Motorcycle Racing Club Of WA

SUPPORT FOR ACCESS 31

Thank you for wanting to help support your station ACCESS 31.

As you are aware over the next three weeks in the lead up to a members meeting on the 27th of June 2008 (briefing notes and letter attached) we have a limited opportunity to try and rectify the situation. The Board and Management are continuing to do everything in their power to lobby Government and others to allow the service to access digital spectrum and secure funding to allow it to continue to trade.

If you wish to help support ACCESS 31 we are coordinating a “Help - ACCESS 31- Go Digital” campaign.

Please sign our petition online: http://www.gopetition.com.au/petitions/help-access31-go-digital.html and forward to anyone else who shares the view that community media matters!

You can also write or email us with your support, please address it to:
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
C/o ACCESS 31 PO BOX 311 Cloverdale WA 6985 or email: reception@accesstvwa.com
Feel free to use or pass on the information/sample below:
HELP - ACCESS 31 PERTH - GO DIGITAL
Do not allow the Western Australian community to loose our valuable community asset - ACCESS 31 Community Television. The company has a limited window of opportunity to stave off liquidation. They must be given a commitment from the Federal Government for a digital future, before the 27th of June 2008.
Minister give ACCESS 31:
Access to digital spectrum
Legislative change to allow it to go digital
Time frame to go digital
Funding for the transition to digital
For nine years ACCESS 31 has provided a diverse local community television service which has grown in stature and now forms an integral part of the local community’s social fabric. The many volunteers who have dedicated their time and effort to contribute to the service will no longer have the platform to gain vital experience in pursuing television and media careers. Many producers and hundreds of community groups will no longer have access to this service and their community.
Minister you must act now or ACCESS 31’s demise will see the loss of a valuable local community asset and will cause concern to the hundreds of thousands of viewers and thousands of people involved with the station and its programming.
Supporters Name & Address

Thanks for your support!

Kind Regards,

Kirstin Reed
Communications & Admin Manager
265 Great Eastern Hwy, Belmont WA 6104
Ph: (08) 9333 3731
Fax: (08) 9333 3732
kreed@accesstvwa.com
www.accesstvwa.com

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