March 2009 Newsletter

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  • Fundraising
  • Keeping in touch
  • Media Literacy
  • Constitution
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    • Survey Results
    • BSA — Broadcasting Standards Authority
    • At Home News —
      • Radical plan to tackle school bullies  15 March 2009
      • Police target web predators  22 February 2009
  
  

•  Editorial

  The power of the Media to influence everything we do, is seen not only in the investment by producers of goods and services in advertising, but also in our behaviour.

  Does the prominence given to stories about crime, help fuel criminal behaviour?  Do ceaseless stories about economic doom and gloom fuel the reluctance of people to spend and result in further downturn?

  John Terris, President, March 2009

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• Fundraising

  Our executive has approved the employment of a professional fund-raiser in order to improve our service to members and to allow us to undertake more parent education.  However, most such people are very expensive.  The salary range seems to be from $45-$100 an hour.

  Do you know of someone with experience of handling grant applications (such as a sports club school board secretary) who would undertake such work for us at $25 per hour?

  Please advise the secretary if you do (See our Contact page).

• Keeping in touch

  We would like to be able to send you an e-newsletter as well as this hard copy, so as to keep in more regular touch with you without a blow-out in costs, which more regular ordinary mail would involve.

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• Media Literacy

  

  MM have recently secured a small grant from the Families Commission to talk to students in our Film and TV schools in the four main centres about standards and values in television production.

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• Constitution

  It is necessary to change our constitution, so that if we wind-up, (which we have no plans to do) this organisation's funds are distributed to similar bodies (not, as presently provided, to members).

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