[rfu-automation] Unity March PSA

[Noel L. Vivar]

Oh, I'm not looking to place blame. I was just wondering what our
process is like.

For example, when someone submits a written PSA, I take a read over
what they submitted. If it looks good, I'll publish it on the website.
If there's minor changes to be made, I'll edit in  changes and ask the
submitter for approval. If it would be a lot of work to make a
suitable PSA (e.g. they just turned in a flier or it sounds like a car
dealership commercial) I return the submission back and direct them to
our PSA webpage for guidelines.

Anyways, I'm just curious. I can offer to screen recorded PSAs if you
need the help, and I can listen to them online.

-Noel

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
> I should clarify that in this case I was the one who failed to properly
> review the PSA before putting it into rotation.
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Stephen Fonzo wrote:
>
> To my knowledge, no one specifically has been taking care of this.  Do we
> have a list of active Automation members, just so we know who is around and
> interested in these issues?  I have no idea whether the pool is very small
> or only slightly small.
>
> -Steve
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Noel L. Vivar <nlvivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Who has been screening the PSAs before they go into autorotation lately?
>>
>> BTW, I know that I have been lax on updating the written PSAs in a
>> while. I'll get on it this weekend.
>>
>> -Noel
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Earlier this week I removed the Unity March PSA from the 'Current PSAs'
>> > directory, thus removing it from regular rotation.
>> >
>> > The reason is that, on listening to the PSA, I determined that some of
>> > the
>> > wording used might cause difficulty under FCC and 501 c (3) regulations.
>> > In
>> > particular, the PSA included text calling explicitly for a YES vote in
>> > the
>> > Township referendum. In addition, there were a number of directive
>> > statements that might be interpreted as 'calls to action'.
>> >
>> > I consulted with a number of experienced community radio and IMC
>> > activists,
>> > who largely agreed with my concerns. I also communicated directly with
>> > the
>> > CUCPJ members who had prepared and submitted the PSA. They will be
>> > recording
>> > a new version of the PSA soon, and we will be putting it back in
>> > automation
>> > rotation as soon as I receive it.
>> >
>> > Andrew
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>>
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Champaign, IL 61820-4420
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