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Executive Committee met in Brussels
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The September meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the RTBF premises in Brussels, at the kind invitation of Jacques Briquemont.
It was the wish of our late friend, Pierre Couchard, that the EC meeting of CIRCOM Regional be held at his station in September 2009.
So the members met in memoriam of Pierre Couchard. For Pierre, this was the second term of EC membership and it started in November 2008. Pierre, who was among the founders of CIRCOM, always contributed with great experience.
During the meeting, at the 14th flour of the RTBF, the EC members prepared the European Board meeting in November on Malta.
News Management Seminar cancelled
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Circom regrets that this years News Management Seminar in Strasbourg has had to be cancelled due to the current financial restraints on member stations.
New TV-Magazin in Connemara/Ireland – only two operators in the gallery
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Irish member stations RTE and TG4 hosted major celebrations in the West of Ireland in July to celebrate the decentralisation of the Irish language TV news service from the Dublin capital to the new regional base at TG4 Headquarters in Connemara on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
The day also saw the inauguration of the new Ross overdrive control room system which is a two person operation and is the system now driving the RTE and TG4 national nightly Gaelic news bulletins. Any CIRCOM members interested in getting more information on this can contact CIRCOM President Michael Lally who is also the boss of the entire new service.
Also at the launch was CIRCOM Gen Sec Peter Sauer, TG4 boss Pol O Gallachoir, Chairman of RTE Tom Savage, BBC Head of Regions and Nations Pat Loughrey. Messages of congratulations were received from the Irish prime Minister Brian Cowen and the leaders of all main political parties.
The new service is transmitting 45 minutes of TV news daily.
PHAROS - Project Meeting in Nuremberg
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 The General Secretariat of CIRCOM Regional hosted the General Assembly Meeting of PHAROS that took place from 23rd to 25th September 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany. |
Training Summit
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The President and the General Secretary of CIRCOM, Michael Lally and Peter Sauer, hosted a meeting on training in Dublin in July to plan for this years VJ course in Budapest, perform an early assessment of CESA and to further examine the potential for commercial media training.
The meeting was attended by Anita Bhalla from BBC and CIRCOM Training Executive Karol Cioma.
A full report will be presented to the next EC meeting in Brussels.