Looking for a few good board members... (fwd)

[Barb Weismann]

SCNers into TV please note:


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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:49:01 -0700
From: Robin Oppenheimer <RobinO at seattleartmuseum.org>
Subject: Looking for a few good board members...

Hi,

I just wanted to pass on this information.  The City of Seattle and TCI are
now forming a new non-profit cable public access channel and I'm on the core
group to get it up and running (and I'll continue on as a board member).

If you know anyone who is interested in being a part of redefining what
public cable access can be in the digital 21st century, please have them
call me at 654-3148 or email me.  I'm hoping to make this channel a media
production and education resource for artists, arts organizations, and the
non-profit sector in this region, linked to other digital resources like 911
Media Arts Center and community computer centers.  We have the unique
opportunity to be one of the only cities in the country that is currently
laying down this kind of digital infrastructure down NOW, before broadband
technologies really arrive, and making sure that the arts and non-profit
community as a whole have the access and resources to participate in the
next level of the Internet that will include image, sound, text and
animation.

Here's the press release.  Feel free to pass it on.

Robin Oppenheimer
Project Manager, Open Studio
Seattle Art Museum
NEWS

NEWS ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 1999
SUBJECT: New community television nonprofit organization forming

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Natalie-Pascale Boisseau - (206) 684-0252
Chris Coy - (206) 233-5104
Lynne Masters - (206) 386-0031


Newly formed community television network seeks board of directors
applicants

	The newly created Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN) is looking
for seven to 13 people to form its initial board of directors. Beginning in
Next year, the nonprofit community-based organization will operate and
further develop public access television and other media in one or more
access centers in the greater Seattle metropolitan area and participating
jurisdictions in King County.

TCI currently manages public access cable television in Seattle under its
cable franchise agreement with the City of Seattle. TCI and City officials
are working together to shift the management of public access cable
television  to SCAN by the beginning of 2000. SCAN will offer its services
under a contract to the City and TCI will provide operational funding as
part of its franchise agreement. In addition, SCAN will seek a tax exempt
status from the IRS, allowing new sources of funding and donations for
additional programs and activities.

"Prospective board members should hold a broad vision for the potential and
development of community access television and new media," says
Natalie-Pascale Boisseau, Volunteer Programs Coordinator for the Office of
Cable Communications. "To ensure the smoothest transfer possible to the
newly formed organization, applicants must have strong skills and experience
in the implementation and management of a nonprofit organization at a
start-up stage.  They should also have proven skills to govern a public
access television center and facilities."

Earlier this year, the City facilitated the formation of a core group of
citizens to develop SCAN. These participants possess significant experience
with nonprofit organizations, public access television, media literacy, new
media, and community development.  This core group will appoint the initial
board of directors , most likely by the Fall of 1999. The initial board of
directors will consist of a minimum of seven and maximum of 13 people who
will reflect the racial, ethnic, geographic, social and economic diversity
of Seattle the organization core group of citizens.

To apply, prospective board members must send a completed application,
resume and a cover letter describing why the candidate qualifies as a board
member and what contribution she/he can make. The application deadline is
August 31, 1999. 

To request an application packet, contact Natalie-Pascale Boisseau at (206)
684-0252 or email (nataliepascale.boisseau at ci.seattle.wa.us), stop by the
Cable Office at 810 Third Ave., Suite 442 in downtown Seattle, or visit the
web site (http://cityofseattle.net/scan).

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