Wednesday, June 18

FILMMAKER'S SALOON

Panel Discussion and Casual Mixer at Wiggly World

Doors at 7:30 pm, panel begins at 8 pm



Co-presented with Seattle AIVF Salon

$2 for NWFF and AIVF members, $5 for General Public

The event features a gathering of local feature filmmakers, all of whom
have works in progress at different phases of production: Lynn Shelton,
editor for HEDDA GABLER; Matt Wilkins, writer/director of BUFFALO BILL'S
DEFUNCT; Dom Zook and Jessica Baxter, co-creators of MUFFLED BY PASTRY;
Christian Palmer and Kelli Clot, co-creators of THE CHRISTMAS FUNERAL;
and Andrew McAllister, writer/director of URBAN SCARECROW. Filmmakers
will screen clips of their current projects and talk about their
contrasting perspectives of filmmaking in Seattle with moderator Heather
Ayres. As always, the discussion will be followed by a casual mixer with
snacks and beverages provided. Directions? www.nwfilmforum.org
<http://www.nwfilmforum.org/>





Thursday, June 26

RED SCARE FUNDRAISER PARTY!!!

911 Media Arts Center

117 Yale Ave N, Seattle



Join us for a party to HELP KEEP 911 OUT OF THE RED! The goal of the
party is to bring the 911 community together again, and to make a call
for the loving support that we need right now to get us moving at full
steam ahead again. We will be providing food & beverage, and a plethora
of entertainment.



. VIDEO INSTALLATION AND MOBILE PROJECTION EXPERIMENTS by
FRANKLIN JOYCE

. MUSIC by DJ DO PETERSON

. POETRY READING by some of your favorite 911 staff and members





REVERSE THE FCC MEDIA MONOPOLY DECISION!!!

VOTE BY JUNE 19!!!



On June 2nd, the FCC voted 3-2 to raise the national broadcast ownership
cap to 45% and to drastically relax cross-ownership rules in local
markets. After this decision, a single company could own eight radio
stations, up to three TV stations, the cable company, and the local
newspaper in one city. The marketplace of ideas will have fewer vendors.
The FCC's action

represents an unprecedented failure to protect the free flow of
information upon which democracy depends.





Thanks to the amazing efforts of AIVF members and other concerned
citizens thus far, the FCC's decision can be overturned. TOGETHER, WE
CAN REVERSE THE FCC AND PROTECT THE FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION.





On June 19, The Senate Commerce Committee will consider legislation to
restore reasonable limits on media ownership in order to uphold the
principles of diversity, localism, and competition in media. Senate bill
1046, introduced in May by Senator Stevens, and co-sponsored by a
bipartisan group of thirty Senators; amends the Communications Act of
1934 making it explicitly illegal by federal law for the FCC to allow
broadcasters to own more than 35 percent of the national market. The
Dorgan amendment reinstates newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership
restrictions. It is important that these bills be voted out of committee
and onto the Senate floor.





Please contact your Senators and Representatives to urge their
colleagues on the Commerce Committee to reverse the FCC's action.





Consumers Union, the organization behind Consumers Report, has
constructed an online action center where you can draft a letter for
your representatives and email or mail your support for these two
actions. A copy will be sent to the Commerce Committee.





To contact your Senator:


<http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=2444056
>
http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=2444056





If you would like to do more, consider the following actions:





1. Contact the whole Senate Commerce Committee asking them to overturn
what the FCC did and vote S-1046 out of Committee on June 19.
Information on the Senate Commerce Committee:

<http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/about/membership.html>
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/about/membership.html





2. If you can only contact one or two Senators, contact the Committee
Chairman Senator McCain to encourage him, and contact Senators
Hutchinson and Lott to thank them and ask them to maintain their
support. You can also contact Senators Burns, Fitzgerald, Nelson and
Smith on the Committee to urge them to reverse the FCC decision.





3. If you live in the Texas, Mississippi, or Montana, write a letter to
the editor of your local paper. Congratulate Senators Hutchinson, Lott,
and Burns for supporting this issue. Remember that mailing or faxing a
letter will speak louder than an email! Show your legislators your
commitment to diversity and localism!





For more information on media ownership issues, visit the Consumers
Union media advocacy page at: <http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/home/>
http://capwiz.com/consumersunion/home/





MediaReform.net has created a page that brings together a number of
information resources and avenues for actions. It lists the positions of
many legislators, and makes it easy to contact your senators:
<http://www.mediareform.net/congress.php>
http://www.mediareform.net/congress.php





The New York Times has built a special section about the media ownership
rules:
<http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/businessspecial/index.html>
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/businessspecial/index.html





The article "FCC Votes to Ease Media Ownership Rules" from the
Washington

Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3076-2003Jun2.html?nav=hp
top_
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3076-2003Jun2.html?nav=h
ptop>

includes a sidebar with links to ownership rules and all the FCC
Commissioners' statements.





Salon.com has been covering this issue for the past few years:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/23/powells_fight/index_np.html





For more information about AIVF media advocacy visit:
<http://www.aivf.org/advocacy/> http://www.aivf.org/advocacy/



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