Networking
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Northwest Community Radio Network
Founded in September 2006, at the Northwest Community Radio summit, the Northwest Community Radio Network intends to be a resource for community radio stations and their listeners, sharing resources and information and offering mutual aid among participants.
NWCRN membership is designed to be open to noncommercial community, tribal and college radio stations and other entities in the northwest region, provisionally defined as including Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
NWCRN membership is also open to web- and cable-only stations, as long as the stations are structurally accountable to the communities they serve, and makes no distinction between licensed radio stations and radio collectives.
Network membership explicitly excludes stations whose mission is to propagate the religious values of a particular faith.
The interim decision making body for network planning discussions is the Network Organizing Committee. Participating stations are encouraged to select one representative at a time to be part of the organizing committee.
In an effort to move the network forward, early priorities include participating in monthly phone meetings, structuring future collaborations, establishing policy that addresses content-sharing and collaborative productions, and designing future gatherings.
This interim body will also be responsible for fundraising for and hiring a network coordinator.
The committee will distribute an interim report July 1 to all participants. The committee will either formally launch the NW Community Radio Network "operational phase" along with a new organizational structure, or will vote to give itself a 90-day extension to complete the launch.
RESOURCES:
Website: http://nwcommunityradio.org
Directory: http://reclaimthemedia.org/communityradio/directory
Wiki: http://nwcommunityradio.wikispaces.com/
Email List: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/nwradio
TENTATIVE CALENDAR:
March 2nd â conference call
April 6th â conference call
May 4th â conference call
June 1st â conference call, review draft of NWCRN Interim Report
July 6th â conference call, vote on transition to Operational Phase
