The Open Media Globe

St Paul Neighborhood Network

Submitted by mike on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 09:58
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
St Paul Neighborhood Network
Applicant Name: 
Mike Wassenaar, Executive Director
Address: 
375 Jackson Street, Ste 250 Saint Paul, MN 55101
Phone: 
651-298-8900
E-mail: 
wassenaar@spnn.org
Website URL: 
www.spnn.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
We wish to increase the connectiveness of the people we serve, and increase the educational opportunities available to communities of color and low-income populations in our community. By providing broadband training, and increasing community relevant content online, we will increase the number of people who meaningfully use broadband in their daily lives.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Minnesota 4 CD
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
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
52000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
300000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Saint Paul's population is 65% Caucasian, 35% people of color, primarily comprised of African American, Asian American and Hispanic populations. 60% of the children in our public schools received federal food assistance. Our viewership reflects this demographic diversity. Our production membership is 60% people of color, comprised of African American, African refugee, Asian American and Hispanic groups. 40% of our membership qualifies for income assistance programs.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
We conduct promotion and outreach in communities of color through neighborhood press, and grassroots marketing with outreach volunteers. Additionally, we provide in-language promotion on our channels for non-English speaking audiences.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
We have done a technical assessement with Pacer Center, a provider of disability solutions in the Twin Cities, to increase accessible of technology in our facility, and base our implementation on that study. In addition, our facility was designed and built in 2004 for ADA compliance.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Yes. We offer training and do outreach in Spanish for Hispanic populations in our community. We also provide sign language translation for deaf people who take our technical training.
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: 
400
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
20000
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 Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
100000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
30000
Future Capital Equipment Commitment
If your organization already has some or all of the equipment required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you require. How much Capital Equipment budget could you devote towards the acquisition of the following equipment:
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
10000
Other Future Equipment Value: 
10000
If other, please explain: 
Transcoding Server
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: 
160
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Executive Director (20), $725 Operations Manager (40), $850 Production Manager (40), $850 Master Control Manager (40), $850 Administrative Asst (10), $200
Video Content Commitment
Partners will be supporting Sustainable Broadband Adoption by addressing the primary hurdle identified by non-adopters: a perception that broadband is not relevant to life, especially in low-income and minority communities. What is the value of the staff time and resources you are willing to devote to supporting the production of video content that will address 'broadband relevance' from the perspective of members from disconnected communities"?
Staff Time: 
5000
Resources/Equipment: 
5000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
3500
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
5
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: 
Our staff is trained in broadband education needs, and works with other educators in the Twin Cities who practice community based digital literacy instruction. Together, they have worked in the field for six years, and prior to this were trained in civic engagement, community service and non-profit program management.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
50
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
0

Community Media Access Partnership(CMAP)

Submitted by jharveyhaff on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:55
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Community Media Access Partnership(CMAP)
Applicant Name: 
Kathy Bisbee
Address: 
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. Gilroy, CA 95020
Phone: 
408-846-4983
E-mail: 
kathy@mycmap.org
Website URL: 
www.cmap.tv
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
CMAP, Community Media Access Partnership, is a non-profit tax-exempt public, education and government access television station and community media and technology center that serves Gilroy, Hollister, San Juan Bautista and Morgan Hill. CMAP is focused on reaching out to populations such as low-income, youth, and providing a forum and educational programs for traditionally vulnerable populations and to represent diverse community voices. CMAP serves rural San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties, which have low broadband penetration. The expansion of CMAP's media services into our rural communities would enable vulnerable populations, such as low-income residents, minorities, English-language learners and at-risk youth, to have access to media production tools, become life-long broadband users, and participate in media and technology trainings.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
California Districts 15 and 17
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
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
15000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
80000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Gilroy - 58.91% White, 1.80% African American, 1.59% Native American, 4.37% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 27.73% from other races, and 5.35% from two or more races. 53.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Hollister - 59.11% White, 1.36% African American, 1.13% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 29.97% from other races, and 5.44% from two or more races. 55.06% of the population were Hispanic or of Latino of any race. San Juan Bautista - 62.30% White, 1.36% African American, 1.23% Native American, 2.65% Asian, 0.52% Pacific Islander, 25.24% from other races, and 6.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 47.32% of the population. 18.7% of the population of San Benito county are unemployed. 15.5% of San Juan Bautista's population, 10.4% of Gilroy's population, and 9.5% of Hollister's population are 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: 
CMAP will promote this project in the Hollister and San Juan Bautista communities to recruit new CMAP members, attract non-profit organizations, youth and residents to the media production and training program and fee-based services. CMAP will use newspaper columns, advertisements, community events, newsletters, and email lists to promote the programs. CMAP currently partners and/or provides services with Gavilan Community College, the County of San Benito, the City of Hollister, the City of San Juan Bautista, the San Benito Arts Council, the Community Foundation of San Benito County, the Free Library of San Benito County, the YMCA of the Central Coast, the San Benito Chamber of Commerce, the San Benito County Office of Education, the Hollister Youth Alliance, El Teatro Campesino, Rancho San Justo Middle School, San Benito Behavioral Health, San Benito Community Food Bank, South Valley Housing, and many other community organizations and agencies. These community anchor institutions also serve vulnerable populations, and CMAP will leverage these existing relationships for greater outreach and engagement.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
CMAP is accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities, using web-based tools to assist with learning modalities and in partnering with the community college to provide opportunities to all.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Yes. Spanish and English.
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: 
200
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
10000
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): 
0
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
2000
Other Current Equipment Value: 
6000
If other, please explain: 
Computers
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): 
20000
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: 
1040
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Kathy Bisbee - Executive Director Hours Committed: 5 hours per week Value: $6500 Spencer Wilkinson - Operations Manager Hours Committed: 5 hours per week Value: $6500
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: 
5000
If other, please explain: 
CMAP's education programs will address broadband relevance, reaching over 250 community members of vulnerable populations in order to create new adoption through digital content creation and distribution.
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
250
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
3
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: 
The full time instructor of broadband and digital literacy training will understand and have experience working with vulnerable populations. The instructor will also be well-versed in broadband technologies including open-source solutions, Web 2.0 technology, and online social media tools.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
2
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
1

Waycross Community Media

Submitted by chipbo on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:44
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Waycross Community Media
Applicant Name: 
Chip Bergquist
Address: 
2086 Waycross Road Forest Park, Ohio 45240
Phone: 
513-825-2429
E-mail: 
chip@waycross.org
Website URL: 
www.waycross.tv
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
A recent survey found that only 20% of our residents had ever watched video programming online. And, although we are in a suburban setting, we have found many residents lack the connectivity to use the internet effectively.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Ohio, 1st 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
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
14000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
60000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Our project will focus on low income youth, adults, minorities, and seniors in our communities. The combined demographics for the communities we serve are : White - 55.2% Black – 39.3% Hispanic – 1.2% Other – 4.4% 16% are 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: 
We will actively engage our underserved population through outreach efforts. We will provide training in basic and advanced computer use. We will work with this population to provide high speed internet access here. We would like to use the tool developed by Open Media to enhance and upgrade our current services and help our communities communicate more effectively.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
Our center in handicapped accessible and within walking distance of public transportation.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
No
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: 
200
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): 
30000
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): 
1000
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
1000
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
2000
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: 
100
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Executive Director - 40 hours - 2500 Engineering - 60 hours - 1500
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: 
5000
Resources/Equipment: 
2500
Other: 
0
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
150
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: 
Staff will be trained in computer literacy, with backgrounds in IT and video production.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
2
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
2

Willamette Falls Television

Submitted by wftvjenelle on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:22
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Willamette Falls Television
Applicant Name: 
Jenelle Neill
Address: 
1101 Jackson Street Oregon City, OR 97045
Phone: 
5036500275
E-mail: 
jneill@wftvmedia.org
Website URL: 
http://www.wftvmedia.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Become the anchor institution for local support and training in communications and technology through skill building in multimedia. WFTV strives to provide local communication solutions with a skill based workforce.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Oregon District 5
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
Willamette Falls Televison is open to serve the Grand Ronde community, specifically the Kalapuya tribe
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
Native American or Native Alaskan
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
15000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
447830
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Willamette Falls Television (WFTV) serves five cities and the unincorporated cities of Clackamas County. Demographics for Clackamas County are available at the following website - http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&_lang=en&_sse=on&geo_id=05000US41005&_county=Clackamas+County
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
Partnerships are a great way to create a foundation for need based services. Stewards and long standing organizations within smaller communities are the best voice of the community. The unincorporated townships and hamlets in Clackamas County don't have the financial structure to sustain current methods of communication. Transportation into metropolitan areas to utilized technology is preventing most citizens from a continuous flow of dialog. Willamette Falls Television is already partnered with Clackamas County to be the Public Access Center for the unincorporated region. In order to put these programs into place in support of accessible communication WFTV proposes to provide a journalism and technology program that is structured at the facility and through WFTV's Website so citizens have a way to gain skills in providing leadership in their own communities without having to travel great distances to do so.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
WFTV is the recipient of a Clackamas County Block Grant. This grant is providing ADA accessibility throughout the facility. WFTV works with disabled people in the community directly through job skills, internships and independent production. Currently WFTV provides dedicated programming on the channels for the hearing impaired through volunteer producers.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Staff does not have the ability to develop programs that are multilingual due to limited staffing, but will partner with organizations or individuals willing to develop programs of this nature.
Local Drupal Development Commitement
In addition to what the OMF will provide through this grant, we estimate that a successful implementation will require a minimum of 80 hours of local drupal support (through trained staff, contractors, or volunteers).
How many hours of professional drupal development support can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012: 
100
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
1500
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): 
11000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
13000
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): 
10000
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
5000
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: 
100
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Ashford, Manager - 20hrs = $360 Johnson, Engineer - 40hrs = $822 Bouck, Production Assistant - 10hrs = $100 Neill, Assistant Manager - 40hrs = $512 Tarantola, Studio Specialist - 20hrs = $245 Lee, Office Assistant - 20hrs = $200
Video Content Commitment
Partners will be supporting Sustainable Broadband Adoption by addressing the primary hurdle identified by non-adopters: a perception that broadband is not relevant to life, especially in low-income and minority communities. What is the value of the staff time and resources you are willing to devote to supporting the production of video content that will address 'broadband relevance' from the perspective of members from disconnected communities"?
Staff Time: 
3600
Resources/Equipment: 
8000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
100
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: 
3
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
Basic computer skills, communication skills, certification not required
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
10
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
4

Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television

Submitted by cctv on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:51
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television
Applicant Name: 
Lauren-Glenn Davitian
Address: 
294 North Winooski Avenue Burlington VT 05401
Phone: 
802.862.3966 x12
E-mail: 
davitian@cctv.org
Website URL: 
www.channel17.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Channel 17/ Town Meeting Television is a government access cable channel that aims to increase public participation in the democratic process. Channel 17 opens the door to local government by providing municipal meeting and event coverage, public media training and broad distribution through cable television and www.channel17.org Increased broadband usage by all members of our community means that we extend our services--schedules, programs and training to more people in our region.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Vermont
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify: 
NA
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Native American or Native Alaskan
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
28000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
150000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Channel 17/ Town Meeting TV serves a predominantly white population with a large refugee community. Senior citizens and disabled residents are a major portion of the Channel 17 viewing audience. Young people participate in program production, as do unemployed people looking for new job skills.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
In Chittenden County Vermont pockets of low income communities cannot afford broadband access, this critical connection to the economic and cultural life of our community. Channel 17 will focus its outreach strategy to public schools, youth service agencies and mutual aid societies and community organizers who work with the variety of low income youth and "new Americans" settling in our region. Channel 17 outreach activities include: mapping the network of key organizations and updating database of organizations/ projects, contacting lead organizers (20), one-on-one meetings as necessary, on-site and off-site presentations (10), studio tours/ training sessions (6), video programs with targeted messages on broadband opportunities and how to take advantage of them (3-6), fliers/ public releases, public training sessions (vacation camps, regular sessions).
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
Channel 17 physical facilities and training programs are accessible to people with a variety of disabilities.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
We work with various refugee populations 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: 
250
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment: 
11250
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: 
6000
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
40000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
6000
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): 
3000
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: 
750
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Network Administrator - 250 hours @ $25/hour Video Engineer - 250 hours @ $35/hour Business Manager - 50 hours @ $25/hour Channel 17 Director - 200 hours @ $30/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: 
1
Resources/Equipment: 
2000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
15
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: 
Our Training Coordinator has 15 year of experience with media and digital literacy training.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
2
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
0

Easton Community Access Television

Submitted by jdaniels on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:37
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Easton Community Access Television
Applicant Name: 
Jason Daniels
Address: 
50 Oliver Street Suite 201A Easton, MA 02356
Phone: 
508-230-7200
E-mail: 
jason.daniels@eastoncat.org
Website URL: 
http://www.eastoncat.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
We feel that the most relevant and important discussions within our community will be taking place over broadband in the coming years. While we are primarily focused on cable today, seeking to migrate this conversation across broadband will amplify our mission and situate us well for the future.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Massachusetts 9th 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: 
Disabled
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
7000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
23000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 22,299 people, 7,489 households, and 5,571 families residing in the town. The population density was 784.1 people per square mile (302.7/km²). There were 7,631 housing units at an average density of 268.3/sq mi (103.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 91.94% White, 1.59% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.39% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.13% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.58% of the population. There were 7,489 households out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.21. In the town the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 13.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the town was $69,144, and the median income for a family was $82,190. Males had a median income of $51,429 versus $35,912 for females. The per capita income for the town was $30,732. About 0.7% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.6% of those under age 18 and 6.5% 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 will work through the existing social infrastructure of our community to address the needs of these populations. We will do targeted outreach to bring these populations into our studio, into our facility, and train them, teach them and engage them in the broadband conversation.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
When applicable our center will set aside the operating and capital expenses needed to ensure that technology is accessible by all.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
Our overwhelming constituency is English speaking
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: 
0
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
16000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
5100
Other Current Equipment Value: 
125000
If other, please explain: 
This is capital equipment for studio and field production. We are at the beginning of our contracts with 2 cable providers.
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): 
7500
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
0
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
4000
Other Future Equipment Value: 
5000
If other, please explain: 
Within the next three years there will be the potential to contribute additional funds to further the success of the OMP at ECAT.
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): 
Jason Daniels - Executive Director - 60 Program Director (not yet hired) - 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: 
110
Resources/Equipment: 
6000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
7000
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
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training: 
We will not specifically employ a FTE for digital literacy but it will be a crucial part of the role of the executive director and the program director at ECAT.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
1
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
0

Minneapolis Telecommunications Network

Submitted by Beth Peloff on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:25
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Minneapolis Telecommunications Network
Applicant Name: 
John Akre
Address: 
125 SE Main Street, Suite 244 Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 
612-331-8575 ext 307
E-mail: 
jakre@mtn.org
Website URL: 
mtn.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
Since the early 1990’s, MTN has understood the importance of internet access to advancement of free speech and has worked to increase internet availability and use among its members and community. In 1994, with the River Project, MTN became one of the first community networks in the country. The River Project provided a number of Twin Cities’ non-profit organizations with their first dial-up internet accounts and web site hosting. MTN brought the tools of web site creation to non-profit organizations and artists as a partner of the Benton Foundation’s Open Studio project. As part of this project, MTN taught some of the earliest classes on setting up your own website. MTN is an organization that is dedicated to giving a voice to those who typically are under-represented in our society, by providing them the tools and training that allow them to create media messages from their viewpoint. MTN is the place to go in Minneapolis to gain access to technology training and tools. Since 1995 we have maintained a computer lab. Over the years we have taught classes such as web design, Photoshop, iMovie, and video blogging. MTN also provides free wireless access to visitors to our access center, surrounding businesses and an adjacent city park. We believe that everyone should be able to access the internet. Every year, our producers turn in thousands of hours of interesting and informative programming to play on our cable TV channels. However, many people are not able to see the shows, since viewership of our channels is limited to those who live in Minneapolis and have cable. For example, the Twin Cities’ Somali community is spread out over the entire metro area. Much of the Somali language programming is relevant to not only the Twin Cities’ community but also to members of the Somali Diaspora throughout the country and the world. By increasing the broadband access and internet proficiency among this community, programming produced by MTN community producers will have a much larger impact. Increasing broadband use among MTN’s community will also benefit MTN. MTN wants to create broadband use among our members to make this organization work more efficiently and effectively. When our community producers are able to do things like reserve equipment, schedule their programs and sign up for classes online, MTN will be able to devote more of its staff resources in the areas of training and assisting members in the creation of media messages.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
Minnesota District 5
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
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Youth
Estimated population size of your service area: 
383000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
The following numbers are from the 2000 Census. Since 2000, there has been a large increase in immigrants from Africa and Latin America. As of 2000, Minneapolis is 62.49% white, 20.46% black or African American, 3.31% American Indian, 6.95% Asian, and 7.63% Hispanic or Latino. 25.75% of families earn less than $25,000. 14.5% of the overall population over age 25 has not graduated from high school. Minneapolis has the highest rate of African American unemployment of any metropolitan area at 27.5 percent but one of the smallest African American populations in the country. The unemployment rate for workers of color is higher than for whites, even though workers of color participate in the work force at a lower rate than whites. Poverty rates among people of color are six times greater than that for the white population in the region. 14.5% of the population or Minneapolis is foreign born. Of those foreign born, 31.32% are from Asia, 23.01% are from Africa, and 33.42% are from Latin America. 19.62% of the total population speaks another language at home and 10.53% speak English “less than very well.”
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
MTN already has significant foot traffic at our center with over 200 people coming each week to attend classes, check out video equipment and produce and participate in television shows in our studios. At least 60 % of the people that come though our facilities are people of color and/or recent immigrants. We will work with our current producers to produce public service announcements that will inform their communities about the offerings and opportunities at MTN. As much as possible we will work with our existing base of public access TV producers who are also members of these communities to have them publicize these programs on their own television shows. We will partner with youth-oriented organizations working with “at risk youth” to educate young people in media literacy and video production skills with a focus on producing video content for the web. Additionally, we will work with neighborhood-based non-profit organizations who serve specific communities. For example, MTN is working with a local community center to provide video training and equipment access to a group of Latina women who will serve as citizen journalists for their communities.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
MTN is a community media center that is open six days a week, afternoons and evenings. MTN’s users regularly tell the staff and board of the organization that they consider us very welcoming and friendly. As an urban, public facility we serve an extremely wide variety of people. MTN’s staff has taken the time to work with members with special needs, assessing those needs and tailoring assistance to help them create media messages. We have worked with people with brain injuries, learning disabilities, mental illness, and impaired brain function due to medical conditions. For example one of MTN’s more active members has brain damage from a motorcycle injury. He is a regular presence at MTN’s video editing computers and has received extensive assistance. We’ve also worked with people with physical disabilities, coming up with creative ways to help them produce work. For example, MTN has worked with the deaf community, directing camera operators with sight lines to the director rather than headsets. MTN strives to make its facilities as accessible as possible. When we built our current facility, we made sure that the edit suites were accessible by elevator and that the edit suite doors were wide enough for wheel chairs. We are in the process of moving our Programming Department to the first floor of our facility so community producers will no longer have to access the elevator to turn in their program for broadcast.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
MTN has always been a place where multiple languages are spoken. In 2009, MTN averaged 100 hours per month of non-English programming produced at our facility. While MTN has made it a priority to employ multi-lingual staff in an attempt to assist with language barriers in the production process, we have found it difficult to find people who have both the language and video production skills we need. To try to get past that obstacle we are outreaching to colleges and youth job programs to hire multilingual interns that we can train in video production and instruction. Also, we are partnering with non-profit organizations which already have bilingual staff. We have worked with organizations such as the Minnesota Department of Higher Education, Pillsbury House and the Girl Scouts. MTN‘s partnerships have resulted in teaching production classes in Spanish, Somali, Ethiopian, Hmong and Arabic. Another way we have taught video skills to non-English speakers is by pairing MTN with native speakers of the language. For example, we have had classes in the Somali language by pairing an English-first instructor with an instructor who also spoke Somali. This is a model that we would use to broaden the audience for our course offerings. This spring MTN is partnering with a neighborhood community center offering a 28-hour intensive Spanish language production and editing class for middle-aged unemployed women. Also, MTN has loaded its public access computers with fonts from many different languages. This allows our community producers to included titles that are designed for their language, making the titles more readable.
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: 
0
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
28000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
0
Other Current Equipment Value: 
5000
If other, please explain: 
Computers available for public use
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): 
1000
Future Dedicated RAID Server: 
2000
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: 
235
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Eboun Singhathip, Administrative Assistant, 30 hours, $14.67/hour Kevin Loecke, Bookkeeper, 10 hours, $17/hour John Akre, Web Designer, 40 hours, $20.17/hour Nate Mains IT Manager, 40 hours, $17/hour Beth Peloff, Instructor, 15 hours, $19.87/hour Vera Allen, Director of Programming, 30 hours, $17.45/hour Sarah Patterson, Programming Assistant, 30 hours, $12.59/hour David Paul, Transmission Specialist, 40 hours, $16.81/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: 
40
Resources/Equipment: 
2000
If other, please explain: 
MTN will create video content to address broadband relevance by tapping the youth producers in its youth media programs. Primarily, MTN will enlist the assistance of the 50 to 75 students in the MTN/South High Video Voices program, a twenty-year old collaboration between MTN and a Minneapolis public high school. MTN will direct its youth media producers, who are versed in the world of broadband, to create video programs to address these issues from their perspective. MTN will also work with its diverse membership to incorporate these issues in the programs that they create for MTN’s cable channels.MTN will use its newsletter and web site not only to encourage its members to engage with this issue, but also to publicize and disseminate the content that they create.
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
100
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
3
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: 
Our instructors will have a two year or four year college degree or equivalent experience. They will have strong computer skills and interest and experience in working with people from many different cultures, backgrounds, age groups and skill levels. Our instructors will also be enthusiastic, patient and friendly. We will put a priority on finding instructors who speak Somali and/or Spanish. Where there is a curriculum, they will co-teach with a supervising instructor for 2 classes,or until the new instructor is comfortable with teaching the curriculum. Where there is not yet a curriculum, the new instructor will work with MTN’s Teachers Team and a supervising instructor to create a new a class syllabus and class materials.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
100
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
6

Bay Area Video Coalition

Submitted by jen g on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:54
Contact Information
Organization Name: 
Bay Area Video Coalition
Applicant Name: 
Jennifer Gilomen
Address: 
2727 Mariposa, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 
415-558-2121
E-mail: 
jennifer@bavc.org
Website URL: 
http://bavc.org
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community: 
BAVC is a "transmedia" nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire social change by enabling the sharing of diverse stories through art, education and technology. For over thirty years, we have worked to connect communities, young people, media makers, teachers, schools, technologists, nonprofit organizations, and audiences toward these ends. We are extremely invested in broadband users among members of our community, and even more so as we move with the rest of the global nonprofit sector toward engaging diverse communities through digital media skill sets, civic opportunities, workforce development, and stories. As more and more applications and video content demands higher speeds and greater connectivity, broadband is absolutely critical to the success of our programs and participants. Because BAVC has been doing this work for over thirty years, we were active during the first "digital divide," when some sectors of the population -- particularly the already disadvantaged -- were left behind in the blooming experiment of the Internet. Over two decades later, the challenges facing these communities to not only participate, but to compete for jobs, is once again a high stakes dilemma. We hope to use our experience and network of both non-profit and for-profit relationships to ensure that everyone in our community has the same opportunities.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts: 
California District 8
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify: 
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Other
If other, please explain:: 
We actually serve all of these groups but were not allowed to select more than ten groups above.
Number of hosehold subscribers: 
200000
Estimated population size of your service area: 
1200000
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve: 
Between our facilities in San Francisco and Oakland, we serve 800 low-income youth per year through our next generation programs, 200 low-income adults per year through public access producer programs, and thousands of teachers, veterans, disabled, and unemployed workers per year through our workforce development and training programs. The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most diverse regions of the country, and contains one of the largest and fastest-growing populations of Latin American immigrants in the nation as well as a large and rapidly-growing Asian and Pacific Islander populations (over 30% of the population of San Francisco according to the U.S. Census, 2000). For example, 55,722 people reside in Fruitvale, a neighborhood of Oakland that we serve through our bilingual "Abriendo las Cajas (Opening Boxes)" digital media program that seeks to reduce domestic violence among the Latin American immigrant population in this neighborhood. In this community, 46.1% of the population is Latino, the fastest growing ethnic group in this area. The Latino population faces a number of risk factors such as linguistic barriers, low educational attainment, and poverty. About 62% of the Fruitvale population speaks a language other than English.  Of those, 71% speak Spanish.  Forty-four percent (44%) of the Latino population never graduated from high school as compared to 40% of the general population. Approximately 22% of the Latino population lives below the federal poverty level, compared to 11% in Alameda County. [Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000; and Hampton R. L. and Young B.R., ".  Violence in Communities of Color:  Where We Were, Where We Are, and Where We Need to Be."]
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified: 
We have several programs that do targeted outreach to vulnerable populations, and will continue to conduct active outreach to these groups. We have strong partnerships with local nonprofit organizations that reach into our neighborhoods, relationships with public schools, teachers, and youth organizations, and relationships with local colleges, universities, senior citizen groups, and individual producers that make for a strong outreach network. This year, we implemented a general low-income membership program for BAVC, which allows community members to obtain a Producer Level Membership (regularly $175/year) with several benefits at the low rate of $10/year, which gives low-income community members the ability to participate in our programs. We offer several free and reduced rate programs and services, including free training programs, computer lab access, and production equipment use. Our youth programs are nationally recognized for our ability to support participation by low income youth, who are paid for participation in our programs and internships.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used: 
In September, 2009, BAVC took over public access television operations in San Francisco, adding a set of programs designed to serve diverse populations, including the disabled. In February, 2010, we completed a series of renovations to meet ADA accessibility guidelines. These renovations included improved building access, wheelchair-accessible production spaces, work surfaces, and a remodeled kitchen and lounge that meet ADA guidelines. We regularly have members with disabilities participating in our productions (including a weekly program called "Disability Now"), classes, and programs. We offer some software-based assistive technologies for vision-impaired students, and are currently evaluating additional technologies for the deaf and hard of hearing, including work with developers creating software that automates video captioning.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in: 
In partnership with local immigrant health organization La Clínica de la Raza and ZeroDivide, we created a program called "Abriendo las Cajas (Opening Boxes)," a bilingual (Spanish/English) digital media training and production program; all materials created for or by this program are bilingual (curriculum, instruction, videos). Through this capacity we hope to better serve the large (and growing) Latin American immigrant population in San Francisco and the surrounding area, particularly Oakland.
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: 
12000
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: 
1500
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s): 
5000
Current Dedicated RAID Storage: 
4000
Other Current Equipment Value: 
9000
If other, please explain: 
Encoding servers, racks, and mounts.
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: 
4000
Other Future Equipment Value: 
1500
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: 
120
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary): 
Hardware engineering and development support, 120 hours, $50/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: 
4000
Resources/Equipment: 
12000
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach: 
120
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training: 
6
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 generally hire independent contract instructors to teach our digital media training programs; instructors typically must have a minimum of two to five years teaching experience working with the target population(s) in the subject matter, a minimum of three to five years' technical/professional experience, and some experience with curriculum development and evaluation.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project: 
4
How many direct jobs will be created from this project: 
1

Willamette Falls Television

Submitted by wftvjenelle on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 13:30
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 - 11:55
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
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