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

__ modulator hooked to the cable system
who/where?
There is a modulator hooked up from Our Lady of
Lourdes Elementary School in Lourdes. It is in a room
of the library, and community television is done by
running the cable into the library.
___ video camcorders
who/where?
I have use of a video camera that belongs to the
Port-au-Port Economic Development Association. I keep
it with me in exchange for being able to do video work
for them when they need it.
There is an old camera that belongs to the Elementary
school but it doesn't work, so the students can't use
it.
The Lourdes Recreation Commission has a new camera
they bought, but we don't have access to it.

___ microphones
who/where?
I have a full size microphone that hooks up to the
audio mixer. I also have cordless lapel mic that
belongs to the development association which hooks up
to the camera.

___ video lights
who/where?
None.

___ television monitors
who/where?

There are two television monitors that belong to
Channel 9, that I have stored at the Development
Association.
Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary has a television and a
VCR that they let me use
when we have shows at the school.
___ audio mixer
who/where?
Channel 9 has one audio mixer that I have stored at
the development association.

___ video mixer
who/where?
Channel 9 has one video mixer that I have stored at
the development association.

___ speaker phone
who/where?
None.

___ tripods
who/where?
I have a tripod that fits the camera I use. It is the
one that belongs to the Development Association.

___ player VCR
who/where?

Channel 9 has an old video camera that is used for
playing tapes for shows. The camera doesn't work as a
recorder. There was a tripod for mounting it, but has
been misplaced.
___ recorder VCR
who/where?
The school has a VCR and Television that they are
letting me use for television shows (in the school).

___ videotapes
who/where?
I have access to buying video tapes through the
Community Education Network for community television.

2. To video conference, we have access to:

___ AV computer with software, modem and camera
who/where?
No

___ access to a local internet service provider
who/where?

I have access to the internet at work? There are
community access sites at both Cape St. George and
Mainland.
3. To produce a video for community television, we
have access to:
___ video camcorder
who/where?
I have a video camera that belongs to the Port-au-Port
Economic Development Association.

___ tripod
who/where?

There is a tripod that goes with the camera mentioned
above.
___ microphone
who/where?
I have a lapel mic that mounts on the camera that
belongs to the camera mentioned above.
Channel 9 has a microphone and jack that connects to
the audio mixer.

___ television monitor
who/where?
There are two television monitors that belong to
Channel 9, that I have stored at the Development
Association.
Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary has a television and a
VCR that they let me use
when we have shows at the school.

___ videotapes
who/where?
I have access to buying video tapes through the
Community Education Network for community television.

4. To E-Mail, interact on the Sharing Our Future
discussion board and visit the CIS web site, we have
access to:

___ computer with software and modem
who/where?
I have access to a computer at work at the
Port-au-Port Economic Development
Association. I am limited in my use of it, as it at
someone else's work station. I usually check it first
thing in the morning, or stay back after office hours.
I do have my own work space, but am not "hooked-up".

___ access to a local internet service provider
who/where?

?
___ local dial-up numbers
what are they?
?

___ addresses for board and site
what are they?

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

___ computer with software and modem
who/where?
No
___ access to local internet service provider
who/where?
No
___ file transfer protocol software
who/where?
No
___ free web site space
who/where?
No
7. Does your community have a public access internet
site?
Who/where?
There are two internet access sites on the Peninsula.
One is at Mainland and the other is at Cape St.
George.

COMMUNICATION NEEDS MAPPING
SECTION TWO
MAINSTREAM MEDIA

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?
Lourdes has a hook-up for community cable. Yes, as
long as it is cleared with the school (where the
hook-up is).
2. Does your community have a local newspaper? Will
they use press releases and photos from your group?
who/where?
The most local newspaper is the Georgian out of
Stephenville. They welcome news from the Peninsula
and are receptive to pictures, articles and press
releases.
The Western Star, a Corner Brook publication, is also
delivered on the Peninsula. It has a reporter who
works out of Stephenville. I have the contact
information for the Stephenville reporter.
3. Who is your local representative for the regional
(national) newspaper? Do you know reporters who
normally report on events and issues relevant to your
group?
who/where?
There is a new reporter at the Georgian, and I am
unsure of who it is. I do have the contact numbers
for the Georgian (phone and fax), as well as their
e-mail address.
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?
The most local radio station is CFCB in Stephenville.
They are good with public service announcements. They
have a calendar of events, etc.
5. Do you have a community or college radio station?
Is it possible for your group to produce a program or
special?
who/where?
There is a radio station at Mainland but they have all
french content.

6. Which of these tools of community communications
would work for you and be useful in your community?
___ press release
who/where?
A press release could be put in the Georgian which
reaches a lot of people on the Peninsula. The Western
Star (out of Corner Brook) is also gotten here, but on
a smaller scale.

___ posters
who/where?
Poster can be put up almost anywhere on the Peninsula
where there are confectionary stores. For community
television events in Lourdes, I put up posters in the
Superette, the Gas Bar and the Lourdes Co-op.

___ public forums (meetings)
who/where?
There are a lot of community meetings happening all
around the area. I have to pick and choose what, if
any, is connected to Sharing Our Future. (Even
though I feel I should be involved more, there are, of
course, time restrictions)

___ public service announcements
who/where?
Public service announcements can be placed in the
Georgian and on CFCB radio.
___ radio programs
who/where?

NO
___ radio phone-ins
who/where?

There is a call in show on CFCB in the morning, with
host Bill Rowe.
___ interviews with reporters
who/where?

No

___ letters to the editor
who/where?

Letters to the editor would most likely suit our
purposes better if placed in the Georgian rather than
the Western Star.
___ newspaper column
who/where?

No
___ newsletter
who/where?

There is a newsletter that goes home from Our Lady of
Lourdes Elementary which reports on Sharing Our Future
activities when they are done with the classes at the
school.
The Port-au-Port Economic Development Association put
out a flyer in November to all the residents within
it's catchment area (all the Peninsula and as well as
Port-au-Port East, Fox Island River and Point au Mal),
which noted that a Sharing Our Future Facilitator was
working out of the office. There is discussion about
having a regular flyer at least once, maybe twice, a
year. If this follows through, it could be used.
___ other groups' newsletters
who/where?
As above.
___ community television
who/where?

Lourdes and Mainland have community television
capabilities. Mainland has a studio.
___ video productions
who/where?

There are some short video production about the area
done by Ryakuga.
There are also copies of shows done at Lourdes.
___ newspaper wall
who/where?

No
___ bulletin boards
who/where?

There are poster boards in local stores that are
accessible.
___ church bulletins
who/where?

Our Lady of Lourdes at Lourdes has a regular bulletin
every week, as does Our Lady of the Cape and Our Lady
of Fatima in Piccadilly.
___ popular theatre
who/where?

There is none on the Peninsula.
___ popular songwriting
who/where?
None.