On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote:
> A Vision Document! What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar > perceptive visions codified? > Er, yes, AIR does have a vision statement: "Empower people by developing knowledge based societies through broadcasting of the high quality messages to inform, awake & enlighten people freely, truthfully, objectively and with maximum speed & clarity using state of the art broadcast technology." http://www.allindiaradio.org/reviseed-draft-charter.pdf Good grammar doesn't seem to figure in this vision, I'll admit. Sajan On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]>wrote: > A Vision Document! > > What a good idea. Do AIR and IGNOU have similar perceptive visions > codified? Can we see some evidence of fulfilment of those visions? If they > do, but cannot show how they have got results from their spend of public > money (and exclusive access to spectrum), why should the government > interfere in how limited societies (registered trusts) spend the money that > they have garnered - it seems to me they are neither qualified (wrt CR) nor > entitled to any government (ie general public) money, so what is the > government's role exactly? > > Re the rejection of applications: while undoubtedly some rejections may > seem prima facie obvious, is there any possible justification for concealing > (by not publishing) the problems, so that future applicants can decide > before going in to all that effort, whether to do so? > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> > *To:* CR India <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 12 March, 2009 9:01:26 > *Subject:* [cr-india] Submission of Baseline Survey Report for setting up > a Community Radio Station - revised guidelines > > [Thanks to Uday Godbole for this alert] > The I&B Ministry has revised its guidelines for "Submission of Base Line > Survey Report for setting up a Community Radio Station" - > http://mib.nic.in/CRS/base.pdf (The full text of the ministry Order dated > 6 March 2009 is given below). > > 1. CR applicants can now submit the Survey Report after receiving the > Letter of Intent, but before signing the GOPA. However, they must submit a > 'vision document' along with the Application, to demonstrate their > familiarity with the community to be served. > > 2. The Survey Questionnaire<http://mib.nic.in/CRS/SurveyQuestionnaire.pdf> > currently > posted on the ministry's website is 'under revision'. Before it is replaced > with something equally surreal and inadequate, I request the CR Forum to > offer a better one. While I appreciate the ongoing debate on the relevance > of quantitative surveys, unless the the CR licensing process is radically > changed, the survey is here to stay. The best we can do now is to limit the > damage. To quote a recent interview with the Secretary (I&B): > > Qn: There are also reports that it is mandatory for licensees to conduct a > survey among respondents before a license is given to them?** > *Ans: "*Yes. The basic principles of the CR Guidelines do specify clearly > that: “The CRS to be operated by an organisation should be designed to serve > a specific well-defined local community and the programmes for broadcast > should be relevant to the educational, developmental, social and cultural > needs of the community”. Unless a demographic survey is conducted by an > organisation, it will be difficult to assess the requirement of the target > community of the CRS. The Survey Questionnaire is being revised to make it > more purposeful." > > 3. The ministry has published a list of 39 CR applications that were > rejected, no reasons given: http://mib.nic.in/CRS/rejected.htm > In certain cases, like the Zila Panchayat Chhatarpur (category - Zila > Panchayat) and Office of the District Organizer, Tribal Welfare Dept., Govt > of MP (category - District Collector), the rejections are probably > self-explanatory. > > Sajan > > No.803/105/2009-CRS > Ministry of Information & Broadcasting > Broadcasting Wing > > 6th March 2009 > > ORDER > > Subject: Submission of Base Line Survey Report for setting up a Community > Radio Station - for information to all applicants > > It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the applicants were > finding it very difficult to furnish the Base Line Survey Report as per the > Survey Questionnaire given by the Ministry on its website at the time of > submission of application for setting up a Community Radio Staiton. > > 2. The matter has been consisdered in the Ministry and it has been decided > to simplify the survey proforma which is accordingly under revision. > > 3. The applicants will be required to furnish the detailed Base Line Survey > Report after issue of Letter of Intent (LOI) but before signing the Grant of > Permission Agreement (GOPA). However, a basic familiarity and knowledge of > the community to be served as well as the issues which the CRS will focus on > must be reflected in the in the application in the form of a vision > statement and may be articulated at the time of presentation before the > screening committee. > > (Signed) > Abhilaksh Likhi > Director (BD) > Tel: 23385016 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:21 PM, uday godbole <[email protected]>wrote: > >> TO all >> >> Very Very Good News from MI&b >> >> Uday Godbole >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > cr-india mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india >
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