Weekly AMP Update

April 15, 2005

Happy Tax Day!

The intention of this weekly email update is to keep you informed about what is going on here at AMP…schedules, volunteer opportunities, special events, and the like. If you have information you would like to include in a future update, please send it to me via email at dawn@ampmedia.org. Likewise, if you would prefer not to receive these updates, just send an email to my email address with “remove” in the subject line, and I will take you off. Finally, if you know someone who is not receiving these messages who would like to, please forward that information to me as well!

New! Client Services Schedule
AMP will be adjusting our client services schedule (check-outs, facilities use, etc.) at the beginning of June. There will also be some short periods where we will be closed around the ACM Conference and possibly one or two other special projects (programming will still be accepted and played). I will provide further details as they become available, but if you already know that you will have special or specific needs during the summer months, it would be a very good idea to make your request now so that we can take those into consideration as we solidify our plans.

New! Help Save the Salinas Libraries
St. Michael’s Choir, an internationally renowned 110 boy choir from Toronto Canada will be assisting in a fundraiser to help save the Salinas Libraries. The team who has put this together has gotten commitments from the local TV Stations to air a PSA, but first the group NEEDS a PSA (we would air it on AMP too, of course). The gentleman who contacted me regarding this need is well versed in PSA production, would write the script, provide some still photos, etc. He needs someone to shoot and edit. The event is April 28th & 29th, so time is of the essence. If the nationally publicized issue of the Salinas Library closure is near and dear to your heart, this would be a great way to use your skills to help keep them open. Contact Dawn at dawn@ampmedia.org right away if you are interested in helping.

New! Celebration of the Musical Mind
Parents’ Place in Pacific Grove is hosting a Celebration of the Musical Mind on Saturday May 21st in the multipurpose room of the Pacific Grove Adult Education, 1025 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove. The program will feature a “family band” made up of local families and organized by Marilee Sunseri. After that, the Parents’ Place classes will join together to sing…these are children from infants to ages 3+. TOO CUTE! If you might be able to video this hour-long event, please contact Gail Root at 646-6623 or groot@pgusd.org. They would be MOST appreciative.

Amy Goodman
Amy’s presentation will take place on Thursday, July 7, 2005 at 7:30 PM in the Steinbeck Forum at the Monterey Conference Center.

Become a financial supporter of AMP and receive a ticket to sit in one of the first five, center rows of Amy Goodman’s July 9th lecture in Monterey. Of the 494 seats available, only 100 are in the first five center rows, so sign up before this limited opportunity is gone! When tickets go on sale to the General Public the event is sure to be a sell-out. Take advantage of this pre-sale opportunity to support AMP and secure your up-close seat to hear Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman speak.

To be an Individual Supporter is an investment of $100.00 and includes one reserved ticket to Amy Goodman, while a Household Supporter designation is an investment of $175.00 and includes two reserved tickets to Amy Goodman. The front row center seat will go to the first person to sign-up and seats will continue to be assigned on a first come, first served basis…the sooner you take advantage of this opportunity, the better your seat will be! General Seating Tickets will go on sale May 1st.

Contact Dawn Pease Bryant at AMP by calling 333-1267 or emailing to dawn@ampmedia.org. Seating priority will be based on receipt of pledge. Payment can be made with cash, check, Visa or MasterCard (a 3% processing fee will apply to credit card transactions).

Become a supporter today and secure your reserved seat to see Amy in July!

Alliance for Community Media Conference Info
Follow the link from www.ampmedia.org for information about the ACM National Conference to be held here in Monterey July 6- 9, 2005.

AMP’s New Programming Grid is available for viewing on the AMP Website
http://www.ampmedia.org/forms/channel24guide.pdf...If you have questions about the New Grid, please email them to Matthew at galvin@ampmedia.org.

Music Production Available
Jean Voice Dart is available to produce music for your production. Contact her at MBHolistic@aol.com

Updated Production Assistance Opportunities (contact Matthew for coordination).

Daily Your Town Radio and TV Program - Live production opportunity in the Ready Set.

April 16th Script to Screen Studio Production

April 21st Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn Lecture @ Monterey Hyatt - Food Provided

April 21st – 23rd Alternative Educational conference at Asilomar

April 23rd Art Mag Studio Production

April 27th What Went Wrong? A Symposium on the issues presented in the Academy Award Winning Film Million Dollar Baby and the Terry Schiavo Case. For more info, contact:

Vicki Nelson
Program Director
Compassionate Care Alliance
P.O. Box 1785, Monterey, CA 93942
(831) 655-9506
vcnelson@earthlink.net
www.caringresources.org

April 29th Arden’s Garden

June 23rd – 26th Monterey Bay Blues Festival operators and crew needed for multicamera screen presentation

World of Dance with Maya begins production again in May.

The Anthony Jabin show is seeking interesting guests, performers, and musicians for Friday night studio production.

IMPORTANT! Equipment Check-out and Returns
Keep at the forefront of your mind that checked-out AMP equipment MUST be picked up at your scheduled time and returned on time. Late pick-ups adversely impact AMP staff schedules, and late returns can have devastating impacts on other producer’s scheduled projects.

Need an idea for a video?
The month of May has been designated:

- American Bike Month

- Flower Month (feel free to send them to attn: Dawn, 2200 Garden Road)

- Asparagus Month (really)

- Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month

- Barbeque Month

- Better Speech and Hearing Month

- Egg Month

- Duckling Month

- Mental Health Month

- Hamburger Month (I swear)

- Photo Month

- Physical Fitness and Sports Month

- Salad Month (a show about the Salinas Valley, anyone…)

- Strawberry Month (…or a show about Watsonville perhaps?)

- Older Americans Month

- Transportation Month