FCTV AN N UA L AP P E A L 2010

October 2010 FALMOUTH COMMUNITY TELEVISION

FCTV PRESENTS

TOWN MEETING UNDERWRITERS

NEEDED If you own or manage

a business, please support FCTV coverage

of Town Meeting by becoming

an underwriter.

In exchange, FCTV will produce a promotional underwriting spot for you. All underwriting spots are cablecast

multiple times each night of

Town Meeting LIVE, and then three times a day, seven days a week

for six months on Channel 13.

Let the community

know that you support Falmouth Community Television coverage of Town Meeting LIVE.

For more information,

please call our Executive Director

Debra Rogers at 508.457.0800

PSA Day: Thursday, OCT. 7 th

See page 4!

O nce again the air turns crisp, the leaves turn colors, and we look forward to the holidays of autumn and winter. It is a season of change, a time to reflect on the year

gone by. Here at FCTV, this past year was a year of many changes. The entire facility was remodeled and updated in January and February of 2009. We were able to acquire new equipment including: a Broadcast Pix Slate 1000 switching system, youth-friendly Flip Cameras, energy-efficient fluorescent lighting for the studio and a chroma key green curtain allowing us to create digital backgrounds for studio programs. As promised we began offering Video on Demand of government meetings which can be viewed at www.fctv.org We are pleased to announce that by the end of 2010, we will have taken on management of a new channel, channel 15 on the cable system, which will become the Government Access Channel. This will free up time on channel 13 for public access programming which has been hard pressed to find prime time slots with so much meeting coverage happening. We will begin with a bulletin board system and look forward to expanding to a full playback system for this new channel. We all saw how critical the bulletin board system was as a means of communicating with our neighbors during the water boil situation and Hurricane Earl threat. We remain committed to being a part of our town emergency operations and having two channels to post emergency notices will further our ability to get critical information to our neighbors at a moments notice. This year we look forward to purchasing new monitors, ZI8 Pocket camcorders for our growing citizen journalism program and for producers looking to carry more lightweight cameras, an IPAD to be used as both a teleprompter and remote switcher for the Broadcast Pix control room switcher, QVidium hardware that will allow us to transport programming over the Internet and out to viewers via our local channels from any location where there is an Internet connection and an IMAC editing system. As many of you know this is sorely needed to accommodate our growing number of editors, particularly with the success of the Village Green Magazine program. None of the exciting changes that occurred over the past year, nor any of the purchases we look forward to making this year take place without the generosity of our members, businesses, community groups, non-profit organizations and the community-at-large, all of whom provide financial support by donating to our Annual Appeal. This past December, the town license with Comcast expired. While the new license is negotiated, we remain unsure what funds will be available and so more than ever, we count on you to help to make FCTV the best it can be. As a non-profit 501 (c3) public charity, donations to FCTV are tax deductible. And, because FCTV is local, your donation

remains here, in our community, allowing us to provide you with the best services, equipment and local programming possible. In these trying economic times, you can rest assured that all donations will be used responsibly and with a great deal of consideration. All donors will receive recognition in our monthly newsletter, Annual Report and Honor Roll of Members, Supporters and Underwriters (cablecast three times a day, seven days a week on FCTV-13). To those of you who have donated to FCTV in the past, thank you for your generosity. We hope you will continue to support us this year. If you have never contributed to FCTV, now is the time, please make a donation today! Credit card donations are accepted online at our website: www.fctv.org, or you can mail your donation to: FCTV, 310A Dillingham Ave., Falmouth, MA 02540.

Watch for our big Annual Appeal mailing this month!

B etty is originally from Connecticut and now lives in Bourne. Although she has had exciting jobs in

Boston, she claims that the best job she’s ever had has been raising her son, who is currently a college freshman. Now an “empty nester” Betty enjoys food, wine, oldies (her favorite concert was Elton John/Billy Joel), golf, tennis, and reading. She likes to spend time with friends when she can, which can’t be much these days as we are keeping her really busy here at FCTV! Welcome Betty!

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PROGRAMMING NOTES

People for Cats Producers: Anne Leavitt & Jean Valtierra Trapper Jean returns to teach us about feral cats and adopting cats from the People for Cats shelter. Retiring in Falmouth Producer: Sandra Trainor Volunteering is one of the four health behaviors for staying well. The Samaritans of Cape Cod and the Islands will be featured as a volunteer organization. in the ether Producer: Eugenie Kuffler Live musical theatre performance about an urban errant with a portable short wave radio Choraliers Producer: Marilyn Rowland Choraliers concert from the

Cape Cod Conservatory Treasure Time –

The Hermit Crab Producer: Lee Drescher “The Hermit Crab”

A story hour with a play and songs for children

ages 2-7.

FCTV Welcomes New Office Manager Betty Bock

FCTV TO GET HD POCKET CAMCORDERS FCTV has ordered 5 Kodak ZI8 HD pocket camcorders for member use. These camcorders record on SD/SDHC Memory Cards. If you would like to purchase a memory card directly from FCTV please contact Debra Rogers at deb@fctv.org. Cost varies contingent upon size of memory card and price varies daily. Cards prices as of this notice are as follows: 8GB Cards $25; 16GB cards $40; 32GB cards $75.* 1GB holds approximately 20 minutes of video and it is recommended that you purchase no less than 8GB. The camcorder accommodates cards no larger than 32GB. *Pre-payment is required for all orders. If you have technical questions please contact FCTV production staff.

P resident Obama arrived at Otis Air National Guard Base in Air Force One for his August vacation at Martha’s Vineyard. Three FCTV members, Kevin

Lynch, Simon Craythorne, and Rob Cadwallader had an up close and personal look at Air Force One and Marine One. Kevin and Simon are members of Civil Air Patrol, Cape Cod Composite Squadron, at Otis ANGB. Rob was the official photographer. Air Force One and Marine One support personnel gave the Civil Air Patrol cadets and senior members interesting information about the aircraft and the mission of the Presidential flight detachment. For security reasons no one was allowed to enter either aircraft.

FCTV Members Rub Shoulders with the President...sort of!

Clockwise: Kevin Lynch; Simon Craythorn; Rob Cadwallader; Kevin Lynch

FCTV PRESENTS

Call to register: 508.457.0800 For additional class listings, go to www.fctv.org

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ORIENTATION ~ Learn more about FCTV A class offered each month to all new members and open to the public. Mon. 10/4, 11/1, 12/6, 6:30-7:30 pm Newcomers Welcome Prerequisite: None BASIC FIELD PRODUCTION This four session basic course is designed for anyone interested in video field production for the purpose of creating their own public access television shows. Mon/Wed. 10/18, 10/20, 10/25, 10/27 10/29, 6:00-8:00 pm Sun. 11/14, 11/21, 11/28; 12/5, 3:00-5:00 pm Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership BASIC STUDIO PRODUCTION This training covers camera operations, audio, lighting, video switching and directing. Thurs. 10/21, 10/28; 11/4, 11/11, 6:00-8:00 pm Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership ADVANCED STUDIO A workshop concentrating on studio directing, audio directing, and lighting. Thurs. 11/18; 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 6:00-8:00 pm Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership VIDEO LUNCH BREAK: Citizen Journalism and the Net Come in, grab a snack, and become a Citizen Journalist! Class One: What is Citizen Journalism?/Flip Cameras; Class Two: Review Footage/Edit It!/Who Else is Doing It?; Class Three: Review Footage/Where to Post it/Tell the World Fridays: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, Noon -1:00 pm Prerequisite: Basic Studio or Field SOCIAL MEDIA for NON-PROFITS Social media is everywhere! Sometimes using it can be overwhelming. Come to FCTV to learn “what is out there” and how to use your new-found savvy to boost the visibility of your non-profit! Monday: 11/22, 6:00-9:00 pm Prerequisite: Basic Studio or Field MOVIEMAKER BOOTCAMP! 3 hours: Plan it, shoot it, edit it, show it. Make a 1-5 minute movie in 3 hours! Are you up for the challenge? Tues. 11/30, 6:00-9:00 pm Prerequisite: Basic Studio or Field 3D WIDGETS and ANIMATING with BLENDER Take a guided tour of 3D modeling and animation in Blender. Watch how you can build 3D objects to import into your video productions. Find out how Blender, AfterEffects and Final Cut Pro can work together to create eye-popping visuals. Wed. 10/14, 6:00-8:00 pm Prerequisite: Orientation and Membership

FCTV FALL-WINTER TRAINING SCHEDULE Welcome New Members

Harryette Alexander

Jeanne Amaral Allison Arruda

Suzy Bergmann Denise Bertrand

Nancy Brink Deborah Bryant

Ken Casey Pat Crew

Ali Dill Olivia Dobisz

Jennifer Donoghue Tracy Donoghue Michelle Fabiano

Shelly Farrar Justine Gardner-Smith

Marisah Gilbert Elaine Good

Evan Hangley Noah Henkenius

Gillian Horst Barbara Kanellopoulos Christopher Kazarian

Zoe Kennette Leslie Kohuth Rich Maclone

Justin Mathews Madison McCarthy

Fred Meade Paige Meade Richard Miner Fred Monthei

Kayleigh Murray Gabby Popovich

Diane Pratt Henry Puopolo

Sophie Schlezinger Katie-Anne Scott

Jessie Soares Chloe Stewart Molly Stoloff

Shannon Sylvia Alex Trotter

Joseph Vanderhoop Munan Xu

Li Xu Qianlong Xu

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OCTOBER AT MASER GALLERY

“I paint because I am compelled to paint and not for any reason. I don’t paint with a narrative, to make a political statement, or represent something perceived to be real. I don’t paint for the marketplace, for fame and fortune, or to please some individual who needs to be impressed. All those endeavors are just painting symbols of one form or another. I paint only to make visual sense of the world as I see it. I know that a painting makes visual sense if and when it looks right to me. I know it’s good when I come back to it in a couple of weeks and ask myself, ‘Who painted that? Could not have been me!’ Those are the paintings I can look at for a long time.” - Murro Van Meter

NOTICE: FCTV will be closed

Monday, October 11 for Columbus Day

The Maser Gallery at Falmouth Community Television

(FCTV) 310 Dillingham Avenue

Presents

“Figures Leading to Abstraction” Paintings by Murro Van Meter

October 3 ~ 28, 2010

Reception:

Sunday, October 3 3 to 5 p.m.

Happy Halloween!

Kids Club at FCTV will be starting again on

October 5th!

Calling all non-profit

organizations! PSA DAY! October 7th

3:00pm - 9:00pm Come and sign up

to work with FCTV Staff and create a 30 second

to 1 minute Public Service Announcement

that will run on FCTV Channel 13!

Don’t miss this opportunity to promote

your organization’s mission and services. For more information

contact alecia@fctv.org

email alecia@fctv.org or call 508-457-0800

for more details!!

Come learn how to make your

own show at FCTV

and be a part of the LIVE call-in program: Totally Trivia Jr.