Each year, I write an annual report for the preceding fiscal year. I'm pleased to share with you Davis Media Access's Annual Report & Financials for 2011-12 , available here. Like this newsletter, we make this report available online only in order to conserve resources.
The report helps us tell the big-picture story of where DMA fits in, both locally and in the larger community media movement. It illustrates how we leverage limited resources in support of a really big mission - to provide digital media and technology equipment and training that builds skills, furthers job readiness, and connects our community in myriad ways. I hope you'll take a few minutes to page through it, and let me know what you think about the year that was.
Meanwhile, there's no slowing down, and our work with volunteers and community organizations continues to yield an abundance of local content. From local ballot measures to cultural celebrations, and Parent University to homeless resources, the ability to see, hear and respond to what matters most in our community--keeping it local--helps keep us strong. Our location in the midst of a large and culturally diverse county, with a world-class university at our doorstep, makes this content unique and rich.
Davis Media Access will celebrate our 25th anniversary this October. As the year unfolds, there will be multiple ways to celebrate and support this legacy and ongoing work. I hope our paths cross often!
In community,
Autumn Labbe-Renault
Executive Director
PS: I could not have been more pleased with the story San Francisco KGO Innovations Reporter Jonathan Bloom did on the rise of low-power FM radio stations. Thanks to our friends at Common Frequency and Media Alliance for helping to get Jonathan here. Look for KDRT's Dr. Paul and DMA's Jeff Shaw featured in this short piece.
