Who wants to go to Portland?

Make your plans now for the 2019 Northeast Regional Conference and Trade Show.   It’s in Portland, Maine for Hallowe’en and the day after (Thursday-Friday).  Trade Show is on Thursday, workshops are Thursday afternoon and Friday all day.  Awards for the Nor’easter video competition will be Thursday night. Thanks to funding from the ACM Northeast Board, […]

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First leg of that Road Show

The moon was Full.  Monday, February 19, 2019  featured both the first stop of a weeklong event as ACM president Mike Wassenaar and ACM Northeast Region chair Erica Jones

A brief recap and photos from across the states (including those at HPATV) is on the ACM Northeast website.  Other news items on the federal policy front is also available elsewhere in their news section.

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A state-sponsored event of interest

Alert member Susan Huizenga pointed out this upcoming Symposium, sponsored by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection: Thursday, June 21 • 8:30am – 4:30pm • CT Convention Center, Hartford • Free to register, but the adjoining parking garage charges • More information at this link • We’ll take this up at our Meet&Greet in Waterbury.

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Meet & Greet in Waterbury in June

We are invited to get together at the offices of Skye Cable XIII, the Community Access Provider for the Waterbury Comcast area, on Friday, June 8, from 10:00 a.m. until lunchtime (whenever we get hungry and continue the conversation somewhere nearby or scurry home). We might talk about whether the projected increase in state tax revenue might get […]

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Upcoming national events

Connecticut Alliance for Community Media (CTacm) is a state affiliate of the national Alliance for Community Media, which “represents over 3,000 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media center throughout the country.”  If you or your access center is a dues-paying member of ACM, you get reduced fees on these upcoming events:

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Meet&Greet with ValleyShore

We have received an invitation from the youngest independent Community Access Provider, Valley Shore Community TV–serving nine towns along the western shore of the Connecticut River. Details from Chuck Lewis: Valley Shore Educational Access studio Haddam Killingworth High School HKTV studio address is 100 Little City Rd, Higganum CT 06441. (Located right off exit 9 of Rte 9, […]

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Meet & Greet in Simsbury 9/22/16

Simsbury Community Television will host another Meet & Greet this coming September 22. Since many folks are tied up with pre-election events in the evening, we plan to meet starting at 10 a.m., tentatively until noon, with the option of adjourning to lunch at a local eatery. 754 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury is the physical address. […]

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