VAN Annual Meeting

I wanted to thank everyone that attended the Annual Meeting on Friday.  Thanks also to our host, Bob Franzoni and his staff at CATV.  I hope it was an enjoyable and informative day.  Of course one of the things I stressed was the new VAN website and using it as a place to continue the dialogue.  I hope you will post your thoughts and comments on the things discussed on Friday and on anything else you want to discuss.  A couple of notes - some of the groups have been set up for a specific group of people, i.e. the VAN Board of Directors.  If you try to sign up for that group and you are not a member of the Board, your request will be denied.  Please don't take offense, it's just a place for the Board to discuss business.  The same is true for the Statewide committee.  Other groups are set up for a more public space.  If you have any questions about the web site, please feel free to contact me.  Also keep a look out for more training as Emily and I get stuff finished.  I'll even try to set a group specific to web site discussion

Thanks, and it was good to see everybody on Friday.

The Fair Use/Copyright session on Friday

Folks who are attending this event on Friday afternoon in Colchester should be aware of the work being done by the Center for Social Media located in the School of Communication at The American University in Washington, DC.

Professor Patricia Aufderheide, very familiar with PEG access (I can vouch for this personally, as she and I were associates there back in the 80's and 90's), has compiled and published an impressive body of information on fair use and copyright.  Her's is a wide focus, from "independent filmmakers," to "online content producers," to "students and faculty."  There is much for us in her work to learn about, for many of these applications use the same media as we do, and the same laws apply.

The link:  http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/

Best regards,
Greg EplerWood