Contact Information
Organization Name:
Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television
Address:
294 North Winooski Avenue
Burlington VT 05401
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television is a government access cable channel that aims to increase public participation in the democratic process. Channel 17 opens the door to local government by providing municipal meeting and event coverage, public media training and broad distribution through cable television and www.channel17.org Increased broadband usage by all members of our community means that we extend our services--schedules, programs and training to more people in our region.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts:
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify:
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify:
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Native American or Native Alaskan
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers:
Estimated population size of your service area:
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve:
Channel 17/ Town Meeting TV serves a predominantly white population with a large refugee community. Senior citizens and disabled residents are a major portion of the Channel 17 viewing audience. Young people participate in program production, as do unemployed people looking for new job skills.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
In Chittenden County Vermont pockets of low income communities cannot afford broadband access, this critical connection to the economic and cultural life of our community. Channel 17 will focus its outreach strategy to public schools, youth service agencies and mutual aid societies and community organizers who work with the variety of low income youth and "new Americans" settling in our region. Channel 17 outreach activities include: mapping the network of key organizations and updating database of organizations/ projects, contacting lead organizers (20), one-on-one meetings as necessary, on-site and off-site presentations (10), studio tours/ training sessions (6), video programs with targeted messages on broadband opportunities and how to take advantage of them (3-6), fliers/ public releases, public training sessions (vacation camps, regular sessions).
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used:
Channel 17 physical facilities and training programs are accessible to people with a variety of disabilities.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
We work with various refugee populations upon request.
Local Drupal Development Commitement In addition to what the OMF will provide through this grant, we
estimate that a successful implementation will require a minimum of 80
hours of local drupal support (through trained staff, contractors, or
volunteers).
How many hours of professional drupal development support can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment:
Current Capitial Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Current Dedicated RAID Storage:
Other Current Equipment Value:
Future Capital Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
How much Capital Equipment budget could you devote towards the
acquisition of the following equipment:
Future Dedicated RAID Server:
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Other Future Equipment Value:
Technical and Administrative Support We estimate that a successful implementation of the OMP will require a minimum of 80 hours of technical and administrative support
(through involvement of your ED, bookkeeper, engineer and other staff). Any time contributed will count towards your in-kind match.
How many hours can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary):
Network Administrator - 250 hours @ $25/hour
Video Engineer - 250 hours @ $35/hour
Business Manager - 50 hours @ $25/hour
Channel 17 Director - 200 hours @ $30/hour
Video Content Commitment Partners will be supporting Sustainable Broadband Adoption by
addressing the primary hurdle identified by non-adopters: a perception
that broadband is not relevant to life, especially in low-income and
minority communities.
What is the value of the staff time and resources you are willing to
devote to supporting the production of video content that will address
'broadband relevance' from the perspective of members from
disconnected communities"?
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach:
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training:
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes:
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training:
Our Training Coordinator has 15 year of experience with media and digital literacy training.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project:
