@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 >From: Phil Agre <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Alliance for Community Media Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 From: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: conference [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 1995 NATION'S LARGEST COMMUNITY MEDIA CONFERENCE SLATED FOR JULY 17 - 20 IN WASHINGTON DC AREA Washington DC -- As the shape of telecommunications for the next millennium is being debated in Congress and in the FCC, the Alliance for Community Media is planning the nation's largest gathering of practitioners and advocates for community access to the information superhighway. Focusing on We the People: Building Community Through Media, the Alliance's 1996 International Conference and Trade Show will be headquartered at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, on July 17 - 20, 1996. The four-day event will include in-depth seminars, workshops, networking opportunities, a trade show, a full-day intensive program on "Access Management from A to Z," a hands-on internet lab, open houses at area community media facilities, and the awards ceremony for the nation's largest and oldest community television competition, the Hometown Video Festival. Over eighty separate seminars and workshops will explore issues in public policy, public awareness, access management, community media centers of the future, new technologies, fundraising, community telecomputing, training, educational access, media arts, government access, media literacy, and international uses of community video. Planners are anticipating over 800 community video producers, PEG (public, educational, and government) access professionals, media and communications educators, media literacy advocates, international producers, providers of media services and equipment, cable operators, and community computing staff members. "This year's event will draw on the unique resources of the National Capital Area," said 1996 Conference Chair Catherine Nemetz, Development Director for the Fairfax Cable Access Corporation and Access America. "Public policy will be a major focus with the involvement of key telecommunications regulators, federal legislators, high technology companies, and the many public interest groups in the Washington DC area. And we'll take full advantage of the wonderful cultural and historical attractions in metro area!" "The Alliance has been particularly successful in advocating the public interest in the current telecommunications bills in Congress, with the Federal Communications Commission, and in the courts, specifically with our censorship case Alliance for Community Media et al. v. FCC going to the Supreme Court this next year," said Barry Forbes, Executive Director for the Alliance for Community Media. "Our membership has increased and our public interest coalition partners are working more closely with us -- and now the media and other telecommunications companies are paying more attention to our issues. I wouldn't be surprised if this year's conference will be a record-breaker in the number of participants." Early registration rates are available until April 26, 1996, for the full conference for $280 for Alliance members and $365 for non-members; regular registration rates are available until June 17 for $305 for Alliance members and $400 for non-members; and late registration rates are available up through on-site registration for $330 for Alliance members and $430 for non-members. Discounts are available for registration without meal or special event tickets and for single day participation. Hotel room rates at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City are $105 for single, $125 double, $135 triple, and $145 quadruple occupancy. The rates for exhibitors in the two-day Trade Show range from $450 to $800, depending on type of exhibitor (for-profit or non-profit), participation in conference, and early or regular registration. Program book advertising is available from $150 for a business card space to $500 for a full page. Registration forms will be available in January 1996. For more information, contact the Alliance for Community Media at (202) 393-2650 or •••@••.•••. The Alliance for Community Media is a national, non-profit membership organization committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. The Alliance accomplishes this by disseminating public information, advancing a positive legislative and regulatory environment, and supporting local organizing. Founded in 1976, the Alliance represents the interests of over 950 public, educational and governmental ("PEG") access organizations and local origination cable services throughout the country. The Alliance also represents the interests of local religious, community, charitable and other organizations throughout the country who utilize PEG access channels and facilities to speak to their memberships and their larger communities. - 30 - _________________________________________________ Alliance for Community Media 666 11th Street, NW, Suite 806, Washington, DC 20001-4542 Voice: (202) 393-2650 Fax: (202) 393-2653 "Ensuring everyone's access to electronic media since 1976." Barry Forbes, Executive Director "Do what's right. Do it right. Do it right now." _________________________________________________ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@