West Harford, Ct is strange in that unless you are a native of there it is almost impossible for the average visitor to find places due to hidden signs.  The Video Frstival is another matter--it was a hoot.  Ryan and P-e-t-e-r-spent a plethoria of hours preparing for the festival in that we (with others) had to judge the two best in show productions and also prepare all the video snippets and viewing room clips for the event.  The West Hartford gang did a superb job of preparing for the event and making our job easy for the Awards Night.

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On Tuesday, October 20^th, Dottie Grover, Director of Cable Services of Londonderry’s PEG (Public, Education and Government) TV Access Center since 1988, and President of the New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media (NHCCM), received the organization’s first Outstanding Leadership Award at a gathering of its members, which was held at the Local Government Center in Concord.

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The NHCCM is offering two scholarships for the ACM-NE Film Festival in Hartford, CT (go to www.acm-ne.org for more information) in an effort to facilitate attendance by interns, volunteers, small access centers, low budget organizations, access volunteers, independent producers, and those traditionally denied access to the media who may otherwise be unable to attend.

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by Dave Suitor

I’ve been involved with Access TV for about 5 years now, but as the saying goes “I don’t get out much”. The 2009 ACM Conference was the first ACM event that I have attended and it was great!!

The 2-day Conference was held at the Champlain College in Burlington Vermont. A trade show and dining area were set up in the gym of the college’s student center. The college’s cafeteria located there at the student center provided breakfast and lunch. The work sessions were held in the school’s multi-media lecture rooms. This was a very nice location overlooking Lake Champlain.

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