CTPA CHRONICLES

October 1996


Community Television Producers Association
PO Box 62207
Honolulu, HI  96839
Website: www.aloha.net/~ctpa

New CTPA Hot Line:  566-8338







GENERAL MEETING


13 November 96  Wednesday 7:00 pm


   This is your opportunity to formulate the CTPA’s
positions on these issues and to help set our goals
and programs for the coming year. This is not a vote
of predetermined positions designed by leadership. 
Instead, participants will be divided into small 
working groups to identify issues and problems as
well as to come up with creative ways of resolving 
our concerns. Every member will have the opportunity 
to participate on a continuing basis.

   The CTPA is the ONLY organization which 
represents only your interests, concerns and desires 
in public access. But we can’t succeed unless you 
take part.

   Please attend the November 13th meeting and be 
prepared to speak up about what you want when we 
break into small working groups to start articulating 
what we want and what we need. Later that evening, 
each group’s report will be combined into one for 
the CTPA Board of Directors.



NEW INFORMATION HOT LINE

   The CTPA wants to collect information 
about ‘OLELO users’ positive and negative experiences 
using public access, equipment problems, suggestions 
and solutions in order to share information amongst 
our members and to assist ‘Olelo in making 
improvements. To do this, we have established a 
24 hour voice mail number for you to report your 
experiences. We will summarize the calls, follow up 
on them where needed and pass along what we discover 
to our membership in our regular newsletters and at 
meetings.

   Consider yourself a reporter for the CTPA 
Chronicles. Here’s the information required: 
your name, a contact telephone number, the show you 
worked on, the date and a brief explanation of what 
happened. Please be as specific as possible. Don’t 
forget to pass along both staff and volunteer 
compliments and accolades as well. We will follow up 
and get back to you.

   We want to identify technical and procedural 
problems so if you have a solution or suggestion, 
please mention that. Also, please take the time to 
report trouble-free productions and procedures which 
work.

   The CTPA is a member-driven organization, 
helping both producers and technicians to improve 
our public access experiences.

   Call 566-8338 anytime with your comments, 
questions and concerns.



DUES ARE DUE

Be counted! Send in your Dues today.
Individual membership:   $15.00 per year
Organization membership: $20.00 per year



MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

   Aloha to all the members of the CTPA. 
After a couple of board meetings, we launched this 
new administration by staging and hosting the recent 
Networking Party at the ‘Olelo classroom this past 
October 5, 1996. The event featured 1) an educational 
presentation on video tape handling by Cosmo 
Enterprises representative, Thomas Pereira, our 
sponsor; 2) an informational report about the new 
‘Olelo Channel realignment and state cable office 
by Sean McLaughlin, producer of City Council TV; 
3) a brief overview on Public Access by ‘Olelo 
Executive director, Richard Turner; 4) fabulous 
entertainment by Uncle Willie K; and 5) plenty of 
food and refreshments provided by Cosmo Enterprises 
(they also took care of the CTPA invitation 
printing and postage).

   The occasion was designed as a get together to 
stir interest in Public Access and, or course, the 
CTPA. The underlying concern is for the current 
state of Public Access and its future, which will 
impact us all, and our role as producers, techs, and 
CTPA members, in supporting ‘Olelo in its new 
program plan and its direction along with our 
reservations and concerns for keeping Public Access 
Public.

   The 60 or so attendees had the opportunity to 
network and meet new people. There were even reps 
from the Civil Defense Office talking to 
prospective producers about a community project.

    Jeff Garland was eager to bring a couple of 
computers to display video animations and provided a 
hands on walk on the InterNet. Finally, we generated 
an informational survey for our new database 
and welcomed ten new members to our organization.

   We agree that we needed another 100 producers/
technicians present to have been genuinely successful 
but we feel confident that it was a good beginning. 
On Oct 22nd, our board met again to establish a 
legislative committee to lobby for Public Access 
during the Legislative Sessions.

   I urge all to reconsider any past conceptions any 
of us may have about the CTPA. Unless we form a 
united alliance and have our voices heard through the 
CTPA, the legislature may assume that we are 
part of the process, and in accordance with the 
testimonials, will create policy that will slice us 
right out of Public Access. It’s imperative to become 
part of that process to become part of the solution. 
The time for action is now. Please come to our 
next General Meeting Nov. 13th at ‘Oleloland.

Pedro Valdez