Contact Information
Organization Name:
Willamette Falls Television
Address:
1101 Jackson Street
Oregon City, OR 97045
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
Become
the anchor institution for local support and training in communications
and technology through skill building in multimedia. WFTV strives to
provide local communication solutions with a skill based workforce.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts:
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify:
Willamette Falls Televison is open to serve the Grand Ronde community, specifically the Kalapuya tribe
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify:
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
Native American or Native Alaskan
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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:
Willamette
Falls Television (WFTV) serves five cities and the unincorporated
cities of Clackamas County. Demographics for Clackamas County are
available at the following website -
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&_lang=en&_sse=on&geo_id=05000US41005&_county=Clackamas+County
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
Partnerships
are a great way to create a foundation for need based services.
Stewards and long standing organizations within smaller communities are
the best voice of the community. The unincorporated townships and
hamlets in Clackamas County don't have the financial structure to
sustain current methods of communication. Transportation into
metropolitan areas to utilized technology is preventing most citizens
from a continuous flow of dialog. Willamette Falls Television is
already partnered with Clackamas County to be the Public Access Center
for the unincorporated region. In order to put these programs into
place in support of accessible communication WFTV proposes to provide a
journalism and technology program that is structured at the facility and through WFTV's Website so
citizens have a way to gain skills in providing leadership in their own
communities without having to travel great distances to do so.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used:
WFTV
is the recipient of a Clackamas County Block Grant. This grant is
providing ADA accessibility throughout the facility. WFTV works with
disabled people in the community directly through job skills,
internships and independent production. Currently WFTV provides
dedicated programming on the channels for the hearing impaired through
volunteer producers.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
Staff
does not have the ability to develop programs that are multilingual due
to limited staffing, but will partner with organizations or individuals
willing to develop programs of this nature.
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):
Ashford, Manager - 20hrs = $360
Johnson, Engineer - 40hrs = $822
Bouck, Production Assistant - 10hrs = $100
Neill, Assistant Manager - 40hrs = $512
Tarantola, Studio Specialist - 20hrs = $245
Lee, Office Assistant - 20hrs = $200
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:
Basic computer skills, communication skills, certification not required
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project:
