former BBC journalist, saw a link between the rural poor's
exclusion and the violence wracking the region. "It is natural when your
concerns are not heard you find another avenue -- that avenue has happened
to be a violent ideology called Maoism."

Mobile is the the most democratic tool in India today
Shubhranshu Choudhary, journalist and founder of CGNet Swara

And so with support from the International Center for Journalists, with
whom he is a Knight International Journalism Fellow, Choudhary began an
experiment in citizen journalism.

"We understood it would have to be cheap and that voice would be key --
because people are not comfortable with reading and writing," he said. The
initial phase of the experiment, which revolved around the internet and
community radio stations, "failed completely," he admitted. But then he
took a different tack, focusing on mobile phones, which have a 74%
penetration rate in India.

"Mobile is the most democratic tool in India today," said Choudhary.
Although the mobile penetration rate in rural areas was about half the
national level (36%), phones were still a common sight even in the most
remote villages. "When we started working in 2004-5 in the villages, we did
not see mobile phones. But there has been a sea-change. Mobile phone use
has exploded."

Read more: Indian phone features 29 Quran translations

The result, CGNet Swara (roughly, the "voice of Chhattisgarh") is a voice
portal that allows anyone with a mobile phone to record or listen to news
and items of interest. The operation is simple: on dialing the service's
number, users press "1" to record a report, or "2" to listen to one. Once a
report is recorded, it is verified and edited by a team of moderators
before being made accessible on the service.

The service "did better than we ever expected," said Choudhary. He added
that in the two years since it began, Swara has had 9,000 users, logged
more than 30,000 phone calls and published 750 news stories, including a
number which have had a big impact. [...]

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From: S.Choudhary <smitashuATgmailDOTcom>
Date: 26 February 2012 15:21
Subject: Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor

Dear George,

Thought you may like to read a story on CGnet Swara as part of CNN coverage
of Mobile World Congress.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/22/tech/mobile/india-mobile-citizen-journalism/index.html

regards
Shu
--
Shubhranshu Choudhary
Knight International Journalism fellow
E-mail: shuATcgnetDOTin
Mob (IN): +91 9811066749

Content of the people, by the people, for the people
http://cgnetswara.org

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[creative-radio] Ruyuk's Community Radio Helps Revive Forests via IPS

please see below
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106824

Irman Meilandi
Chairman of Indonesian Community Radio Network

INDONESIA
Community Radio Helps Revive Forests
By Kanis Dursin*

*JAKARTA, Feb 21, 2012 (IPS) - Irman Meilandi unhesitatingly attributes the
return of birds, wildlife and the forests around his hilly village of
Mandalamekar in West Java province to conservation advice streaming in over
community radio. *

"Thanks to Radio Ruyuk (meaning scrubland), the people of Mandalamekar have
adopted a campaign to replant deforested areas and conserve forests around
the village," says Meilandi, referring to the yet to be licensed community
radio station that specialises on environmental issues.

Broadcasting on FM 107.8 megahertz, Radio Ruyuk goes on air at 6 p.m. and
signs off at 11 p.m. Its programmes discuss organic farming, herbal plants
and medicines and village infrastructure, all in the local Sundanese
dialect.

"Radio Ruyuk was designed to encourage local people to pay attention to the
condition of the village's forests and wildlife," says Meilandi, co-founder
of the Mitra Alam Munggaran (Nature's First Partner) or MAM, a social
movement concerned with shrinking water supply in Mandalamekar, a
seven-hour drive from Jakarta.

Established in 2002 by a dozen local residents, the MAM movement started
out by organising public discussions, distributing leaflets and putting up
posters, urging people to protect the forests around the village.

While MAM was able to get local officials to ban the harvesting of rattan,
hunting, and cutting down trees in protected forests, cooperation from
local people was initially missing. Many were involved in tree felling and
cultivation on lands designated as water-catchment areas.

Radio Ruyuk has been organising, on Sunday evenings, a live talk show from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on various environmental issues confronting the
718-hectare village. The hosts and participants are mostly farmers and
small traders, working voluntarily.

The issues discussed include tree-planting activities, with MAM activists
occasionally joining in to explain local policies or provide updates on the
status of Indonesia's forests.

Indonesia, one of the world's most densely forested countries along with
Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congro, saw extensive deforestation
through the last century. Its estimated forest cover of 170 million
hectares in 1900 was halved by the beginning of this century.

"The MAM programme aims to raise local people's awareness and stimulate a
sense of responsibility toward the environment," says village chief Yana
Noviadi. "We wanted more people to be aware of the dangers of deforestation
and to participate in replanting."

Radio Ruyuk, which hit the airwaves for the first time in October 2008, is
run by the Mandalamekar Community Broadcasting Council, which manages the
radio station with Meilandi serving as its secretary.

"In the beginning, Radio Ruyuk focused on environmental issues, the link
between the shrinking of river waters and deforestation in the area and
also local forest-related policies," says Noviadi.

In 2008, a year after he was elected village chief, Noviadi declared forest
conservation as one of his official programmes, further boosting people's
participation in tree-planting activities.

By 2011, Mandalamekar had replanted a total of 118 hectares of deforested
area, including some 40 hectares located around water sources, and before
long the volume of water flowing into the village's rivers had increased.

"Paddy fields that once lay fallow are now irrigated and farmers grow paddy
all year round," says Meilandi, adding that Mandalamekar has 34 hectares of
irrigated paddy fields.

"More importantly, stories of local residents picketing water irrigation
structures or quarrelling over water resources are unheard off now,"
Meilandi says.

Noviadi concurs with Meilandi, saying that he had heard stories of farmers
setting up traps to discourage people trying to divert water. "While these
are now told in a joking manner, they were disturbing," Noviadi says.

Since 2008, local officials have made it a policy to ask every visitor to
the village to plant trees in designated areas. "We want their support for
our programme. The idea is to instill environment awareness among visitors
so they can do the same in their villages," Noviadi says.

By law, community radio is limited to a radius of two-and-a-half km, but
Radio Ruyuk is received in six districts with a combined population of more
than 10,000 people.

"A neighbouring district head once phoned in with a request for a talk on
steps that can be taken at the grassroots level to conserve forests. When
we asked where he was calling from, he replied that he was at a gathering
of village heads in his district who were waiting to hear us over the
radio," Noviadi said.

Mandalamekar's conservation efforts have not gone unnoticed. For two
consecutive years, in 2009 and 2010, it won the prize for the best
self-financed village forest management programme at the regional level. It
was also runner-up at the provincial level in 2010.

"To the best of our knowledge, the regional government never made any
assessment of our forest management, but I guess they listen to Radio
Ruyuk," Meilandi says.

Meilandi himself claimed the 2011 Seacology Prize for his efforts to
preserve the environment and culture of Mandalamekar. "They told me that I
was chosen from among candidates in 46 countries," Meilandi says.

Seacology, a non-profit with headquarters in Berkeley, California, focuses
on preserving island ecosystems and cultures around the world.

"Winning awards has never been our goal," Meilandi said. "We take pride in
the fact that we were able to replant deforested areas with our own
resources, without external help," he says.

*This story was produced with the support of
UNESCO<http://www.unesco.org/new/en/>

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[creative-radio] UNESCO - Women Make the News (WMN): Rural women’s access to media and information

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From: Kanchan K. Malik <drkanchan07@gmail.com>
Date: 26 February 2012 00:08
Subject: [cr-india] UNESCO Women Make News 2012 - Initiative to be
celebrated on March 8
To: cr-india <cr-india@sarai.net>

*Women Make the News (WMN), *a global policy advocacy initiative aimed at
promoting gender equality in the media, launched annually on the occasion
of International Women's Day (8 March).* *

The theme for this year, *Rural women's access to media and information*,
seeks to underscore and stimulate knowledge exchange on:

- the importance of policies and programmes in favour of access to media
and information in rural communities, particularly for rural women; and
- good practices and successes in this area as undertaken by public
service broadcasters, commercial and community media and NGOs working to
improve rural women's access to media and information.

Access to media and information by rural women and men has many important
dimensions. Within the framework of the function of the media to provide
information needed by rural women to enhance their economic empowerment and
political participation, WMN 2012 focuses on two of these dimensions:

- can and how are rural women and men accessing (listen to, read or
watch) radio, newspaper and television in their communities, and how are
community media and new media/technologies helping?
- are rural women actually in charge media programming, production and
broadcast?

Do join this effort initiated by UNESCO. For information, ideas and
resources to mark the occasion, please check out
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/crosscutting-priorities/gender/women-make-the-news/

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Thursday, 23 February 2012

[creative-radio] New Governing Board of the Community Radio Forum of India

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From: sajan venniyoor <venniyoor@gmail.com>
Date: 23 February 2012 21:42
Subject: [cr-india] new Governing Board of the Community Radio Forum of
India
To: CR India <cr-india@sarai.net>

Elections were held to the Governing Board of the Community Radio Forum of
India on 21 February 2012, at the annual general body meet held in New
Delhi. The following CRF members were elected to the Board.

1) Mr. Stalin K
2) Mr. Ram Nath Bhat
3) Mr. N Ramakrishnan
4) Ms. Arti Jaiman
5) Mr. Debarun Dutta
6) Mr. Vasuki Belavadi
7) Ms. Anujaa Shukla
8) Mr. Hemant Babu

The office bearers of CRF Executive Committee are:

1) Mr. Stalin K- President
2) Mr. Ram Nath Bhat- Vice President
3) Mr. N Ramakrishnan- General Secretary
4) Ms. Arti Jaiman- Treasurer

The elected board will co-opt two women community broadcasters into the
executive council from the general body.

Join the Community Radio Forum. For membership details, please go to
www.crforum.in

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[creative-radio] You're invited to Creative Enterprise Sessions (Feb 29, 2012)

CREATIVE ENTERPRISE SESSIONS DEBUTS IN LAGOS The Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (CEAN) in Conjunction with the British Council, Nigeria invites all Creative Entrepreneurs in Nigeria to this month's Creative Enterprise Sessions, a...
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Event: Creative Enterprise Sessions
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CT)
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CREATIVE ENTERPRISE SESSIONS DEBUTS IN LAGOS

The Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (CEAN) in Conjunction with the British Council, Nigeria invites all Creative Entrepreneurs in Nigeria to this month's Creative Enterprise Sessions, a monthly Interactive Mentoring Meetup in Lagos for Creative Entrepreneurs

The monthly Mentoring Session is designed To Help Entrepreneurs Build Skills, Expand Networks, And Find Markets.

Venue: British Council Conference room, 20 Thompson Drive, Ikoyi.
Date: 29th February 2012 (last Wednesday of every month)
Time: 10am to 1pm
Speaker 1:
Chuks Udensi: Country Manager, Nigeria/Ghana, DELL.
Topic: Online and Mobile Content Opportunities in Nigeria

Speaker 2:
Chief Wale Adenuga: Wale Adenuga Productions
Topic: How to make money on Television

Moderator:
Ayeni the Great: Founder CEO BHM/Publisher Nigeria Entertainment Today.

Sponsors:
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CEAN believes that
•      Networking is an essential skill for all business people, but especially for entrepreneurs.
•      The strong association between the entrepreneur as a person and his or her business demands that entrepreneurs get out into the world and create and maintain business relationships.
•      Networking builds social capital for entrepreneurs
•      Creating channels to share business know-how is critical to helping more business owners succeed.
•      Sharing business knowledge among entrepreneurs contributes to the stability and growth of their businesses, and encourages innovation and resourcefulness

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Monday, 20 February 2012

[creative-radio] Sound Media: From Live Journalism to Music Recording

Lars Nyre: Sound Media: From Live Journalism to Music Recording (2008)
http://burundi.sk/monoskop/log/?p=3570

Sound Media considers how music recording, radio broadcasting and muzak
influence people's daily lives and introduces the many and varied creative
techniques that have developed in music and journalism throughout the
twentieth century. Lars Nyre starts with the contemporary cultures of sound
media, and works back to the archaic soundscapes of the 1870s.

Review
http://burundi.sk/monoskop/log/?p=3570

Publisher Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis, 2008
ISBN 041539113X, 9780415391139
221 pages

publisher http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415391146/
google books http://books.google.com/books?id=6Xk7_DaV5bEC

Download http://www.mediafire.com/?ytkb59gdyggxtm0

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Sunday, 19 February 2012

[creative-radio] NCRA - National Campus & Community Radio Association Seeks Directors via BY-ELECTION

*"....we welcome additional candidates who self-identify as being from the
Native peoples of Canada to come forward as candidates in this
by-election...." "... Regions not currently represented are Quebec and
Northern Canada ( Nunavut , NWT, and Yukon )...."*

National Campus & Community Radio Association
http://www.ncra.ca/

Notice of NCRA/ANREC BY-ELECTION

Released: Feb 14, 2012

The NCRA/ANREC Board of Directors is conducting a By-Election in order to
fill TWO vacant positions on our board. This notice is intended to fulfill
bylaw 1.25(a)(i)., which requires that the board notify NCRA members within
30 days of a board seat becoming vacant, and that a by-election is held at
least 60 days after publication of this notice. This By-Election will be
held because two board members have resigned. All eligible member stations
are encouraged to consider nominating suitable persons. The seats will
expire at NCRC 2013.

Participation in the by-election as a candidate:

To participate as a candidate in this by-election, you must complete the
Board Nomination Form below and submit as outlined in this notice by
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012. At that time, all nominations will be
redistributed by email to all NCRA Member stations, along with voting
details. The election will be held by email on Monday, April 16th, 2012.

2011/2012 term Board Composition requirements:

1. Our bylaws state that no one station can have more than one
representative on the NCRA/ANREC Board, although these provisions may be
waived to fulfill the requirement that at least 1 director be selected from
the Native peoples of Canada. This basic requirement has already been met
on our board, but *we welcome additional candidates who self-identify as
being from the Native peoples of Canada to come forward as candidates in
this by-election.*

Stations currently represented on the NCRA Board of Directors are:

CFRO, Vancouver BC
CJLY, Nelson BC
CiTR, Vancouver BC
CKUW, Winnipeg MB
CKDU, Halifax, NS
CIVL, Abbotsford, BC
Independent, Toronto, ON

2. Regional Representation: The existing board represents four of our six
regions of Canada, fulfilling the Association's regional requirements as
outlined in section 1.17 of our by-laws. Even though our minimum
requirements for regional representation have been met, we particularly
encourage candidates from the two remaining regions to consider candidacy
for the vacant seats. Regions currently represented on our board are
Pacific, Prairie, Ontario, and Atlantic . Regions not currently represented
are Quebec and Northern Canada ( Nunavut , NWT, and Yukon ).

3. Gender Representation: The requirements outlined in section 1.17 of the
NCRA by-laws is that the Board of Directors be composed of at least 50%
(self-identified) women. This requirement will be met regardless of the
gender of the person elected in this by-election.

Board Nomination Form and board information sheet follow: Please fill the
nomination form out and return to undervolcano (at) yahoo (dot) com by
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 6pm PST

NCRA/ANREC Board Nomination Form

Section One:

1. Have you read the by-laws, objects, principles and mission statement of
the NCRA/ANREC, and are you committed to them?

By-laws: http://www.ncra.ca/other-governance-resources/bylaws
Objects: http://www.ncra.ca/other-governance-resources/bylaws
Principles: http://www.ncra.ca/our-mission
Mission Statement: http://www.ncra.ca/our-mission

2. What do you feel is the role of the NCRA/ANREC Board?

3. Do you have previous experience on boards or other governance bodies?

4. Can you make yourself available to travel to one in-person meeting per
year, and attend NCRC plenaries? (Travel to meetings will be paid by the
NCRA/ANREC)

5. Individuals interested in standing for the board are encouraged to
attend the following information sessions at NCRC:

Info session for prospective board members:
NCRA/ANREC 101
Future of the NCRA/ANREC:

Do you intend to attend these three sessions this June in Kingston, Ont?

6. NCRA/ANREC board members will be required to:

-Attend monthly board meetings
-Read all monthly staff and committee reports, meeting minutes, and other
background documents.
-Participate in email discussions, and respond to emails in a timely fashion
-Contribute effectively to the work of NCRA committees

Can you contribute the time necessary to be an effective board member?
(10 to 25 hours per month, sometimes more)

7. NCRA/ANREC bylaw 1.17 b. (iii) states that four of six regions of Canada
(B.C., Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic or North) must be represented on
the board. Which region do you live in?

8. NCRA/ANREC bylaw 1.17 b. (vi) states that the Membership shall elect no
less than 50% women to the Board. Please state your (self-identified)
gender.

Section Two:

An NCRA/ANREC director is elected for a two-year term. Bylaw 1.19 states
retiring directors are eligible to run for re-election. Questions 9 to 12
are for directors who have served previously who wish to run for
re-election.

9. During your previous term(s), did you fulfill your responsibilities as
director to your satisfaction?

10. What do you feel were your major contributions to the NCRA/ANREC during
your term?

11. How did you contribute to NCRA/ANREC committee work? Please list
committee projects you headlined/actively contributed to during your board
term(s).

12. Why have you decided to run again for the NCRA/ANREC board?

Nominee: ______________________________________________ Station
affiliation: __________

Nominee contact email: _____________________________________________.

Nominated by: __________________________________________ Station
affiliation: __________

Signature of nominator: _____________________________________________

Seconded by: ___________________________________________ Station
affiliation: __________

Permission from staff/board member from your station: Name:
____________________________.

Signature of endorser:_______________________________________________

Please return this form and all supporting documents to: NCRA/ANREC
president Catherine Fisher at undervolcano (at) yahoo (dot) com by 6pm
(PST) on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

This form incorporates changes mandated by the NCRA/ANREC electoral reform
policy passed at NCRC 2010.

NCRA/ANREC board information sheet

NCRA/ANREC Equity Statement (Resolution 2009-F2)
Whereas there has been a systemic problem of equity and diversity on the
NCRA board and whereas the values of anti-oppression and equity are not
apparent at NCRA plenaries, be it resolved that that the following equity
statement be read at the beginning of every election process of the NCRA:
The NCRA Statement of Principles mandates the NCRA to commit to providing
alternative radio to an audience that is recognized as being diverse in
ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical and
mental ability. The Board of Directors should reflect this diversity in its
composition and it is the responsibility of members of the association to
implement these principles through the election process.

About board meetings: The board meets about once a month by telephone. At
the moment board members or their stations are required to pay the long
distance charges for these meetings. Phone cards make this much more
economical and are commonly used. It is usual for board meetings to last
about two hours. At the moment, board meetings are scheduled by doodle
poll. Agendas and reports are sent out a few days prior to the board
meeting.

Aboriginal Caucus: Bylaw 1.17.iii. mandates that at least one director be
selected from the Native peoples of Canada, including but not limited to
status and non-status First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people. Resolution
2007-F7 resolved that an Aboriginal caucus be re-created, led by the NCRA
Board member holding the Native seat, and that the caucus be empowered to
conduct its own outreach to grow its membership in all regions and examine
methods of increasing Aboriginal representation in the association; and
that the caucus organize at its own discretion, to complement the work of
the board.

Board executive: NCRA/ANREC board executive consists of treasurer,
secretary, president and vice-president. The president is elected each year
by the assembly at NCRC, the other executive positions are filled at the
new board's first meeting. Since Adam Fox was board secretary at the time
of his resignation, the position of secretary is open, and we will be
seeking to fill that in the upcoming weeks. Detail about the executive
positions in 1.22 of the bylaws:
http://www.ncra.ca/other-governance-resources/bylaws.

Equity Officer/HR Officer: Every year the board selects an Equity Officer
and a Human Resources Officer.

NCRA/ANREC staff: The National Office in Ottawa is currently staffed by the
NCRA/ANREC executive director and the NCRA Membership Coordinator. The
Executive Director attends board meetings and many committee meetings.

Standing committees: The board supports six standing committees, equity,
fundraising, supervisory, external policy, music, internal policy. Board
members are required to contribute actively to the work of at least one of
these committees.

Ad hoc committees: The board also regularly strikes ad hoc committees, to
take care of specific projects. Some of these include: conference planning
liason, membership, travel subsidy fundraising, board recruitment,
GroundWire steering. Board members are expected to contribute to some of
these as required.

In-person meetings: The board meets in person several times at NCRC, and at
the moment we schedule one other in-person meeting in the summer/fall of
the new board year. These meetings, which include some orientation,
organizational history, and strategic planning, as well as a business
meeting, usually take place in Ottawa. This series of meetings generally
spans Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.

Travel to conferences/meetings: The NCRA/ANREC currently pays travel,
accommodations and conference fees, as well as a small per diem to board
members traveling to conferences, and to the in person meeting. Board
members are expected to make the most economic choices possible when
incurring these expenses, pre-authorize them, and must retain receipts and
submit them promptly.

If you have questions about board work that aren't answered here, please
email Catherine Fisher at undervolcano (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Re: [creative-radio] Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook [pdf]

Hi! There's a typo with the link, this is the right one:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf

Regards,
Ignacio.

2012/2/15 George Lessard <mediamentor@gmail.com>

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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Suman Basnet <suman_basnet@asiapacific.amarc.org>
> Date: 14 February 2012 22:47
> Subject: [Asiapacific-general] FW: Community Media: A Good Practice
> Handbook
> To: AMARC_AP_General_List <asiapacific-general@lists.amarc.org>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> This is to inform that a new publication from UNESCO on community media and
> good practices is available for free download from
> http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf. There are
> examples
> from Asia Pacific including China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan,
> Jordan, and Timor-Leste.
>
> Warmest regards, Suman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Buckley [mailto:sbuckley@gn.apc.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:58 AM
> To: steve@cmso.co.uk
> Subject: Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook
>
> Dear friends
>
> I hope this finds you well. Below some news of a new publication on
> community media, launched today to mark World Radio Day. Please do forward
> to those who may be interested.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Steve
>
> //
> Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook Compiled and edited by Steve
> Buckley
>
> Published by UNESCO and available free online at:
> http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf
>
> Among its activities to mark World Radio Day 2012, UNESCO has launched a
> new
> good practice handbook with case studies of community media from around the
> world. The publication draws on a diversity of experiences to provide
> inspiration and support for those engaged in community media practice and
> advocacy and to raise awareness and understanding of community media among
> policy makers and other stakeholders.
>
> 13 February has been proclaimed by UNESCO as a date to celebrate radio
> broadcast, improve international cooperation among radio broadcasters and
> encourage decision-makers to create and provide access to information
> through radio. Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook is a compilation
> of
> 30 community radio and other community media examples demonstrating
> successful approaches to strengthening public voice.
>
> "The value of this publication lies in the fact that it highlights problems
> while at the same time offering possible solutions. It presents a useful
> empirical basis for replicating time-tested decisions about how community
> media can become an even more effective element of a free, independent and
> pluralistic media system of any democratic society. This book will be a
> useful reference to community media practitioners, policy-makers,
> researchers, community organizers, and other media development
> stakeholders."
> From the Foreword by Wijayananda Jayaweera, former Director, Communication
> Development Division/IPDC, UNESCO, Paris
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Steve Buckley, CMSolutions - www.cmso.co.uk email. steve@cmso.co.uk - tw.
> @stevebuckley
> tel. +441142201426 - skype. steve_buckley
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Suman Basnet <suman_basnet@asiapacific.amarc.org>
Date: 14 February 2012 22:47
Subject: [Asiapacific-general] FW: Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook
To: AMARC_AP_General_List <asiapacific-general@lists.amarc.org>

Dear friends,

This is to inform that a new publication from UNESCO on community media and
good practices is available for free download from
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf. There are examples
from Asia Pacific including China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan,
Jordan, and Timor-Leste.

Warmest regards, Suman

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Buckley [mailto:sbuckley@gn.apc.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:58 AM
To: steve@cmso.co.uk
Subject: Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook

Dear friends

I hope this finds you well. Below some news of a new publication on
community media, launched today to mark World Radio Day. Please do forward
to those who may be interested.

Best wishes

Steve

//
Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook Compiled and edited by Steve
Buckley

Published by UNESCO and available free online at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002150/215097E.pdf

Among its activities to mark World Radio Day 2012, UNESCO has launched a new
good practice handbook with case studies of community media from around the
world. The publication draws on a diversity of experiences to provide
inspiration and support for those engaged in community media practice and
advocacy and to raise awareness and understanding of community media among
policy makers and other stakeholders.

13 February has been proclaimed by UNESCO as a date to celebrate radio
broadcast, improve international cooperation among radio broadcasters and
encourage decision-makers to create and provide access to information
through radio. Community Media: A Good Practice Handbook is a compilation of
30 community radio and other community media examples demonstrating
successful approaches to strengthening public voice.

"The value of this publication lies in the fact that it highlights problems
while at the same time offering possible solutions. It presents a useful
empirical basis for replicating time-tested decisions about how community
media can become an even more effective element of a free, independent and
pluralistic media system of any democratic society. This book will be a
useful reference to community media practitioners, policy-makers,
researchers, community organizers, and other media development
stakeholders."
From the Foreword by Wijayananda Jayaweera, former Director, Communication
Development Division/IPDC, UNESCO, Paris

----------------------------------------------------------
Steve Buckley, CMSolutions - www.cmso.co.uk email. steve@cmso.co.uk - tw.
@stevebuckley
tel. +441142201426 - skype. steve_buckley
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