Media Bridges

The Open Media Globe
Submitted by johnthatcherjr on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 17:00
Contact Information
Individual Applicant Name: 
Tom Bishop
About the Center
1. Does your organization currently have a public computer center?: 
Yes
2. What is the goal of your public computer center? If it currently is not set up do you have organizational capacity for one?: 
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3. What percentage of content submitted to your station is posted online?: 
0
4. Will your organization's public computer center be available to all members of the general public or a specific population?: 
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5. Do you charge membership dues or other fees to the population you are proposing to serve?: 
No
Center Demographic Information
8. What is the estimated population size of your service area?: 
1
9. What is your service area identifier?: 
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10. What age distribution(s) will your center serve?: 
0 to 4 years
11. What ethnicity(s) will your center serve?: 
Hispanic
12. What gender(s) will your center serve?: 
Male
13. What is the median household income for the population your center will serve?: 
Less than $9,000
14. What education levels will your center serve?: 
None
15. What is the unemployment rate for your service area?: 
1
16. What describes the language preference of your service area?: 
English - Primary
17. Please describe your center's outreach strategy and how can you reach communities lacking broadband access. : 
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18. If you provide a computer checkout or giveaway program, how many users do you expect to provide equipment or computers?: 
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19. How will you measure the program's impact in reaching disconnected communities and increase broadband adoption?: 
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20. Please describe your primary training and educational programs, including curricula, student certification programs, etc.: 
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Other Information
21. Is there evidence that less than 40% of your service population has broadband web access?: 
Yes
22. How will your center provide a $10,000 match of funds?: 
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23. Does your center currently have an online component or plans for an online component?: 
Yes
24. How do you plan to maintain a public computer center?: 
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25. How do you plan maintain a website for your station or for the public computer center?: 
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26. Are you interested in enabling your community to directly schedule any portion of your programming schedule?: 
Yes
27. Are you interested in sharing content with other public access TV stations?: 
Yes