2011 CCTV Annual Holiday Party and Awards Recipients
Many free speech advocates and friends came out to celebrate the end of another year at CCTV’s annual Holiday Party on December 15. From Burlington NPA reps to former VT Governors, all gathered in the spirit of honoring the work of CCTV, Channel 17/Town Meeting TV and CommonGood VT in providing a space for community members to participate in their communities’ democratic process and work for social change. Among the notable achievements of CCTV this year was the beginning of Live webstreaming of the 20 year running Live@5:25 show. This program, connecting politicians and community activists with constituents and viewers in direct face-to-face discussion is a hallmark of Channel 17/Town Meeting Television’s mission to “open the doors of local government.” Another high point for celebration was the VT NPO legislative day convened in Montpelier by CommonGood VT, bringing together activists from a variety of backgrounds to learn the inside out of VT statehouse politics. As part of the annual party, the following people were recognized during a live on-air television broadcast for the work they do with CCTV: (Photos of the holiday party can be seen on CCTV's facebook page)
LC Hines
Channel 17 TV Volunteer and Willing Guest
Active, willing and consistent
Henry Prine
Channel 17 TV Volunteer
Reliable, dependable and interested
Rob Roper, True North Reports
Channel 17 TV Live Show Host and Coordinator
Organizing guests, showing up and keeping it current.
Mike Cohen
Channel 17 Field Producer
Willing and ready.
Kevin Harms
Channel 17 Field Producer and Post-Production
Always on his feet, doing the work of television.
Dan Staples
Channel 17 TV Volunteer
Thomas Daley
Channel 17 TV Volunteer
Joe Staples
Channel 17 TV Volunteer
James Gero
Channel 17 Community Producer
Ubiquitous and persistent
Phil Lavigne
Channel 17 Community Producer
Shining the light in often-unseen places.
Andy Crawford
CCTV Technical Guru
Fixing the problems, finding the solutions and identifying new dimensions.
Don MacDonald
CCTV Volunteer
Keeping it all in order and having a great time doing it.
Bill Aswad
Channel 17 TV Veteran Live Show Host
Showing up and speaking to the voters for 18 years!
Kirby Dunn
CCTV Volunteer and CCTV Productions Client
Supports community access with time and
telling stories.
Jenny Davis
Channel 17 Community Producer
Makes community connections and uses
community media to help make it happen.
Jim Stillman
CCTV Volunteer and Accounting Brains
Nick Carter
CCTV and Common Good Vermont
Master networker and emerging TV personality
Geoff Wyman
Channel 17 Director
Keeps everyone on the same page, making excellent TV.
CCTV looks forward to another great year of Free Speech and Social Change with you.