Out in the Mountains

Letters to the Editor

Dear OITM,

It was good to read R.L. of Bur1ington’s
suggestion to use Public Access TV as a
means of continuing to educate the pub-
lic. (April ‘92) We have been using Pub-
lic Access in Rutland for a number of
years to both entertain and educate our
neighbors. With regard to cost and
means of producing a show: the purpose
of Public Access is to be accessible to
anyone in the community who has a de-
sire to learn how. Free instruction in the
use of studio cameras, camcorders, ed-
iting equipment and production is pro-
vided. Program production is also done
at no charge.

One only need contact their local Cable
TV provider to get information. Public
Access is a wonderful tool to be used
and welcomes the diversity of many
voices to its programming agenda.

After learning how, one may simply ar-
range to tape a public meeting, concert
or theatrical production to be aired. Oth-
ers may wish to produce their own con-
sciousness raising spots, panel dis-

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The gay and lesbian community of San Francisco moves en-masse to Vermont

cussions, original theatre, artistic inter-
pretations, etc.

With regard to OITM interest and issues:
if you do produce a piece for Public Ac-
cess TV send an announcement with
short review to OITM so those of us in
another county can then request your
production to be shown over our local
Public Access channel. Together, we can
all take another step out of the closet into
a community of greater awareness.

Cha riotte Gladaiing
Rutland, VT

 

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