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Hi Nico

Thanks for your comments.

>1. The phrase 'locally accountable community media' refers in my opinion to
>the geographic definition of community. As you know, there are 2 definitions
>of community, being the local community, and the community of interest. I
>would find it a pity if the community of interest-concept would get lost. I
>would therefor suggest to drop the 2 following words: locally & accountable.

A valid point and one which we considered when drafting the text. The
difficulty is that in official texts of the European Parliament the word
<community> is taken to mean the European Community. We need to make it
clear to the MEPs who are voting on the amendment what we mean and the
concept of locally based community media is somehow more clear. Does
anybody have any ideas for a clear and concise formulation which takes on
board Nico's remark?

>
>2. The 'call' has 2 parts: first to investigate, second to consider
>measures. I think the second part is rather vague when you speak about
>'services'. 'Services' could refer to a public broadcasting company, or even
>to a telephone company (if you for instance link it to the concept of
>'universal services', hollow words with at least 10 different definitions).
>
>It only becomes clear that you refer to 'community media' when you have read
>the previous paragraph ('considers that an essential component ...'). This
>could be easily misread or be read selectively, which in a political context
>happens more than enough.
>
>I would suggest here that you add 'community media' in the right place. My
>suggestion would look like this: '... to support the adaptation of existing
>services OFFERED BY COMMUNITY MEDIA and the development of new services
>which increase and improve ...'
>

The two paragraphs are intended to be read together as a new point 19 of
the MEPs resolution, but no harm in emphasising COMMUNITY MEDIA again.

Brian