Access SF: Public Access for the City & County of San Francisco Upstream Online - The eNewsletter of Access SF
In This Issue: May / June 2005 
•   SHARING STORIES: Webzine takes you behind the scenes at Cable Channel 29
•   THE SAN FRANCISCANS: News from Access SF's award winning Community Outreach Project
•   FILM/TAPE WORLD: Partnership yields benefits & discounts for Access SF members
•   UNDERWRITING & SPONSORSHIP: New fundraising model launched at Channel 29
•   NO-COST MASTER CLASSES: Space available in Spring workshops
•   WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS: Recent recruitment brings five community representatives the station
SHARING STORIES: Webzine takes you behind the scenes at Cable Channel 29
Access SF is pleased to launch SHARING STORIES, a new recurring webzine with profiles that take you behind the scenes at Cable Channel 29. The goal of SHARING STORIES is to put a human face on public access and to celebrate the transformative power of community media. In the first online installment, Access SF introduces you to (5) of the station's veteran public access producers - a group of thriving contributors to the station's lively & diverse television community:

- EILEEN MALONE, Pen Women Presents
- BRANDON NASH, Seeing Voices
- IDELL WILSON, The Ideal 03 Show
- DEE DEE RUSSELL, Dee Dee TV: The Collected Works
- GABE QUASH, Veg Video & Undercover TV

Are you an Access SF producer, volunteer or community media advocate who is interested in being profiled in the future? Contact Marc Smolowitz, 415-575-4947, marc@accessf.org.

Click here to go to the Sharing Stories Home Page & read Access SF's new webzine...

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FILM/TAPE WORLD: Partnership yields benefits & discounts for Access SF members
Access SF is pleased to announce a dynamic partnership with FILM/TAPE WORLD, the region’s leading monthly publication for film, video and computer media professionals. The current readership of FILM/TAPE WORLD includes 7500 local industry professionals. It is circulated for free at 200-plus key locations across Northern California.

The following benefits are now available to all currently active Access SF Producer & Affiliate Members as part of annual membership:

- A special one-time discount on an annual subscription to FILM/TAPE WORLD. For the low price of $18.00 per year, members can have the publication direct mailed to their home or office – a savings of 50% less the usual market rate.

- An ongoing discount on print advertising rates in FILM/TAPE WORLD as follows; (1x) Business Card ad placement in FILM/TAPE WORLD provided at the (12x) rate = $65.00 - a savings of $35 with every purchase of a business card sized ad placement.

The business card opportunity has great value to Access SF members who also work in a freelance professional capacity in the local film/video/computer media industries. It is an unmatched chance to affordably promote their talents and services to the media industry in Northern California.

For direct inquires to FILM/TAPE WORLD, please contact:

Kristen Pearce
Email: kristen@filmtapeworld.com

NOTE THAT OUR CONTACT AT FILM/TAPE WORLD HAS RECENTLY CHANGED. Please be sure to send your inquiries to Kristen Pearce.

Go to the online media kit for Film/Tape World to learn more about this leading Industry magazine

Go to: www.filmtapeworld.com
NO-COST MASTER CLASSES: Space available in Spring workshops
As part of Access SF membership, producers who meet pre-requisites are offered a number of free advance trainings throughout the year called Master Classes.

SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING SPRING QUARTER MASTER CLASSES:

- Pre-Production w/Tina Gordon
Tuesday, May 31st - Thursday, June 30th

- Advanced Audio w/Michael Faklis
Friday, June 3rd

In order to qualify for the above free workshops, you must be certified in Main Studio. Contact Arnel Valle to sign-up, 415-575-4941, arnel@accessf.org.

Click here for more information on Access SF workshops...

THE SAN FRANCISCANS: News from Access SF's award winning Community Outreach Project
The following are programming updates about THE SAN FRANCISCANS, Access SF's ongoing community outreach project that celebrates the diversity and vitality of the local nonprofit community.

- NOW ONLINE: Check out our Video On Demand Area for The San Franciscans where the Year Two participants area has been expanded! (Click through link below...)

- CABLE CHANNEL 29 PROGRAMMING: Access SF is pleased to present the next installment of our award winning talk show series about the local nonprofit sector - THE SAN FRANCISCANS: Episode 9 - On Nonprofits, The Media & Technology. Watch for Episode 9 in the following May '05 timeslot:

* Wednesday, May 25th - 4:30pm *

- COMING SOON -
Episode 10: On Local Latino Nonprofits - produced by Access SF's spring 2005 interns in Spanish! Profiling Arriba Juntos & the Precita Eyes Mural Project.
Episode 11: On STD & HIV Prevention - produced by the Access SF staff in conjunction with the Department of Public Health's STD Prevention and Control Services.

Click here to go to The San Franciscans - Year Two Video On Demand Pages...

UNDERWRITING & SPONSORSHIP: New fundraising model launched at Channel 29
Access SF is pleased to launch non-commercial underwriting & sponsorship opportunities on Channel 29 for local businesses, neighborhood/merchant associations, socially responsible corporations & major donors/philanthropy.

UNDERWRITING OPPORTUNITIES START AT JUST $125 PER MONTH. This is your chance to support community media & free speech in San Francisco while building your own socially responsible brand. Let us help you reach a potential viewing audience of 600,000 San Franciscans.

Underwriters are acknowledged on the Cable Channel 29 Community Bulletin Board and receive a spate of other benefits in exchange for their support.

David Perry & Associates - a local public relations firm - recently stepped up as an early paid underwriter. At right is an example of how Access SF is giving non-commercial visibility to its underwriters.

FOR YOUR RATE CARD - CONTACT:
Marc Smolowitz
Access SF / Cable Channel 29 Development
415-575-4947 - marc@accessf.org

WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS: Recent recruitment brings five community representatives the station
Access SF is pleased to welcome the following new board members:

Hillard Kahan - Retired Engineer, Dolby Laboratories
Janine Kubert - Director of Creative Services, United Way of the Bay Area
Patricia Montgomery - Founder, W.O.V.E.N. Ministries
Stu Smith - Theatrical Producer & Promoter, Tin Pan Alley Productions
Yato Yoshida - Program Director, YouthMAP

The total Board of Directors is now thirteen. The board meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at Access SF facility from 6pm-8pm. The public is welcome to attend our board meetings.

Click here to read the short bios of our new and continuing board members...

Access SF is funded, in part, through cable operator grants administered by DTIS, the Department of Telecommunications & Information Services of the City & County of San Francisco. We gratefully acknowledge the Access SF membership for their support and the following agencies that contributed to our work in '03-'05: Jewish Vocational Service, Film/Tape World, David Perry & Associates, the Cable Positive Tony Cox Community Fund, CTCNet & the Department of Health & Human Services, through the Connections For Tomorrow Capacity Building Award.  Upstream is the eNewslettrer of Access SF - CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT ACCESS SF PROGRAMS BY MAKING A SECURE ONLINE DONATION. Thanks for your support!