Contact Information
Organization Name:
Durango Community Access TV
Address:
1309 E Third Ave. #27
Durango, CO 81301
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
At Durango Community Access TV (DCAT), we see that increasing broadband usage in our community will help bring individuals and groups from disconnected stratums and backgrounds together in a shared dialogue and exchange of ideas using a local Drupal-based media portal. We see that an increase in broadband usage would encourage use of Community Access TV through convenience of an online user submission interface, and increase viewer access over broadband channels. We believe that this would increase the amount of community-produced content, would be better suited to serving disenfranchised voices, would increase the diversity of ideas and viewpoints, and in general increase the timeliness and relevance of programming.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts:
3rd Congressional District, Colorado
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify:
Number of hosehold subscribers:
Estimated population size of your service area:
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve:
Demographics for:
La Plata County, Colorado
Population: 49,555
Race
White (Non-Hispanic): 81.6%
Hispanic/Latino: 10.5%
American Indian and Alaskan Native: 6.3%
Asian: 0.8%
Black: 0.6%
Multiple-race persons: 1.6%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Age
<5: 5.4%
<18: 19.5%
>65: 10.3%
Language other than English spoken at home: 9.4%
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
DCAT will partner with Fort Lewis College, one of a few colleges in the country devoted to serving the nation's Native American populations. DCAT will be taking up residence at the college in a new media center to be built in 2012, and will build new partnerships with the college s Native American Center, and the local Southern Ute Tribe to educate and train this important demographic in our community about how to use and access Community Access TV online.
DCAT will accept and encourage the submission of Spanish and bi-lingual programming to serve our Hispanic population, and proactively seek to recruit members of this population to create a regular Spanish or bi-lingual Hispanic-oriented program or block of programming for Spanish speakers in the community. In addition, we will seek out a partnership between local Hispanic/Latino groups such as El Centro de Muchos Colores to train their members in utilizing the internet to use and access DCAT.
In addition to providing educational opportunities for youth in the form of internships, training, volunteer positions, DCAT will dedicate energy toward establishing a separate Educational Access channel, including educational programming for youth specifically aimed at training them to use and access DCAT online. Through our Media Action Plan we will enhance our efforts at providing youth with the media literacy skills they need in the information age, teaching classes specifically aimed at training students how to use and access DCAT online.
In addition to working with the Senior Community Service Employment Program and continuing to feature retired community members in the Life Long Learning Series, DCAT will approach the local senior center and encourage the involvement of senior members to host at least one regular community talk show. Furthermore, the station would offer training to introduce seniors to the new technology that would allow them to use and access DCAT via the internet from their home computers.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
"DCAT will accept and encourage the submission of Spanish and bi-lingual programming to serve our Hispanic population, and proactively seek to recruit members of this population to create a regular Spanish or bi-lingual Hispanic-oriented program or block of programming for Spanish speakers in the community."
Local Drupal Development Commitement In addition to what the OMF will provide through this grant, we
estimate that a successful implementation will require a minimum of 80
hours of local drupal support (through trained staff, contractors, or
volunteers).
How many hours of professional drupal development support can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment:
Current Capitial Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Current Dedicated RAID Storage:
Other Current Equipment Value:
Future Capital Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
How much Capital Equipment budget could you devote towards the
acquisition of the following equipment:
Future Dedicated RAID Server:
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Other Future Equipment Value:
Technical and Administrative Support We estimate that a successful implementation of the OMP will require a minimum of 80 hours of technical and administrative support
(through involvement of your ED, bookkeeper, engineer and other staff). Any time contributed will count towards your in-kind match.
How many hours can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary):
Preston Benson, Station Manager, 80 hrs., $15/hr
Video Content Commitment Partners will be supporting Sustainable Broadband Adoption by
addressing the primary hurdle identified by non-adopters: a perception
that broadband is not relevant to life, especially in low-income and
minority communities.
What is the value of the staff time and resources you are willing to
devote to supporting the production of video content that will address
'broadband relevance' from the perspective of members from
disconnected communities"?
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach:
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training:
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes:
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training:
We would want to hire someone experienced in speaking and presenting to local community groups, with some background experience in video production, broadband technology and media education. New employee instructors would be trained on the Drupal media portal, the Media Action Plan to encourage media literacy, and be directed toward community groups with the aim of informing and training them to use DCAT online.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project:
