Public Access Promotion Committee

 Fact Sheet:

1. What is the role of the committee?

·        Serve as a resource to the Southwestern Oakland Cable Commission

·        Promote Access TV usage and viewership.

·        Endorse, support and promote the mission and goals of SWOCC.

·        Promote public access in the SWOCC communities.

·        Maintain positive community relations.

·        Participate in SWOCC Special Events.

·        Co-operate with and assist SWOCC employees in carrying out the functions of SWOCC.

·        Encourage the use of public channels among the widest feasible range of institutions, committees and individuals within the SWOCC communities.

·        Recruit and support active public and community access users and volunteers.

·        Increase the level of awareness and visibility of public, community, government and education access.

·        Increase the amount of local public and community access programming.

·        Advocate for public, and community access.

·        Perform other functions as may be assigned by SWOCC.

2. How will the committee accomplish this?

·        Develop programs to publicize, encourage, and advertise public access.

·        Act as a positive role model and mentor for new access users.

·        Brainstorm and solicit ideas to promote access TV.

·        Work cooperatively with staff and volunteers to execute ideas.

·        Operate at a grassroots level within the community.

·        Interact with access users to assist in all aspects of Public Access.

·        Use TV as a tool to communicate the benefits of Public Access.

3. What is required of a member?

·        Attend quarterly work-session meetings

·        Work on promotional projects (monthly).

·        Actively volunteer.

·        Participate in one training workshop annually and become certified (or maintain certification) at SWOCC Studios. 

·        Actively support public access, SWOCC, its staff and its mission.