Breakout session from the Community Media Summit at channelAustin. Friday March 9, 2012.
Actions Items/ Key takeaways:
1) A slick website outside of GDO and DO that presents joint summary of successes of the MNN project, channlAustin and other modest success based experiences and not theory. This could also include the Powerpoints and audio from the summit on 3/8-3/9. It might conclude with a self assessment checklist to determine organizational capacity to get involved.
2) Have a funding meeting for executive decision makers to meet again at the ACM national conference in Chicago. Possibly inviting potential funders.
3) Identify possible community media organization as collaborators through regional and affiliate chapters of community media organization.
4) A mechanism for this group to match the needs and ends of organizations within a development pool / Assessment of what kind of money (capital / operating ) and how much. Determining if this group for general research and development or is it for product development? Tiered funding.