"building the capacity of public media and technology organizations"
For those of you who wear glasses: this spring I got two pairs of prescription eyeglasses (including the lenses) for $8 and $12 from zennioptical.com. My old glasses have broken several times and while I've been able to repair them with superglue so far, I know they won't last forever.
Well there was a lot of deliberation about me going to a conference around here. But finally it was decided that I would be going to the ACM 2007 International Conference & Trade Show.
But things have changed. And it's all thanks to that lovely bit of legistlation that SBC/AT&T pushed down Michigan's throat a few months back.
Comment from lauren bratslavsky on May 1, 2007 - 11:33am
Oh Rich- that's awful. Ohio may go done the path of Michigan. Too bad no one is going, the Grand Rapids CMC seems like one of the best in the country. Are you considering going to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit? (Finally, a media conference in the mid-west). Good luck with the youth media business.
Comment from danielle martin on May 1, 2007 - 2:28pm
Hey Rich,
That major stinks! I definitely feel the pain as we tried to outreach to public access stations to get VISTAs and they just can't do it. And I also know quite a few folks trying to convice PEG access stations to do more stuff digitally and they just can't imagine it. I actually sat in at a conference at MIT a few months ago where someone (a person NOT from the public access world) suggested that public access stations should accept their fate and come up with an "exit strategy" of moving to all online endeavors. It's a really hard fight to talk to folks about too - I mean, many people see public access as a bunch of Wayne's World like content that they don't care about.
ug.
-Danielle
Comment from cheryl jerozal on May 2, 2007 - 12:37am
maybe you could go to this conference: Communities and Technologies Conference
it's not too far away from you and maybe you could convince them you should qualify as a student so you could be a student volunteer
I got my first check yesterday. yea it was a little dissapointing. I thought maybe i would be better off as a migrant worker lol. The work is good. i'm not sure why i only recieved $85. Anyway i lived off less. after all i wasnt working for the whole summer. hopefully the nearby shelter will supply me with dinner until the next check.
Comment from Richard T. Anderson on September 27, 2006 - 1:25pm
Will, the checks we just got are only for two days, because the pay period was Aug 29 to Sept 11th and we all started on the 8th. So, Paul said we'd get 20% of our regular checks. mine was only $75 and due to me giving Paul the wrong number for my account I haven't gotten it yet.
Our next check will be on October 9th and should be much better, if still not a lot.
Here's the payroll schedule: http://www.ctcvista.org/forms/payroll_schedule
Peace,
Rich
Comment from Rebecca White on September 27, 2006 - 7:04pm
Man, that's bad. I haven't worked all summer either, so this check is all I have... but I was lucky: my relocation allowance was tied in. It's paying my rent this month. Hope it works out for you.
Comment from Ben Sheldon on July 2, 2007 - 5:01pm
Thanks for the tip. Any idea where I can get the dark mustache and eyebrows to go along with them? Let us know how your improved ability to see is helping you better serve your community. :-)