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  1. Staff and Board are starting to converge on DC for our annual visit to the Hill and FCC. The rest of this week is gonna be electrifying!
  2. Day #2 of #pubcamp commences with @mpq_tran attending a super-session on Public Media Treasure Trove of Tools.
  3. Funny! When @ipsociety found out at #pubcamp that @NFCB is actually a federation, he told @mpq_tran that "Dialog is futile".
  4. The male:female ratio at #pubcamp is impressively even, according to @juliaschrenkler. It's usually not this good. (via @mrosas)
  5. Martina is spending the weekend at #pubcamp in DC representing for community radio and talking about social media until her head bursts.
  6. Check out member station KBOO-FM's new wesbsite. Very creative! www.kboo.fm
  7. Low Power radio bill passes key legislative milestone and will move to the full house and subcommittee on Oct 15. Write your congresspeople!
  8. New MAAF grant for NFCB = a project for jazz-formatted pubradio stations around building digital music libraries: http://tiny.cc/qyeMM
  9. FCC Media Bureau establishes 10/27/09, Initial Filing Date for acceptance of certain NCE FM minor change applications: http://tiny.cc/nQO99
  10. Senate rebuffs McCain bid to zero out PTFP funding. APTS is asking Congress to undo Bush-era cuts to PTFP. http://tinyurl.com/yz7v3cw
  11. Yeah, it's true, @mattfwood. The panel was def interesting but didn't address how the technology affects community radio. Maybe next time.
  12. Getting all prepped for #PubCamp this weekend and the annual Washington DC Board Meeting next week. So much activity to come!
  13. Congrats to @wmnf for raising $465,000 in 8 days during their fall fund drive! What an impressive display of support from Tampa peeps!
  14. Woah! RT @KEverhart Pubcasting lost more than $167 million in revenue in fiscal '08, according to CPB: http://tinyurl.com/yfb2ay8
  15. We're joining in the @mediaaccess Mapping Change forum on #smartgrids this afternoon. Let's find out how this will help community radio!
  16. Another list of 28 new NCE stations tentatively selected and accepted for filing by the FCC using the 307(b) guideline: http://tiny.cc/5PXaO
  17. A comprehensive list of the recipients of 2009 PTFP Awards has been released: http://tiny.cc/WqvKO. Congratulations to those who got one!
  18. @mediaaccess is hosting a forum Thurs at Cisco HQ in San Jose focusing on the Smart Grid and its relevance to communications/broadband.
  19. Key staff at FCC announced: Wireless Telecom Bureau Dep Chief Monica Shah Desai & Consumer and Gov't Affairs Bureau Dep Chief Mark Stone.
  20. FluPortal.org is giving a webinar on Oct 7 to stations that want to be of value to their community this flu season: http://tiny.cc/yhowL.