Legislation
There is legislation that is threatening to change the funding for access centers and change the ability for community representation. The HR5252 passed in the house. A similar bill is going through the committees in the US Senate right now. We would appreciate if you talk to your Senators about the importance of funding for Public Access/Community TV.
The effects of the new funding levels would be devastating for much of the MN metro centers as well as around the country. Here are some websites to look at for more details. http://www.cctv.org/ or our website has links and information as well, www.spnn.org .
Volunteerism
If you believe in SPNN and its mission and want to help contribute to the success of SPNN we NEED you. Whether your passion is production, advocacy, outreach, mentoring youth, fundraising, or working at the State Fair we need you to become a SPNN volunteer. We decided to start a formal volunteer program at SPNN that recognizes the contributions that members and non members have been making to our success. You can choose what area you would like to volunteer in and when you want to volunteer. All we ask is that you sign a contract promising 12 hours over the course of the next 12 months. They can be all at one time or one hour a month, you decide. Come to our class on becoming a SPNN volunteer on July 17. You will receive a t-shirt just for joining our volunteer program. There are other incentives along the way.
Also if you would like to utilize SPNN’s list of volunteers you need to attend the Volunteer Management course. In this course we will talk the etiquette of utilizing volunteers, the way to track their hours, how to give them rewards and incentives, equity of privacy of volunteers and answer your questions. The class is one hour and you will gain access to volunteers who have decided to volunteer on productions. The program should give you confidence that a volunteer is responsible and adequately trained. If you do not attend this class volunteers will not receive credit for working on your production.
If you are interested please let me or Maria know. Maria’s number is 651- 298-8910 or tototzintle@spnn.org
Looking ahead to July Classes:
Our regular class schedule on Tuesdays has changed due to the Fourth of July. The intro class will be July 11, iMovie will be on July 18th and Basic Camera will be on July 25. All classes start at 6:30pm.
In July we will also be offering an Advanced Photoshop class. This will be hands on workshop for refreshing advanced PS skills. Previous PS experience required. The class will be July 15 at 1pm. Cost of the class will be $10 for members $30 for non members. Please let me know if you are interested. You can learn how to gain a wider audience for your program by attending our classes on putting your program on the web July 22nd at 1pm and vlogging July 29th at 1pm.
Is iMovie not doing what you want it to do? Would like to learn how to manipulate the audio more? Take our Final Cut Express class Monday July 24 and Wednesday July 26. Cost for the class is $40. You must attend both days. Previous experience with iMovie or anther non-linear editing system is required. Please let me know if you are interested in attending this class.
That’s it from the Access desk.
Bonnie
