Contact Information
Organization Name:
Easton Community Access Television
Address:
50 Oliver Street
Suite 201A
Easton, MA 02356
E-mail:
jason.daniels@eastoncat.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
We feel that the most relevant and important discussions within our community will be taking place over broadband in the coming years. While we are primarily focused on cable today, seeking to migrate this conversation across broadband will amplify our mission and situate us well for the future.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts:
Massachusetts 9th Congressional District
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify:
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify:
Disabled
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Number of hosehold subscribers:
Estimated population size of your service area:
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve:
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 22,299 people, 7,489 households, and 5,571 families residing in the town. The population density was 784.1 people per square mile (302.7/km²). There were 7,631 housing units at an average density of 268.3/sq mi (103.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.94% White, 1.59% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.13% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population.
There were 7,489 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the town the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $69,144, and the median income for a family was $82,190. Males had a median income of $51,429 versus $35,912 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,732. About 0.7% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
We will work through the existing social infrastructure of our community to address the needs of these populations. We will do targeted outreach to bring these populations into our studio, into our facility, and train them, teach them and engage them in the broadband conversation.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used:
When applicable our center will set aside the operating and capital expenses needed to ensure that technology is accessible by all.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
Our overwhelming constituency is English speaking
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.
What is the value of current equipment you could dedicate to your local
implementation of the Open Media Project? (if equipment is not owned,
or available to dedicate to the OMP, enter $0)
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Current Dedicated RAID Storage:
Other Current Equipment Value:
If other, please explain:
This is capital equipment for studio and field production. We are at the beginning of our contracts with 2 cable providers.
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:
If other, please explain:
Within the next three years there will be the potential to contribute additional funds to further the success of the OMP at ECAT.
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):
Jason Daniels - Executive Director - 60
Program Director (not yet hired) - 20
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:
We will not specifically employ a FTE for digital literacy but it will be a crucial part of the role of the executive director and the program director at ECAT.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: