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Community Media Services

A not for profit community group supporting local participation in media. In the global media circus the voice of local people is being drowned out by a few multimillion dollar commercial media outlets. CMS champions local media made in, by, and for our local community and this is important to retain diversity of opinions and points of view. 

CMS assist people to deploy media technologies like blogs, vlogs, podcasts, digital storytelling, participatory video and community radio and television both in the interests of local communities, and from local individual experiences, needs, hopes and perspectives.

Communities seldom have a say in how they are represented in mass media. Mass media is often expected to meet stringent aesthetic standards and is usually made with a very large audience in mind. We are interested in engaging processes through which participants can shape issues according to their own sense of what is important, and control how they will be represented.

In 2007 Community Media Services was awarded a prize by IBM for services to the open source software community. 

Contact - (03) 9419 2555

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Much secrecy currently surrounds the intentions of the interested parties as to what will become of the former home of the Collingwood Football Club.   The VFL Umpires, once based in the undercroft of the Sherrin Stand extension constructed in 1978 are now comfortably housed in the newly renovated Jack Ryder Stand undercroft.  Just 2 years after the Magpie's departure, Yarra City was able to find $400,000 of rate payers funds to fully renovate the old player's change rooms, offices, Woodsmen's Club and gymnasium.  The VFL Umpires Association have a 10 year lease from 2006 and use Victoria Park for training three nights a week.

www.vfua.org.au