Trent Radio AGM 25 Nov 2001 "Studio C" Project;
Miriam Stucky  Project Coordinator

Trent Radio has one small studio for on-air broadcasting (Studio A),
and one for production (Studio B).  Neither studio can accommodate
any more than three people at once, which severely limits our
capacity to support live music, round table discussions, radio drama
or other forms of community expression requiring groups of more than
three people.

In September of 2001, a Committee was struck to discuss the
possibility of reclaiming the room currently housing Trent Radio's
archive to serve as a large on-air and production studio.  The
committee envisions digitizing the archive materials, and making them
available via a server (computer).

The working name for the new physical and virtual archive spaces to
be created will create is Studio C.

The members of this committee are Mithra Dubey, Miriam Stucky,
Candace Shaw, Michael Waterman, Gil Wright, John Muir, and myself,
acting as Committee Chair and Coordinator.

These people represent different facets of the Trent Radio community,
and bring a wealth of experience to bear on the subject of developing
"Studio C". The Committee has met three times, with semi-formal
reports to the Board following each meeting.

The Committee is currently working on an application to the Trillium
Foundation for approximately $67,000, to digitize the archive, and
then to equip studio C as a broadcasting and post production studio.
To this end, the Committee has developed a working mandate of
suggested usages for the new space.

John Muir is in the process of drawing up a budget for the entire
project, and John, Mithra, and Miriam will workout a timetable (work
plan) as to what it would take to digitize the archive, and get
Studio C up and running, before the end of the year (2001).

The Committee anticipates the need for a new front-line staff person
to maintain and develop the operations of the studios. We are looking
in to how to fund this position. Currently, HRDC is the most likely
source, either through the local Job Connect program, or through the
National Office of Learning Technologies branch.

The Committee will meet next on Dec 17. Any questions about Studio C
can be directed to Miriam Stucky 740-9624, miriam@pipcom.com, or to
John Muir, at Trent Radio.