The Open Media Globe

Willamette Falls Television

Submitted by wftvjenelle on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:30
Contact Information
Individual Applicant Name: 
Jenelle Neill
About the Center
1. Does your organization currently have a public computer center?: 
No
2. What is the goal of your public computer center? If it currently is not set up do you have organizational capacity for one?: 
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.
3. What percentage of content submitted to your station is posted online?: 
2
4. Will your organization's public computer center be available to all members of the general public or a specific population?: 
The general public residing within our service areas primarily.
5. Do you charge membership dues or other fees to the population you are proposing to serve?: 
No
6. What is the disabilities status for members in your area? Check all that apply.: 
Blindness, Deafness or a severe vision or hearing impairment.
A condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting or carrying.
A physical, mental or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more.
Center Capacity
7. For the following questions regarding your center's capacity, are the values current or proposed?: 
Proposed
Public computer center name and type.: 
Willamette Falls Community Media Center
How many broadband-related equipment units (e.g. computers, wireless devices) have you/do you intend to purchase overall?: 
10
Center's Broadband Connection Speed (MBps): 
6
Number of Persons served per 120-hour business week?: 
100
Number of Persons served per 48-hour weekend?: 
20
Center Demographic Information
8. What is the estimated population size of your service area?: 
447830
9. What is your service area identifier?: 
Census Burea
10. What age distribution(s) will your center serve?: 
5 to 19 years
20 to 29 years
29 to 39 years
40 to 49 years
50 to 59 years
60 to 69 years
70 and above
11. What ethnicity(s) will your center serve?: 
Hispanic
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Non-Hispanic American Indian
Non-Hispanic Asian
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Non-Hispanic Other
12. What gender(s) will your center serve?: 
Male
Female
13. What is the median household income for the population your center will serve?: 
Less than $9,000
$10,000 - $14,999
$15,000 - $24,999
$25,000 - $34,999
$35,000 - $44,999
$50,000 - $74,999
$75,000 - $99,999
$100,000 - $149,999
$150,000 - $199,999
$200,000 and above
14. What education levels will your center serve?: 
Elementary - Kindergarten to Grade 5
Middle - Grade 6 to Grade 8
Secondary - Grade 8 to Grade 12
College
Masters
Doctorate/Post-Doctorate
15. What is the unemployment rate for your service area?: 
12
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. : 
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 so citizens have a way to gain skills in providing leadership in their own communities without having to travel great distances to do so.
18. If you provide a computer checkout or giveaway program, how many users do you expect to provide equipment or computers?: 
Anyone that comes into the facility, that resides in the service areas, will be provided reasonable training and accessibility to technology.
19. How will you measure the program's impact in reaching disconnected communities and increase broadband adoption?: 
Utilizing metrics from the journalism website can provide immediate reporting. WFTV also provides annual reporting on equipment and facility usage. In terms of Public Access centers, qualitative metrics are a preferred method of reporting.
20. Please describe your primary training and educational programs, including curricula, student certification programs, etc.: 
Since 1986 WFTV has provided basic producer training in field production, post production and studio production. Producers are guided by a hands on approach with actual equipment. The instructor will assess comprehension and provide notations in the producer database with comments and instructions for followup. Currently WFTV is developing a program of production relevant classes. Community Schools is the division that has provided classes and workshops for all interests in Oregon City. Currently they are partnering with WFTV to provide a dual layer class. Dual layer classes are special interest classes embedded within WFTV production classes. WFTV will be providing special interest electives quarterly starting this summer, 2010. WFTV is also developing a program that will integrate IT Server training and Open Source Web Development to support content delivery of media and supplement channel operations.
20a. How many hours of training do you/expect to provide per person on average through training programs(s)?: 
20
20b. How many full-time instructors/facilitators do you/will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes?: 
Instructor funding will be project based. They will be required to have working/educational experience and/or certification dependant on assignment.
Other Information
21. Is there evidence that less than 40% of your service population has broadband web access?: 
No
22. How will your center provide a $10,000 match of funds?: 
WFTV operations is funded from franchise fees. Additionally, WFTV receives PEG funding from three cities and Clackamas County when funds are available. Potential funding from Facility and Staff services is currently in review.
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?: 
Staff will be reorganized for dedicated maintenance of an IT Department. Partnerships and programs will assist in maintaining a public computer center at the onset. Membership fees will be implemented to hire part-time staff as core.
25. How do you plan maintain a website for your station or for the public computer center?: 
A journalism committee will meet regularly to discuss content. The IT committee will meet to discuss infrastructure. Finally a Web Development committee will discuss design and implementation.
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
28. How many total new home subscribers (households) to broadband do you expect to generate over the entirety of the program?: 
Unknown
29. How many total new business and/or institutional subscribers to broadband do you expect to generate?: 
Unknown

Boston Neighborhood Network

Submitted by BNN on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:55
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Boston Neighborhood Network
Applicant Name: 
Jim Atwood
Address: 
BNN Charles J. Beard II Media Center 3025 Washington Street Roxbury MA 02119
Phone: 
617-708-3224
E-mail: 
jatwood@bnntv.org
Website URL: 
www.bnntv.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Boston Neighborhood Network (BNN) is a community media center providing Boston residents and non-profits with training and the means to share creative works, perspectives and information throughout the city and beyond. With our recent move to a historically preserved, LEED Silver-certified new facility that is attracting new participants from throughout the city, BNN has built on a 25 year record of community service to become a model of sustainable development. Our new home provides enhanced opportunities to transform lives and communities. We are already seeing increased participation and enthusiasm among Boston youth, residents and non-profit organizations, with over 20,000 visitors to Egleston Square in our first two years. Newly designed studios and resources are now all under one roof in a readily accessible location that is a destination for people from all over Boston. Community programming can now be seen globally at our website. An expanded youth program is leading to increasing numbers of young people actively involved with BNN. By bringing different constituency groups together in one facility, new connections are being made among people, organizations, and communities. The Open Media Project (OMP) is currently providing BNN with valuable assistance as we develop a multifunctional website to extend the reach of Boston’s diverse community voices, and programming in over a dozen languages, beyond our local cable system. Our growing immigrant communities will benefit tremendously, as they connect and interact with friends and family around the world, while sharing essential information about health, culture, education and job opportunities. An extension of our work will enable us to complete what we have started and to increase participation in and demand for broadband technology within underserved neighborhoods, in Boston and elsewhere, on the other side of the digital divide. We are requesting ongoing technical assistance from OMP as well as essential equipment upgrades including web server replacement and addition of a dedicated RAID server for website and transcoding station.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
MA 8th and 9th Districts
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Other
If other, please explain:: 
We serve the entire City of Boston. Our immigrant population is growing rapidly, with new arrivals from over 100 countries around the world. According to the 2000 U.S. census, 26% of Bostonians are foreign-born, the fifth highest proportion among the 23 largest U.S. cities. With New Bostonians being largely overlooked by commercial media, we need to ensure that all voices are part of the public dialogue. A cornerstone of our mission is our commitment to providing production and distribution capacity to Boston’s many ethnic and cultural communities. BNN’s channel schedule provides a self-portrait of New England’s most diverse city, with programming in more than a dozen languages, including Spanish, Haitian Kreyol, Arabic, Vietnamese, Russian, Mandarin, Cape Verdean Creole, and Somalian.
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
149000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
600000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Membership demographics indicate the diversity of participation at BNN: 42% Black/African-American; 32% White/non-Hispanic; 7% Hispanic; 6% Haitian; 4% Cape Verdean; 4% Asian or Pacific Islander; 9% other. Our project will specifically be directed to vulnerable populations including non-English speaking immigrant groups, people with disabilities and others who are underrepresented in Boston media, including court-involved youth, low-income seniors and the LGBT community. We will outreach to individuals and organizations of these populations for a series of open house/facility tours geared to their needs and interests while providing awareness of broadband-related opportunities. In the process we will gather their ideas about how we can utilize broadband technologies to better serve them.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
• Consult with Office of New Bostonians, other collaborating organizations and current community producers to form partnerships for increased participation among under-represented communities. Identify community liaisons in support of outreach to recruit interest in creative expression, civic engagement and media-making opportunities at BNN. • Identify crucial messages, such as voter registration drives, to promote in various languages on BNN channels. • Develop multilingual materials (print, multimedia and video), to promote orientation sessions, tours and classes. Develop training plan to include informal exploration of digital media production, formal classes and other opportunities at BNN. • Recruit and train community liaisons to assist with training in various languages, and to offer ongoing individual assistance to participants as they develop their technical and creative skills and interests. • Develop digital gallery incorporating projects from diverse constituencies citywide, for display in new facility, on BNN channels and the web. Present visual artworks, including photos of people, neighborhood scenes, murals and paintings as well as computer-generated art, animation, and original music compositions. Promote opportunities to submit content in various languages. • Expand website to include streaming and on-demand global accessibility of television programs and digital gallery content in various languages. This project is an extension of existing efforts to address related goals: • Integrate upgraded technology and use improved broadband connectivity to extend the reach of community information, creative expression and public dialogue. • Enhance digital media education to offer state-of-the-art, professional level training leading to marketable job skills. • Target outreach to increase participation among youth, adults, seniors and non-profit organizations of underserved, multilingual communities. • Expand year-round youth program to involve more young people in a greater range of opportunities for technology training, digital media production and self-expression. • Build sustainable revenue diversification measures to ensure ongoing delivery of new services.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
With a new facility that is fully accessible to all, we are seeing increasing participation among people with disabilities. One recent example is Eye To Eye, BNN’s first series in American Sign Language, produced by Bostonians who are deaf. We are seeking guidance from people with disabilities as we explore ways that broadband and digital media technologies can make the community media experience – viewing, learning, creating and sharing content – more inclusive.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Over 25 years, we have had occasional workshops conducted in other languages. For example, in 1996 we provided television production classes for the growing Vietnamese community in Boston, in their native language. The result was a well-coordinated team that produced two television series for many years. These valuable programs promoted civic participation, social and cultural activities and taught English as a second language. We now seek to utilize new technology to adapt curricula and materials for training in many languages. In particular, we plan to outreach to growing Latino, Brazilian, Cape Verdean and Cambodian communities to establish partnerships we hope will result in new programming by and for those communities.
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: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
5000
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 Webserver: 
500
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
50000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
4000
Other Current Equipment Value: 
368000
If other, please explain: 
Digital production equipment (studios, field, editing)
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:
Other Future Equipment Value: 
33376
If other, please explain: 
-Networked Attached Storage System to network multimedia lab computers for media file storage and sharing to cable channels and web -Offline Backup System to provide secure, stable [tape] backup and archiving of media files -Presentation system for classroom We have committed funding for these three items ($33,376 from the Timothy Smith Fund). We are seeking support for badly needed webserver replacement ($7,000), transcoding station ($10,000) and dedicated RAID server for website ($3000). (Current RAID storage is for cablecast programming.)
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: 
400
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Jim Atwood, Director of Membership and Development, 100 hrs, $25 Dennis Dutra, Chief Engineer, 100 hrs, $25 Dan Moore, Operations Manager, 100 hrs, $25 Other staff, 100 hrs, $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"?
Staff Time: 
100000
Resources/Equipment: 
100000
Other: 
25000
If other, please explain: 
Boston is a city with a rich history of citizens speaking out to shape our future. We are committed to ensuring that all voices are part of this public dialogue. One remarkable example that exemplifies past successes and the need for this project is Telekreyol, a collaborative production of many Haitian residents and organizations. They have worked together to produce more than 1000 hour-long programs through 22 years as a weekly BNN series. Telekreyol has been on the scene at community parades, festivals and political rallies. They have provided news from Haiti, live telethons for hurricane victims, information about health, immigration law, and housing. Through this process of celebrating Haitian art, history and culture, community media has been established as a local custom of Haitian-Bostonians, who now produce over a dozen weekly series on BNN. For many years, Telekreyol has also been committed to sharing their programs with Haitian communities beyond Boston.Through a costly and cumbersome process of copying and mailing videotapes, they have distributed their work throughout New England, as well as New York City and Miami. In speaking to a national community media conference about Telekreyol’s successes and challenges over 20 years of production, producer Charlot Lucien said: “Telekreyol has yet to acquire the level of technology that will help us rise to the age of digital media: storage and distribution of data, digital production, digital distribution, and web site design, are still a world for us to explore in order to become more independent and efficient.” At the BNN Charles J. Beard II Media Center, our new LEED Silver certified facility in the heart of the city, improved connectivity to cable systems, satellite, web and emerging media platforms provide new opportunities for interactivity and distribution of community programming to worldwide audiences. Combined with new tools such as a digital server, as well as still needed ones such as a new web server, we are committed to an expanding array of program initiatives designed to reach a broad range of Boston’s ethnic and cultural communities and to facilitate communication among these groups and the larger community. These efforts are greatly supported by thework of many college interns. We estimate the value of their related work at $25,000.
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
500
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
10
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
2
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
Youth Program/Media Lab Coordinator Monique Douglas is a professonal digital mediamaker who has been teaching Final Cut Pro and other digital media application at BNN for 10 years. Director of Membership and Development Jim Atwood has worked at BNN in various capacities since 1989, will provide introductory information sessions that put BNN training and production opportunities in the context of sustainable broadband development.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
0
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
0

Open Stage Media

Submitted by Open Stage Media on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:47
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Open Stage Media
Applicant Name: 
Joseph Piazzo
Address: 
Proctors Theatre 432 State Street Schenectady, NY 12305
Phone: 
518-346-3181
E-mail: 
jpiazzo@proctors.org
Website URL: 
www.openstagemedia.com
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Open Stage Media is a brand new PEGtv / Community Access Center being established in Schenectady, New York. Building on the nearly 30 years of experience running public access television in upstate New York, OSM has taken over the management P.E.G. from SaccTV and plans to grow into a premiere, regional community media center for the 21st century. Located on the campus of historic Proctors Theater Arts Complex, http://www.proctors.org/about, OSM shares the excitment being part of the economic and cultural renasance of downtown Schenectady New York. Our mission is to provide a platform for the community to excercise its 1st amendment rights, regardless of the access limits to commercial media imposed by the economic means and media literacy of our diverse population.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
New York 21st district
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
Mohawk
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Black/African-American
Native American or Native Alaskan
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
80000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
150000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 146,555 people, 59,684 households, and 38,018 families residing in the county. The population density was 275/km² (711/sq mi). There were 65,032 housing units at an average density of 122/km² (316/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.77% White, 6.79% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.97% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.21% from other races, and 2.00% from two or more races. 3.17% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 22.3% were of Italian, 13.7% Irish, 10.7% German, 8.4% Polish and 7.0% English ancestry according to Census 2000 [1]. 90.6% spoke English, 2.7% Spanish and 2.1% Italian as their first language. There were 59,684 households out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.50% were married couples living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.30% were non-families. 30.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97. In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $41,739, and the median income for a family was $53,670. Males had a median income of $38,840 versus $27,339 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,992. About 7.80% of families and 10.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 6.50% 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 have an extensive Education Department that delivers programming to school age youth and adult members of our community. Through our programming, we have made significant commitments to both rural and city school districts in order to provide opportunities for students that otherwise would not take place, including both in-school, after-school, and summer training programs. These programs provide access to, and training in several areas of media, including film making and media literacy. By establishing effective partnerships with regional school districts, Proctors is able to offer reduced and free programming at a time when such programs are being eliminated by school districts. Media and web technology is the way of the future and the most logical response to at-risk and underserved populations across the country. Unprecedented changes in the ways we learn and communicate with the world make media literacy as basic as reading, which is critical in providing unique and new opportunities for students and adults.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
OSM and Proctors accommodates mobility, hearing and visually challenged patrons to the best of our ability. 

 

Certain performances at the theatre are interpreted for the convenience of guests who are hearing impaired. OSM is exploring Closed Captioning technologies for use on its public access programming - particularly for our Government / Educational Channels.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
VideoWorks Media English Program with Schenectady High School is an interdisciplinary curriculum for grade 9 students built specifically to teach English curriculum through the media arts. A videographer works in team with English teachers to meet NYS Learning Standards in the Visual Arts and English Language Arts with a special focus on problem solving, civic engagement, teamwork & media literacy. The teacher/teaching artist team design thoughtfully integrated lessons that will teach students about media literacy, integrate current events, journalism, story structure, screenwriting, digital video cameras, shooting, and editing, with the goal of making their own meaningful movies, documentaries, interviews, poetry videos and news features. Through Proctor’s partnership with the public access television station, Open Stage Media, students will also have the opportunity to broadcast their work. This partnership also allows for a significant opportunity to connect students to community issues and grow the capacity of the community to make more programming
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: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
3500
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 Webserver: 
2000
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
17000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
14000
Other Current Equipment Value: 
110000
If other, please explain: 
OSM is building a brand new broadcast head end (3 channels), Video Recording and Editing Studios, along with a community media / education center. OSM and Proctors Theater internet and Intranet is already Drupal based and we have an existing group of developers and staff already working on the platform
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:
If other, please explain: 
We have been formed as the result of a new, 10 year 120,000 per year cable franchise agreement between Time Warner Cable and the City of Schenectady. OSM will be able to obtain additional operating funds by leveraging Proctors Arts Centers extensive Fundraising abilities which are exemplified by the recent 30 million dollar complex expansion.
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: 
1000
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
OSM has 2 Full Time employees, a Program Manager and a Technical Manager. Each will be significantly involved and impacted by the many aspects of the Open Media Project. Our entire operation is planed to be administered via the web - built upon the Drupal framework.
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"?
Staff Time: 
10000
Resources/Equipment: 
20000
If other, please explain: 
We believe that the future of community media contained in the mission, techniques, workflow, and goals of the open media project. We believe, by its very nature, open media encourages media literacy and broadband adoption through its use. The social media networking aspects are key providing support and self promotion and advocacy.
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
400
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
60
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
3
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
We have three full time instructors and two-part time instructors, plus support from a minimum of 6 facilitators for these programs within administration. Each instructor has a minimum of 10 years experience in film and media, has teaching experience with youth and other audiences, are assessed/reviewed twice a year by Education Director or full committee. In some cases staff will have to become certified by New York State and undergo fingerprinting and participate in student training workshops.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
10
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
1

Midpeninsula Community Media Center

Submitted by elliotmar on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:03
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Midpeninsula Community Media Center
Applicant Name: 
Elliot Margolies
Address: 
Media Center 900 San Antonio Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 
650-494-8686
E-mail: 
elliot@midpenmedia.org
Website URL: 
http://www.midpenmedia.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Our vision is of a community that explores and uses video and other electronic communications technologies to tell its stories, learn about the diversity of the community, and engage in a dialogue that crosses political and cultural boundaries. We see these technologies as tools for public engagement, as affordable communications tools for local governments and non-profits, as a means of creative expression, and a path to an attractive career. In our community, all residents and community organizations will have the opportunity to learn how to use and apply these tools, and to share their opinions and creations with the rest of the community. Our youth will understand how to create and analyze video as a means of communication and expression. Local governments will have easy access to communications channels to keep the community informed about services, events, and policies of local interest. Community organizations will have affordable access to those channels to tell their stories and attract support.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
California District 14
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
32000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
140000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
We serve four cities/towns and some unincorporated areas in both Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. For this project we are focused on an area called "East of Bayshore" that includes the entire city of East Palo Alto (population: 33,000) and the east side of Menlo Park (population 6,300). The ethnic makeup of this area is: * Hispanic (58.8%) * Other race (34.7%) * Black (23.0%) * Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (7.6%) * White Non-Hispanic (6.5%) * Two or more races (4.6%) * American Indian (1.6%) * Filipino (0.7%) * Asian Indian (0.5%) Education: High School Dropout rate 33% High school graduates or higher: 48.2% Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6% Graduate or professional degree: 3.6% Jobs: The most common jobs for males: Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%) Unemployment rate in February 2010: 20%
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
The Media Center has a twenty-year history of targeted outreach and relationship building in the East of Bayshore area. We have collaborated with many different organizations and city agencies on over 100 community media projects. These funds would enable us to offer new services to enhance civic participation, strengthen community-based organizations and schools, and create jobs for youth. Specifically actions the Media Center would implement: 1) videotape city council and commission meetings and put them on the web - in real time and as video-on-demand available to viewers on a 24/7 basis 2) create indexed versions of each meeting so that viewers can go directly to the agenda item they are interested in 3) videotape community forums and put them on the web - in real time and as video-on-demand available 24/7 4) train and pay local youth and residents to do the videotaping and internet publishing 5) develop a citizen-journalism outreach and training for East of Bayshore organizations - enabling them to make short videos and write articles & e-news that would be part of a new citizen journalism web site for the Midpeninsula 6) train and pay local youth and residents to offer basic, (multi-lingual) classes and tech support in computer use and internet tools and navigation (This would bolster a program already in place called Computers For Everyone.) 7) develop a new Drupal web site for the Media Center that will enable East of Bayshore organizations and residents to self-publish media from their homes or offices to a robust web site filled with aggregated news and features about our region (The required bandwidth infrastructure is made possible by a project already in place, called WiFi 101 that has recently installed wireless nodes strategically located throughout the East of Bayshore area. The Media Center will continue its collaborative work with One East Palo Alto which administers WiFi 101.)
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
The Media Center conducts all its work with the public on the first floor of its two-story building. That includes its state-of-the-art classroom with nine computer stations, its TV studio, editing stations, and field equipment checkout area. Our experience includes the training of numerous individuals with physical or mental challenges. We will recruit additional trainers to assist in classes where individuals have special needs.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
We plan to offer citizen journalism classes in Spanish. We will publicize all the activities listed above with flyers and public service announcements in Spanish as well as English. As for the meeting coverage we will provide at the Ravenswood City School District board meetings and the East Palo Alto city council, both agencies have a policy to provide real time translation services in Spanish whenever there is a request for that. All meetings that have simultaneous Spanish translation will be uploaded to the internet in each language version as video-on-demand. The Media Center operates two government cable TV channels and whenever both are available we will be able to play a Spanish and an English version in real time on TV as well as a simultaneous real-time webstream in each language.
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: 
192
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
5088
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 Webserver: 
0
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
150000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
1000
Other Current Equipment Value: 
60000
If other, please explain: 
We have a different server that presents five simultaneous webstreams of our five cable TV channels and a lot of video on demand - including indexed government meeting videos from several municipalities. Its value is $2500 and the associated RAID is mentioned above ($1,000). We also have $30,000 in field equipment that will be available to those who become citizen journalists in our upcoming workshops. We have 11 editing stations with a value of $27,500. Note re: Broadcast Server Our Tiltrak, digital broadcast server was purchased for $150K about seven years ago. We plan to purchase a new one in 2010 but the cost will be less than the original Tiltrak.
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 Webserver(s): 
400
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
100000
Other Future Equipment Value: 
7500
If other, please explain: 
field equipment for citizen journalists
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: 
360
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
* Note: Except for the Drupal developer, the hours below represent time committed in year one. We hope to have the OMP implemented in that time so we can move on to the other activities mentioned above. Chris Pearce; I-T; 96 hrs; $30 p/hr Stan Ng; Webmaster/Drupal; 192 hrs over 2 years; $26.50 p/hr Annie Folger; Exec Dir; 24 hrs $40 p/hr Judy Blumenstein; Bookkeeper; 24 hrs; $35 p/hr Lupita Segura; Admin Asst; 24 hrs; $20 p/hr
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"?
Staff Time: 
1611
Resources/Equipment: 
90000
Other: 
0
If other, please explain: 
The best way to engage people in broadband media is to produce content that is meaningful, enjoyable, and useful to their lives and to publicize it in ways the community will notice. To that end, we will publish indexed versions of government and school board meetings. We will train local organizations to create short-form media that is more geared to internet viewing. We'll also present local sports and arts events. We will use a variety of methods to publicize and gather feedback to hone our approach. Also we will offer computer/internet training and tech support - to help those who are less confident about using their computers to watch media and communicate online. Additionally 1077 hrs p/yr to videotape city council and school board meetings 432 hr p/yr to teach citizen journalism classes (2 instructors x 6 cycles of workshops) 24 hrs p/yr internet and computer classes at neighborhood locations 48 hrs p/yr computer/internet tech support 30 hrs p/yr program scheduling and publicity
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
195
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
18
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
1
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
We will offer several different types of training. 1. Citizen Journalism training for organizations and individuals - using video production/web publishing instructors; additionally there will be mentors for the new journalists from the ranks of professional journalists; journalism students at nearby schools; and those who graduate from Media Center classes and demonstrate great skills We expect to train 35 people per year - who will each take 18 - 20 hrs of workshops. 2. Internet navigation and Computer skills instruction - we will teach one two-hour class every month at One East Palo Alto and other facilities in our target area. We will use multi-lingual instructors. We expect to train 120 persons in these classes over the course of a year. 3. Tech support for people having computer/connectivity problems. We will collaborate with One East Palo Alto to augment an existing program they run called "Computers for Everyone." We expect to provide tech support to 40 people over a year. Jobs will include: 15 p/t video crew for government meeting and community forums coverage (mostly youth) 3 p/t citizen journalism instructors offering 20 hrs instruction every 2 months to different groups 1 p/t job for internet/computer instructor 2 p/t jobs for tech support specialists (mostly youth)
Job Creation
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
21

Media Bridges of Cincinnati

Submitted by mediabridges on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:02
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Media Bridges of Cincinnati
Applicant Name: 
Tom Bishop
Address: 
Media Bridges 1100 Race St. Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 
513-651-4171
E-mail: 
tom@mediabridges.org
Website URL: 
www.mediabridges.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Media Bridges has served as Cincinnati's community media center for over twenty years. Our mission is to provide the education, equipment and environment for people to communicate effectively through media. As technology related to communication and expression evolves and the uses of technology change, it is vital that we continue to evolve with it and provide the services and programs that enable all members of the community to learn about, engage and participate in the uses of such technology. In addition, as the regulatory landscape changes, community media centers need to seek out more cost effective solutions to their communities communication issues -- solutions which empower the community to make as many decisions regarding their participation in community media as possible. Facilitating the increase in broadband usage among the community we serve is an ideal way to achieve this. Our facility is well suited to assist in providing expanded broadband usage in our community, as many look to us for free access to computers, equipment, classes related to digital technology, etc. Our geographic location in one of the most economically challenged neighborhoods in Cincinnati enables us to bring access to these tools to a population that often has limited access to such tools/resources otherwise.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
OH 1st and 2nd Congressional District
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No.
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
If other, please explain:: 
In addition, our organization serves a large Appalachian population as well in Cincinnati.
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
165000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
331285
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
African American/Black 43% American Indian/Alaskan Native 1% Asian/Pacific Islander 1% Caucasian/White 53% Latino/Latina/Hispanic 1% Other 1% Appalachian 34% (overlapping with multiple previously mentioned groups) Female 52% Male 48%
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
Our facility is located in Over the Rhine, the heart of the urban core in Cincinnati -- and a community facing the most economic challenges of any area in our city. Our location enables us to serve a diverse population, provide easy physical access (our location is easily accessible by foot and public transportation) and aids in our agency's visibility. In addition, we conduct ongoing outreach to schools, nonprofit agencies, churches, and other organizations that can benefit from our services and programs. We have the benefit of operating 4 community access cable television stations, which reach 165,000 households in greater Cincinnati. Through these stations, we are often able to reach a vast audience and provide information regarding our free programs and services offered. We plan to continue utilizing these tools available to engage those that we wish to serve. In addition, utilizing existing partnerships with local groups, schools, churches, arts and social service agencies will enable us to engage more groups and individuals that will benefit from broadband technology education and resources.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
Our organization currently has functioning partnerships with several agencies that serve individuals with disabilities. We currently have programming catering to those with special needs, and our facility is accessible to individuals with physical disabilities.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Yes -- we have, and continue to plan to provide, both ASL and Spanish language services, training and outreach.
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: 
1500
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
25000
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 Webserver: 
2400
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
15000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
6000
If other, please explain: 
We currently have dedicated RAID storage (8Tb), DBS and related equipment already.
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 Webserver(s): 
3000
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
6000
Other Future Equipment Value: 
12000
If other, please explain: 
Already have a dedicated RAID server. Also have a Digital Broadcast Server, amount indicated is if we need to purchase a new one specifically for OMP.
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: 
510
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Executive Director: 104 hours, $3650 Bookkeeper: 52 hours, $750 Engineer/IT: 250 hours, $3500 Director of Operations: 104 hours, $2750
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"?
Staff Time: 
6500
Resources/Equipment: 
5000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
480
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
40
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
3
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
Media production instructors will be production professionals versed in both current industry standard software. Open Source and media production instructors will be well versed in open source software solutions and in instructing novices on the basics of computer usage. IT instructors will be certified in the latest professional products from Microsoft, Apple & Cisco.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
480
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
2

Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM)

Submitted by Gretjen on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:10
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Philadelphia Community Access Media (PhillyCAM)
Applicant Name: 
Gretjen Clausing
Address: 
4212 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor Philadelphia PA 19104
Phone: 
267 640 7848
E-mail: 
gretjen@phillycam.org
Website URL: 
phillycam.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
The denial of media access cuts people out of the political and social realm, especially those communities that have historically not had access to the tools of production and distribution. PhillyCAM seeks to provide programs, education and resources to achieve sustainable broadband adoption in vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in our region, and serve as a model for similar organizations nation-wide. This project would help us transition and expand from more traditional CableTV-oriented services into an integrated community technology center, empowering our community through the use of emerging broadband communications technologies. PhillyCAM will actively participate in broadband adoption efforts, content creation and content distribution via the web in neighborhoods across Philadelphia. We are committed to contributing staff time to provide training and build visibility for these efforts and programs via our center and public access television channels and website.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Pennsylvania's 1, 2, 8, 13
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
no
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
300000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
1500000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
The mission of the PhillyCAM is to provide Philadelphia residents and organizations with the opportunity to communicate with each other through the creation and distribution of non-commercial media. PhillyCAM provides residents and community organizations access to mediamaking tools and training and opportunities for interaction between diverse communities. PhillyCAM serves African-American, Latino, Asian, White (Non-Hispanic), English as a Second Language, Disabled, Low-Income, Unemployed, Senior Citizen and Youth. In the last U.S. Census of 2000 the population of Philadelphia is 1,517,000 -- 43% African-American, and 45% White (Non-Hispanic), 8.5% Hispanic, 4.5 Asian. Philadelphia is one of the least wired cities in the US, with 41 percent of its population with no Internet access at home, 50% of households earn less than $35,000 and 21% are without high school diplomas. Philadelphia has about 300,000 households with cable, yet 41% of residents do not have access to the Internet at home, and there are areas throughout the city where this percentage is much higher, approximately 442,672 residents in areas of North, West, and South Philadelphia, where all census tracts included have at least 52.5% of households reporting that they do not have access to the Internet at home, and many are much higher.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
The mission of the PhillyCAM is to provide Philadelphia residents and organizations with the opportunity to communicate with each other through the creation and distribution of non-commercial media. PhillyCAM provides residents and community organizations access to media-making tools and training and opportunities for interaction between diverse communities. PhillyCAM’s intent is to operate a vibrant community media center which is accessible and welcoming to all and provides a valuable means for people to gain access to and training in the use of new digital media technologies, including computers, Internet, radio, video, and television, that enable people to address the diverse social and cultural needs of their communities. All Philadelphians, not just the influential, will have the opportunity to make and watch programs about themselves, their lives, and interests, as well as utilize other new technologies. PhillyCAM will provide training not only in television production but also assist producers in the production of videos for the Internet and the creation of websites, video blogs, podcasts and other platforms. The trainings offered by the PhillyCAM will develop the technological capabilities of the participants so they would be able to take full advantage of the tools the Access Center provides to tell their own stories. Specialized trainings would also be available for youth, non-native English speakers, people with disabilities and other identified groups who could most benefit from specialized instruction. Philadelphia is the last major US city to get public access television, which means that many residents are unaware of the opportunities public access offers, its relevance and importance as a communications and community-building tool. PhillyCAM must build public awareness of its vision and the availability of its services with particular emphasis in underserved communities with limited access to the Internet. PhillyCAM will dedicate significant staff outreach efforts to promote public awareness and use of the access system. A lot of our outreach work will focus on in-person, off-line campaigns and events where we will work with community partners to promote public access. We will also: -Advertise on our channels and create a “How to Get Access to TV & the Internet” program on Comcast’s “Get Local” Video on Demand channel -Advertise in community newspapers and on community radio stations. Table and cover local events, community fairs and events -Distribute printed materials (cards, stickers, posters) as part of a grassroots street outreach campaign & possibly extend this to include ads on public transit -Generate local media coverage including print, television, radio and Internet coverage
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
PhillyCAM’s center will be physically accessible to people and compliant with ADA guidelines. And we will also work with partnering organizations whose main constituents are those of differently-abled communities. They will make up an informal advisory group to help us address issues of technology and accessibility. PhillyCAM will also educate our staff on best practices for working with differently-abled individuals. We will commit resources to researching and purchasing such things as screen magnifiers, keyboards and editing options for the visually impaired. And we will want find ways to have as much programming closed captioned a possible.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
PhillyCAM intends to make all its outreach materials available in Spanish with some materials also translated into Vietnamese, Chinese and French. It will offer trainings in Spanish and collaborate with community partners who are already working in those constituencies to co-facilitate these sessions.
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: 
300
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
15000
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 Webserver: 
0
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
13500
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
0
Other Current Equipment Value: 
8000
If other, please explain: 
Transcoding Workstation Knox 8x8 Matrix Switcher Supported Switch Control Module
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 Webserver(s): 
2000
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
2000
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
0
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: 
1780
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Technical Director, 2 hours a week, 105 annually, $3000 Programming Director, 4 hours a week, 208 annually, $5200 Membership/Outreach Director, 2 hours a week, 104 annually, $2500 IT Manager, 5 hours a week, 260 annually, $6500 Media Center Manager, 4 hours a week, 208 annually, $3000 Bookkeeper, 5 hours, $500
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"?
Staff Time: 
2000
Resources/Equipment: 
15000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
600
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
4
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
1
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
10
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
5

Durango Community Access TV

Submitted by dcat on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 16:08
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Durango Community Access TV
Applicant Name: 
Preston Benson
Address: 
1309 E Third Ave. #27 Durango, CO 81301
Phone: 
970-259-2802
E-mail: 
dcat@dcat.tv
Website URL: 
www.dcat.tv
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
At Durango Community Access TV (DCAT), we see that increasing broadband usage in our community will help bring individuals and groups from disconnected stratums and backgrounds together in a shared dialogue and exchange of ideas using a local Drupal-based media portal. We see that an increase in broadband usage would encourage use of Community Access TV through convenience of an online user submission interface, and increase viewer access over broadband channels. We believe that this would increase the amount of community-produced content, would be better suited to serving disenfranchised voices, would increase the diversity of ideas and viewpoints, and in general increase the timeliness and relevance of programming.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
3rd Congressional District, Colorado
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
The Southern Ute Tribe
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
6700
Estimated population size of your service area: 
15000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Demographics for: La Plata County, Colorado Population: 49,555 Race White (Non-Hispanic): 81.6% Hispanic/Latino: 10.5% American Indian and Alaskan Native: 6.3% Asian: 0.8% Black: 0.6% Multiple-race persons: 1.6% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1% Age <5: 5.4% <18: 19.5% >65: 10.3% Language other than English spoken at home: 9.4%
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
DCAT will partner with Fort Lewis College, one of a few colleges in the country devoted to serving the nation's Native American populations. DCAT will be taking up residence at the college in a new media center to be built in 2012, and will build new partnerships with the college s Native American Center, and the local Southern Ute Tribe to educate and train this important demographic in our community about how to use and access Community Access TV online. DCAT will accept and encourage the submission of Spanish and bi-lingual programming to serve our Hispanic population, and proactively seek to recruit members of this population to create a regular Spanish or bi-lingual Hispanic-oriented program or block of programming for Spanish speakers in the community. In addition, we will seek out a partnership between local Hispanic/Latino groups such as El Centro de Muchos Colores to train their members in utilizing the internet to use and access DCAT. In addition to providing educational opportunities for youth in the form of internships, training, volunteer positions, DCAT will dedicate energy toward establishing a separate Educational Access channel, including educational programming for youth specifically aimed at training them to use and access DCAT online. Through our Media Action Plan we will enhance our efforts at providing youth with the media literacy skills they need in the information age, teaching classes specifically aimed at training students how to use and access DCAT online. In addition to working with the Senior Community Service Employment Program and continuing to feature retired community members in the Life Long Learning Series, DCAT will approach the local senior center and encourage the involvement of senior members to host at least one regular community talk show. Furthermore, the station would offer training to introduce seniors to the new technology that would allow them to use and access DCAT via the internet from their home computers.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
"DCAT will accept and encourage the submission of Spanish and bi-lingual programming to serve our Hispanic population, and proactively seek to recruit members of this population to create a regular Spanish or bi-lingual Hispanic-oriented program or block of programming for Spanish speakers in the community."
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: 
80
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
1200
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 Webserver: 
7950
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
3155
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
1500
Other Current Equipment Value: 
1294
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 Webserver(s): 
0
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
0
Other Future Equipment Value: 
0
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: 
80
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Preston Benson, Station Manager, 80 hrs., $15/hr
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"?
Staff Time: 
2000
Resources/Equipment: 
500
Other: 
0
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
6000
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
2
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
1
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
We would want to hire someone experienced in speaking and presenting to local community groups, with some background experience in video production, broadband technology and media education. New employee instructors would be trained on the Drupal media portal, the Media Action Plan to encourage media literacy, and be directed toward community groups with the aim of informing and training them to use DCAT online.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
2
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
2

Lowell Telecommunications Corporation

Submitted by LTC_Lowell on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:12
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Lowell Telecommunications Corporation
Applicant Name: 
Eleanor Pye
Address: 
246 Market Street Lowell MA 01852
Phone: 
978-458-5400
E-mail: 
epye@ltc.org
Website URL: 
LTC.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) is the independent and non-profit community access media and technology center that proudly serves the diverse urban population of Lowell, MA. LTC celebrates Freedom of Speech in all its forms as a cultural institution rooted in a strong commitment to providing media arts education, access, and programming to the residents of the community. Anyone who works or lives in the City of Lowell may become a member and use its facilities, and LTC members engage in a myriad of projects using the skills they have developed in field production, studio production, non-linear editing, web design, animation, graphic design, and audio production. The core values that guide LTC include accessibility, creative expression, community building through collaboration, and supporting diversity in all its forms. The access LTC offers enables each individual the right to create content-driven media, addressing areas of concern or pockets of the population that are generally under-served by mainstream media. LTC's proposed Public Access Wi-Fi will provide free internet service to anyone with a wireless-enabled device (i.e. computer, laptop, iPod, mobile phone), improving access to public services, information, and resources. Regardless if the device is stationary or mobile, the network will remain consistent as opposed to the small and restrictive “hot spots” offered by local businesses. The wi-fi network will also be available in the public computer spaces of local service agencies and housing facilities, enabling the residents to gain access to the internet regardless of whether they personally own a computer or wireless device. By acknowledging and embracing the internet and the Public Access Wi-Fi project as a vital means of communication, LTC stays true to its mission while keeping tabs on the pulse of technology. The goal of the Public Access Wi-Fi project is to blanket the entire city of Lowell, making it accessible to the 110,000 residents of the city as well as the hundreds of daily visitors in the city for business or pleasure. Through the wi-fi system's tracking program of independent users, the measurable usage data is instant and thorough. This will assist in securing financial backing support. Private foundations and business sponsors will know exactly what areas of the city are accessing the network the most. Additionally, any service organization, community group, or individual would have the assurance that internet connectivity is available to them regardless of location or technical abilities. This enables more grassroots and community-driven events or gatherings the opportunity to access and/or share data and resources with a larger audience with no additional connectivity or wiring needs.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Massachusetts 5th District
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No
If other, please explain:: 
LTC serves all the residents of Lowell, Massachusetts: Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American, Caucasian, Disabled, Low Income, those who speak English as a Second Language, Unemployed, Senior Citizens, and Youth. Everyone is welcomed and supported.
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
30000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
110000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
LTC's mission is to build community through technology. Anyone who lives or works in Lowell, Massachusetts has access to LTC's media facility, equipment, and services. The fourth largest city in the Commonwealth, Lowell is ethnically diverse, with 62.5% of the population being Caucasian, 16.5% Asian, 14% Latino, 4.2% Black, and 2.5% other ethnicities. Lowell has the second largest Cambodian population in the United States. The city’s unemployment rate stands at around 12%. Lowell currently has approximately 16.8% of the population living at below the poverty line.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
The Public Access Wi-Fi project enables individuals to access the internet from their own homes, on their own wireless devices. Others may access the internet at community centers, freeing up the hosting agency's valuable funds from paying for internet connectivity and allowing the agency to use it toward other services. Collaborating partners in the Public Access Wi-Fi project include the local housing authority, elder services, youth services agencies, and others. All of these partners provide accessible computers for their constituents. As the Public Access Wi-Fi network grows, LTC will partner with other non-profit organizations and services agencies to provide access and training to the under-served. Each partnering center will have a technical support individual trained to answer general computer questions as well as assisting in browser navigation, content creation, and posting media to the internet. LTC's staff will include a wi-fi coordinator who manages and maintains the wireless network and an educator who will train the site trainers as well as conduct classes at LTC in both basic computer skills and content creation.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
Many of the partnering agencies LTC collaborates with are already required to comply with disability access regulations. LTC's own computer lab is accessible to the disabled.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
LTC currently offers computer classes in Khmer, the language spoken within the Cambodian community. Partnering agencies include many of those that address the needs of those within the culturally diverse populations. These include Cambodian, Portuguese, and Latino.
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: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
2000
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 Webserver: 
0
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
20000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
0
Other Current Equipment Value: 
0
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 Webserver(s): 
0
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
0
Other Future Equipment Value: 
30000
If other, please explain: 
This price includes the Meraki devices required to extend the wireless signal and cabling for the devices as well as power devices such as a power over ethernet switch.
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: 
800
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Equipment & Facilities Manager, 6 hours per week, $20 per hour Executive Director, 2 hours per week, $30 per 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"?
Staff Time: 
8320
Resources/Equipment: 
60000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
300
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
22
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
3
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
College degree in Video Production and Media Arts, Apple Certified in Digital Media Editing software, training at the Maine Media Workshop in film techniques, consistent hands-on experience
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
25
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
2

channelAustin

Submitted by stefan on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 14:01
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
channelAustin
Applicant Name: 
Linda LItowsky
Address: 
1143 Northwestern Ave Austin, TX 78702
Phone: 
512.478.8600
E-mail: 
lindal@channelaustin.org
Website URL: 
www.channelaustin.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Increased bandwidth capacity will allow people to send large video files to channelAustin to be cablecast on the community television channels. We will be able expand other services to Austin residents that require increased bandwidth. Austin is being considered by Google as a site for a large bandwidth project because of the potential here for creative uses of greater bandwidth power.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
TX 10, 21, 25, 31
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Estimated population size of your service area: 
800000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
channelAustin serves Hispanic, African-American, Asian, English as a Second Language, Disabled, Low-Income, Unemployed, Senior Citizen, Youth channelAustin serves a balanced mix of primarily Hispanic, African-American, and White (Non-Hispanic) users throughout Austin that range from school age to seniors. channelAustin is physically located in 78702 which in the last U.S. Census was 67% Hispanic, 23% African-American, and 8% White (Non-Hispanic). Note that Austin proper has about 200,000 households with cable.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
Our low cost training for television and film production meets the needs of many groups identified. The iYouth Media Institute specifically meets the needs of Austin's under-served youth. We offer scholarships to anyone who can demonstrate a need. We are one of the sites that workforce centers use to send unemployed people to continued training.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
We operate out of a city building that meets the standards for accessibility. We have existing producers with disabilities who are successfully using our resources. We are in the process of having some of the classes available on video with open captioning for those who are hearing impaired.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Several staff members are bilingual in Spanish and English, but we don't have the capacity for multilingual training. Right now this is cost prohibitive.
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: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
5000
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 Webserver: 
2700
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
295500
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
54500
Other Current Equipment Value: 
230340
If other, please explain: 
Includes Synergy master control, transmission, quality control, file conversion for three 24/7 channels.
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 Webserver(s): 
3200
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
0
Other Future Equipment Value: 
0
If other, please explain: 
Please note that channelAustin's contract with the City of Austin to manage the community television resources expires in September 2011 and the City's municipal franchise with Time Warner Cable expires in August 2011. The City will issue an RFP for the operation of the community channels and resources after 2011 under a different model. If channelAustin is awarded a new contract, after 2011 there will be a dramatic increase in available funds that could be used for capital equipment purposes.
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: 
884
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
ED 52 hours @ $40/hr IT Dir 208 hours @ $20/hr Engineer 208 hours @ $20/hr Communication Dir 416 @ $20/hr
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"?
Staff Time: 
2080
Resources/Equipment: 
100000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
1000
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
10
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
1
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
?
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
0
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
0

ORCA Media

Submitted by orca_nair on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 16:57
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
ORCA Media
Applicant Name: 
ORCA Media
Address: 
89 Main Street, City Center Montpelier VT 05602
Phone: 
802-224-9901
E-mail: 
kkite@orcamedia.net
Website URL: 
www.orcamedia.net
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Perhaps the most overriding reason that our local vulnerable populations subscriptions to broadband are below the median is that the cost of purchasing the services fails to outweigh the perceived benefits of having broadband in the home. Whether a person's interest is in social media, employment research, skill-building or access from home to the rich cultural and educational opportunities, the main reason many underserved populations in our area do not get broadband is that the service and the equipment are financially out of reach, or the feel the programming is not relevant to their life situations. However, we believe that a connected populace is an informed populace; that given the tools and a working knowledge of local, national and world affairs, access to topics of interest and ability to use the tools of free speech, that the everyone benefits. This grant will enable ORCA to better realize its mission of ensuring public access to free speech and open networks.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Vermont. Entire state is one district
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
No
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
7026
Estimated population size of your service area: 
35280
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
The service area includes one small city, Montpelier, population 7,760 (2008). The rest of the area is comprised of small towns, villages, and rural country. the median income for the counties we serve, based on 2008 figures, is $35,746. The estimated average region-wide racial makeup is 96.4% White non-Hispanic. Montpelier has the largest number in the service area of people who speak a foreign language at home, or 7.2% of the total population. Of these foreign-speakers, 25% are refugees from the Balkan states. A much smaller number are French-speaking immigrants from equatorial Africa. Because of lack of public or low-cost transportation in the smaller towns, the penetration of foreign speakers, disabled and underemployed adults is lower elsewhere than in the city of Montpelier.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
We will expand our service area via new commercial broadband initiatives that are already planned, particularly targeting the rural areas. We intend to continue reaching out to schools, non-profits, arts organizations, municipalities and other community organizations that serve vulnerable people. We will soon be implementing a survey process, both online and in hard copy for input on what the community would like to have happen. Working with our Board of Directors, who represent the scope of our geographic broadcast area, we will, as funding permits, diversify our portfolio of programs, goods and services and interactive classes and seminars in how best to use media for optimal effect.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
From a physical standpoint, our center is located in the first floor of a ADA-compliant building with wheelchair access, automatic doors, accessible restrooms and an elevator. Our computer center will have at least one computer workstation with a large format screen and all pertinent accessibility features active. At this time we are examining the technology of bringing closed captioning to our TV channels. We have recently partnered with the city of Montpelier to provide on-line access to city meetings. Our hope in the latter venture is that other communities will look toward Montpelier’s example.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Based on the above demographics, there is not a significant non-English fluent population in our service area. However, we have identified individuals in our community that can assist in this area when the need arises or 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: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
6500
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 Webserver: 
2782
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
5742
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
0
Other Current Equipment Value: 
0
If other, please explain: 
* Our broadcast server is a Princeton B3400 with built-in RAID with 2TB of effective storage included in its price. The amount listed is the value after depreciation.
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 Webserver(s): 
0
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
0
Other Future Equipment Value: 
5000
If other, please explain: 
Additional software licenses, peripheral equipment, Handicams, etc.
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: 
500
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Joanne Crowley-WAtkins, Administrative Assistant 1 hour per week at $16/hour total $1600.00 Technical Director, Madhavan S. Nair, 2 hours per week at $19.71/hour total $3942.00 Executive Director, Kenric Kite, 2 hours per week at $22.60/hour total $4520.00 These numbers are based on 50 weeks per person per year during the indicated time period.
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"?
Staff Time: 
500
Resources/Equipment: 
200
Other: 
200
If other, please explain: 
One of our goals is to have students participate in this outreach, which will train members of those communities in the video creation process and will thereby be mutually beneficial to those communities and ORCA.
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
1500
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
20
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes: 
1
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Technical Video Production/Mass Communications. Proficiency in media technologies, a thorough practical knowledge of Drupal. Media literacy, knowledge of emerging technologies, and web communication applications necessary. Practical education experience is a plus.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
7
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
2
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