[imc-st.louis] Fwd: [9-11-4] Meeting Cancelled: Our Weekly Meeting, suggest going to MCA meeting instead...

[Ben West]

This appeared on St. Louis 911 Meetup page..
http://9-11.meetup.com/4/boards/thread/4711392

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donald Stahl <politicstahl at hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Subject: [9-11-4] Meeting Cancelled: Our Weekly Meeting
To: 9-11-4-announce at meetup.com

Our Weekly Meeting, scheduled to occur on Wed, May 14 at 7:00 PM has
been cancelled. Please update your plans accordingly.

If you have further questions, you can email me through the 'Contact
Organizer' feature on the meetup.com website:
http://9-11.meetup.com/4/suggestion/

All,
I just received this, just as you are just receiving it:

> SENT VIA THE STLFILMWIRE:
> May 14 MCA Meeting...>
> WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS...
> Here's the Inside Scoop from the NAB
> the World's Biggest Trade show for the Production Industry
> Have you ever been to the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show
> in Las Vegas? It's the world's biggest production industry trade show --
> and our panel of speakers at the May meeting of the St. Louis Media Communications Association have all been to the NAB this year. They'll give you the low-down on the latest gear, gizmos, gadgets, and gossip from the 2008 show.
> This year, for our "Post NAB wrap up," instead of asking equipment vendors
> what was new at NAB, we're asking users. We've got at least five different
> local professionals, each slated to share what they saw, heard, and did. It'll
> all take place at Barlow Productions, one of St. Louis' leading studios.
> This is always a hugely popular meeting. No matter what you do in film or video,
> you won't want to miss this meeting. Our all-star line-up includes:
> -- Ken Clayton – Avatar Studios
> -- Bill Johnson and/or James Martin - Modern Communications
> -- Holly Middleton – Ameren
> -- Ginger Routh – Roscor
> -- Don Stovall - AGEdwards/Wachovia
> -- Ed Voss – Lindenwood University
> Finally, we're going to find out what really happens in Vegas!!
> DATE: Wednesday, May 14th
> TIME: Networking at 6:30pm, meeting starts at 7:00pm
> LOCATION: Barlow Productions, Inc. 1115 Olivette Executive Pkwy St. Louis, MO 63132
> DIRECTIONS: From I-170, Head west on Olive Blvd and go about a half mile. Turn right at Olivette Executive Pkwy. Barlow Productions is on the left.
> COST: MCA members = free
> non-members = $10
> students = $5

I am concerned about the liklihood of there being no more PEG
programming throughout Missouri, or the US, based on the corporate
push for media consolidation. In the Metro St. Louis area there is
little question that it is in the process of being phased out, through
the tactic of ostensibly keeping it and ensuring that all such "public
access" programming is of the "how I filmed my great bobsled
adventure" variety.

I for one am less interested in finding out what really happens in
Vegas than in finding out where Ken Clayton, etc., 's heads are at
with regard to this situation. We could have our usual weekly meeting
and commiserate each other, or we could attend this "always hugely
popular meeting" of local media people and attempt to do some
consciousness raising and networking. Certainly, it would impress them
if we outnumbered them, wouldn't it?

All in favor of using this evening's time by actually engaging in
activism are invited to caucus (with me) at Barlow Productions.

-- 
Ben West
westbywest at gmail.com
http://savetheinternet.org