This document is the winter 2013 edition of the MASSTALK newsletter from MassAccess. It discusses upcoming events for MassAccess including their annual meeting and mini-conference. It also announces that State Representative Randy Hunt will receive the Legislator of the Year award for his long support of public access television and efforts to preserve PEG access. Additionally, it provides a message from the Chair of MassAccess encouraging community media centers to engage more with their local communities through expanded programming, workshops, social media use, and events to remain viable in modern times.

1. WINTER 2013 EDITION
MASSTALK NEWS & IDEAS FROM MASSACCESS
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: PM
Legislator
of
the
Year
Award:
PAGE 3
Message from the State
Representa7ve
Randy
Hunt,
Chair
5th
Barnstable
District
PAGE 4
Archiving: Expanding
Media Centers’ Viability
State
Rep
Hunt
MassAccess
Legislator
PAGE 6
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UPCOMING EVENTS: Randy
Hunt
has
a
long
rela7onship
with
PEG
access
TV,
launching
his
first
MASSACCESS ANNUAL
MEETING episodes
of
"A
LiIle
Knowledge
Is
A
Dangerous
Thing"
in
2001
and
soon
Cape Cod Community thereaOer
joining
the
board
of
Sandwich
Community
Television.
He
became
its
Media Center
January 25, 2013 at 1:00 chairman
in
2002,
overseeing
the
transforma7on
of
a
one-­‐room
studio
located
in
PM
the
high
school
to
a
full-­‐service
organiza7on.
MASSACCESS MINI- During
his
eight
years
on
the
select
board
in
Sandwich
and
now
as
state
Conference
WGBH Studios -Brighton representa7ve
of
the
5th
Barnstable
District,
Randy's
support
of
PEG
Friday, May 3, 2013 programming
and
the
staffs
and
volunteers
of
the
many
access
organiza7ons
AMC N.E. Regional Film around
the
commonwealth
has
been
unequivocal.
He
spoke
out
strongly
in
favor
of
Festival retaining
local
control
over
PEG
access
contracts
and,
as
a
member
of
the
Joint
Sat. April 13, 2013 CommiIee
on
Telecommunica7ons,
U7li7es
and
Energy,
he
voted
to
stop
efforts
Methuen, MA
by
major
cable
television
distributors
to
circumvent
fair
nego7a7ons
and
to
AMC Annual Conference disassemble
public
access
media
as
we
know
it.
May 29-31, 2013 A
CPA
and
musician
for
over
30
years,
Randy
Hunt
con7nues
to
produce
programs
San Francisco, CA
for
cable
and
Internet
access
and
is
a
real
friend
to
MassAccess
on
Beacon
Hill.

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3. WINTER 2013 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM MASSACCESS
Unlucky ‘13? Nope!
Message from the Chair
13
is
not
a
number
I
have
ever
feared
or
shied
away
from.
Have
you?
AOer
all,
it
is
just
a
number
right?
So
why
not
make
’13
a
break
out
year
for
Community
Media
here
in
MA?
Together
we
can
make
a
difference
in
preserving
PEG
but
we
need
your
ac7ve
par7cipa7on.
Some
ideas
that
may
help
to
make
your
center
the
happening
place
-­‐
 Start
with
“cour7ng”
your
local
elected
officials:
• Bring
them
in
to
do
a
monthly
show
if
they
are
not
doing
one
now.
• Give
them
awards/plaques
for
suppor7ng
your
community
media
center’s
interests.
• Send
them
7mely
and
relevant
emails
having
to
do
with
our
industry.
Keep
them
informed.
• Ask
them
to
do
promo7onal
spots
and
PSA’s
that
can
be
shown
on
your
channels
and
website.
 Enhance
your
local
news
repor7ng
and
incorporate
social
media
into
your
outreach
plan:
• Set
goals
to
be
the
number
one
source
of
local
informa7on
for
your
community.
• No
other
channels
can
provide
your
residents
with
a
steady
flow
of
local
news
and
informa7on.
• Partner
with
other
local
media
outlets
to
enhance
your
website
capabili7es.
• Use
college
interns
to
produce
weekly
news
segments.
• AIract
the
younger
genera7on
(and
others)
by
using
social
media
applica7ons.
 Diversify
your
workshop
offerings:
• Partner
with
other
organiza7ons
to
offer
a
wide
array
of
training
courses
including
film,
graphic
anima7on,
social
media,
health
awareness,
cultural
arts,
etc.
• Bring
in
professionals
to
lead
workshops.
• Open
them
up
to
members
and
non-­‐members.
Vary
the
admission
fee
if
necessary.
 Run
cool
events
at
your
facility
to
keep
your
members
interested
and
en7ce
new
members
to
join:
• Ice
cream
socials
• Friday
night
at
the
movies
• Touch
a
truck
for
kids
• Ar7st
showcases
• Halloween
contests
• More
 Develop
your
“other
“
departments
if
you
have
the
resources
(above
and
beyond
the
core
P,
E
and
G):
• News
and
community
events
• Original
programming
• Film
• Radio
• Facility
and
equipment
rentalProduc7on
services
• Web
and
social
media
design
Those
are
just
some
of
my
ideas
that
may
help
you
become
more
entrenched
in
your
community.
Being
an
ac7ve
community
media
center
is
where
it’s
at
today.
The
old
Wayne’s
World
model
will
not
get
us
very
far
with
the
technological
advances
happening
around
us.
We
need
to
either
adapt
to
these
7mes
or
we
will
become
a
distant
memory
quickly.
Y’all
ready
for
this?
Call
me
if
you
want
in.
Best
Wishes
in
2013!
Bob
Kelly,
Chairman
of
the
Board,
MassAccess 2013
H N Y!

4. WINTER 2013 EDITION NEWS & IDEAS FROM MASSACCESS
Archiving: Expanding Media Centers’ Viability
by
Jim
Lescault,
E.D.
Amherst
Media
Those
who
aIended
Mass
Access’s
spring
mini-­‐conference
in
Waltham
at
the
Na7onal
Archives
and
Records
Administra7on
had
the
good
fortune
to
hear
the
following
excerpted
remarks
of
Diane
LeBlanc,
the
Northeast
Regional
Director:
“This
is
my
message
to
you
today
and
PERHAPS
it
is
one
YOU
HAVE
NOT
HEARD
BEFORE
–
so
I
want
to
say
it
again
just
so
everyone
is
clear.
LOCAL
COMMUNITY
CABLE
ACCESS
STATIONS
ARE
REPOSITORIES
OF
LOCAL
HISTORY
AND
THEREFORE
HAVE
A
FUNDAMENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY
TO
PRESERVE
THAT
HISTORY
AND
MAKE
IT
AVAILABLE
TO
FUTURE
GENERATIONS.”
LeBlanc’s
comments
invoked
a
roomful
of
smiles
and
nods
of
apprecia7on.
She
was
right,
we
don’t
usually
hear
these
words
of
recogni7on
for
our
important
role
in
preserving
local
history
but
also
we
had
never
heard
them
from
the
top
regional
representa7ve
of
the
Na7onal
Archives.
When
she
invited
those
in
aIendance
to
a
seminar
en7tled,
“Where
the
Funds
Are…”
I
knew
I
was
going
to
make
the
effort
to
find
out
more
about
archiving
and
how
we
might
address
our
36
years
of
accumulated
tapes
of
every
size
and
format.
When
I
was
hired
five
years
earlier
by
Amherst
Media,
the
process
in
place
was
to
duplicate
to
DVD
and
thereaOer
dispose
of
the
original
tape.
Con$nued
on
page
8

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6. WINTER 2013 EDITION
BUS
52
Features
“Marblehead
Youth
News”
On
their
visit
to
MassachuseIs,
BUS
52
selected
“Marblehead
Youth
News”,
for
their
web-­‐series
“featuring
stories
of
inspiring
people
who
are
doing
innova7ve
things
to
make
their
communi7es
a
beIer
place."
Check
out
the
video
at
hIp://web.bus52.com/profiles/marblehead-­‐youth-­‐news/#
.
“Marblehead
Youth
News”
is
a
public
access
show
produced
at
Marblehead
Community
Access
&
Media’s
MHTV.
“Kids
in
Marblehead,
MassachuseIs
are
taking
TV
to
the
next
level.”
reads
the
intro
to
the
video
on
the
BUS
52
website.
“Instead
of
just
watching
it
like
other
kids,
they
produce
their
own
show.
“
Bus
52
is
project
undertaken
by
a
group
of
recent
college
grads
who
traveled
the
country
to
produce
“a
52
week
web-­‐series
featuring
stories
of
inspiring
people
who
are
doing
innova7ve
things
to
make
their
communi7es
a
beIer
place."
On
their
visit
to
MassachuseIs,
they
chose
to
feature
“Marblehead
Youth
News”,
a
public
access
show
produced
at
Marblehead
Community
Access
&
Media’s
MHTV.
Check
out
the
video
at
hIp://web.bus52.com/profiles/marblehead-­‐youth-­‐news/#
“Marblehead
Youth
News”
(MYN),
is
in
its
2nd
year
of
produc7on
at
MHTV.
It’s
the
brainchild
of
Darcy
Mayers,
a
local
parent
who
approached
MHTV’s
Execu7ve
Director,
Joan
Goloboy,
with
the
thought
that
Marblehead
kids
could
be
doing
something
with
their
free
7me
other
than
playing
sports.
“Darcy
had
a
fabulous
vision
for
how
kids
in
grades
2
–
8
could
create
a
news
show
covering
topics
that
interested
them.
She
was
totally
commiIed
to
the
concept
of
kids
wri7ng,
shoo7ng,
edi7ng,
and
anchoring
the
show.
con$nued
on
page
11

8. con$nued
from
page
4
This
methodology
was
put
to
an
abrupt
end
but
the
overriding
need
to
reformat
our
historical
collec7on
remained
paramount
in
our
newly
adopted
five-­‐
year
strategic
plan.
Preparing
for
my
role
as
moderator
on
the
archiving
panel
at
the
mini-­‐conference,
I
researched
the
Community
Preserva7on
Act
(CPA),
which
many
towns
and
ci7es
in
the
state
had
enacted,
crea7ng
a
substan7al
funding
source
at
the
local
level.
In
addi7on
to
this
informa7on
I
was
excited
to
hear
about
the
“Roving
Archivist
Services”
provided
by
the
MassachuseIs
State
Historical
Records
Advisory
Board,
(SHRAB).
Amherst
Media’s
applica7on
was
accepted
and
we
were
matched
with
an
archival
consultant
to
perform
a
strategic
assessment,
draOing
a
report
with
recommenda7ons
on
how
we
might
proceed.
The
Roving
Archivist’s
report
was
aIached
to
Amherst
Media’s
first
ever
applica7on
for
the
Town
of
Amherst’s
considera7on
in
alloca7ng
CPA
Historical
Preserva7on
monies
for
the
archiving
of
our
video
library.
It
will
be
months
before
we
know
if
we
are
awarded
monies,
but
the
process
and
local
discussions
about
the
importance
of
video
history
has
already
started.
Usually,
the
comments
include
“Of
course
this
is
a
no
brainer,”
regarding
the
need
to
preserve
local
history
digitally,
referring
to
Amherst
Media
as
a
“Digital
Library”.
In
so
doing
we
are
formula7ng
new
partnerships
and/or
rela7onships
with
local
ins7tu7ons.
Did
I
men7on
that
the
Amherst
Historical
Society
has
become
a
new
non-­‐profit
member
of
Amherst
Media?
I
end
with
these
contempla7ve
words
from
Diane
LeBlanc-­‐
As
ExecuRve
Directors
it
is
your
responsibility
to
keep
essenRal
records
retrievable,
readable,
and
authenRc
for
as
long
as
they
remain
valuable—whether
that
is
a
few
years,
a
few
hundred
years,
or
forever...
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9. WINTER 2013 EDITION NEWS & IDEAS FROM MASSACCESS
Con$nued
from
Page
7
An
ini7al
call
for
interest
brought
nearly
40
parents
and
kids
to
a
mee7ng
where
they
enthusias7cally
embraced
the
idea
and
jumped
right
in.
We
found
that
many
kids
are
already
edi7ng
videos
on
their
home
computers.
We
made
available
some
user-­‐friendly
consumer-­‐grade
HD
cameras,
coached
kids
-­‐-­‐
and
their
parents
–
on
how
best
to
use
whatever
technology
they
had
at
hand
–
including
smart
phones
and
flip-­‐type
cameras.
Each
month,
kids
brainstorm
ideas,
and
then
get
to
work
on
produc7on.
Segments
have
dealt
with
a
broad
variety
of
topics
-­‐-­‐
from
the
trip
one
family
took
to
China
to
adopt
a
baby,
to
an
interview
with
Glee
star,
Alex
Newell;
from
coverage
of
Hurricane
Sandy’s
impact
on
Marblehead,
to
holiday
shopping
7ps
at
local
shops.
With
their
edited
pieces
completed,
they
come
into
the
studio
to
shoot
anchor
intros,
a
monthly
movie
review,
and
op-­‐ed
pieces
ranging
from
poli7cs
to
music,
nutri7on
or
the
Olympics
.
Every
show
features
a
different
pair
of
anchors,
and
kids
fill
all
the
studio
and
control
room
crew
posi7ons.
MHTV
staff
mentors,
troubleshoots,
and
provides
technical
assistance
as
needed.
“Feedback confirms that viewers love the show,” adds Goloboy. “Participation in the program
continues to expand. As a result, we’ve grown our membership significantly, and now, with the BUS 52
story, Marblehead Youth News has become a nationally recognized phenomenon.”

11. Check
out
the
new
MASSACCESS
website
at
www.massaccess.org
You
can
also
become
a
member
or
renew
your
membership
on
the
new
MASSACCESS
website
with
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