News from the 'nati

Summer has begun. And that also means it's closer to the end. ah. And so it goes.

Summer here means youth classes. And 8-12 year old video camp started this week. They are making a movie that is a parody of our access center. One of the scenes involves a debate between who would win- spiderman or the hulk. I think one of the kids suggested they talk about that at the front desk..... funny thing is, that actually happens. I've also got a digital story class coming up. And then a class in July called "ad attack!" about media literacy and all that.

I'm also starting the wrap-up process with handbooks, policies, lessons learned and maybe some other things. I'll post all the things I've amassed soon.

And in other news, for those of you in the public access world, Ohio is now on the PEG got screwed list. Our state senate got swooned over by att and that whole lobby. So our franchise fees, the very ones that fund the majority of our operations and programs will expire in 2011. Poop. And there is a whole bunch of other blows such as loss of customer service and potentially excluding 'unprofitable' (as in poor, urban, rural) areas from cable service. And so that goes. So we're working on reworking ourselves in the next few years.

Hope all is well out there is the VISTA world.