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August 2008
I admit as a writer
I leave much to be desired. The reason I started the newsletter was
to try and impart good sentiment and feelings about our service, our
community and how we all positively interact – and – if I didn’t
hack-it-up to much, maybe even encourage folks to visit and join us.
After all, as a Public Access operation our number one customer is –
every single customer – every single person that resides in our
local community. We open our doors as wide as possible and do our
level best to build our growing numbers of local producers, viewers
and friends.
To that extent, we,
or should I say the small staff of ‘one’ that became ‘two’ and later
became ‘three’, have done nothing short of REMARKABLE work over the
last 10 YEARS to foster friendships, partnerships, and good will;
period. Any other conclusions would simply be wrong. Don’t take my
word for it; read the MANY supportive comments posted on this
site…listen to them on video on this site…or listen to the words of
praise offered within our actual programming. Of ANY point or
conclusion, which anyone might make in regard to our ‘value and
service to community’, anything not stated in supportive terms would
simply not be based on facts and disingenuous.
With that said, I
think I did a pretty fair job on the July newsletter. I think I’ll
let that ride one more month. I hope you enjoy it again…and…I
sincerely hope that you enjoy what we provide this community and
feel as we do, that is, we have barley scratched the surface of what
is possible and that given full support we together can build
something ‘even greater’ to be proud of. The July newsletter begins
below.
Making a difference
in your community:
There is at
least one famous quote which suggests
that
since you’ll pass through this world only once, you only have one
shot at it, so you better try and do it right. In the big picture
that refers to just about everything from parenting to your hobbies.
As our grand-dad’s probably told all of us, anything worth doing is
worth doing right. Equally important, after the fact, if the end
result of what you did and how you did it were placed under the
microscope… would you be proud of your efforts? Perhaps a better
question, would a majority of people prasie or scorn your efforts?
It’s
not about being critcal, that’s easy for some people to do. In
todays world it can occur without cause or even fact. The majority
of people are pretty savvy, busy these days, but savvy. They can
size up situations pretty well. It’s pretty easy to put your finger
on the examples on both sides of the coin, real effort – caring –
determination over here…versus something that doesn’t quite measure
up over there.
The
tough part these days is truly understanding, being fully aware of
situations before making judgements. There are people who walk
through life with a determination to do their best – make things
better – never give up. The same of course goes for the service
these same people provide. It’s easy to see some examples of good
will and honorable effort. Other times, either by accident or
intent, good deeds and determination don’t rise to the surface where
all can see. However, you can more easily characterize people and
effort by applying the Rotary 4-Way Test - Is it the TRUTH? Is it
FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
While
I am speaking in general terms, my thoughts wrapped around national
events like the floods in the mid-west and the people volunteering
to fill sand-bags to protect a neighbors home or business, I’m also
thinking about our community. There are people and services that
perform admirably day after day, year after year, right here in this
town. It would be unfair to say that they do what they do because
it’s just a job…or just a paycheck…there is more to it than that in
many cases. Theres an intagible ‘something’ that makes them keep
trying.
I’d be
less than truthful if I did not say that I feel strongly about
Public Access, the service we provide, the three people employed
here, and the manner in which we approach our desire to serve our
community. Afterall, it is not our – the employees Access Channel –
it is yours. These channels belong to us - our community assestt. It
is simply unfair to judge from a distance or to offer opinions as
fact in regard to our service. What we do in our community, for our
community, gives us great satisfaction and provides tremendous
value. How the success is achieved, how the challenges are meet, is
even more impressive given that our Community’s Channel does not
enjoy the same financial support others do.
As PAC
14 celebrates it’s 10th anniversay and as we seek to
improve our opertaion to better serve the community, I hope all will
undertsand and appreciate that effort alone can not solve every
problem or need. We hope the community undertsands that after 10
years of growth and success the physical needs of space and
resources must be addressed. We hope that all understand that what
we seek to do has been done in Maryland and across the country. The
processes related to PEG Access, funding and operational abilities,
are clear for all to see. We are proud of what we do – we believe
that a majority of people would (and do) praise our efforts – and
that we meet the standards of the Rotary test in our community.
Now, let me
conclude my August 2008 newsletter with a very important comment.
Let me offer my sincere and hearty congratulations to our local
Little League teams who just completed their annual run toward
Districts, States, and beyond. For what its worth, I’m proud of your
individual and team efforts and from all accounts it seems like our
Salisbury teams were well represented yet again. The parents,
volunteers, and local businesses that support these young athletes
deserve a sincere thank you as well. Three cheers!
Mike
Goodson,
Manager PAC 14
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