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The deadline for the ACM's Fall Video Festival is coming up really, really soon. The deadline to submit your locally produced video programming is September 5, 2008 (postmarked). The screening for winning entries will take place on Nov 15, 2008, in Brockton, MA.

Historically, our CCTV members have done extremely well in this contest and we want YOU to enter your program. As an incentive for members to enter this festival, we are offering to pay 1/2 of the entry fee for each of your shows. In order to take advantage of this offer, members must submit their programs to us by September 3, 2008, by 5PM. The entry should include one DVD (or VHS) copy of the program, one completed and signed entry form, and one check for $12.50 payable to CCTV. Get moving, that date is coming up fast. read more...

Let your city know that you're aware and you care. Paint a peace Dove in your neighborhood. August 2nd - 30th. Paint for Peace. Contact Ashley Denzen at adenzen@rfkchildren.org or call 978.458.5777 to get involved

This video shows how hard the Summer Media Institute (SMI) students worked putting together their final screening for 6PM tonight at CCTV.

Thanks to all the SMI participants for decorating, soliciting food donations, and producing their fabulous videos.

For everyone else, we hope to see you tonight!

A video on the new, accessible community garden near Neville Place at Fresh Pond. Produced by the July 2008 Zipdocs Class: Amar Mehta, Dana Bensimon, Kethia Beausejour, and Ukwori Onuma.

• ZIP DOCS

Since I’ve been busy blogging at work, I’ve decided to move from blogging here to my other site @ colinrhinesmith.com. However, I’m leaving this site up to keep the information, used primarily for my thesis, available online.

This site has been a wonderful learning experience for me. Those who left comments helped shape my thinking for my research while at Emerson College, which also prepared me for my work at CCTV. My intention here was to share some of what I learned during that process with others visiting the site. I hope others have benefited along the way.

I’ve also been applying many of the topics discussed here to my work with the community in Cambridge. To follow along with the process, I encourage those who are interested to check out both my CCTV blog and my musings on community media and technology at my blog.

I hope to see you there.

(Thanks again to Jason Daniels for the image above)

 Youth Media & Membership Coordinator

SCAT is saying a fond farewell to Dacia Kornechuk who has served as SCAT's Membership and Youth Programs Coordinator for the last two years. We wish her all the best in her new position with the Cambridge Public Schools. The position of Youth Media and Membership Coordinator is now open. SCAT is seeking a talented media educator, producer, and administrator to join the SCAT team. The job posting is attached below.

 All SCAT members and their families are invited to the SCAT Member Picnic on August 19 from 5:30 to 8:00pm at the Growing Center, 22 Vinal Avenue in Somerville. It will be a fun time with for all with volleyball, frisbee, and great food including barbeque from Redbones. Please bring a salad or dessert to share. There is no charge, but reservations are required for planning purposes. Call 617-628-8826 by August 15.

Cambridge Community Television is the public access television, cable radio, and computer multimedia center serving the extraordinary city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Already voted best in the nation seven times, CCTV has high ambitions and we’re seeking a talented staffer to join our team.

Do you enjoy working with others to produce media? Are you committed to community media and ensuring that local issues and events are documented and shown on television?
We are seeking an energetic, ambitious, creative and mature individual to work 25 hours per week to organize television coverage of local issues and events, facilitate opportunities for CCTV members to assist in such productions, convene production groups and critique sessions, and to assist with our School Year Production Program for Cambridge teens. read more...

Are you interested in digging deep into Cambridge to highlight meaningful issues and events? Are you passionate about storytelling, but not quite sure where to begin? Does the prospect of receiving tools and training to produce media for CCTV's website and channels intrigue you?

Well, now is your chance to get involved with CCTV's NeighborMedia program! After a successful first term, NeighborMedia is set to re-launch this fall and is now seeking prospective citizen journalists to participate.

Visit this page for more information and to fill out an application!

CCTV is looking for a few organized, reliable, and friendly individuals to help oversee computerCENTRAL during public drop-in hours. A sincere interest in helping people use computers is required, as is sensitivity to the needs and concerns of those new to computers. Must feel comfortable working with a non-profit organization with a diverse constituency.

Knowledge of both MAC and PC computers is required. Interns receive free CCTV Access Membership, which includes media production training and equipment and facility use.

Time commitment is 2-3 hours per week. Must be available during ONE of the following time periods:

• Mondays, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesdays, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• Thursdays, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Please contact Colin at (617) 661-6900 or email colin (AT) cctvcambridge (DOT) org for more information. read more...

Come and see what youth at CCTV have been up to all summer! After learning video production skills around camera use, lighting, audio and editing, youth members of CCTV’s Summer Media Institute (SMI) are proud to host a screening of their work before the productions are aired on CCTV’s channels.

The SMI Final Screening will take place on Friday, August 15th at 6 p.m. in CCTV’s Big Studio at 675 Mass Ave (entrance is on Prospect Street). Friends, family and community members are all invited to attend this free event.

The SMI is the summer component of CCTV’s Youth Media Program. Run in collaboration with the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP) and City Links, the SMI is designed to support participant directed media and help youth gain work experience. This summer, 23 Cambridge teens between the ages of 14 and 18 participated in the SMI, meeting four hours a day for six weeks. read more...

Lowell Telecommunications Corporation

FY09 Meeting Schedule of Board of Directors
All meetings at LTC unless noted

FULL BOARD MEETINGS

Every other month on third Thursday at 8:00 a.m unless noted

July 23, 2008 (Special Meeting on FY09 Budget) – 8:00 a.m. at LTC

September 18, 2008

November 20, 2008 (Annual Meeting) – 7:00 p.m. at Wannalancit Mills

January 15, 2009

March 19, 2009

May 21, 2009

July (no meeting)

September 17, 2009

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS

(Every other month on third Thursday at 4:00 p.m.)

August 21, 2008

There are a number of ways to find legal music to use in your videos. One way is to check out Bandwidth: CCTV's Local Music Project:

"Our goal is to gather a library of great music for our video producers and our channels while obeying copyright law, connecting creative people, and giving local musicians more exposure."

Be sure to also check out our MySpace page @ Bandwidth@CCTV!

Creative Commons also lists a number of resources for finding Legal Music for Videos, including, ccMixter, Jamendo, Magnatune and more . . . read more...

• Videoblogging Production

LTC is proud to announce coverage of the 11th Southeast Asian Water Festival, Sat Aug 16, 2008. The Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation, protection and sharing of the cultural heritages of the Southeast Asian Americans of Greater Lowell, Massachusetts area. Every 3rd Saturday in August, more than 60,000 people from around the country and the world come to Lowell to celebrate water as it is celebrated in Southeast Asia. They come for the blessings, food, crafts, performances and (of course) the races.

To view the live video stream on your Windows or Macintosh PC, you need the Abobe Flash Player. Don't have Adobe Flash installed? It's a free download -- get it now!

LTC will once again be broadcasting and streaming the Lowell Folk Festival. For a full rundown of acts, times and streaming media links please click here.

The Central Square Theater is now open! Check out this video produced by CCTV"s Documentary Production: Zip Docs 021XX class to learn all about the new theater, its history and design. The producers/students were: Haeree Chang, Nishima Chudasama, KC Forcier, Pelle Lowe, Jill Sheppard-Davenport, Vadim Timoshpolsky. Matt Landry was the instructor.

• ZIP DOCS

TUESDAYS, July 29, August 5, and August 12
6-9PM

Want to learn a quick and easy way to record, edit and upload video to the web? Sign up for this 3-session videoblogging course to get started! In this workshop, you will learn the tools, tips and tricks needed to create your own short videos and distribute them using websites such as YouTube, blip.tv and our own social network at cctvcambridge.org.

Email Shaun Clarke or call (617) 661-6900 x128 to register.

An interview with artist, writer and filmmaker D.L. Polonsky. His art show "Pigments of my Imagination" will be at the CCTV Drive by Gallery from July 18th - August 29th, 2008. For more of D.L.'s artwork, check out D.L. Polonsky's Flickr Page.

Being an advanced SMI student and a youth trainer, I think having two positions brings a whole different level to SMI. Last week, the first week of SMI the advanced group didn’t have to have any ice breaker games since we had all known each other from last years SMI or at school. So it was straight off to business, we sat down as a group and discussed our first project. Which has been assigned to us by the SMI staff, to make a documentary on the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. So far we have gotten an interview with a Leigh Hardy, a counselor, and George Hinds, MSYEP Coordinator. read more...

• SMI 2008

Tickets are now available for CCTV’s Annual Backyard BBQ! As always, the BBQ, scheduled for September 18th at 5:30 p.m., will feature food grilled by local chefs in CCTV's 'backyard' in Central Square, live music, and an auction. This year’s BBQ will be an extra special one-- a celebration of CCTV’s 20th Anniversary. For more information about the BBQ, click here. Ticket price is $45 for adults, $20 for seniors and $18 for children under 12. Buy your ticket here.