1. Did you use community media to facilitate discussion on a local issue or development? Yes

2. If yes, why? did you see an increased awareness? (some examples would be good to document). The community media is a good place to do promotions to get the message across. Yes there is an increase awareness. Examples: Comments from viewers, questions about forums and other issues, phone calls about certain programs later i.e. people phoned the college after the round table discussion on The Community Studies Program, parents commented on videos where their children were involved and asked for copies, Groups and organizations requested copies of the tapes for future reference

3. What is your definition or understanding of community economic development? Introduce programs whereby the community benefits economically. The program may not be directly about economics, but it has economic benefits. It may help to encourage local business to further invest in the business because of a positive attitude portrayed. As I see it, there are economic benefits to whatever activities that take place in the area.

4. Do you see a relationship between participatory communications (the stuff you were doing) and economic development in the community? Yes, Any sharing of ideas or promotions will definitely have some economic benefits. It cannot always be directly felt, but it reaps benefits. Events such as youth events that take place on a regular basis have benefits for the area. More people participate because of promotions and in simple terms spend their money and encourage others to do so.

5 Did you gain an appreciation for this type of activity and the role it plays in community development? Yes, I can see more clearly the importance of using all the technology at your disposal to do networking as well as making personal contacts with individuals. It is also important to have a local presence in a community through the community Television.

1. Describe what you have done (in point form not in

detail). Organized forums, arranged live broadcasts, produced and distributed a brochure on a monthly basis, wrote a monthly column for the Georgian, advertised in the local newspapers, advertised on the radio station of video playing times, advertised live broadcasts, distributed posters of events, arranged a display case at the W.E. Cormack Centre, did a number of taping sessions of community events, taped school events, participated in forums, met with communities in Schools Facilitators to encourage them to promote their events, contacted Stephenville Theatre groups to encourage them to promote their programs, taped and aired a number of sports events, participated and took part in Stephenville Strategic Economic Plane (Phases I & II), did a number of stories on the Women’s Centre, did a guided tour of the Port Au Port Peninsula, Robinson’s, Burnt Islands, Burgeo area and taped the sessions which were aired at a later date, participated in a Leadership Program at the College of the North Atlantic, designed a web page, posted to it on a regular basis, posted to the bulletin board and kept in contact with other facilitators, copied and edited tapes and did a host of other things.

2. Describe what has worked really best in the SOF

experiment. The taping sessions that were later aired worked well as did the live broadcasts. However, live broadcasts depend very much on the participant and there are times when a very short notice is given that the participant could not take part and there wasn’t enough time to find a substitute and the whole show had to be cancelled.

3. Describe barriers that you have come up against. Trying to get on the air was quite a challenge. At first there was a problem trying to access the equipment at the Lion’s Club to play videos and when that was accomplished we tried to go live from the College of the North Atlantic. It took months before they could configure the modulator to do a live broadcast.

4. Describe what you would do differently. There isn’t much I would have done differently. I had hoped for a more friendly atmosphere in regard to the community broadcasting and we could have been on air much earlier. There were times when it felt like a futile struggle, but by prevailing, the message went out we were not going away and finally we got to play videos and go live.

1. Describe what you see as your role in the community? To encourage and facilitate the promotion of local events, get the message out to the public and in essence provide the public with the technology to tell their stories.

2. Why do you think SOF is important? Citizens need to know what is happening in their area and the need to feel a part of it. Sharing Our Future provides the opportunity for them to do just that.

3. What benefits do you see in having the community more

involved in

participatory communications? Everyone benefits through involvement both socially and economically. The whole community grows to become a better place to live and work and a place where others may want to come and set up business if the climate is just right.

4. How do you think you are helping the community? I think I am helping the community to put a local slant on the issues, help to show through, video clips, some of the positive thing in the area and encourage the citizens to take pride in the community.

5. What are some of the projects you are working on and how

do they fit

with the basic principles of SOF? Organizing and taping forums, publishing a brochure, writing a column for the Georgia, maintaining a web site. I think they fit with the principles of Sharing Our Future because forums generate interest and provide a means whereby citizens can express their ideas and frustrations in the hope that solutions can be reached. Brochures keep people informed and give tem a chance for input if they wish. Newspaper columns keep people informed and provide them with ideas to discuss with others and to give you feed back. Web sites enable people in all parts of the world to stay in tune with their place of birth or for others to become informed and in so doing facilitate communications.

6. How do you know that what you're doing is working? Feedback from individuals is probably the best way to measure what you are doing is getting out there. When you meet people and they comment on the column and ask questions you know some things are generating discussions.

7. Why do you think it's working? I think it is working since we try to maintain a presence in the community and we use various means to promote the program such as radio, brochures, newspaper columns, television web sites, the Internet and by word of mouth.

8. Have you come across any barriers? The barriers were mentioned earlier. The problem of getting on air

9. What unique qualities about your community make a

process like this

work? The community of Stephenville has a diverse culture which makes it very interesting to carry out such a project plus there are facilities in the area to do the things you want to do, we just have to have greater access to them or probably get them under one roof.

10. What unique qualities in people make a process like

this work? There are people in Stephenville who generally have open minds to trying something new and are welling to volunteer time and effort if they feel the cause is a just one

11. What is one thing you have learnt since you became an

SOF community

communications facilitator? Keep communications going even when you feel you are up against great odds. Make as much personal contact as possible, become familiar with the modern technology and attempt to be at least literate in all areas of technology.

C. Personal assessment (please add comments to each

question).

Community Media Facilitator YES/NO

Please note: Community communication facilitators should be

Familiar with the community media job description. See below.

1. Participate in training necessary for implementation of

the community

media process. Yes (Periodic training is essential)

2. Write monthly reports and post to the discussion board. Yes this is crucial especially in my case where I was trying to get highlights from facilitators’ reports to include in the Georgian Column

4. Be willing to learn practical technical skills in order

to implement

the community media process. Yes, more skills you develop in this area the more enjoyable the job will be and the great success you will have.

5. Post weekly messages to the discussion board. Yes, communication among facilitators is a high priority.

6. Communicate by e-mail with the district coordinator

and the other

communication facilitators. Yes, The Weekly Activity Sheet is a good way to keep in touch.

7. Participate in weekly, web board discussions with other

community

communication facilitators Yes

8. Willing to work with, and take advice from the local

committee. Yes. It is also essential to have a committee that meets regularly and evaluate the goals and objectives

9. Follow procedures in the community media job

description. Yes. All regulations should be followed and all records kept as requested by CRTC and the cable company.

10. Implement the participatory evaluation by suggesting

people to

interview and setting up interviews. Yes and also get a cross section of the people who participated or were affected in any way.

11. Maintain a local facilitators' web page. Yes. Web pages provide an opportunities for people every where to stay in touch with community events.

WITHIN THE COMMUNITY YES/NO

1. Develop community awareness for community media. Yes, inform the citizens what is available for them to show their programs or to air their issues.

2. Facilitate an interactive public discussion about

community issues

and/or a cultural celebration each month. Yes, arrange a forum or do a live broadcast monthly to celebrate the culture or to discuss local issues.

3. Facilitate a monthly community television or community

radio forum. Yes, similar to #1

4. Speak at meetings of service clubs and community groups

about

community media. Yes, let them know that you are available if they wish to avail of your services

5. Learn skills to make presentations on local community

television. Yes, maybe the Journalism Department at the college could arrange for mini workshops periodically.

6. Be prepared to be interviewed by radio and newspaper

reporters. Yes

7. Learn skills to write press releases. Yes

8. Learn skills to make posters for community media events. Yes

9. Learn skills to produce a web page. Yes and to periodically update those skills through mini workshops

10. Implement local fundraising and/or entrepreneurial

activity to raise

money for equipment or the salary of a local facilitator. No

11. Find and work with local volunteers. Yes

12. Invite the public (individuals and groups) to

participate. Yes

13. Keep the public informed about community media

activities. Yes

14. Each month revise the community communication needs,

skills and

resources assessment maps and post them online. Yes

15. Provide support for the local CAP site. Yes, through local advertising

D. Community assessment (please add comments to each

question).

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT YES/NO

There are identifiable characteristics of a community

within which community media will flourish. However, each community

media process uniquely meets the needs of its community. So it's not

necessary to check every "yes".

1. An active and supportive local committee. Yes, this is very important in order for this process be successful

2. Active community groups which recognize the importance

of community

media. Yes and is essential to have someone on the committee who have a genuine interest in technology and some time to devote to it.

3. Direct contact with established funders who are willing

to support

community media. No

4. An established, representative local sponsor for

community media. No

5. History of partnership and collaboration between

institutions and

organizations within the community. Yes

6. A school willing to participate in the community media

process. Yes, if there is a Community in Schools facilitator in the school that person should keep in close contact with the SOF facilitator and vice versa

7. A community, which recognizes the needs of young people. Yes, very important

8. Local businesses willing to donate to community media. No

9. Community groups and service clubs willing to

participate in

community media. Yes, more so than having the businesses involved.

10. Institutions of higher education willing to support the

programs

with training and human resources. Yes

11. Institutions willing to support the programs by

providing inkind

contributions of space and use of equipment. Yes it is essential to have those institutions involved to provide training and to make the technology available.

12. Local people willing to contribute time to the

community media

process. Yes, more people are involved more they will support the process and the more sustainable it will be.

13. Local media willing to help the facilitators with

developing

community awareness. Yes, this certainly helps to make the public more aware of what is going on.

14. Support from established community development and

community

economic development facilitators. Yes, assistance from those groups are vital

E. What are the issues of your community? A Sustainable airport, providing employment for the young, a good health care system.

F. What have been the cultural components of SOF in your

community? Taping certain events that were already arranged and organizing events that could be broadcast life or taped to be aired at a later date.

G. What have you done to promote and spread information

about SOF (in

point form)? Same as # 1 in Part I Web page, brochure, monthly column, monthly live show, video tapes aired, advertised on TV and radio, posters in public and private buildings.

H. What can be sustained of SOF activities in your

community? With volunteers, the web page, video taping and live broadcasts can be sustained

I. Please comment on this job description.

1. PURPOSE:

The job description of community communications facilitator focuses on the importance in our communities of dialogue on local issues and cultural celebration. It reaffirms the inter-generational relationships which are an essential component of our way of life. It recognizes thatthere must be communication between rural communities, locally and

throughout the Atlantic region, so we can share strategies of survival and development in the new global economy. There seems to be a lot of sharing of ideas in a particular region but not provincially or in the Atlantic region. It is also important to get more seniors involved in this process.

2. DEFINITION:

Community communications is defined as dialogue on local issues and cultural celebration. The two are intertwined. It is important to have our way of life positively mirrored so we can affirm our self-identity and feel empowered to speak out on local issues and plan together for the future. There is certainly a need for dialogue on local issues and it is crucial to provide the medium for this as well. We need access to the technology and the expertise to get the message out.

3. GOALS:

The goal of the facilitator is first to develop an interest and awareness of community communications in the local area. The second step is to work with community members, principally youth, to produce communication on community television and/or radio. The

third step is to use Internet technologies to communicate with groups and communities

locally and throughout the Atlantic region. The fourth step is to be a contact for expatriate Newfoundlanders wanting to re-establish contact with their home communities. The challenge as I see it is to bring the youth and the seniors together to share their stories and values and to listen to each other. The youth need to hear the stories of the past to learn from them, to draw on what is good. If they are unaware of the past they may stand to repeat the mistakes of the past.

4. FOCUS:

The community communications facilitator is a people job; its primary

focus is to motivate and liaison. It will be necessary for the facilitator to learn basic technical skills and to conduct training workshops but it is more important to be able to identify support agencies rather than take full responsibility for the technical aspects. Time does not permit the facilitator to conduct all training sessions, but to be aware of people with expertise and draw on their expertise to conduct mini training sessions.

5. LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

(A) Conduct and update monthly a community communications needs, skills

and resources assessment (see attached assessment form). Yes

(B) Help establish, maintain and coordinate regular meetings of a local community communications committee. The facilitator should be involve, but an active committee is necessary to hold regular meetings and to be involved in much of the programming.

(C) Motivate and involve the youth of the area in community communications production.

(D) Coordinate community communications training workshops.

(E) Organize regular community television public consultations and events (see attached community television "recipe").

(F) Develop public awareness of community communications and publicize events.

(G) Co-ordinate and help produce local programming (community based videos) for community television and/or radio.

(H) If there isn't a local Community Access program Centre, support local agencies in their efforts to establish a CAP Centre.

(I) If there is a local Community Access Program Centre: This is located at the Kindale Public Library

(I) Help publicize the CAP Centre.

(II) Help organize general public and targeted interest group training on basic computer and internet use.

(III) Promote and help organize training for the production of local web pages.

(IV) Utilize the CAP Centre for community media networking purposes including video conferencing, email and web board participation.

6. RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE THE LOCAL AREA:

(A) Network with the sponsors and district coordinator.

(B) Share ideas and experiences with other community communications

facilitators in the region by email and weekly participation in the web

board discussions.

(C) Share video and/or audiotapes with other community communications facilitators. This is a good idea

(D) Use the internet - email, web boards and video conferencing - for communication.

(E) Participate in networking with other Newfoundland communities on the internet.

(F) Help coordinate local internet television and/or radio special event broadcasts (one per year).

7. REPORTING:

(A) Verbal progress reports to meetings of the local community

communications committee.

(B) Monthly written reports to the district coordinator. This has also been done on a weekly basis and e-mailed to the coordinator as well a hard copy has been filed.

(C) Weekly reports on the web board.

E. Please complete the community communications maps so they will be of use to professionals in the fields of economic development, health and education - that is, people who want to access the community communication capacity of the participating communities.

(Note: This is a community needs, skills and resources mapping assessment for Sharing Our Future facilitators ('WE'). Naming of equipment doesn't mean you must have it in order to communicate.) The idea is for this to be a useful document for communication - who also means a phone number and other relevant contact information.

1. To produce community television, we have access to:

__X_ modulator hooked to the cable system

who/where? Don Murphy-643-7745-College of the North Atlantic

Jack Cook-643-4451 (home) Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ video camcorders-who/where?-Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

Jesse Fudge-643-5523-W.E. Cormack Development Centre,

Monica White-643-4262-Kindale Library( Camera can be used by library staff only

__X_ microphones

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

__X_ video lights

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

__X_ television monitors

who/where? Jesse Fudge-W.E. Cormack Development Centre

Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

__X_ audio mixer

who/Where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

Jack Cook-Stephenville Lion’s Club

video mixer

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

Jack Cook-Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ speakerphone

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

Jack Cook-Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ tripods

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

Jack Cook-Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ player VCR

who/where? Jesse Fudge/Tom Hutchings —W. E. Cormack Development Centre

_X_ recorder VCR

who/where? Beverly Kirby, Communities in Schools —643-4891 recorder is at the Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ videotapes

who/where? Beverly Kirby-643-4891

2. To video conference, we have access to:

_X__ AV computer with software, modem and camera

who/where? Computer at the W.E. Cormack Centre-No camera

__X_ access to a local internet service provider

who/where? Jesse Fudge-6435523 / Tom Hutchings-W.E. Cormack Centre

3. To produce a video for community television, we have

access to:

__X_ video camcorder

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

__X_ tripod

who/where? Don Murphy

__X_ microphone

who/where? Don Murphy

__X_ television monitor

who/where? Don Murphy

__X_ videotapes

who/where? Beverly Kirby-(Buy them and get reimbursed)

4. To E-Mail, interact on the Sharing Our Future discussion

board and visit

the SOF web site, we have access to:

__X_ computer with software and modem

who/where? W.E.

__X_ access to a local internet service provider

who/where? W.E. & Kindale Library

__X local dial-up numbers

what are they? (not sure) I signed on to yahoo for free

___ addresses for board and site

what are they?

5. To produce a web site, we have access to:

_X__ computer with software and modem

who/where? W.E.

__X_ access to local Internet service provider

who/where? W.E. & Kindale

___ file transfer protocol software

who/where?

__X_ free web site space

who/where? Yahoo-http://ca.geocities.com/jfudge2001

7. Does your community have a public access Internet site?

Who/where? Emily Fudge-643-4262-Kindale Public Library

8. Does your community have high-speed Internet access?

Who/where? Emily Fudge-643-4262-Kindale Public Library

COMMUNICATION NEEDS MAPPING

The basis of external communication from the group to the community is

getting to know your local media conduits. In other words, get to know on a

first name basis the people who can help, whether that person be the program

manager at the local radio station or the grocery manager who controls the

community bulletin board.

1. Does your community have community cable television? Are

volunteers

(groups) allowed to produce programming? (See a recipe for

community

television.)

who/where? Yes-Cheryl Hayden, Jack Cook, Beverly Kirby, Jesse Fudge, Don Murphy, Brian Foley

2. Does your community have a local newspaper? Will they

use press releases

and photos from your group?

who/where? Yes-Georgian -John Hanratty-643-4531-The Western Star-Frank Gale-643-9639

3. Who is your local representative for the regional

(national) newspaper? Same as # 2

Do you know reporters who normally report on events and

issues relevant to

your group?

who/where? (same)

4. Does your community have a local radio station? What is

their policy on

public service announcements? Do they have any time slots

available for

programming from your group?

who/where? Yes, "Calendar of Events" and other times-Jerry Murphy-643-3641-cfcb@vocm.com

5. Do you have a community or college radio station? Is it

possible for yourgroup to produce a program or special?

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic

6. Which of these tools of community communications would

work for you and

be useful in your community?

__X_ press release

who/where? Radio station, community television, newspapers,

_ X__ posters

who/where? Kindale Library, local food establishments, W.E. Cormack Development Centre

__X_ public forums (meetings)

who/where? College, the schools and W.E.

__X_ public service announcements

who/where? Radio, community television and newspapers

__X_ radio programs

who/where? Don Murphy, college, Jerry Murphy, radio station

___ radio phone-ins

who/where? This one has not been tried

__X_ interviews with reporters

who/where? Frank Gale-Western Star-John Hanratty-The Georgian

___ letters to the editor- Western Star-Georgian

who/where?

__X_ newspaper column

who/where? Jesse Fudge-Georgian-Johnratty, editor

__X_ newsletter

who/where? Jesse Fudge-brochure, monthly

___ other groups' newsletters

who/where?

__X_ community television

who/where? Don Murphy-College of the North Atlantic-Jack Cook-Stephenville Lion’s Club

__X_ video productions

who/where? Jesse Fudge-aired on channel 9 weekly

_X__ newspaper wall

who/where? Jesse Fudge-Showcase-W.E. Cormack

___ bulletin boards

who/where?

___ church bulletins

who/where?

___ popular theatre

who/where?

___ popular songwriting

who/where?

SECTION THREE

1. Does your community have a community communications

facilitator?

___X_ who/where? Jesse Fudge-643-5523-W.E. Cormack Development Centre

2. Does your community have a community communications

committee?

__X__ who/where? Cheryl Hayden, Jack Cook, Beverly Kirby, Jesse Fudge, Don Murphy, Brian Foley

3. Does your community have community communications

volunteers?

__X__ who/where? Shane Young-643-6079, Shawn Young-643-6079, Lori White-643-6192, Ashley Fudge 643-6047, Chris McDonald-643-3764, Matthew McDonald-643-3764, Monica White-643-4262

4. Does your community have regular community

communications programming?

__X__ when/where? Once per week-Lion’s Club and monthly at the College of the North Atlantic

5. Does your community have any cultural celebrations?

__X_ who/when/where? School concerts, youth bands and group performances

6. Does your community have any websites (privately or

publicly produced)?

___X_ who/where? There is a town website and a number of private web sites. This can be found by going into the Stephenville web page

7. Does your community have any church, school, public,

service or youth

groups that meet regularly?

__X__ who/where/when? Yes, you may contact the various churches and schools as well as other organizations to find out when the meet. The times and places for organizations varies from year to year and the contact person also changes.

8. Does anybody in your community have stories to tell?

__X__ who/where? Don Gale, Piercy Pieroway. Those individuals could give the names of other individuals you could contact.