Dear all, I am so sorry I was not able to be there and thanks to Arne for these summaries and for all who made it happen. I was supposed to be there and present on the Monday, but managed to find myself stuck in hospital in London instead :( I am fine and fully recovered, but very very sorry to miss you all who were there. All the best, Kate On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Becky Lentz, Dr. <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear Arne, > > Sorry to have missed the Dublin meeting, but following from a distance has > been helpful. Thanks for your updates! > > Best, > Becky > > P.s. Let me bring to our media's attention a workshop that Marta Fuentes > and > I helped to conceive related to advocacy. It would be great if those > working > on community media policy (broadly conceived) anywhere in the world > submitted abstracts for consideration: > > http://culturelab.asc.upenn.edu/2013/06/28/cfp-the-role-of-advocacy-in-media > -and-telecom-policy/ > > > From: Arne Hintz <[log in to unmask]> > > Reply-To: Arne Hintz <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:49:50 +0200 > > To: Our Media <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: OURMedia conference, day 1, brief report > > > > Dear all, > > > > thank you for the positive and supportive feedback. This may be a good > > occasion to thank all those from the OURMedia network who helped > > organise this event but then couldn't come for different reasons -- > > particularly Dorothy who was very involved with the planning at the > > beginning and arranged the first meeting with the Dublin-based groups > > back in December. > > > > There will be more news from the second day of the conference, I'm > > sure, and feedback on the overall event, but now many of us are very > > busy with the IAMCR conference that started this morning. The feedback > > from participants here is that the second day was as interesting and > > valuable as the first day, included great presentations and led to > > some new collaborations. There are always lots of things that could be > > done better and lots to learn for future events, of course, but that's > > for another time... maybe for the planning process towards the next > > event for which there are already a few ideas... > > > > Best, > > Arne > > > > > > Quoting Dorothy Kidd <[log in to unmask]>: > > > >> Dear Arne and everyone who produced this day: > >> Thanks for this report. Sorry I missed it. Sounds great and hope that we > >> are able to find out any relevant proposals and other discussion. hope > the > >> second day goes as well. > >> > >> > >> best, > >> > >> Dorothy Kidd. > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:12 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> as the second day of our conference in Dublin is getting started, here > is > >>> just a brief update on day 1. It was a successful day, according to > all the > >>> participants that I talked with. There were consistently around 60 > >>> participants throughout the day, with up to 100 at peak times. > Participants > >>> included local Irish media activists but also many international > guests who > >>> are here for the IAMCR conference. We've had several OURMedia > 'veterans' > >>> like John Downing, Amparo Cadavid, Stefania Milan, Bob Hackett, and > others, > >>> but also many new faces and many older and younger scholars for whom > this > >>> has been the first OURMedia experience. > >>> > >>> Sessions ranged from discussions on the media situation in Ireland to > >>> interactive Skype debates on community media in Cyprus and in the > Middle > >>> East, and addressed community radio as well as new social media. Our > >>> friends from Dublin Community Television did a tremendous job in > organising > >>> the logistics and some parts of the programme, and the Irish community > >>> media network CRAOL generously supported the event. > >>> > >>> Day 1 took place at a nice venue in central Dublin. Day 2 is starting > now > >>> at Dublin City University. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Arne > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dorothy Kidd > >> Professor, Department of Media Studies > >> Kalmanowitz Hall (K-Hall) 157 > >> 2130 Fulton St. > >> University of San Francisco > >> San Francisco, CA > >> 94117-1080 > >> 415-422-5061 > >> [log in to unmask] > >> > >> To view articles and papers go to http://usfca.academia.edu/DorothyKidd > >> >