Friday, October 19, 2012

EXTRA! EXTRA! ACM West to "LIVE" STREAM the WAVE AWARDS!


Close to twenty MEDIA CENTER producers are finalists in this year's WAVE Awards!   Katherine Saviskas and Becky Sanders are on site!  And we want you to know that the Alliance for Community Media is going "LIVE" in Sacramento with several key events!

The 2012 ACM Western Regional Conferencewill be held Friday 19th and Saturday 20th.

Featuring the Grand Finale:

The 2012 WAVE Awards Ceremonies

You can find the stream at www.AccessSacramento.org.

Catch us on the web & be a part of these special events.

Here is more information than you need, but let's put it all here as your one stop shop for information about this exciting conference.


Here is the lineup on online programming direct from the Conference:


ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA
WESTERN STATES REGIONAL CONFERENCE

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2012:

OPENING GENERAL PLENARY SESSION
9:00 AM- 10:30 AM -- PACIFIC TIME
Web Stream: www.AccessSacramento.org - "Click Channel 17 Icon"

Opening Remarks -
Welcome by J. Robertson
ACM WESTERN REGION CHAIR

Plenary Session:  State and Federal Broadband Policy Issues

This workshop will provide background on the current regulatory environment at the state and Federal level and prepare us for the telecommunications/Broadband re-write process that is already beginning.
What’s happening with the CAP Act? Are key sections of that bill going to resurface in the re-write?  A new strategy and action plan needs to be developed to address PEG funding and “channel” capacity issues at the federal, state, and local levels.

Moderator:  Matt Schuster, Executive Director, TV Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

Speakers: Mitsi Herrera, Cable/Broadband Administrator Montgomery County, MD, Joe Van Eaton, Best Best & Krieger; Washington, DC., Jim Horwood, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2012

OPENING GENERAL PLENARY SESSION:  9:00 – 10:30 AM (PST)
Web Stream: www.AccessSacramento.org - "Click Channel 17 Icon"

Building Political Support
The loss of local franchising authority and tight local government budgets are resulting in serious harm to community media centers and public access channels. Support from elected officials, local government staff, and community and business leaders is essential to the preservation of opportunities for the public to have access to community media centers and PEG access channels. This session will bring together local government staff and community media leaders to discuss how to build political support before a crisis occurs.

Moderator: Sue Buske, President, The Buske Group, Sacramento,

Speakers: Fred Cohn, Assistant City Manager(retired), Chair of Access Monterey Peninsula Board of Directors Bob Davison, Executive Director, Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM: KEYNOTE LUNCH & PANEL DISCUSSION (PST)
Web Stream: www.AccessSacramento.org - "Click Channel 17 Icon"

Broadband Content Delivery and the Future of New Media
A lively panel discussion examining different media perspectives, both commercial and non-commercial, surveying the current impact and future developments in broadband digital content delivery.  Hyper-local media content is evolving for all media and community media centers should be leading the way as “anchor institutions”.  What will be the impact of state legislation such as SB 1611?  Will is trash future broadband options in California?

We have invited an expert panel with four different perspectives on this critical topic.
Each panelist is responsible for helping their organization survive in a highly competitive media world.  What is happening? How are they surviving? What comes next?

Moderator: Mike Wassenaar, Executive Director, St. Paul Neighborhood Network

Speakers: Jason Shoultz, KVIE Public Television, Tom Negrete, Managing Editor, Sacramento Bee & Sacramento Connects, Jared Goyete, Editor in Chief, Sacramento Press (SacPress.com), Autumn Labbe-Renault, Executive Director, Davis Media Access

 
Western Access Video Excellence Awards
6:00 - 8:00 PM

WAVE UNDERWRITER:
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Special Publishing Point for WAVE Ceremony Only
http://www.videossc.com/flash_live.html

Welcome by Matt Schuster
Executive Director of The Santa Barbara Channels

Award of 2012 WAVE Awards in 28 Different Categories
Community Producers and Professional

Award of Brian Wilson Mentorship Awards
J Robertson, ACM West Board Chair

George Stoney, Remembered presented by:
Sue Buske and Randy VanDalsen, The Buske Group

WAVE Video Samples “George Might Have Enjoyed…”


SO FOLKS IF YOU CAN'T BE HERE, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE "BEST OF"

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