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[creative-radio] Call for Applications: "Women Making Airwaves of Peace" - A radio seminar for women broadcasters



*Call for Applications
A radio seminar for women broadcasters
on the role of community radio in peace building and disaster management*

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Call for Applications: Women Making Airwaves for Peace
From: "Bianca Miglioretto" <bianca@isiswomen.org>
Date: Mon, June 8, 2009 06:08
To: "Prativa Chhetri" <chhetri_prativa@yahoo.com>
----------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO INTERESTED WOMEN IN COMMUNITY RADIO.
THANK YOU !!!
Sorry for cross posting.

Dear members of AMARC and other community radio broadcasters

Isis International in partnership with AMARC Asia Pacific Women's
International Network are inviting to the seminar "Women Making Airwaves
of Peace" on 3 - 7 October in Bangalore, India.

Please see the attached call for applications and the application form.

May we kindly request you to disseminate this call among your network
and other potential participants who might be interested.

You also find the call of application and the application form on the
Isis International website under Women Making Airwaves for Peace.
http://www.isiswomen.org/downloads/wmap/WMAP_Call4Applications.pdf
http://www.isiswomen.org/downloads/wmap/WMAP_ApplicationForm.doc

With best regards
Bianca Miglioretto
Community Radio Officer
Isis International

------- ----------- ----------------- ----- -----------

*Application Form *

*DEADLINE for Application: 5 July 2009 to
**bianca@isiswomen.org*<bianca@isiswomen.org>

All applications will be reviewed by the selection committee composed of
Isis International and AMARC-WIN Asia Pacific representatives. We will
inform you by 25 July 2009 if you are selected.

*1) Basic Information on the Applicant*

Name:

Organisation: Position:

Age: Languages spoken:

Address:

Email address: Tel: Cell phone:

Is your organisation a member of AMARC Asia Pacific? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Do you know the Women's International Network of AMARC? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Are you a member of AMARC WIN Asia Pacific? ☐ Yes ☐ No

*2) Briefly describe your current involvement in community radio. *

*3) Briefly describe the experience of your radio stations with armed
conflict or/and natural disaster situations, if any.*

*4)* *Briefly describe your engagement on women's issues in the radio and
elsewhere (include trainings).*

* *

*5) List three things you wish to gain from the WMAP seminar.*

i) ii) iii)

*6) What specific radio production skills would you like to learn during
the WMAP seminar?*

*7) What experience, knowledge and skills can you contribute to the WMAP
seminar?*

* *

*8) What radio programmes are you planning to broadcast after the WMAP
seminar?*

*9) How and with whom do you intend to share the learnings you gained from
the WMAP seminar?*

* *

*10) In case you are a radio trainer, what skills can you teach to other
WMAP participants?*

* *

*11) Are you planning to attend the 2**nd** Regional Conference of AMARC
Asia Pacific from 10- 13 October 2009 after the seminar? * ☐ Yes ☐
No Other

☐ Yes, if my application for subsidies to AMARC is accepted. * *

*12) Application for full or partial scholarship*

(No need for scholarship, please proceed to question 13)

In line with the project grant, we can only give travel subsidies to
applicants coming from South East Asia and the Pacific. Women from other
places can apply for the seminar costs, board and lodging only. (In case you
are attending the 2nd regional conference of AMARC, we suggest you come
earlier to attend the WMAP seminar given your application is approved).

*☐** I would like to apply for WMAP seminar attendance scholarship
*(covering local transportation, board and lodging and seminar costs)

*☐** I would like to apply for WMAP partial scholarship * (covering visa
costs, US$300 travel subsidies, local transportation, board and lodging and
seminar costs.)* *

*☐** I would you like to apply for WMAP full scholarship to attend in
WMAP *(covering full travel costs, visa costs, local transportation,
board and
lodging and seminar costs) Please attach a quotation of the travel costs.

*My organisation (or I) can contribute US$ ** ** as counter part
to my participation costs in the WMAP seminar. *(Any amount is welcome,
whatever your budget allows, as it will contribute to the participation of
more women.)

*13) Registration Fee:*

*I do not need any scholarship and will pay the registration fee of *

*☐** * US$ 250. (including local transportation, board and lodging
and seminar cost)

*☐** * Solidarity registration US $ 500 (towards the participation
cost for other women)

*☐** * Other, please specify * *

* * *☐** *I wish to pay an additional US$30 for double room or US$60
for single room (the other rooms are four-bed)

*13)* *Do you have any special diet requests or other special needs? *☐ None

☐ No Pork ☐ Vegetarian ☐ Other Diet
☐ Other Needs

14) In the event of my application being accepted,

☐ *I commit myself to contribute to the WMAP publication of best practices
of women in community radio in peace building and disaster management and
to participate in the post-seminar evaluation by email four months after
the WMAP seminar. *

Please return this form by 5 *July 2009 *to

Isis International

Bianca Miglioretto

3 Marunong Street, Barangay Central,

Quezon City 1100, Philippines

*bianca@isiswomen.org* <bianca@isiswomen.org>

Tel. +63 2 928 19 56

Fax +63 2 924 10 65

*www.isisinternational.org* <http://www.isisinternational.org/>

*For any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
*

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------------------- ---------------*

*Call for Applications
A radio seminar for women broadcasters
on the role of community radio in peace building and disaster management
in conjunction with the 2nd Regional Community Radio Conference of AMARC
Asia Pacific
10-13 October 2009 in Bangalore, India
Women Making Airwaves for Peace (WMAP) is a five-day seminar that gathers
around 30 women community radio broadcasters from the Asia Pacific region.
It is a space where participants share their experiences, particularly best
practices towards engendered peace building and disaster management --
enabling community radio to empower women in crisis situations.
The seminar also enhances the skills of the participants in radio production
and digital audio editing. It sharpens their perspectives in engendered
peace journalism, interview techniques, feminist broadcasting and more.
The seminar methodology is interactive as participants are given the
opportunity to be resource persons, trainers, facilitators, producers and
translators. Moreover, the participants may produce radio programmes that
they can broadcast in their respective radio stations.
Who can participate
Women Community Radio Broadcasters from Asia Pacific, preferably with
experience in situations of armed conflict and natural disasters (not a
condition).
What is the required language skills
The seminar is conducted in English. Non-English speaking women are
encouraged to apply.. Isis International will select another participant who
can both converse in the same non-English language as well as in English.
English-speaking participants are required to translate for their colleague.
Who can apply for scholarship
Scholarships are limited to participants from South East Asia and the
Pacific subregions. Participants from the rest of Asia Pacific are welcome
to attend. However, they would cover their own travel expenses, while we can
grant subsidies for board and lodging.
1
What is expected from participants
Selected participants are expected to:
share their experiences and skills as trainers during the WMAP seminar.
mount radio productions during and after the seminar. These radio
productions must be broadcast in their radio stations in the local language.
echo their learnings from the seminar with their colleagues in their radio
station.
document their best practices by contributing to the publications of Isis
International and helping disseminate it.
for English speaking participants, translate for other participants.
participate in the post-seminar evaluation four months after the seminar
2nd REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMARC ASIA PACIFIC, 10-13 October 2009
The Women Making Airwaves for Peace seminar is a side event of the 2nd
Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific on community radio. This
conference is an opportunity for the participants to learn more about
community radio in the region and globally and participate in the community
radio movement through the decision making process of AMARC Asia Pacific.
For further information including subsidies, visit the conference website,
http://asiapacific.amarc.org or contact AMARC Asia Pacific
suman@wlink.com.np
Interested to attend in Women Making Airwaves for Peace?
Please fill in the attached application form (including application for
scholarship) and send it to bianca@isiswomen.org before 5 July 2009
For further inquiries please contact:Isis InternationalBianca Miglioretto3
Marunong Street, Barangay Central Quezon City 1100, Philippines
bianca@isiswomen.orgTel. +63 2 928 19 56 Fax 924 10 65
http://www.isisinternational.org
Please disseminate this call for application widely and encourage
non-English speaking women community radio broadcasters to apply. Thank you.
*

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Call for Applications: "Women Making Airwaves of Peace" - A radio seminar for women broadcasters

Call for Applications
A radio seminar for women broadcasters
on the role of community radio in peace building and disaster management

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Call for Applications: Women Making Airwaves for Peace
From:    "Bianca Miglioretto" <bianca@isiswomen.org>
Date:    Mon, June 8, 2009 06:08
To:      "Prativa Chhetri" <chhetri_prativa@yahoo.com>
------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO INTERESTED WOMEN IN COMMUNITY RADIO.
THANK YOU !!!
Sorry for cross posting.

Dear members of AMARC and other community radio broadcasters

Isis International in partnership with AMARC Asia Pacific Women's
International Network are inviting to the seminar "Women Making Airwaves
of Peace" on 3 - 7 October in Bangalore, India.

Please see the attached call for applications and the application form.

May we kindly request you to disseminate this call  among your network
and other potential participants who might be interested.

You also find the call of application and the application form on the
Isis International website under Women Making Airwaves for Peace.
http://www.isiswomen.org/downloads/wmap/WMAP_Call4Applications.pdf
http://www.isiswomen.org/downloads/wmap/WMAP_ApplicationForm.doc

With best regards
Bianca Miglioretto
Community Radio Officer
Isis International

------- -----------  -----------------   -----                  -----------


Application Form  
 

DEADLINE for Application: 5 July 2009 to bianca@isiswomen.org 

All applications will be reviewed by the selection committee composed of Isis International and AMARC-WIN Asia Pacific representatives. We will inform you by 25 July 2009 if you are selected.


    • 1)  Basic Information on the Applicant

          Name:          

       Organisation:               Position:                                       

       Age:             Languages spoken:          

          Address:          

          Email address:            Tel:              Cell phone:          

          Is your organisation a member of AMARC Asia Pacific?   ☐ Yes  ☐ No

          Do you know the Women's International Network of AMARC?   ☐ Yes  ☐ No

          Are you a member of AMARC WIN Asia Pacific?   ☐ Yes  ☐ No 

    2)  Briefly describe your current involvement in community radio.

                     

    3)  Briefly describe the experience of your radio stations with armed conflict or/and natural  disaster situations, if any.

                     

    4)  Briefly describe your engagement on women's issues in the radio and elsewhere  (include trainings).

                     

    5)  List three things you wish to gain from the WMAP seminar.

    i)                                           ii)               iii)            

    6)  What specific radio production skills would you like to learn during the WMAP seminar?

                 

    7)  What experience, knowledge and skills can you contribute to the WMAP seminar?

                 

    8)  What radio programmes are you planning to broadcast after the WMAP seminar?

                     

    9)  How and with whom do you intend to share the learnings you gained from the WMAP  seminar?

                   

    10) In case you are a radio trainer, what skills can you teach to other WMAP participants?

                     

    11) Are you planning to attend the 2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific from  10- 13 October 2009 after the seminar?   ☐ Yes ☐No  Other          

          ☐ Yes, if my application for subsidies to AMARC is accepted.   

    12) Application for full or partial scholarship

    (No need for scholarship, please proceed to question 13)

    In line with the project grant, we can only give travel subsidies to applicants coming from South East Asia and the Pacific. Women from other places can apply for the seminar costs, board and lodging only. (In case you are attending the 2nd regional conference of AMARC, we suggest you come earlier to attend the WMAP seminar given your application is approved). 

    ☐ I would like to apply for WMAP seminar attendance scholarship (covering local transportation, board and lodging and seminar costs) 

    ☐ I would like to apply for WMAP partial scholarship (covering visa costs, US$300 travel subsidies, local transportation, board and lodging and seminar costs.)  

    ☐ I would you like to apply for WMAP full scholarship to attend in WMAP (covering full travel costs, visa costs, local transportation, board and lodging and seminar costs) Please attach a quotation of the travel costs.  

    My organisation (or I) can contribute  US$           as counter part to my participation costs in the WMAP seminar. (Any amount is welcome, whatever your budget allows, as it will contribute to the participation of more women.) 

    13) Registration Fee:

    I do not need any scholarship and will pay the registration fee of

            ☐ US$ 250. (including local transportation, board and lodging and seminar cost)

            ☐ Solidarity registration US $ 500 (towards the participation cost for other women) 

            ☐ Other, please specify          

           ☐ I wish to pay an additional US$30 for double room or US$60 for single room (the    other rooms are four-bed) 

    13) Do you have any special diet requests or other special needs? ☐ None

         ☐ No Pork         ☐ Vegetarian          ☐ Other Diet                    ☐ Other Needs           

    14) In the event of my application being accepted,

      ☐ I commit myself to contribute to the WMAP publication of best practices of women in  community radio in peace building and disaster management and to participate in the  post-seminar evaluation by email four months after the WMAP seminar.  

    Please return this form by 5 July 2009 to

    Isis International 

    Bianca Miglioretto

    3 Marunong Street, Barangay Central,

    Quezon City 1100, Philippines     

    bianca@isiswomen.org

    Tel. +63 2 928 19 56

    Fax +63 2 924 10 65

    www.isisinternational.org 

    For any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.


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    Call for Applications
    A radio seminar for women broadcasters
    on the role of community radio in peace building and disaster management
    in conjunction with the 2nd Regional Community Radio Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific
    10-13 October 2009 in Bangalore, India
    Women Making Airwaves for Peace (WMAP) is a five-day seminar that gathers around 30 women community radio broadcasters from the Asia Pacific region. It is a space where participants share their experiences, particularly best practices towards engendered peace building and disaster management -- enabling community radio to empower women in crisis situations.
    The seminar also enhances the skills of the participants in radio production and digital audio editing. It sharpens their perspectives in engendered peace journalism, interview techniques, feminist broadcasting and more.
    The seminar methodology is interactive as participants are given the opportunity to be resource persons, trainers, facilitators, producers and translators. Moreover, the participants may produce radio programmes that they can broadcast in their respective radio stations.
    Who can participate
    Women Community Radio Broadcasters from Asia Pacific, preferably with experience in situations of armed conflict and natural disasters (not a condition).
    What is the required language skills
    The seminar is conducted in English. Non-English speaking women are encouraged to apply.. Isis International will select another participant who can both converse in the same non-English language as well as in English. English-speaking participants are required to translate for their colleague.
    Who can apply for scholarship
    Scholarships are limited to participants from South East Asia and the Pacific subregions. Participants from the rest of Asia Pacific are welcome to attend. However, they would cover their own travel expenses, while we can grant subsidies for board and lodging.
    1
    What is expected from participants
    Selected participants are expected to:
    share their experiences and skills as trainers during the WMAP seminar.
    mount radio productions during and after the seminar. These radio productions must be broadcast in their radio stations in the local language.
    echo their learnings from the seminar with their colleagues in their radio station.
    document their best practices by contributing to the publications of Isis International and helping disseminate it.
    for English speaking participants, translate for other participants.
    participate in the post-seminar evaluation four months after the seminar
    2nd REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF AMARC ASIA PACIFIC, 10-13 October 2009
    The Women Making Airwaves for Peace seminar is a side event of the 2nd Regional Conference of AMARC Asia Pacific on community radio. This conference is an opportunity for the participants to learn more about community radio in the region and globally and participate in the community radio movement through the decision making process of AMARC Asia Pacific. For further information including subsidies, visit the conference website, http://asiapacific.amarc.org or contact AMARC Asia Pacific suman@wlink.com.np
    Interested to attend in Women Making Airwaves for Peace?
    Please fill in the attached application form (including application for scholarship) and send it to bianca@isiswomen.org before 5 July 2009
    For further inquiries please contact:Isis InternationalBianca Miglioretto3 Marunong Street, Barangay Central Quezon City 1100, Philippines
    bianca@isiswomen.orgTel. +63 2 928 19 56 Fax 924 10 65 http://www.isisinternational.org
    Please disseminate this call for application widely and encourage non-English speaking women community radio broadcasters to apply. Thank you.


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    [creative-radio] US: Low Power Radio Stations Saved by Court of Appeals Ruling

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    From: pete tridish <petri@prometheusradio.org>
    Date: 2009/6/6
    Subject: [Stubblefield] Press Release: Low Power Radio Stations Saved by DC
    Circuit Court Ruling
    To: stubblefield@lists.prometheusradio.org, grc@maillist.peak.org,
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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    *Low power radio stations saved by D.C. Circuit Court Ruling*
    Court vindicates FCC's effort to save small stations from loss of channels

    Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of the
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and against the National Association
    of Broadcasters (NAB), affirming the December 2007 Federal Communications
    Commission decision to protect low power FM (LPFM) stations against
    "encroachment" by full power radio stations. Had the FCC not intervened,
    these low power stations would have been forced off the air by full power
    stations wanting to change their broadcasting location.The Prometheus Radio
    Project, represented by Media Access Project attorney Parul Desai, was an
    intervenor in the case on behalf of the FCC and the threatened LPFM
    stations.

    In the lawsuit, the NAB alleged that the FCC defied the Radio Broadcasting
    Preservation Act when it granted waivers to keep LPFM stations on the air.
    The court denied some of the NAB's claims as lacking merit, and dismissed
    others as being unripe for review at this time. Thus, the FCC is free to
    continue balancing the interests of LPFM stations and full power stations
    that want to change their facilities.

    The Prometheus Radio Project, on behalf of hundreds of low power radio
    stations across the country, thanks the D.C. Circuit Court for their
    decision vindicating the FCC's new procedures regarding low power stations
    threatened with encroachment.

    "This is terrific news for the low power radio community," said Sakura
    Saunders, a board member of the Prometheus Radio Project. "The few
    protections offered to these small stations were threatened by this lawsuit.
    Now, these stations can focus on serving their local communities, rather
    than live in fear of displacement due to the whims of their full-powered
    neighbors."

    Prometheus would like to acknowledge the outstanding work of the low power
    radio stations across the country, whose public service has won them a
    measure of protection in the face of full power encroachment. According to
    Pete Tridish of the Prometheus Radio Project, "Many lesser organizations
    would have folded in the face of the sheer financial and legal resources of
    the National Association of Broadcasters. However, the dedication of the
    volunteers at low power stations to their mission – to serve their
    communities with local content and democratize the airwaves – has proven so
    great that they will endure any challenge in their work to free the
    electromagnetic spectrum from corporate dominance."

    Prometheus would like to thank the Justices on the DC Circuit Court of
    Appeals for their careful attention to this complex case. We would also like
    to thank the attorneys in the office of General Counsel at the FCC for their
    sophisticated handling of the issues. We also credit the team at the Media
    Bureau for their thoughtful solutions to the problem of encroachment that
    have now been borne out by the court. We also commend the Chairman,
    Commissioners and their staff at the FCC, who have given much time in recent
    years to defending their service of the public interest from the private
    trade associations that seek to undermine it.

    Prometheus also thanks the attorneys at Media Access Project, Parul Desai
    and Andrew Schwartzman, for their tireless support in Prometheus'
    intervention in the case. Also, we would like to thank radio engineer Mike
    Brown, attorney Michael Couzens and Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Maria
    Cantwell, Michael Daum, who against great odds first defended the
    low-powered radio station KYRS in Spokane, Washington.

    for background: http://prometheusradio.org/rahrahrah


    Extra!
    On June 11th the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the
    Internet of the House Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on Low Power
    Radio. The hearing is the next step for the Local Community Radio Act,
    co-sponsored by Congressmen Mike Doyle, Lee Terry and 49 others, a new bill
    removing restrictions from the FCC implementation of LPFM.

    Representing Low Power Radio will be Cheryl Leanza, Executive Director of
    the United Church of Christ Office of Communications, Inc, the National
    Federation of Community Broadcasters, and a board member of the Prometheus
    Radio Project.

    The hearing will be in Rayburn 2322 at 10 am, and a live stream will be
    available at energycommerce.house.gov

    Look for more details soon.

    Contact:
    Pete Tridish, petri@prometheusradio.org, 215-605-9297
    Sakura Saunders, sakura@prometheusradio.org, 415-287-3737
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    Friday, 5 June 2009

    [creative-radio] Remarks to Independent Radio Producers from AIR President

    From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
    Date: 2009/6/5
    Subject: [Stubblefield] Remarks to Independent Radio Producers from AIR
    President
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    *"There Is a Great Reshaping Going On"

    *
    *AIR Executive Director's Remarks to Producers at the
    Virtual Annual Membership Meeting
    Sue Schardt, Executive Director

    *
    *Boston: * Thanks to the members of the board of AIR for their support and
    efforts over this last year. Sid Selvidge, Amy Mayer, Jim Russell, Karen
    Lewellen, Robynn Takayama, our out-going Treasurer Joan Rabinowitz, and –
    especially thanks to David Freedman for his commitment and leadership. As
    David has mentioned, it has been a year of very hard work, and we work to
    make improvements to the organization to best serve our 773 members, and
    position ourselves as a willing partner to those throughout public radio and
    beyond.

    Thanks especially to you all coming to this meeting tonight. With 773
    members in 44 states and 11 countries, AIR has achieved historic numbers. We
    have record high numbers of members at this meeting tonight, as well.

    I want start by sharing my views about the state of the industry and
    producers.

    We know well about the impact the economy is having on stations, on the
    networks. Over these last months, my focus has been on the impact on
    producers… the "untold" story of the economic downturn. Here's what we
    know.

    *There is a crisis in the public radio that must be urgently addressed --
    the loss of the talent pool. *The cancellation of Weekend America, Day to
    Day, and the loss of funding for Hearing Voices amounts to the loss of
    $700,000 in acquisition fees to producers… just from those programs alone.
    This creates a tremendous vacuum in an already fragile economy.

    *We also know that we are at risk of squandering significant investments
    that have been made to cultivate talent over the last 6-7 years. We have a
    bright crop of producers working inside and outside of public radio that
    have been fed and cultivated over nearly a decade. *These are the new crop
    of up and comers, who have been mentored by many of you here; who have been
    inspired by the work of our most venerated producers. Many have been groomed
    at the Salt Institute, and Duke's Center for Documentary Studies. There is,
    of course, the Third Coast Festival, which has germinated so much work and
    talent.

    There has been significant editorial and training investment at the networks
    to cultivate more than a hundred producers. There have been significant
    financial investments by CPB, and by stations that paid to carry the
    cancelled programs. If we can't find a way to sustain our talent pool, we
    risk squandering these investments.

    *Then there are our veteran producers, those of you who know best what
    boot-strapping and endurance means;* those who have created some of the most
    brilliant, moving work we know; who have inspired so many of us, and so many
    lis teners with your work. These producers among us have on-going
    businesses to support, and are facing very tough times, with cutbacks from
    traditional funders and clients, and with sources of support and new
    business in a holding pattern. I know the future is very uncertain and at
    times frightening for you, too.

    *There are no simple or easy answers*. AIR has a broad and extremely
    diverse constituency to serve. We are all – producers, stations, investors,
    the networks – we are all facing difficulty.

    *Here's the bottom line.* The threat to our talent pool comes at a time
    when the industry is in most need of its most inspired and creative thinkers
    and makers. This is where our opportunity lies.

    *There is a great reshaping going on. *This represents great opportunity for
    AIR, and – I believe – for all of you – producers – who are key to fueling
    the creative engine of media making. This is a time of invention. It is a
    "time of the maker" – you – who are essential to whatever the future holds.


    *AIR is working as never before to influence and contribute to this
    reshaping.* I believe we have the opportunity as never before to bring
    producers onto equal footing with the networks and stations, as the "third
    estate" that makes the industry tick.

    *My commitment to you* is to do whatever I can to make sure this story of
    this threat to the industry – these consequences of the loss of the talent
    pool that I'm sharing with you tonight – are part of the bigger picture of
    what is happening as a consequence of the shake-out in the economy.

    *My commitment to you *is to work with you, with our board, staff and
    partners to do everything we can to secure the talent pool that's at risk
    right now. To work to make sure people understand that this reality is not
    just AIR's concern. It is a concern shared by everyone in public radio and
    beyond who have invested in talent. It is the concern of everyone who
    recognizes that brilliant, inventive producers are critical to the survival
    of this industry.

    *We have opportunity, as never before, to forge a* new productivity, and new
    relationships between producers, the stations, and the networks; to bring
    great new diversity in the form of new producers who can lead us to places
    we've never been…places we don't know about.

    *New priorities are being set at every level. *There is great receptivity.
    People are hungry for answers. We must – all of us – take advantage of this
    time by leading with our ideas. They're eager for finding new ways of doing
    things.

    *So the onus is on us to put ourselves forward… *each one of us… as a
    bottomless font of new ideas. We must work to inspire others with our work.
    We must focus relentlessly on the th ings that inspire us. These are the
    things that will carry us forward.
    *
    Sue Schardt, Executive Director
    *Links:
    http://www.airmedia.org
    http://www.mq2.org

    * * * * * * *
    Nan Rubin
    Community Media Services
    4700 Broadway #2J
    NYC NY USA 10040
    212-569-3391
    www.nanrubin.com

    "The first hurdle is the people who
    will not accept the change that's already
    happened." -- Joss Whedon

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    Remarks to Independent Radio Producers from AIR President

     

    From: Nan Rubin <nanrubin@aol.com>
    Date: 2009/6/5
    Subject: [Stubblefield] Remarks to Independent Radio Producers from AIR President
    To: WBAIStaffNotices@yahoogroups.com, WBAIProducers@yahoogroups.com, grc@peak.org, stubblefield@prometheusradio.org


    "There Is a Great Reshaping Going On"

    AIR Executive Director's Remarks to Producers at the
    Virtual Annual Membership Meeting
    Sue Schardt, Executive Director

    Boston:  Thanks to the members of the board of AIR for their support and efforts over this last year. Sid Selvidge, Amy Mayer, Jim Russell, Karen Lewellen, Robynn Takayama, our out-going Treasurer Joan Rabinowitz, and – especially thanks to David Freedman for his commitment and leadership. As David has mentioned, it has been a year of very hard work, and we work to make improvements to the organization to best serve our 773 members, and position ourselves as a willing partner to those throughout public radio and beyond.

    Thanks especially to you all coming to this meeting tonight. With 773 members in 44 states and 11 countries, AIR has achieved historic numbers. We have record high numbers of members at this meeting tonight, as well.

    I want start by sharing my views about the state of the industry and producers.

    We know well about the impact the economy is having on stations, on the networks. Over these last months, my focus has been on the impact on producers… the "untold" story of the economic downturn.  Here's what we know.  

    There is a crisis in the public radio that must be urgently addressed -- the loss of the talent pool.  The cancellation of Weekend America, Day to Day, and the loss of funding for Hearing Voices amounts to the loss of $700,000 in acquisition fees to producers… just from those programs alone.  This creates a tremendous vacuum in an already fragile economy.

    We also know that we are at risk of squandering significant investments that have been made to cultivate talent over the last 6-7 years. We have a bright crop of producers working inside and outside of public radio that have been fed and cultivated over nearly a decade.  These are the new crop of up and comers, who have been mentored by many of you here; who have been inspired by the work of our most venerated producers. Many have been groomed at the Salt Institute, and Duke's Center for Documentary Studies. There is, of course, the Third Coast Festival, which has germinated so much work and talent.  

    There has been significant editorial and training investment at the networks to cultivate more than a hundred producers. There have been significant financial investments by CPB, and by stations that paid to carry the cancelled programs. If we can't find a way to sustain our talent pool, we risk squandering these investments.

    Then there are our veteran producers, those of you who know best what boot-strapping and endurance means; those who have created some of the most brilliant, moving work we know; who have inspired so many of us, and so many lis teners with your work.  These producers among us have on-going businesses to support, and are facing very tough times, with cutbacks from traditional funders and clients, and with sources of support and new business in a holding pattern. I know the future is very uncertain and at times frightening for you, too.

    There are no simple or easy answers.  AIR has a broad and extremely diverse constituency to serve. We are all – producers, stations, investors, the networks – we are all facing difficulty.

    Here's the bottom line.  The threat to our talent pool comes at a time when the industry is in most need of its most inspired and creative thinkers and makers.  This is where our opportunity lies.

    There is a great reshaping going on. This represents great opportunity for AIR, and – I believe – for all of you – producers – who are key to fueling the creative engine of media making.  This is a time of invention.  It is a "time of the maker" – you – who are essential to whatever the future holds.  

    AIR is working as never before to influence and contribute to this reshaping. I believe we have the opportunity as never before to bring producers onto equal footing with the networks and stations, as the "third estate" that makes the industry tick.   

    My commitment to you is to do whatever I can to make sure this story of this threat to the industry – these consequences of the loss of the talent pool that I'm sharing with you tonight – are part of the bigger picture of what is happening as a consequence of the shake-out in the economy.

    My commitment to you is to work with you, with our board, staff and partners to do everything we can to secure the talent pool that's at risk right now. To work to make sure people understand that this reality is not just AIR's concern. It is a concern shared by everyone in public radio and beyond who have invested in talent. It is the concern of everyone who recognizes that brilliant, inventive producers are critical to the survival of this industry.

    We have opportunity, as never before, to forge a new productivity, and new relationships between producers, the stations, and the networks; to bring great new diversity in the form of new producers who can lead us to places we've never been…places we don't know about.

    New priorities are being set at every level. There is great receptivity. People are hungry for answers.  We must – all of us – take advantage of this time by leading with our ideas. They're eager for finding new ways of doing things.  

    So the onus is on us to put ourselves forward… each one of us… as a bottomless font of new ideas. We must work to inspire others with our work. We must focus relentlessly on the th ings that inspire us.  These are the things that will carry us forward.

    Sue Schardt, Executive Director
    Links:    
    http://www.airmedia.org
    http://www.mq2.org

    * * * * * * *
    Nan Rubin
    Community Media Services
    4700 Broadway #2J
    NYC NY USA 10040
    212-569-3391
    www.nanrubin.com

    "The first hurdle is the people who
    will not accept the change that's already
    happened." -- Joss Whedon

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