The schedule is complete, subject to change as the mood strikes us. Below you will find a summary for the upcoming sessions planned for the conference. After the summary you will find a complete schedule with descriptions including presenters.

Book Mark this page for your reference. Final dates and times will follow.

Sunday, June 6th

registration, evening meet and greet at Camp Miriam

Recording ten live songs from these bands:

6 pm Kiltlifters – 2 x 45 minutes

8 pm Senticsphere – 2 x 45 minutes

10 pm Myles Black and the Pearly Whites – 2 x 45 minutes

Monday – Friday, June 7th – June 11th

workshops / caucus / seminars / plenary

Monday, June 7th

Breakfast – 7:00 – 9:00 am

9:05 walk down Berry Point Road

Opening Ceremonies and Greeting 9:15 am (Courtyard to Berry Point)

Ground rules Creating a Supportive and Successful Environment Shelley / Irkar

New Media Panel discussion 10:15 – 11:30 am

Break out sessions 11:45 – 1:00 pm

lunch 1:00 – 1:45 pm; merch table open

Advocacy, Activism and Balanced Journalism 2:00pm – 3:15

break out sessions

Early Show – Carolyn Mark

Tuesday – June 8th

Regional Sectoral Caucus – 9:00 – 10:15 am

10 am CAB update by phone – Elmer 5 min update – 10 minute questions.

1 st plenary – 10:30 am to 1:00 pm

lunch – 1:00 – 2:00 pm; merch table open

Book Fair Surf – Heritage Hall

Spoken Mirrors Show Surf – Heritage Hall 8pm doors 7 pm

Wednesday – June 9th

Regional Caucus – 9:30 – 10:15 am

2 nd plenary – 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

lunch – 1:00 – 2:00 pm; merch table open

Thursday, June 10th

Women in Radio

lunch – 1:00 – 2:00 pm; merch table open

Sessions 2:15pm

Early Show – Penny Sidor

Sheila Norgate – Heritage Hall – Surf Lodge

Friday, June 11th

lunch 11:45 am – 12: 45 pm; merch table open

final plenary – 1 pm – 4 pm; tx comes down.

closing ceremonies Berry Point – 5 pm

Gala / Awards Evening – 6:00 drinks; 7pm – sit down and eat; awards when Ken finishes dessert; SweatShop Union 10pm – 11:10pm; 4 am go to sleep

Saturday / Sunday, June 12-13

Optional “Social Weekend”

Soccer finals 9:30 am (upper field)

NCRC Sessions Summary

Round Table – Working Together with a Scarce Spectrum

Panel presentations

Radio NewMedia – followed by breakout sessions

Advocacy, Activism and Balanced Journalism – followed by break out sessions

Music Directors Panel – How to build and maintain a Digital Music Library

Music Directors Panel – Moving To Digital: The Legality and Preparing for the Future

Programming sessions

The Revolution will not be televised

Programming A Show

Program Pitch

Radio skills Advanced

Interviewing Advanced

Writing Advanced

Train the Trainers

Podcasting & PPMs – What They Tell Us About Radio Audiences

The Interview Show

Other Language Minorities and 3rd Language Integration

US Non-Commercial Syndication: Can Canadian Shows Get on the Air?

Social Media and Internet for Radio Promotion

How to Successfully Build and Sustain a Live Entertainment Radio Program

!earshot

Spoken Word – GroundWire 1,2,3,4,5

Women In Radio

WIR:Importance of Womens Collective

WIR:Women’s Programming and WINGS

WIR:Intermediate Audio Production

Technical

Intermediate Audio Production

Collective Radio Making #1 & #2

Program Exchange

Industry Canada 101

Industry Canada Q&A

Broadcast Engineering Q&A – new proposal tbc

NCRA board

NCRA Board meet and greet

The Future of the NCRA

Newly Licensed Stations and Stations Needing Assistance

NCRA 101

Caucus

Music Directors Caucus #1 & #2

Community Stations Caucus

Regional Caucus Ontario

Campus Stations Caucus

Admin

Dealing With Naysayers – Smooth Relations with the Ultimate Authority

Using the Balance Sheet & Income Statements: Leverage, Solvency, Hazards; Pricing & Break-Even; “Goodwill”

Using the Cash Flow Statement: “Natural Cash Flow” and cash inflow & outflow control systems; “Valuation”

Canadian Association of Broadcasters Rising

Station Accessibility

Fund-raising and Money-making Panel

National and Regional Advertising

Radio Camp Workshop

Community Radio Q & A Community Radio Fund of Canada

CRTC 101

CRTC Q&A

Various

Unlicensed Radio

AMARC (the World Association of Community Broadcasters) North America regional meeting

WORKSHOPS

Monday, June 7th

Opening Ceremony & Greeting

Time: 9:15 – 10:00

Radio New Media Panel

Presenters: Melissa Kaestner, Executive Director Community
Radio Fund of Canada

John Harris Stevenson, Advisory Board NCRA

Bio: John Harris Stevenson is a long-time new media technologist, community
broadcaster, and policy researcher. Currently President of CHUO-FM Ottawa and
a member of the Advisory Board of the National Campus and Community Radio Association,
John is a past NCRA President and founding director of the Community Radio Fund
of Canada. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto’s iSchool, John focuses
on knowledge media design and new media policy, and is a past researcher with
the Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking (CRACIN).
He currently manages information strategies for Canada’s International
Development Research Centre. One of his proudest moments was nearly being arrested
at Area 51.

Steve Pratt, Director CBC Radio 3

Ted Kennedy – Chief of Staff CBC English Language Radio

Paul Vaccani, Director Industry Canada

Moderator: tbc

Place:

Time: Monday, 10:15 – 11:30

Break Out Session

Melissa Kaestner, Executive Director Community Radio Fund of Canada

Place:

Time: Monday, 11:45 – 1:00

Break Out Session

John Harris Stevenson, NCRA Board Member

Place:

Time: Monday, 11:45 – 1:00

Break Out Session

Paul Vaccani, Director Industry Canada

Place:

Time: Monday, 11:45 – 1:00

Place:

Time: Monday, 1:00 – 1:45

Advocacy, Activism and Balanced Journalism
Is there a line between editorial bias and neutral reporting, and if so, where should it be drawn? Join the panellists in a discussion on accountability, transparency, the right to an editorial opinion and fair journalism.

Elizabeth May, Green Party

Paul Manly, Documentary Film Producer

bio: Paul Manly dedicates his efforts to produce and support the production of work that educates, inspires and illuminates. Paul owns and operates a video production company, Manly Media www.manlymedia.com and has been working in the film and television industry in various capacities for nineteen years. Paul has been involved in community radio and community cable in various capacities for over twenty years and is also active with a number of environmental and social justice organizations, utilizing his media skills to support their activities.

CBC reporter

Kathryn Molloy

Kathryn has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 20 years specializing in NGO management, communications and fundraising. She has a long history as an organizer and activist; whether it is in leadership roles at Sierra Club BC, Credit Union Boards, National boards, government agencies or at small local NGOs, Kathryn has successfully wedged environmental and social issues firmly onto their agendas.

She currently runs a small local NGO, People for a Healthy Community, that focuses on food security, housing and community vitality.
Kathryn believes that each of us is responsible to ensure a healthy, clean and abundant future and she has dedicated herself to achieving this through collaboration, cooperation and hope.

Chris Straw, Radio Journalist

Moderator: Katherine Gordon is an award-winning non-fiction author and a freelance journalist whose work has received National Magazine Award recognition. She contributes to the Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and BC Business among other publications.

Place: main dining hall

Time: Monday, 2:00 – 3:15

Break Out Session

Paul Manly

Place:

Time: Monday, 3:30 – 4:30

Break Out Session

CBC reporter

Place:

Time: Monday, 3:30 – 4:30

Break Out Session

Radio Reporter

Place:

Time: Monday, 3:30 – 4:30

The Future of the NCRA

Presenters: NCRA Staff and Board Members

As our membership grows, the needs of our sector change. Our financial realities
also force us to re-evaluate NCRA priorities. How do we stay relevant to an
increasingly diverse membership? What is the value of the NCRA and how can
we be most effective?
This is your chance to discuss the future of the NCRA, and create a vision
for the future.

Place:

Time: Monday, 4:45 – 5:45

Native Programmer’s Caucus #1

Irkar Beljaars, NCRA Vice President Internal and Aboriginal Representative

Resolutions for consideration at Plenary.

Place:

Time: Monday, 4:45 – 5:45

Regional Caucus Ontario

CHES-FM, Erin Ontario Jay Mowat, moderator

Place:

Time: Monday, 4:45 – 5:45

Campus Caucus

CFUV Station Manager Victoria Randy Gelling, moderator

Randy Gelling is the Station Manager at CFUV 101.9 FM at the University of
Victoria.
He has been involved in campus/community radio for over a decade.

Place:

Time: Monday, 4:45 – 5:45

Music Directors Caucus #1

Music Director CJSW Kat Cardiff, moderator

Place:

Time: Monday, 4:45 – 5:45

Industry Canada

Region Office Safety Code 6 & Monitoring Discussion

Place:

Time: Monday 4:45 – 5:45

Dealing with Naysayers

Smooth Relations with the Ultimate Authority

No matter how far up the chain you are, there’s always somebody to report
to: the Board of Directors, an oversight committee, a faculty advisor. The
discussion is designed to help participants share best practices for turning
these people into your most passionate advocates.

Time: Monday 4:45 – 5:45

TUESDAY, JUNE 8th

Regional Sectoral Caucus

Place:

Time: 9:00 – 10:15

By moderator request, rooms will be made available. Check the Welcome Desk for Scheduling.

Working Together in a Scarce Spectrum

guest presenters,

Rob Bye, Central Island Broadcasting

Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Elmer Hildebrand, a prairie broadcaster,
is working with a group to re-establish some kind of CAB like organ.

Ted Kennedy, Chief of staff CBC radio English language

Freya Zaltz, VP regulatory NCRA

Paul Vaccani, Director, Industry Canada

Description:Round table discussion on spectrum.

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 9:00 – 10:15

Important Note: 10 AM phone call with Elmer Hilldebrand, New Director for
CAB (confirm number for Elmer to call 204-324-6464)

Skills Courses

Presenter: Jay Mowat

Note: The courses are all designed to be 2 hours in length (plus handouts to take home) for groups of 8 to 10 people, and have been field tested 6 to 10 times. Three of the courses ran on Canoe-FM in Haliburton in April. Short, topic-specific course outlines are available on demand.

Place:

Time:
9:00 – 10:15

The interview Show

CJSF Simon Fraser, Scott Wood, presenter

Description:

A good interviewer can build a great rapport and create genuine moments with
his or her subjects. My seminar will give its participants the building
blocks on how to start! It is meant for the programmer who wants to
do more interviews on his or her show. The ideal attendee should have done
a couple
of interviews (in any genre/field) and wants to up his or her game. Interesting
radio should always be the goal.

Bio:

Scott Wood has hosted the interview show, a weekly half hour program,for
what seems like a millennium. Yep: he is the interview guy. Every week
he interviews
a different band, artist or filmmaker. He has an unending arsenal of questions
at his disposal.

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 9:00 – 10 :15

Using the Balance Sheet & Income Statements ( see NCRC Using FS )

John Hague, BC, CA

Description: Leverage, solvency, hazards, bankruptcy; pricing & break-even; Goodwill

Bring three sheets of 81/2 by 11 paper. One for the balance sheet, one for the income statement, and one for Goodwill. My presentation will be diagrams, and words, pictures and concepts. No calculations!

The world seen through accounting, micro economics vs the “real world” and what really makes for successful enterprise.

Bio: BA (Psych), CA. Currently in Media Studies at VIU, specific interest in spoken word. Director of Gabriola Radio Society; Facilitator with Restorative Justice, JHS; Mediator with BBBVI.

Place:

Time: Tuesday 9.00 – 10.15

Plenary 1

Chair: Dr Marc Lindy

Marc has been an active board member at Vancouver Cooperative Radio
for the past three years and chaired CFRO’s last three AGM’s. Marc Lindy
has practiced as a podiatrist for over thirty years in three countries. He
is serving his fourth year on the board of CFRO, Vancouver Cooperative Radio
(102.7 FM). His weekly radio broadcast explores the history of Black
gospel music. Marc regularly plays tuba for the Carnival Band, VCC Jazz Orchestra,
VCC Brass Ensemble, The Beige, and the Ian Shaw Quintet. He likes an orderly
meeting where people feel they are glad to have participated in the process.

Place: Main Dining Hall

Time: Tuesday, 10:30 – 1:00

NCRA Board meet and greet

Shelly Robinson, Executive Director NCRA

Do you have questions about the NCRA? Have you thought about contributing
to the NCRA? Do you want to discuss an issue with members of the board?
Are you
thinking of running for the Board of Directors? Join the NCRA Board over
lunch to ask questions and find out if you want to get involved.

Place: outside eating area

Time: Tuesday, 1:00 – 1:45 (Lunch time)

How to build and maintain a Digital Music Library

Music Director CJSW Kat Cardiff, presenter

Description: Attendees will have an idea of what systems can be used for
digital music storage and be able to choose a system that suits their station.

WHO IT’S FOR:

Librarians, music directors, tech-guys and tech-girls at stations with
digital libraries in place that need some improvements and stations with
no digital
libraries in place that are looking to implement one. Some understanding
of computer system and databases will help you get the most from this session.

OVERVIEW:

Music-librarians unite to discuss the logistics of setting up and maintaining
a digital library system. Whether you have a digital library implemented
or are just getting started this panel is for you. Find out the logistics
of setting
up a digital library including the use of a local area network, the kinds
of storage available (ie RAID), performing backups and preventing corruption.
On the logistics side we’ll make sure to talk about methods used in organizing
a digital library to ensure fast search times while maintaining ease of use
and how these systems might be integrated into current setups so that a song
played digitally can be smoothly transitioned into a song on CD, tape or vinyl.
We will also discuss whether it is possible to keep up with digital submissions
and how we can to do that.

Bio: Music Director CJSW Kat Cardiff, presenter

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 2:00 – 3:15

Podcasting & PPMs – What They Tell
Us About Radio Audiences

Are your podcasts generating thousands of passionate fans all over the world,
or are they disappearing into internet limbo without making a sound? We’ll
share the latest research of who’s listening, and why. What’s
the right length for a podcast? Which topics fare best? Your
answers are here.

What PPMS tell us about Radio Audiences that We Didn’t Know Before

We thought about calling this session “Everything You Know Is Wrong”. Personal
People Meters are challenging assumptions broadcasters have been depending
on for over 60 years. We’ll review what PPMS tell us about
how listeners consume Radio, and how it differs from what we thought
we knew.

Place:

Time: 2:00 – 3:15

Presenter : Ted Kennedy

Bio: Ted Kennedy has 35 years experience in Canadian broadcasting. He held senior positions at community radio stations in Kingston and Saskatoon at the beginning of his career. In the years following, he programmed music in all major commercial radio formats, was appointed Director of Music Television Programming at Country Music Television (CMT) and Edge TV, General Manager of DMX – Digital Music Express and consultant for various Corus Radio properties.

Mr Kennedy, through his company Canadian Chart Research, has achieved recognition for music chart research and an interactive database of music chart analysis used by Canadian broadcasters for research and CRTC compliance.

Ted Kennedy has been Chief of Staff for CBC English Radio since August 2004.

Newly Licensed Stations and Stations Needing Assistance

Facilitators/Presenters: NCRA Staff and Board Members

Is there an issue that your station needs support and assistance with? Are
you a newly hatched station in need of advice? This is your chance
to draw from the expertise of the sector – bring your problem to this
session, and experienced radio people from across Canada will offer their
sage opinions.

Place:

Time: Tuesday 2:00 – 3:15

Writing for Radio

Place:

Chris Straw

Time: 2:00 – 3:15

8 Ways to Tell your Story

Chris Straw

Place:

Time: 3:30 – 4:30

Fund-raising and Money-making Panel

Panel:

CHES-FM Ontario Jay Mowat

(National and Regional Advertising)

CHES-FM Ontario Jay Mowat, presenter

Description:

We have started to sell commercials on a regional basis with a co-operative
of four other community stations in southern Ontario. We’ve had
good response because of the increase in reach the co-operative offers. I
have always wanted to explore the possibilities of national advertising using a
multi-station co-operative approach. We should invite someone from an agency
to work in this area and provide us tips on how to go about organizing more
national and regional advertising.

Bio:

Volunteer Chair of the Board and Station Manager at CHES-FM, Erin
Radio, in Erin, Ontario, Erin is a small rural community located
about an hour north of Toronto. Jay is a retired broadcast journalist with
30 years of experience,
mostly with CBC radio and television. In his spare time, Jay runs
a biodiesel co-operative, keeps bees, operates a four-acre market garden and a 450 tap-maple operation and conducts seminars in organic gardening.

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 3:30 – 4:30

NCRA 101

Presenter: NCRA Staff and Board Members

Are you thinking about joining the NCRA? Have you forgotten what
the NCRA does? This is your introduction to all aspects of the National
Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC). The NCRA lobbies on behalf of the
sector, created Earshot!, Groundwire and the Community Radio Fund of Canada,
manages the listserv and program exchange, and assists new and established
stations with regulatory hassles and crises. Learn about our history, our
accomplishments, our board and our day-to-day operations.

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Digital Music

Presenter: Steve Pratt

Place:

Time: 3:30 – 4:30

Native Programmers Caucus #2

Irkar Beljaars, NCRA Vice President Internal and Aboriginal Representative

This session is held to possibly select a new caucus chair for 2010-2011

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Music Directors Caucus #2

Music Director CJSW Kat Cardiff, moderator

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Community Station Caucus

CHES-FM, Erin Ontario Jay Mowat, moderator

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Admin Funding

Radio Camp Workshop

CKCU 93.1 FM Ottawa David Sarazin

Description:

Learn to create and run successful radio camp programs for children
over March Break and summer. Having a radio

camp at your station is a great way to raise funds, while providing
a great service to the community & providing a great

starting point for a future generation broadcasters.

Bio:

David Sarazin is the Program Director at CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa,
and a recording engineer in the Ottawa area. He has over 7 years
of campus radio experience as a programmer, program director, radio camp coordinator & production manager. As a recording engineer he has recorded and produced
projects out of Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Montreal & Ottawa.

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Regulatory Q & A

Freya Zaltz, Michael Craig

Description:

Bio: Freya Zaltz knows lots of useful stuff. She has worked and volunteered in numerous capacities at CJLY (Nelson, BC), CJSF (Simon Fraser University), CFUV (UVic), and now at CFRO (Vancouver Co-op Radio). She has been on the NCRA Board of Directors for 7 years, serving as President, Vice President, and now as Regulatory Affairs Director. She has also worked in the CRTC’s Legal Directorate. She has a Masters of Education, and a Bachelor of Laws, and she’s currently a lawyer with the BC Ministry of Attorney General in Vancouver.

Bio: Michael Craig has been employed by the CRTC since 2005 and currently works in its Radio Policy and Applications group. Michael was the staff manager on the recent review of the Campus and Community Radio policies and has been involved in a number of other files and projects over the past five years.

Place:

Time: Tuesday 4:45 – 5:45

Spoken Word GroundWire Caucus #1

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: GW Caucus to discuss any motions for plenary regarding GW. Agenda
is TBA but could include Editorial review, fiscal review, year
calender, the GW to-do list. GroundWire Steering Committee chairs, with
Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist,
who has worked in program management for community media. She
has freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today
and interned at TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community
Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on
29 Canadian
stations (http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Tuesday, 5:45 – 7:00

Wednesday, June 9th

Native Activism in Radio

Irkaar Beljaars

Bio:

Irkar Beljaars, NCRA Vice President Internal and Aboriginal Representative

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:15

Event & Concert Planning

CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa, David Aardvark, presenter

level: beginner/general

Description:

In this workshop/discussion we will address many aspects of event planning
including: overall organization, agreements & contracts, venue holds,
promotion and marketing, contracts, riders & backline, immigration paperwork
and equipment rental. We’ll hopefully also look at some “do’s
and don’ts” based on any experiences participants might want
to relate.

Bio:

David Aardvark has been a music and concert promoter both independently and
with some well-known concert venues & festivals in Montréal & Ottawa
for many years now. He has also organized large-scale Record Conventions
in recent years. He is also the Program Director/Volunteer Coordinator at
CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa.”

Place:

Time:Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:15

Spoken Word GroundWire #2: Mentoring

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: Production Mentoring: Experienced GW producers talk to
new producers: Step by Step Edition Production, technical and editorial conventions,
making stings, and a review of the training guide. Jacky and a panel of previous
producers: sign up to mentor new producers!!!!!!!

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist, who
has worked in program management for community media. She has freelanced
for CBC radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and interned
at TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community Radio News-
a project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29 Canadian
stations (http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:15

Programming Pitch

CHES-FM Erin, Ontario Jay Mowat, facilitator

Description:

One of the most interesting elements of last year’s conference for me was the
programs that people informally told me about that I had no clue existed. They
aren’t pitched as available and are not on the program exchange site. And,

because station websites don’t often promote individual programs that others
might ﬁnd interested, it is hard to ﬁnd out about them.

In this session, we ask conference participants to do a two-minute pitch and
play a short segment from a program they feel might be of interest to other
stations. We would send out notiﬁcation of this session on the listserv and
make sure

we have at least 10 to 12 pitches organized. After the pitches are ﬁnished
(30 minutes), we give stations 30 minutes to make tentative deals. At the end
of the session we announce the deals.

Bio:

Volunteer Chair of the Board and Station Manager at CHES-FM, Erin Radio, in
Erin, Ontario, Erin is a small rural community located about an hour north
of Toronto. Jay is a retired broadcast journalist with 30 years of experience,
mostly with CBC radio and television. In his spare time, Jay runs a biodiesel
co-operative, keeps bees,

operates a four-acre market garden and a 450 tap-maple operation and conducts
seminars in organic gardening.

Place:

Time:Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:15

Programming – Chris Straw

Time: 9:00 – 10:15

Industry Canada 101:

Technical Q & A

Place:

Time: 9:00 – 10:15

Using the Cash Flow Statement

John Hague, BA, CA

Description: “Natural Cash Flow” & cash inflow/ outflow control and “business valuation”. “sales, receivables, receipts” and “purchases, payables, payments”. From the income statement through the balance sheet to the cash flow statement. Business valuation can be based partly upon the present value of future net cash flows. This is where your business plan starts and ends!

All you need is a couple of pieces of note paper and a pen. We will explore the concepts of cash flow, with pictures, graphics and words — no calculations.

Bio: First career in Chartered Accounting, Second Career in Community Radio. Student in Media Studies at VIU. Mediator with BBBVI. Facilitator with JHS’s Restorative Justice Forum. Director, Gabriola Radio Society.

Place:

Time: Wednesday 9.00 – 10.15

Plenary 2

Chair: Dr Marc Lindy

Marc has been an active board member at Vancouver Cooperative Radio

for the past three years and chaired CFRO’s last three AGM’s. Marc Lindy has
practiced as a podiatrist for over thirty years in three countries. He
is serving his fourth year on the board of CFRO, Vancouver Cooperative Radio
(102.7 FM). His weekly radio broadcast explores the history of Black
gospel music. Marc regularly plays tuba for the Carnival Band, VCC Jazz Orchestra,
VCC Brass Ensemble, The Beige, and the Ian Shaw Quintet. He likes an orderly
meeting where people feel they are glad to have participated in the process.

Place: Main Dining Hall

Time: Wednesday, 10:30am – 1:00pm

Spoken Word GroundWire #1: Introduction to GW Reportage

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: Become a GroundWire Reporter. Step by Step Headline Production,
examples of features, pitching and editing process. GW editorial
policy. Group production of one headline. Assignments for the next GroundWire
edition.

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist,
who has worked in program management for community media. She has
freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and
interned at TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community
Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29
Canadian
stations (http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Wednesday 1pm – 3pm

!earshot

Magnus Thyvold, presenter

Description:

Presentation with question and answer.

Bio:

Station Manager CJSF, Burnaby. !earshot publisher

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 2:00 – 3:15

Spoken Word GroundWire: Production Session #1: Brainstorming and sourcing stories

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: GW Production Working Meeting for a Special GW episode created
during NCRC: Join the GroundWire team as a copyeditor, scriptwriter,
reporter, technical producer or managing producer. Workshop leaders: Jacky
and Janna

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist, who has
worked in program management for community media. She has freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and interned at
TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29 Canadian stations
(http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 2:00 – 3:15

How to Successfully Build and Sustain a Live Entertainment Radio Program

Ryan Fletcher, host of CJSF 90.1FM’s ‘Melodies in Mind’

Ryan will talk about his experiences and strategies in building and sustaining
this popular and succesful local music show. Going from the initial impetus
for the program ten years ago out of CHSR 97.9 Fredericton to it’s evolution
into a unique venue for local music community at CJSF 90.1 Burnaby, Ryan will
discuss the history, key moments, inspirations, and influences that helped
nurture the show’s concept into the full grown sensation that it is today.
Topics included will be the importance of guest relations, social media usage,
weekly management strategies, and the importance of building systems for consistent
and efficient communications.

CJSF 90.1FM’s Melodies in Mind features performances from local acoustic musicians
every Tuesday from 8 to 10PM including a featured guest segment at 8pm and
a full hour four act song circle at 9.

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 2:00 – 3:15

Campus-Community Radio Programming about Palestine-Israel

DESCRIPTION
Topics include discussing successes and challenges when covering news from
Palestine-Israel and presenting special programming initiatives (such
CHRY’s Anti-Apartheid Frequencies and CKUT’s Radio Free Palestine). Part of this
presentation will also address producing programming about Palestine from
an anti-oppression perspective, addressing the questions of “balance” and
“censorship”.

BIOS
Laith Marouf is the executive producer and founder of Under the Olive Tree
- a one-hour weekly Palestinian community radio show airing on CKUT
(Montreal) and CFRC (Kingston). He is the co-coordinator of Radio Free
Palestine (a commemorative broadcast about the Palestinian Nakba) hosted
by CKUT in 2008 and 2010. Laith is also an independent filmmaker who has
documented struggles for self-determination in First Nation communities
across Turtle Island. He is currently a NCRA Board Member and the Equity
Commissioner as well as the current President of Solidarity for
Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) National. His mother was born during the
1948 Nakba that saw Laith’s family ejected from Palestine and created the
state of Israel.

Mordecai Briemberg – For over twenty years Mordecai has been a volunteer
programmer on “Redeye”, a three-hour weekly public and cultural affairs
program broadcast on Vancouver Cooperative Radio (CFRO 102.7 FM), a proud
member of NCRA. He also have served as a member of the board of directors
at Coop Radio. As a political activist, Mordecai’s organizing has focused
on anti-nuclear, anti-racism, and anti-war campaigns, and campaigns for
Palestinian rights. Recently the YMCA honoured Mordecai with the
“International Peace-maker” award. The former owners of Canwest media
conglomerate, for these same activities, chose to sue Mordecai for the
production of a parody of the Vancouver Sun newspaper, a parody that
spoofed their pro-Israel bias. Currently, Mordecai is active with the
Seriously Free Speech Committee (seriouslyfreespeech.wordpress.com)
defending free speech on the Palestine/Israel issue, and resisting efforts
at censorship.

Matthew Fava is the program coordinator at CHRY 105.5 FM in Toronto,
where he has worked as a staff member and volunteer for 5 years. During
his time at the station he has been involved in organizing and
contributing to Israeli Apartheid Week programming, as well as covering
migrant justice and Canadian militarism abroad. Matthew is an amateur
musician and performer who enjoys music and audio production.

Policy Review

Description: place holder for CRTC session if Campus Community Radio Policy is announced.

Moderator: To be confirmed.

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 2:00 – 3:15

Admin – Governance, board, policy, and organizational Development

Presenters: Freya Zaltz, Catherine Fisher

This session will discuss best practices in Governance, board, policy, and organizational Development. This will include organizational and committee structure, decision-making models, effective governance practices and best policy development processes. Content will be tailored to interests expressed by workshop participants.

Place:

Time: Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30

bio: Catherine Fisher is a volunteer at CJLY in Nelson, BC. This is her second term on the NCRA board of directors.

Other Language Minorities and 3rd Language Integration

Stephanie Kepman and Dave Aardvark, presenters

Description:

This workshop will focus on recruiting and integration OLM and 3rd Language
programmers for campus and community radio stations. The workshop will
begin with a basic introducion regarding what OLNS/3rd language programmers
are and why they’re important. This will segue into how to actively
recruit, reach out, maintain, support, encourage and evaluate programmers who
host non-English shows.

Bio:

Stephanie Kepman is currently the Station Manager at CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa.

David Aardvark has been a Community Radio programmer for over 20 years now.
He has hosted numerous shows during this time on CKCU & CHUO in Ottawa
and CKUT in Montréal. He is currently the Program Director/Volunteer
Coordinator @ CHUO 89.1 FM and on the Board of Directors at CKCU 93.1 FM.

CHUO is a fully bilingual radio station, broadcasting 45% of its content in
English, 45% in French and 10% in 3rd languages.

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 3:30 – 4:30

Intro to Drupal for Audio-Based Websites – Workshop overview

Recent years have seen huge advancements in software tools for sharing audio over the Internet. The websites and software you use to share your work can be broadly lumped into two categories: vender-centric (commercial) systems and community-centric (community) systems. In this workshop, Robin Puga will demonstrate how to host multimedia using Drupal, an Open Source, community-developed Content Management System (CMS). Drupal allows non-technical users to easily update and maintain website content including audio. The Drupal community has developed a wide variety of tools for sharing audio online. The steps to developing the new website for Vancouver Co-operative Radio (http://coopradio.org) will be examined as a case study.

Bio - Robin Puga is a web developer, radio connoisseur and co-operative enthusiast, originally from Bowen Island he now lives in Vancouver. Robin earned his degree in Software Engineering from the University of Victoria. In 2000, he started Digiloom – a web development company specialising in affordable Open Source web solutions, providing
non-technical users with the ability to update their own websites. From 2002 through September 2008, Robin was employed as Technology Director at the British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS). In May 2006, Robin began producing and co-hosting Each For All – a weekly educational radio show about co-ops and social economy
organizations. Each For All airs on CFUV (Victoria Community Radio) and CFRO (Vancouver Co-op Radio). In 2009, he directed his energies to forming a new worker co-operative – CanTrust Hosting Co-operative.
Robin is an active board member of the Vancouver Co-op Radio, the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation and the B.C. Co-operative Association.

Place:

Time: Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30

Station Accessibility

CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa Stephanie Kepman and Stephane Bertrand, presenters

Description:

The workshop about Station Accessibility will focus on people with disabilities
and Campus and Community Radio. As an introduction, the workshop will give
examples of disability shows across Canada such as the Avalanche of CKUT. It
will discuss methods of incorporation for people with Disabilities into Campus
and Community Radio. Finally, the workshop will be a way to introduce individuals
to the Disability manual produced by the NCRA.

Bio:

Stephanie Kepman is currently the Station Manager of CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa
and serves on the NCRA Board of Directors. She has previously served as the

Advocacy Coordinator for the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Students with Disabilities. She served as a member of the committee who developed the
NCRA’s Disability Manual,which will be available soon.

Bio:
Hey my name is Stephane Bertrand.
I’ve been a volunteer at CKUT for five amazing years. I am one of the pioneer and produce of the Avalanche show. I started a handbook with the NCRC on how to start a radio show with the disability and accessibility. I enjoy interview and meeting new people everyday of the year.

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Collective Radio Making

CKDU Halifax Tarek Al-Zand and Erica Butler, presenters

Description:

A look at several examples of collectively produced radio shows,

outlining various approaches and organization structures, as well as

strengths and weaknesses of each.

Bio:

Tarek and Erica are interested in starting a collective radio show atCKDU-FM in Halifax. They thought offering this workshop would be a great way to do some research and ﬁgure out the best way to do it.

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 4:45 – 5 :45

Community Radio Q & A

Community Radio Fund of Canada, exec. dir. Melissa Kaestner,

Community Radio Fund of Canada, president Ian Pringle presenters

Description:

Presentation followed by question and answer

Bio:

Melissa Kaestner has been in c/c radio since 1995. She has volunteered and
worked at a number of positions at CHSR Fredericton, CHRY Toronto, and CHUO
Ottawa. Melissa was the NCRA’s national coordinator from 2002 to 2008.
She is currently the executive director for the Community Radio Fund of Canada.
In her spare time, she looks for various resources and bits of information
about nonprofit fundraising, governance, communications, and more and posts
them on her blog, “Destination: Journey” at http://melissahk.wordpress.com.

Ian Pringle is the president of the Community Radio Fund of Canada. He is also
the Education Specialist for Media at the Commonwealth of Learning as in Vancouver.
Over the past twenty-five years, he has worked with community radio in a variety
of local, national, and intergovernmental contexts. His work has supported
the development of community radio in areas of educational and cultural content,
organizational development, promoting voice and empowerment, and innovative
applications of new technologies

Place:

Time: Wednesday, 4:45 – 5:45

Thursday, June 10th

WIR: Intermediate Audio Production Workshop

Marian van der Zon, presenter

Description:

We will begin this workshop by opening space to discuss gender issues in terms
of access to radio, tools and education. Based on the interest level of participants,
we will use the time to explore issues around gender or jump into technical
questions around audio production. For example: This workshop will use
the audio editing software Audacity AND/OR ProTools. Handouts will be
provided to cover the basics, in order to jump into more intermediate concepts. It
will be run in a seminar style – addressing the specific needs of participants
(for example: field recording, interviewing, microphone use, editing, and production
techniques). It will be done in a lab format where participants can create
an audio piece of any genre (news, documentary, soundscape, audio art, electroacoustic,
oral history, music or multi-media). Come prepared with an idea, questions,
and bring your own laptop – a group project laptop, ProTools Mboxes,
and some microphones will be provided.

Bio:

Marian van der Zon is a media activist, musician (Puzzleroot), and has been
involved in radio for ten years, hosting shows and contributing sound art and
radio documentary pieces to CBC Radio 1, Victoria’s CFUV, Montreal’s
CKUT, Nanaimo’s CHLY, WINGS, on numerous pirate radio stations, sound
art festivals and in art galleries. She is the founder of a low power
radio station, TAR (Temporary Autonomous Radio), co-editor of Islands of Resistance:
Pirate Radio in Canada (with Andrea Langlois & Ron Sakolsky, New Star Books
2010), a contributor to Autonomous Media (Cumulus, 2005), and its French translation,
Médias Autonomes (Lux Editeur, 2006). She teaches in the Media Studies
and Women’s Studies departments at Vancouver Island University, including
courses on digital audio production.

Place:

Time: Thursday, 9:00 – 10:15

Interviewing Advanced

CHES-FM Erin, Ontario Jay Mowat, presenter

Description: supplied upon request

Bio:

co-operative, keeps bees, operates a four-acre market garden and a 450 tap-maple operation and conducts
seminars in organic gardening.

Place:

Time: Thursday, 9:00 – 10:15

Spoken Word GroundWire Production Session #2: Field
Recording

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: GW Production Working Meeting for a Special GW episode created
during NCRC: Join the GroundWire team as a copyeditor, scriptwriter,
reporter, technical producer or managing producer. Workshop leaders: Jacky
and Janna

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist, who has
worked in program management for community media. She has freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and interned at
TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29 Canadian stations
(http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Thursday, 9:00 – 10:15

WIR: The Importance of a Women’s Collective

Volunteer Co-ordinator CFUV FM, Victoria Ashly Kissman, presenter

Description:

CFUV FM has had a Women’s Collective with a Women’s Collective
Coordinator for over eight years. The Women’s Radio Collective produces
two programs, Women on Air a public affairs program and Big Broad Cast a music
program.The Women’s Radio Collective at CFUV exists to promote the participation
of self-identified women in community radio. The collective serves to support,
to give information, to provide training and to give air time to women and
women’s issues. The Collective encourages support internally and within
the larger community. Women are involved as listeners, program hosts, program
guests, producers, musicians, volunteers, staff members, work-study students,
program schedule contributors and executive or general CFUV committee members.
For the purpose of a workshop, participants will learn how CFUV’s Women’s
Collective operates and learn the tools and practices CFUV utilizes to ensure
there is support for the Collective throughout the years.

Bio:

Ashly Kissman is the Volunteer Coordinator at CFUV 101.9 FM Victoria’s
Campus Community Radio Station. Her past commitment to CFUV includes contributing
to the Women’s Collective, hosting a hip hop music program, and producing
a public affairs program as a part time staff member. Ashly has interned with
National Public Radio KCUR 89.3 FM in Kansas City, Missouri and continues to
contribute to CFUV’s Women’s Collective and other public affairs
and spoken word programming at CFUV.

Place:

Time: Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30

WIR: Women’s Programming and WINGS

Host: Frieda Werden

A round table for those who produce women’s programming or would like to. Includes
discussion of working with WINGS: Women’s International News Gathering Service,
a syndicated weekly women’s radio program produced in Vancouver.

Host: Frieda Werden, co-founder and series editor, WINGS: Women’s International
News Gathering Service. Frieda is also Spoken Word Coordinator at CJSF,
and once was awarded NCRA’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.

Place:

Time: Thursday, 2:00 – 3:15

Intermediate Audio Production Workshop

Marian van der Zon

Description:

This workshop will use the audio editing software Audacity AND/OR ProTools. Handouts
will be provided to cover the basics, in order to jump into more intermediate
concepts. It will be run in a seminar style – addressing the specific
needs of participants (for example: field recording, interviewing, microphone
use, editing, and production techniques). It will be done in a lab format
where participants can create an audio piece of any genre (news, documentary,
soundscape, audio art, electroacoustic, oral history, music or multi-media).
Come prepared with an idea, questions, and if possible, bring your own laptop – a
group project laptop, ProTools Mboxes, and some microphones will be provided.

Bio:

Place:

Time: Thursday, 3:30 – 4:30

The Revolution Will Not be Televised

Sylvia Richardson

This workshop will introduce radio programmers to the changes taking place
in Latin America as resistance to Neoliberalism goes global. It
will inform, inspire and help them find a voice within a global movement for
peace, justice and equality. This workshop is intended to be informative, reflective
and Fun!

Content:

* Industrial capitalism under neoliberalism vrs. Endogenous Development

* Strategic Resistance – Confronting the corporate media Bully

Format

The course will be presented in theater format – Agosto Boal’s theater of
the oppressed style, discussions, and theater games. Because fun is an essential
part of any revolution!

Materials

paper, color pencils /crayons, access to projector, and sound system to play
music.

Bio:

Sylvia Richardson, Producer & Host: Latin Waves, CJSF 90.1 FM

Place:

Time: Thursday, 3:30 – 4:30

Spoken Word GroundWire Caucus #2

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description:GW Caucus to discuss any motions for plenary regarding GW. Agenda
is TBA but could include Editorial review, fiscal review, year calender, the
GW to-do list. GroundWire Steering Committee chairs, with Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist, who has
worked in program management for community media. She has freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and interned at
TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29 Canadian stations
(http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Place:

Time: Thursday, 4:45 – 5:45

Friday, June 11th

World Association of Community Broadcasters North America regional
meeting.

Frieda Werden, deputy Vice President for AMARC North America Region, presenter

Description:

AMARC (the World Association of Community Broadcasters) North America regional
meeting. Live trans-continental hookup with AMARC members at the US National
Federation of Community Broadcasters meeting 7:45-8:30. Local continuation,
8:30-9. Topics: upcoming AMARC world conference in Argentina; reconstruction
of community radio in Haiti; community radio for community and women’s
empowerment; Canada-US community radio comparison; referendum on formally organizing
the AMARC North America region.

Session coordination: At NCRC, Frieda Werden, deputy Vice President for
AMARC North America Region. At NFCB in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: Jim
Ellinger, AMARC regional Vice President; Elizabeth Robinson, AMARC International
Treasurer; Norm Stockwell.

Equipment request: telephone line, telephone hybrid, mixer, mic, and speakers.

Laptop for the internet, and if possible a projector for laptop images. [A
netbook can be brought by Frieda if necessary.]

Bios: Frieda Werden served for five years as AMARC Vice President for
North America, and was previously the North America representative to AMARC-WIN
[Women’s International Network]. She is Spoken Word Coordinator
at CJSF-FM, Burnaby BC, and the series producer of WINGS: Women’s International
News Gathering Service. Jim Ellinger is the founder of Austin Airwaves
and V-P for North America of AMARC; he has recently returned from Haiti. Elizabeth
Robinson is faculty advisor to KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara, California, and an
Executive Board Member and Treasurer of AMARC International. Norm
Stockwell is a longtime member of AMARC and is Operations Coordinator at WORT-FM
in Madison, Wisconsin.

Place:

Time: Friday, 7:30 – 9:00 (Breakfast)

Writing Advanced

CHES-FM Erin, Ontario Jay Mowat, presenter

Description: supplied upon request

Bio:

Volunteer Chair of the Board and Station Manager at CHES-FM, Erin Radio, in
Erin, Ontario, Erin is a small rural community located about an hour north
of Toronto. Jay is a retired broadcast journalist with 30 years of experience,
mostly with CBC radio and television. In his spare time, Jay runs a biodiesel
co-operative, keeps bees,

operates a four-acre market garden and a 450 tap-maple operation and conducts
seminars in organic gardening.

Place:

Time: Friday, 9:00 – 10:15

US Non-Commercial Syndication: Can Canadian Shows Get on the Air? / Social
Media and Internet for Radio Promotion

David Pakman

Delivered by telephone with slides. A nitty-gritty hands on guide to non-commercial
syndication in the United States for recurring programs. Topics include program
standardization and distribution, building critical mass (have to have some
success to gain more success), station marketing and outreach, audience involvement
and engagement, and more.

Other resources

http://www.cjly.org/policies/Copyright_Policy_2008.pdf

http://www.cjly.org/policies/Syndication_Policy.pdf

David Pakman

A guide to using the internet to promote radio programming in a low-cost, efficient
way. Includes use of social networks, including Facebook and Twitter, building
and maintaining an email marketing program and database, using YouTube to leverage
audience, and more.

Bio: David Pakman is the Host and Executive Producer of Midweek Politics, the
internationally syndicated political talk radio and television program
based in Northampton, Massachusetts (USA). First broadcast in 2005, Midweek
Politics currently airs on over 75 radio and television stations, mostly in
the United States, but including Canada and Africa. Pakman holds an MBA from
Bentley University in Massachusetts, and has been working in media and marketing
consulting since 2003.

Delivered by telephone with slides. Combination of hands-on distribution and
prep ideas for getting programs ready for syndication, and for starting to
reach out to stations, and then discussion of marketing to individuals, which
includes website/podcast/social media.

Place:

Time: Friday, 9:00 – 10:15

Spoken Word GroundWire Production Session #3: Final Packaging

GroundWire Coordinator Jacky Tuinstra Harrison.

Description: Final packaging of edition. GW Production Working Meeting for
a Special GW episode created during NCRC: Join the GroundWire team as
a copyeditor, scriptwriter, reporter, technical producer or managing producer.
Workshop leaders: Jacky and Janna

Bio:

Jacky Harrison is a Toronto-based community advocate and journalist, who has
worked in program management for community media. She has freelanced for CBC
radio and the Globe and Mail, filed reports for Egypt Today and interned at
TVO. Currently she is the Coordinator of GroundWire Community Radio News- a
project of the National Community Radio Association aired on 29 Canadian stations
(http://groundwire.ncra.ca).

Janna Graham

Place:

Time: Friday, 9:00 – 10:15

Programming A Show

CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa, David Aardvark, presenter

level: beginner/general

Description:

In this workshop discussion we will take a look at the ingredients to creating
a killer community radio program. We will talk about the community radio purpose,
the importance of preparation and programming standards. We will also examine
the how to and why you should create and follow a line-up sheet and write introductions,
segues and conclusions to find your “voice” comfortably and creatively.

Bio:

Place:

Time: Friday, 10:30 – 11:30

Activism: Unlicensed Radio

Marian van der Zon

Description:

This workshop will explore the use of unlicensed radio, specifically in Canada. It
will provide information on how to set up your own station, legal considerations,
and historical examples – including low power stations and transmitters used
for community building, protest, sovereignty of culture and language, art practice,
activism and social media.

Bio:

Place:

Time: Friday, 10:30 – 11:30

Program Exchange

Magnus Thyvold, presenter

Description:

Presentation with question and answers

Bio:

Station Manager CJSF, Burnaby

Place:

Time: Friday, 10:30 – 11:30

Programming A Show

CHUO 89.1 FM in Ottawa, David Aardvark, presenter

level: beginner/general

Description:

In this workshop discussion we will take a look at the ingredients to creating a killer community radio program. We will talk about the community radio purpose, the importance of preparation and programming standards. We will also examine the how to and why you should create and follow a line-up sheet and write introductions, segues and conclusions to find your “voice” comfortably and creatively.

Bio:

David Aardvark has been a Community Radio programmer for over 20 years now. He has hosted numerous shows during this time on CKCU & CHUO in Ottawa and CKUT in Montréal. He is currently the Program Director/Volunteer Coordinator @ CHUO 89.1 FM and on the Board of Directors at CKCU 93.1 FM.

Place:

Time: Friday, 10:30 – 11:30

Plenary 3

Chair: Dr Marc Lindy

Marc has been an active board member at Vancouver Cooperative Radio

Place: Main Dining Hall

Time: Friday, 1:00 – 4:00

Closing Ceremony

Place:

Time:
Time: Friday, 5:00

Gala Awards

Place: