The Australian Communications Media Austhority (ACMA) has releaseed the Community Broadcasting Participation Guidelines after the Draft Guidelines which some of our members and the SCMA made submissions towards.

The ACMA has released the final guidelines with a message:

We hope that the guidelines will facilitate community broadcasting licensees’ understanding of the licence conditions, enabling them to continue to represent the community interest.

If you have any questions about the Guidelines please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the SCMA.

>> Download The Community Broadcasting Participation Guidelines

Wangaratta is just 3 days away

Here is the latest news for the National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference

1/ The welcome BBQ is the first event for the weekend make sure you are at the studio’s of OAK FM to enjoy the hospitality of the host station and the great food and drink that will be available not to mention a great chance to meet the majority of the delegates in a fun relaxed social atmosphere. All the information you need including a map to the Venues is on the website www.scma1.com

2/ Don’t forget the collateral table at the conference for a great opportunity to promote your station your cause and your ideas for promoting community radio. Bring your stations stickers, note pads, pens fridge magnets and whatever else and put it on the collateral table for all to see, sample and enjoy.

3/ Just relised that this is the conference you need to be at ……great contact the conference convener via conference[at]scma1.com and fiend out how to register and attend the conference even at this late time.

4/ Cant make it to the conference but want to send something to promote your business or special cause contact us via conference[at]scma1.com

5/ Cant make the conference but would like to attend the X Awards and conference dinner $60-00 will get you in just contact conference[at]scma1.com to arrange your place and enjoy the friendly fun atmosphere of the friendly conference and the X Awards

6/ Want any information on the conference including the latest conference program and schedule, directions and much more visit www.scma1.com and follow the links to the conference information pages

7/ See you in Wangaratta march 12th to 14th 2010

Online now is the final version of the 2010 Conference Schedule.

Please download the 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference Schedule

Download: [... 2010 Final Conference Schedule... PDF FORMAT]

The 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is a great opportunity for your station to learn, network and enjoy the social side of community broadcasting in an open and friendly atmosphere.

Take a few minutes to have a look at the conference schedule and information, we’ll see you in Wangaratta Victoria on March 12^th to 14^th 2010.

10 Workshops – 8 Plenary Sessions – 3 Days – 1 BBQ – 1 Dinner…. Make sure you don’t miss it…. in Wangaratta!

The Southern Community Media Association as part of it’s continued efforts to better inform it’s membership and the sector as a whole has established a presence on the social networking system Facebook. The page will be used to inform subscribers of events that are happening within the association as well as within the sector.

To an extent it will also be used as an information portal and events program for the association.

I encourage you all to subscribe to the Southern Community Media Association Facebook page. It is all about getting the information out to as many people as possible. You don’t have to be a station manager or a member of the board at your station. In fact you don’t even have to be involved in a station just have an interest in supporting community radio.

Anything that increases information flow and creates an opportunity to promote what is happening within community broadcasting is a bonus to us all.

The great thing about Facebook as opposed to blog sites and web pages is it is interactive and we encourage you all to be involved and have your say about what you would like to see the SCMA doing such as training opportunities, the Conference and anything else you can think of. It’s all right there on Facebook

Here is the link that will take you to the SCMA Facebook site go ahead and join up as a friend and get interactive with your association. You don’t have to be a member of the association to use Facebook but it’s great if you do join after all it’s all about community broadcasting.

http://www.facebook.com/myscma