THERE IS NO DECEMBER MEETING

MCAICT has been cordially invited to Video Evolutions' Holiday Party. This is a great opportunity to network with potential clients and co-workers. Video Evolution clients and the Final Cut User Group will also be in attendence. MCAICT will have an information table at the event.

Date: December 27th, 2006

Time: 6:30pm

Admission: Free with cash bar

PLEASE R.S.V.P. to Guy Jaconelli or Bryan Capri at Rent@VideoEvolution.tv (let them know you are a MCAICT member)

Location: BAR, New Haven, 245 Crown Street

From I-95 North and South
Take I-95 north/south to the downtown New  Haven exit.
The exit ramp will bring you to another highway, Rte 34.
Take exit 1 off Rte 34 and go straight to the first traffic light.
At the light take a right onto Church  Street.
Go straight to your second traffic light.
At the light take a left onto Crown  Street.
We are two and a half blocks up on the left-hand side.
 
From I-91 South
Take I-91 south to exit 1 Downtown New  Haven; follow ramp onto Rte 34.
Take exit 1 off Rte 34 and go straight to the first traffic light.
At the light take a right onto Church  Street.
Go straight to your second traffic light.
At the light take a left onto Crown  Street.
We are two and a half blocks up on the left-hand side.
254 Crown Street  New Haven, CT
203-495-8924
 
We would love to see you all there.

With a BFA in stage and costume design from SUNY Purchase to her credit, Francie took off for NY City and spent many years working behind the scenes in theater, film and video. She had fun, dressed stars, ran a paint shop, and met loads of interesting people. Yet, she felt that something was missing. That was when she decided to move up front and act. She immediately discovered that performing was fun, and sought out as many opportunities to act it as she could.

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Dear members,

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday season and productive and fruitful New Years.

I'd also like to take the opportunity to thank the MCAICT board for their hard work and dedication this passed year. Your efforts have kept our organization thriving, and I thank you!

2006 has been a stellar year for MCAICT and 2007 shows even more promise. With the DVD project coming to fruition to monthly meetings on New Media, NAB Conference, and our yearly member showcase, 2007 promises to make MCAICT and its members shine!

I look forward to seeing all of you at the Holiday Networking Party held by Video Evolutions, on December 27th at BAR in New Haven. Please remember to RSVP.

Holiday Greetings to All

Osi Korn

President MCAICT

The FCC is working to place caps and limits on what most of us know as "Public Access." The regulations limit how municipalities can negotiate to support media in their community and release providers from having to provide wider access to media distribution.

I know that "public access" can be synonymous with bad production values and amateurish programming. But, the Public/Education/ Government (PEG) channels are the only place where people in a community can take advantage of (what we all know is) powerful stuff -- electronic media.

The Association for Community Media (ACM) is working to defeat this kind of regulation. Help them take action at http:// www.alliancecm.org/blog.php.

[From the ACM website]
Part of what is being proposed:
* All PEG, I-Net and other in-kind services would be counted against 5% franchise fees. 5% would be an absolute cap. (My commentary: That means any costs a provider incurs by providing community access services would be taken out of the franchise fees before a municipality received them.)
* Municipalities would have to approve new franchises for
telephone companies within 90 days or allow them to operate without franchises. (My commentary: Could be detrimental to smaller communities with (much) less than full time council-persons who may have longer lead times for ordinance review.)
* There would be no build-out requirements allowed whatsoever. (My commentary: Cities could not negotiate and providers could cherry pick where to build in a community (redlining); community media access and availability would be split along socioeconomic lines.)

At the start of my career I advised and assisted public access groups and produced a series on brotherhood for a local organization. Many professionals (admit it) got their start there. Free equipment and a distribution channel made it very attractive.

As a media communicator I feel we have a responsibility, as a profession and an industry, to enable people to take advantage of electronic media. Support for public access and community media seem a natural extension of that responsibility.

I'm all for the free market economy. But I'm also for the free market of ideas. I hope you'll help take some action that can preserve both.

Sincerely,

Todd O'Neill
Doing Media blog
toddoneill@satx.rr.com