ALERT! Please see the NEWS section for info on the upcoming Alliance for Community Media National Conference


Meeting Community Media Challenges in Pittsburgh, PA, July 7-10th.

Scholarships to events like these are available for ACM members!
Click here to read more!

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UPDATE on the recent Franchise Hearing in ALBANY NY:
Click HERE to see a 10 minute edited video about the March 1, 2010 Hearing on PEG in Albany, NY! (courtesy, NY Media Alliance, and the Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY.

Click HERE to see the entire Albany PEG Hearing - ACM NY testimony is one hour in on first half.  Scroll Down to the last two videos on page entitled  March 1 2010 - Albany Common Cuuncil Public Hearing on Public Access Television - testimony also by NY Media Alliance and  other local access producers.

ABOUT US

Residents of New York State deserve and need access to technology & media education to fully participate in democracy in a digital age. Public Educational & Governmental Access Television (PEG Access) allows us to share information that impacts our communities, connects us with our elected leaders, and provides an important democratic forum.

The Alliance for Community Media New York is the NY State Chapter of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM).   The ACM is a national not-for-profit organization with a mission to advance democratic ideals by ensuring that people have access to electronic media, and by promoting effective communication through community uses of media. ACMNY is part of the Northeast region of the Alliance. ACM-NE includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Rhode Island.

The Empire State has a population of more than 19 million people in 62 counties, 62 cities, 553 villages and 932 towns.   We look forward to working together with all, as we provide information, advocacy, and media resources to our communities in this great State.

The Board of ACM NY is presently:

Name
Board Function
Organization
Address / Phone
Email
Maryann Arrien Chair Putnam Valley Community Television
Community Media Coordinator
Town of Putnam Valley
265 Oscawana Lake Road
Putnam Valley, NY 10579

Brain Trust Productions, Inc
(home address)

93 Wiccopee Road,
Putnam Valley, NY 10579

Ph: 845-528-7420
FAX: 845-528-7420
Arrien@optonline.net
Jim Kenny
Treasurer
Executive Director,
White Plains Cable Access Commission
4  Martine Ave. 
White Plains, NY  10606
914-422-1419

White Plains Network

914-422-1419

William Huston
Secretary
O2E-TV, Binghamton
607-321-7846
WilliamAHuston@gmail.com
Michael Max Knobbe
Board Member
Executive Director,
BronxNet

718-960-7158 max@bronxnet.org

Would you be interested in serving on the Board of ACM NY?
Or be invited to any of our conference calls?
CONTACT us!

Upcoming conference calls: 11am on the following Fridays:August 20; September 17, October 15, November 19 & December 17.  If you would like to attend one of these conference call e-mail us at arrien@optonline.net

Note that the July 9, 2010 meeting will be a face to face meeting at the ACM National Conference.in Pittsburgh, PA. It will take place at approximately 12:15pm at the BOX LUNCH, immediately following the ACM North East Region Meeting.  Click HERE for an agenda.

Interested in joining ACMNY?
Click HERE for a copy of the ACMNY Bylaws.