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 Mike McNamara, Field Office Director with the Housing & Urban Development office in Burlington, will host a LIVE call-in show from the Channel 17 studio on Wednesday, 10/5, 5:25-5:55pm.  

The show is on disaster recovery efforts post Tropical Storm Irene. Guests are Jennifer Hollar, Deputy Director of the VT Dept. of Economic, Housing, and Community Development and Governor Shumlin's lead person on Irene Disaster Housing Recovery. She will be joined by one or two FEMA representatives yet to be named. They will be discussing actions taken to date by FEMA and the Irene Housing Task Force, short and long-term housing options, and where and how Vermonters can register with FEMA, etc.

Channel 17 will be streaming live from our website (www.channel17.org) the program, and are providing a higher quality live stream for access stations (see below).  Live call-iin number is 802.862-3966 (NOT TOLL FREE)

They are particularly trying to reach folks in the Southern and Central part of the state.

For access stations wanting a high-quality stream of the Oct. 5th Live at 5:25 FEMA show:

URL: http://stream.cctv.org/cctv/jwp5/cctv/525fema.html

username: access

password: femashow

Forwarding this along by request of Chitt. County resident Jimmy Leas. If anyone is interested/able you can follow up with folks at the Law School. If recorded, would appreciate a posting to VMX.

Thanks,

Rob

Rob,
Would it be possible for you to put in a request that the public access station near S. Royalton cover this event? Thanks very much for considering this.
Jimmy

Freedom of Access to Water and Water Resources in the West Bank, Nov 18 
Thursday, November 18, 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Hoff Lounge, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, So. Royalton, VT - Freedom of Access to Water and Water Resources in the West Bank: Examining Israeli Water Policy - A Talk with Discussion by George S. Rishmawi, Coordinator, Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies, Co-founder, International Solidarity Movement, Advocacy Officer for Water Issues, Near East Council of Churches in Jerusalem. Free and Open to the Public. This event is co-sponsored by Law Students for Justice in Palestine, Freshwater Group, National Lawyers Guild, and the International Law Society. Map and Directions

Profile of the speaker: http://www.bobmay.info/profile_george_rishmawi.htm

Channel 17 is investigating changes to our studio lighting system. We currently use high wattage incandescent and are looking for success stories and associated brands, of the newer, cooler flourescent lights?

Can anyone offer some insights?, brands to look at?  Are they durable?  Do the bulbs last?

Thanks,

Rob Reiber

Channel 17 is beginning to plot out our Primary and General election coverage and wanted to be able to incorporate what other stations have planned in our approach.  (Hopefully that works reciprocally too!).  We are planning on hosting US Senate (D) Candidates on Monday, 7/26, followed by US Congress Candidates (GOP), then on Tuesday, 7/27, Democratic Candidates for Lt. Gov. followed by Democratic Governor Candidates.  Weds, 7/28, .GOP Sec. of State Candidates followed by GOP Lt. Gov Candidates.  VMX has been a great asset to statewide coverage of candidates and issues, and we appreciate everyone's posting to it as we will continue to do so. Our website will have 'primary' and 'general' election pages and we are happy to aggregate the statewide coverage by access stations for both of these elections cycles, just let us know your plans.

Thanks,

Rob

Hello All,

Seeing if anyone might have unused Firestore equipment that they would like to sell or give? away.

Specifically, Channel 17 in Burlington is looking for the Firestore Digital Video Hard Disk Drive (FSHDD-1), 80 GB, 369 minutes.  If you have hard disk drives you don't want or the entire unit (Firestore FS-3) plus drive that you would be interested in losing, let me know.

Thanks,

Rob Reiber

Channel 17  802-862-3966 x13

CCTV sent out on behalf of Senator Sanders a Town Meeting he held in Burlington on the 'Digital TV Transition'.

There is a concern that this is not getting to the 25 PEG stations in a timely fashion.  If VAN member have not recieved this, would they let me know so we can follow up and get you a copy.

Thanks, Rob

Channel 17/CCTV

Request from Vermont Workers Center.  Attached pdfs for bulletin boards.

Thanks,

Rob

Channel 17

Burlington