roundtable: Alliance Northeast-Mid-Atlantic Conference

roundtable: Alliance Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Conference

Alliance Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Conference

AllianceCM@aol.com
Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:33:03 -0500 

Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 12:33:03 -0500
From: AllianceCM@aol.com
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Subject: Alliance Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Conference


ATTENTION: Public Access Managers - Cable Regulators - Cable Operators -
Educational and Government Access Managers - City Managers - Community
Television Producers - Media Center Board Members - Media Literacy 
Advocates - Community Media Visionaries...

Join Your Colleagues for the 
Alliance for Community Media
Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference
December 8 - 9, 1995
Hilton Gateway, Newark, New Jersey

Workshops and Plenaries Include:
* Congressional Update
* Access Revenues and Grants
* Media Literacy Overview
* Political Uses of Access
* Production Hands-on Sessions
* Community Media Centers
* Educational Access Management
* Managing Controversial Programs
* Responding to Cultural Diversity
* Board and Staff Development
* State Legislation
* Media Literacy Uses

Special Guests Include:
* Alan Bushong, Chair, Alliance for Community Media
* Tony Riddle, Chair, Alliance International Committee
* Sue Diciple, Partner, Management Resources
* Hon. John Fonfara, Connecticut State Representative (D)
* Barry Forbes, Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
* Kari Peterson, Executive Director, Davis (CA) Commnity Television

Schedule of Events

Friday, Dec. 8, 1995

* 9:00am-12:30pm: On-site Registration
* 10:00am-11:30am: Regional Board Meetings and Chapter Meetings
* 12:00n-1:00pm: Welcome & Lunch
* 1:00pm-1:45pm: Keynote Presenter: Tony Riddle, Chair, Alliance
    International Committee
* 2:00pm-3:30pm: First Concurrent Sessions:
A. Public Policy--Update on Congressional Telecom Reform
B. Managing Access into the Future--Revenue Sources & Grants
C. Media Literacy Education--Overview and Structure 
D. Production Hands-on Workshop
* 4:00pm-5:30 pm: Second Concurrent Sessions:
A. Public Policy--Political Uses of Public Access
B. Managing Access
C. Media Literacy Education--Practical Uses for Access Centers
D. Production Hands-on Workshop
* 5:30pm: Dinner on your own: Greenwich Village or SoHo or Chinatown
    or Little Italy or Tribeca -- all via the PATH Train to Greenwich 
    Village!

Saturday, December 9, 1995

* 8:30am-12:00n: On-site Registration
* 8:30am-10:00am: Continental Breakfast
* 10:00am-11:30am: Third Concurrent Sessions:
A. Public Policy--Update on FCC & Courts
B. Managing Access--Evolving into a Community Media Center
C. Educational Access
D. Production Hands-0n Workshop
* 12:00n-1:00pm: Lunch
* 1:00pm-1:45pm: Keynote Presenter: Alan Bushong, Chair, Alliance for
    Community Media 
* 2:00pm-3:30pm: Fourth Concurrent Sessions:
A. Public Policy--Rules and Procedures for Controversy
B. Managing Access--Being Responsive to Cultural Diversity
C. Educational Access
D. Production Hands-on Workshop
* 4:00pm-5:30pm: Fifth Concurrent Sessions:
A. Public Policy--Connecticut Legislative Activity-95.150
B. Managing  Access--Board and Staff Development
C. Educational Access
D. Production Hands-on Workshop
* 5:30pm-6:00pm: Closing Plenary Session: Sue Diciple, Management Resources

 Hotel Information

 Hilton Gateway, in Gateway Center
 Raymond Blvd.,  Newark, New Jersey  07102
 Voice: (201) 622-5000
 Fax:   (201) 824-2188

Make your hotel reservations today!  Room rates are $99.00 (plus taxes) 
for single or double occupancy.  Call (201) 622-5000 for  reservations 
and mention that you 're participating in the Alliance for Community Media 
conference in order to get  this special rate.

Directions to Hilton Gateway
 
Train: Arrive the easy way! Use Amtrak from as far as Boston or Washington 
DC -- or the PATH train from New York City. Get off at the Newark station 
and walk through the skywalk right ot the hotel!

>From New Jersey Turnpike (north or south): Take Exit 15E. Follow signs 
for Newark (Raymond Blvd.) Go about 2 miles to Pennsylvania Station. At 
the light before the station, turn left onto Raymond Plaza East. At the 
next light, turn right onto Raymond  Plaza West.

Interstate 78 East: Take Exit 58A. Follow sign to Route 1&9 South, take 
the second exit, 21 North (Newark/McCarter Highway.) Follow 21 for about 
3 miles until you see a tall white building with "Gateway Center" on it. 
Make that right turn onto Market Street, then make an immediate left onto  
Raymond Plaza West. 

Holland Tunnel: Take Route 1&9 to the Pulaski Skyway. Follow sign to 
Newark (Raymond Blvd.) Proceed down Raymond Blvd. until you reach 
Pennsylvania Station. At the light before the station, make a left onto 
Raymond Plaza East. At the next light, turn right onto Market Street. Go 
to the following light and make a right onto Raymond Plaza West. 

Garden State Parkway (North): Take Exit 145. Follow signs for Route 280 
East.  Take Exit 16 (Harrison Avenue) off Route 280. At second stop light, 
turn right onto Harrison Avenue. Go over bridge. At the next light, turn 
left onto McCarter Highway (21 South.) Go past Hilton to second light and 
turn left onto Edison Place. Make an immediate left onto Alling Street. 

Garden State Parkway (South): Take Exit 142. Follow to 78 East. See
directions above for Interstate 78 East.

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Alliance for Community Media Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 

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Organization

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Address

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City                  State      Zip

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Daytime Telephone

For more information, contact: 
Chuck Sherwood, Conference Chair
Voice:    (508)394-2388	    
Fax:      (508)398-4520 fax
E-mail:   C3TV@ccsnet.com
WWW: http://ccsnet.com/c3tv/c3tv.htm


                                      Alliance          Non-
                                       Member          Member
[ ] Full conference with lunches        $80             $95
[ ] Full conference without lunches     $40             $55
[ ] One-day with lunch                  $50             $65
        [ ] Friday [ ] Saturday
[ ] One-day without lunch               $25             $40
        [ ] Friday [ ] Saturday 

Amount enclosed:                                    $_________

Make your check payable to "Alliance for Community Media" and send with 
this registration form to:

Alliance Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Conference
c/o C3TV Access Center
307 Whites Path
South Yarmouth, MA  02664

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Alliance for Community Media
666 11th Street, NW, Suite 806, Washington, DC 20001-4542
Voice:   (202) 393-2650
Fax:     (202) 393-2653
"Ensuring everyone's access to electronic media
since 1976."

Barry Forbes, Executive Director
"Do what's right. Do it right. Do it right now."
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