Community Media/KRUU FM/Ideas

Ideas from Today's Conversation

 * Skype / phone chat to support Jeffrey Town workshop
 * Post materials - FOSS-CR
 * Video-based screencasts (using Kaltura) to create snapshots of instrument settings
 * Use graphviz extension (see entry on Wikimedia)
 * Have Wayne or someone else speak about wikis (for a program)
 * 30 radio stations from Quebec (James) - clarify
 * Identify pilot projects
 * Citizen Journalism (students)

To Do

 * contact Jennifer Papin Ramcharan, Head Librarian, University of West Indies (St. Augustine Campus) - Wayne
 * find out about graphwiz? extension (mediawiki) so that diagrams can be used / manipulated - Wayne

= Lessons Learned = From teleconference between KRUU-FM and Jeffrey Town Community Radio Learning Workshop, July 18, 2008

Meeting Set-up
Establish & Confirm:
 * Meeting objectives
 * Meeting time, duration, and time zones
 * Meeting flow (i.e., who speaks, when and about what)
 * Telephone numbers (landline, cell); Skype, email addresses
 * Dialing procedures (i.e., long distance)
 * Correct spelling and pronunciation of names

Due Diligence - Prep before teleconferences
Give a brief synopsis of the station history / progress


 * Does station have a license?
 * Building?
 * Equipment? Describe...
 * Board of Directors
 * Board of Community Advisors
 * Programming committee
 * Mission statement?
 * Timeline for broadcast launch/going online
 * Agreement on programming flow? (Talk shows here, music programs there, etc.)
 * Archiving / Cataloging information


 * Set up facilities for recording, or transcripts for the teleconference

Introductions

 * Create a wiki page, and have the names and roles of participants on wiki page - saves time, so people don't have to go 'round and introduce people one at a time

Follow-up, Opportunities

 * Debrief the teleconference
 * Consider having 'sister-station' or twinning relationships
 * Consider exchange programs?
 * Attend / present (even co-present) at regional or national grassroots radio conferences (i.E., annual GRC events in the US, or elsewhere)