Public Access Promotion Committee

 Fact Sheet:

1. What is 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.

�        Cooperate 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.