Creation of Voice of Bainbridge – Chronology of events – Feb 2003 / Sept 2004
February/March 2003: meetings with BIB (Bob Haslanger) about the creation of a community radio on Bainbridge. No outcome.
Dec 2003: Drafts of the Earthcom project submitted in early 2004 to the Brainerd, Bullitt and Russell Family Foundations.
Feb 2004: Proposal for the creation of Globalink-radio for the International Union Against Cancer
Feb 17: Visit to Voice
of Vashon on
Vashon Island
and meeting with their engineer, Steve Allen.
Feb 26 2004
: Acquisition of a portable digital MP3 recorder and lapel microphone
from PoGo! Products ($ 190)
Feb 27: Application for the KUOW Venture Fund ($10K for 3 months): Earth Series
March 13: Letter to the editor (Bainbridge Review) about a web radio for Bainbridge
March 23: Acquisition of the equipment necessary for the digital recording of phone interviews
March 31: First recording of a public event : Story telling at the Bainbridge Library
April 24: First
interview: Glenn Burkhart in
Seattle
for the book Defending Wild
Washington
.
May 4: Submission to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pioneer ideas program about the
production
of digital audio programs
May 6: Visit to the KUOW
Board meeting.
May 13: Memo for the communication directors of
environmental groups about digital audio
production
May 23: Acquisition of a digital audio editing software (Goldwave) for $40.
May 31: Production of 5 interviews for Globalink-radio for World
No-Tobacco Day
($ 1.000 contract)
June 15: Acquisition of a MP3 CD maker software from Qwerks ($ 25)
June 22: Interviews
of artists Michele Van Slyke and Pegy Brunton.
June 24: Email from
Lisa Renstrom
, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club (National) in response to my suggestions about how the Club should use digital audio.
End of June: Posting of the first recordings on the new Voice of Bainbridge website graciously created and hosted by Bainbridgeisland.org
June 25: Interview of
City Council member Bill Knobloch
July 8: Interview
with
Chris
ti Norman,
Washington
State
Audubon Society
and discussion with Hilary
Hilscher, Communication Director about the
production
of a pro-environment program including
info
rmation about birds and bird songs.
July 19: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the
Bremerton
Sun.
July 20:
Chris
Peterson, ED of Seattle Audubon announces her plans for the
production
of a 2 min audio segment Bird Note to be aired on public radio.
July 24: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the Bainbridge Islander.
July 28: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the Bainbridge Review.
July 30: Meeting with
Paul Travis
about the elaboration of a business plan.
August 5: Self interview about VoB and the revolution in broadcasting.
August 17:
Lisa Renstrom
asks me to work with the Communications and Education Governance Committee of the Sierra Club (one of the 6 committees reporting to the Board of Directors).
August 19: Interview with Darlene Kordonowy, Mayor of
Bainbridge
Island
.
August 26: Email contact with Brian Back publisher of the Sustainable Industries Journal (www.sijournal.com)
and the Chinook Book (www.chinookbook.net) about a potential partnership in the
production
of the weekly pro-environment program.
September 2: Interview with Paul Johnson, Mechanic with Classic Cycle, beginning of the regular Biketalk program.
August 27:
Lin Kamer-Walker
offers to design a logo for Voice of Bainbridge.
August 27: Donors wishing to remain anonymous offer a $300 budget for advertising Voice of Bainbridge’s programs in the Bainbridge Islander sent weekly to all households.
September 2: Proposal to produce a series of programs for ABC (meeting with Charles Schmid). No result.
No result.
Victoria
thanks to the sponsorship of Squeakywheels to cover travel expenses (23 recordings posted). Contacts with potential partners for Bikewalk.
September 9: Meeting with Steven Gilbert PhD, UW professor and KUOW board member about the
production
of programs devoted to environmental issues and groups.
No result.
Central
Ward
District
.
Start of the reflexion about combining digital audio with the blog tools.
October 2: Publication in the Bainbridge Islander of the first ad for VoB