From MediaGiraffe
Audio-video resources from SVCMC founding convention
Here a seven options for viewing or listening to excerpts of the Saturday, May 5, 2007, founding convention of the
Southern Vermont Community Media Center at Southern Vermont College. Twenty-two citizens, experts and college
administrators athered to discussion the future of radio station WBTN (1370kc AM), which the college owns, and how it
might form a part of a media consortium.
To listen to or view a clip, click on the right-facing carat at the beginning of the orange, green and white strip
labeled "Hipcast.com".
President Gross, Sen. Hartwell open
AUDIO -- Introductory remarks by SVC President Karen Gross and state
sen. Bob Hartwell, D-Manchester:
Participant introductions
VIDEO -- The 20+ participants in SVCMC founding convention introduce themselves
and describe why the are attending
(40 minutes); click the carat below the photo to launch video.
North Carolina entrepreneur keynote
AUDIO -- Keynote speaker Wally Bowen, founder of the Mountain Area
Information Network in Asheville, N.C.,
describes the radio, internet access and web components of the private, non-profit he founded and how a similar
collaboration might work in Bennington:
Operational brainstorming about WBTN and media center
AUDIO -- In one of three break-out sessions,
participants discuss operational aspects of WBTN and a possible
community media center:
Brainstorming: Fleshing out the community role
VIDEO -- During an afterlunch brainstorming sessions, the
full group explores ideas for the operation of WBTN
and its broader community role:
Layout out vision and goals
AUDIO -- Next, the group discusses the vision and goals for WBTN and a
proposed media center:
The wrapup: Recommendations and next steps
AUDIO -- In a wrapup session, recommendations and next steps
are presented.
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