hello seattle community media i'm aaron ward project manager with c l community media i'm usually the one who answers the phone and i manage the community room studio and web site today i'm going to go over the twenty thirteen policies and procedures you can also find these on the seattle community media website at seattle community media orgy there are links located in the upper right corner of the header in the my members toll box on the right side of the page and on the foo preface the purpose of this document is to clearly set forth the rules and procedures that govern the operation of seattle community media's facilities and channel producers must agree to and follow the operating procedures these rules and procedures are intended to encourage maximum participation by individuals and groups from seattle and king county in a fair and equitable manner these policies may be revised by the operators in seattle community media approved changes in these policies will be published and disseminated to the members and funding jurisdictions of seattle community media all policy changes will be posted in the seattle community media website members are required to acknowledge receipt of these operating procedures upon becoming a member members are also required to acknowledge any change to the operating procedures and policies the first time they log in to the seattle community web site after such changes have been made all prior policy versions will be available via p d f on the website the policies and procedures described in this document supersede all of their operating procedures previously issued by seal community media as well as any express or implied representations previously made by its employees policy statements as written d not amount to a promise of specific treatment and are merely general statements of seattle community media policy c l a community media specifically reserves the right to modify these policies and procedures announcements of policy changes are made through the office of general manager if a member has questions concerning current policies and practices he or she is encouraged to contact seattle community media via email one point zero welcome to seattle community media one point one seattle community media's mission vision and values the city of seattle provides the privilege of public access television contract with seattle community media who provides access to communication resources in order to build a stronger community c l community media believes that community access media is an appropriate and powerful vehicle for promoting greater awareness and understanding of the larger community and the diversity of its people seattle community media values free expression of ideas and open communication empowerment through technology and training diversity through access and involvement community building through outreach and education one point two statement of purpose sales community media was created to administer the use of the community access channel while incorporating new technologies and maintaining economic efficiency our goal is to provide a resource that empowers individuals in seattle and king county to produce their own programs or messages seattle community media coordinates outreach training production facilities and gear playback and promotional activities to achieve this goal seattle community media operates in a cooperative partnership with the city of seattle to facilitate open communication between government agencies and citizens residents and their neighbors and nonprofit organizations and schools with the community at large  one point three introduction history seattle community media broadcast on channel comcast channel seventy seven wave broadband channel twenty three is a division of seattle community colleges television c c t v which broadcasts on comcast channel twenty eight and wave broadband channel nineteen as c c t v began operation to facilitate the use of educational video content for instructors within the seattle community colleges daytime cable programming and weekdays is often tied directly to the coursework of instructors at seattle community colleges web portal in the summer of two thousand and eleven the city of seattle announced c c t v as the new provider of public access for seattle as c c t v you soon announced it would provide the public access services as seattle community media c c t v has streamlined operations by utilizing the open media platform on drupal c m s seattle community media dot org seattle community media utilizes our membership base structure to increase user accountability demonstrate commitment to the principle of cable access and to help defray operating expenses seattle community media wants to make programming that reflects the interests and serves the needs of every segment of our community available to cable viewers our responsibility is to facilitate the use of available production equipment to assist all residents nonprofit organizations and schools within seattle king county in the production of their programs seattle community media will encourage high technical quality  all content and all production of the programs is the responsibility of the producers seattle community media hopes that this will lead to entertaining diverse informative challenging and interesting video that in the aggregate will represent the community o community media does not create productions for any members nor do they provide production crew to create productions for any groups it is the responsibility of the members to learn all production gear and to be self sufficient this document describes the policies guiding membership training program production channel use and user responsibilities and sale of community media commitments these policies are designed to be flexible to change as the needs of the community evolve they're guided by the constitution of the united states of america the washington state constitution the cable communications policy act of one thousand nine hundred four as amended the cable consumer protection act  advertising is defined as material designed to promote a commercial service a business or product channel refers to comcast channel seventy seven or waive broadband twenty three on the comcast cable system in the greater seattle area that are administered by a c c t v equipment shall refer to any and all video and audio equipment available for the production of community access programming episode refers to the individual programs of a series including full programs promotional videos and short videos erotic material and minor are defined in the revised code of washington nine point six eight point zero five  erotic material means printed material photographs pictures motion pictures sound recordings and other material the dominant theme of which taken as a whole appeals to the period interest of minors and sex which is patently offensive because it affr contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters or say sadomasochistic abuse and is utterly without redeeming social value minor means any person who is under the age of eighteen years facilities shall refer to the building and parking lot and other property that may or may not be directly related to the production of community access programming currently under north seattle community college t v and seattle community media first amendment of the constitution of the united states of america congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances indecent material is defined by the courts as the repetitive and deliberate use of language or material that depicts or describes whether directly or by innuendo in terms of patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium sexual or excerpt ory activities or organs for example extreme physical violence or degradation nudity graphic depiction of medical procedures and repetitive use of profanity would be considered indecent profanity includes a but is not limited to words such as those identified in f c c versus pacifica f c c versus it's as indecent lewd matter is synonymous with obscene matter and means any matter which the average person applying contemporary community standards would find when considered as a whole appeals to the period interests and which depicts or describes patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sex acts normal or perverted actual or simulated or masturbation excretory functions or lewd exhibition of the genitals or general area lewd matters do not include or prescribe any matter which when considered as a whole and in the context of which it's used as a serious of literary artistic political or scientific value revised code of washington seven point four eight point zero five zero memberships seattle community media is based on membership levels which enable the user different levels of access to production equipment refer to section t obscene is defined by applying the miller test one whether the average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the work taken as a whole appeals to the period interest in sex and two it depicts or describes in a patently offensive manner actual or simulated sexual intercourse sodomy sexual based masturbation sadism masochism excretion or lewd exhibition of the genitals and sexual contact specifically denied by applicable state law and three whether the work taken as a whole lacks serious literary artistic political or scientific value personal financial compensation compensation pa individual for time or services provided when utilizing seattle community media equipment facilities or resources not limited to monetary compensation but to include gifts trips or other rewards in trade for productions created with public access production gear production producer member c basic membership producer c basic membership protected speech refers to any content that is protected under the first amendment of the united states resident seattle or resident king county is defined as an individual whose principal abode i e the home house apartment facility structure et within which the individual lives the majority of the time is located in the city of seattle or king county outside of seattle respectively series is a single episode or a collection of episodes of similar content by the same producer simulcast refers to the content cable cast on the seattle community media channel being streamed simultaneously on the seattle community media website unprotected speech refers to those forms of used to administer seattle community media also called s c m platform the platform the open media platform one point five nondiscrimination policy statement no individual will be denied s c m membership or access to any seattle community media equipment facilities or channel time on the basis of race or ethnicity color age national origin religion marital status sex gender sexual orientation veteran status political affiliation or belief citizenship status as a last fully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the united states or presents of any physical sensory or mental disability ability to pay or due to the nature of the programming interest two point zero membership  l community media membership is open to individuals who reside in seattle king county washington and nonprofit organizations educational institutions and government agencies located in seattle king county washington membership dues are subject to change all memberships expire one year from the date of becoming a member and must be renewed at that time to continue as a member all producers outside of seattle king county who want to broadcast their programs must have a local sponsor for their program the local sponsor is fully responsible for the content uploading and scheduling of the program securing a local sponsor is the responsibility of the producer seattle community media will not act as a liaison between local sponsors and outside producers non profits and agencies throughout washington state may become nonprofit government promotional numbers  two relationship between seattle community media and members seal community media is a private division of seattle community colleges television c c t v the television station for seattle community colleges district six members and producers are not agents or employees of seattle community media or the seattle community colleges district they are considered to be independent producers and create programming for themselves or the organization they represent at no time may an individual or organization identify themselves as employee or agent of seattle community media seattle community colleges district or any of the funding jurisdictions unless hired by seattle community media or the jurisdictions to provide such a service seal of community media exercises no control beyond these policies overproduction activities by members members must not identify their production efforts as being for seattle community media rather member should indicate that their programs will be seen on c l community media seattle community media members will have only limited access to seattle community media staff staff will respond to limited reasonable requests in a timely manner seattle community media staff are not required to respond to repetitive unremitting unreasonable demands made by producers as listen french's on the amount of time they have available to other members and to the other demands of their work time seattle community media staff are not required to assist members who are acting disrespectfully seattle community media does not provide production crew to create productions for any groups it is the responsibility of seattle community media to create a safe environment for all members of the seattle community media this necessitates the disclosure of information regarding arrests and convictions involving safety concerns for others by all members interested in using any of the facilities located at seattle community media including studio at ing and jesting members must truthfully respond when filling out the membership application f may result in a suspension of privileges while disclosure is kept confidential some offenses may require that we notify the community room users in general terms  two point three producer member description production members may take training workshops and use the seattle community media production facilities and equipment to create programs to be seen public access channel membership does not obligate the member to create content for the public access station production members must provide to seattle community media a current accurate address of their primary residence and current mailing address if different from their residence waivers and or fee reductions are available for producer members based on financial need as described in section two point seven memberships are a rolling merely fee producer membership fee must be paid or a waiver granted before taking training workshops or using c l community media production equipment and must be renewed yearly there are no age restrictions for seattle community media membership however parents or legal guardians of produce or members under age eighteen must sign a consent form when a minor request training and sign of financial legal responsibility statement when a certified producer under age eighteen requests the use of seattle community media production facilities and equipment or schedules programming on the channel anyone using any seattle community media gear in any way must be a production member all production members are fully eligible to use equipment based on the ad produce programming for seattle community media resident city of seattle king county production members receive the highest priority regarding cable cascade tooling and use of facilities governmental and nonprofit organizations within king county receive the next priority local program scheduling has priority over imported programming two point four types of memberships all numbers must become basic members regardless of additional sort of occasions all memberships are annual based on the date the member became a basic member the basic membership and all add ons expire one year from the initial membership date membership must be renewed prior to expiration to maintain uninterrupted access to seattle community media if a membership expires c l community media is not required to retain any account information or stored materials for any member producer there are several types of seattle community media memberships all add ons must be renewed annually at the time of basic membership renewal basic members pay for the annual basic membership fee to obtain access to seattle community media website limited digital storage and access to the in just a sions in the community room for use to create programs to be aired on the seattle community media channel the basic member fee is not considered to be a tax deductible donation as the basic member receive services that are greater in value than the fee paid all members regardless of additional sort of occasions must purchase basic membership studio certified field certified at certified sh refer to those seattle community media producer members who have successfully completed a seattle community media training workshop or demonstrated to seattle community media staff a sufficient working knowledge to allow the equipment on which they are certified to become available to them after receiving sort of vacation and add on fee of ten dollars must be paid to access the added benefits at certified members must attend a workshop on how to use the editing equipment after successful completion of the workshop they must pay an added edit out on fee grants the use of seattle community media editing facilities and equipment editing equipment must be reserved through the seattle community media website field  members must attend a workshop on how to use the field equipment after successful completion of the workshop they must pay an added field production add on fee that grants them the privilege of checking out seattle community media field production equipment i member has previous field experience they may request to take a test to prove their proficiency which can take the place of the workshop field production equipment must be reserved through the seattle community media website studio eight certified members must attend a workshop on how to use the studio equipment see staff for requirements these members must also pay the studio certification add on fee that grants them the privilege of using the seattle community media studio studio a must be reserved through the seattle community media website studio b certified members must attend a workshop on how to use the studio equipment after successful completion of the workshop they must pay an added studio add on fee that grants them the privilege of using the seattle community media studio studio b must be reserved through the community media website local sponsor basic membership a member who is a representative for a program created outside of the seattle king county area it is the responsibility of any producer located outside of the area to obtain a local representative the local member must pay a basic membership fee as well as imported programming fee all services of basic members have priority over local sponsor basic members the local sponsor member is one hundred percent responsible for all aspects of the program including the responsibility toward content of the program organizational nonprofit government school members a nonprofit organization recognized by the r i r s as a five a one c tax exempt organization that is registered with the state of washington this can be an independent organization or a duly recognized chapter branch or other division of a larger state national or international organization nonprofit groups of prying for this membership will be asked to present proof of this registration and i r s letter of determination producers who are part of an organization must abide by all standard membership policies organizations must provide to seattle community media current accurate address of their primary location and mailing address the initial organizational membership provides access for one person who will have the primary contact person anyone beyond this person expecting access to public access production equipment must become an individual member and can then be associated with a specific series created by the organization these individuals may receive training and u c l community media production facilities to create programming on behalf of the organization for cable cast on the access channel persons listed on an organizational members production training roster are considered to be individual members of seattle community media nonprofit government promotional membership groups that wish to air short occasional informational or promotional programming can apply for this annual membership seattle community media does not provide production crew to create productions for any groups organizational members are nonprofit groups government agencies or schools that wish to cable cast beyond promotional cop programming on c l community media or utilize it services seattle community media does not provide production crew to create productions for any groups for any of the groups to utilize the services a designated individual must be identified as the primary contact all individuals who will be utilizing gear or facilities must become basic members and obtain proper certifications and pay appropriate  e two point five membership fee waiver persons who for reasons of financial hardship and meet the requirement to receive low income discounted rates on their seattle c light bill or are receiving unemployment benefits producer members must provide proof of this status and cannot pay the membership fee may request a fee discount or if you waiver person to receive discounted fees or a waiver of membership fees from seattle community media receive all of the benefits of a paid basic membership add ons may be purchased at the full add on price membership discounts and waivers expire one year after membership is activated membership must be renewed yearly and at that time producer members must provide current proof of financial hardship status nonprofit organizations with a limited revenue may with the approval of seattle community media general manager arrange for a discounted rate current producer members enjoy a discounted rate for workshops nonmembers may take the workshops but at the full rate the orientation workshops are designed to ensure that members understand their rights and responsibilities as members producers programmers and viewers current seattle community media producer membership and attendance at an orientation meeting are not required but highly recommended before producer members may sign up for other training workshops seattle community media orientations are free and open to the public all other training workshops are offered on a first come first serve basis and require nonrefundable training fee at the time of registration they're designed to familiarize the user with proper equipment operation preventing damage to production equipment c l community policies and procedures and the specific technical set up of the seattle community media facilities training scholarships are available for members who for reasons of financial hardship cannot pay the training fee persons who for reasons of financial hardship and meet the requirements to receive low income discounted rates on their seattle city utility bill or receiving unemployment benefits producer members must provide proof of the status and cannot pay the membership fee may request a few raver three point two training recertification members who have not participated in a production using seattle community media equipment for over a year must be recertified before equipment privileges are restored this requires attendance at a training workshop or a training waiver issued at the discretion of seattle community media training staff media room production facilities are open for members use on monday from one pm to five pm tuesday one pm to five pm wednesday one pm to eight pm thursday three pm to eight pm the l community media studio is open wednesday one thirty pm to nine pm and thursday one pm to nine pm studio at it in just your pick up and drop of are conducted during community room times only reservations are made online at w w w seattle community media dot org seattle community media is public access and focuses on its members and their productions members are responsible for all work done on their productions seattle community media does not create productions for any members nor do they provide production crew to create productions for any groups it is the responsibility of the members to learn all production gear to be self sufficient staff members are not allowed to fill in as crew on studio productions staff will not produce producer member programs for producer members staff can provide suggestions on technique equipment and production planning that can help ensure a successful project if members expressed interest in such assistance seattle community media production equipment and facilities are made available on a first come first serve basis to certified members only current members with proper certification are allowed to reserve or operate seattle community media equipment the intent for the use of seattle community media production equipment must be to create programming that will be seen on the access channel all material producer members create with using seattle community media equipment must be noncommercial in nature and be submitted to air on the channel seattle community media equipment is not available for rent personal use or in any commercial production if it is determined that seattle community media equipment was used to create commercial productions the member may lose privileges or be banned well as of asians must be made using the online reservation request form voicemail or e mail messages do not constitute a reservation a member is considered a no show if they are fifteen minutes late without advising seattle community media the time they reserved will then be open on a first come first serve basis certified members who are repeatedly late returning equipment fail to cancel reservations or violate any other c l community media policies will be subject to disciplinary action computers in the seattle community media community room are for use by members only members are not allowed to log into the computers for their guests to use the community room should not be used as a holding place for g s four point two seattle community media reserves the right to adjust equipment use policies based on user demand and the working condition of the production equipment neither producer members nor their crew may receive personal financial compensation of any type to produce a video project when using the seattle community media equipment  four point three financial responsibility certified members must sign an equipment use agreement agreeing to reimburse community media for replacement not repair of any equipment that is damaged lost or stolen while in their position please note section four point one point one regarding traveling with production equipment if the sort of fide member is under age eighteen a parent or legal guardian must sign the equipment use agreement payments for replaced or repaired gear must be made within ninety days of reported loss and made payments will be sent to collections use of collected funds recovered from equipment loss is at the discretion of seattle community media staff  four point four portable field production equipment members are to exercise extreme care and common sense when operating all equipment whether in the studio or using field production equipment field production equipment equipment includes count quarters tripods light kits audio equipment audio cables microphones laptops power accessories and other accessories for remote field productions maybe picked up on or returned during the following times community room hours monday tuesday between one pm and five pm or wednesday and thursday between one pm and eight p field production equipment checked out by a producer member must be returned on the final day stated of the check out period seattle community media may operate on days considered holidays if equipment checked out ends on a monday considered the holiday it is the producer member's responsibility to inquire about possible changes to operation hours on holidays portable equipment reservations may be extended if the additional time has not been reserved by another member reservation extensions will be granted on the day of your return portable equipment reservations will be taken up to fourteen days in advance no more than one camcorder may be checked out by any one individual nonmembers are not allowed to pick up checked out gear for any member members may pick up gear for other members if their member has created a reservation and have noted on the form that another member will be picking it up only certified members are allowed to operate seattle community media equi uncertified people cannot touch the seattle community media equipment the member checking the gear out is one hundred percent responsible for any damage or loss that may occur to the gear regardless of who causes the damage or lost equipment must be returned to seattle community media and checked in before being issued to another person for point for point one traveling with equipment no seattle community media production equipment believe the state of washington unless prior permission has been received from the seattle community media staff even when permission is granted producers are responsible for the full cost a replacement not repair of any production equipment damage or loss well in their pos includes damage or loss due to approved or unapproved travel related incident lost by airline damage by airline water or moisture damage damage or loss due to negligence by another person stolen or any other potential reason or damage to loss of production equipment if a member is flying with a camera the camera must be carry on baggage and may not be checked luggage four point five  studio studio b includes the control room studio room and all other equipment in them for tape productions studio requests are accepted on a first come first serve basis seattle community media website and can be made fourteen days in advance all reservations are posted on the seattle community media website as they are made individual reservations appear on the sidebar of the website when the members logged in wednesday's calendar is broken into one point five hour long blocks beginning at one thirty and ending at nine pm thursdays calendar is broken into two hour long blocks beginning at one pm and ending at nine pm producers are encouraged to book one block per week follow the specific instructions on the reservation form for reservation times the total number of hours an individual may reserve during the programming season will be based on the demand for the resource only current members were studio sort of occasions may be used as crew for the studio productions the studio must be left in a clean orderly state with all equipment in normal settings and ready in time for the next production refer to the posted studio rules and checklist for details studio productions must be completed fifteen minutes prior to the end of the reserved time in order for a staff to do a walk through and complete the check in procedures before the next part of production studio productions must be completed no later than nine pm on wednesday and thursday no food or drink as allowed in the community room control room or studio if producer members are bringing food for the crew seattle community media recommends that it is consumed at a location other than the seattle community media facilities the producer is responsible for all actions of their guests at all times when using the studio inappropriate behavior of guests may result in a banning of the guest from the studio and suspension of privileges of the producer c section six four point six use of maque editing suite or laptop or only current members certified to use the editing equipment may reserve edit time on the macintosh computers certified members may receive a maximum of four hours per reservation the number of hours of edit reservations an individual may hold during a week may be limited based on demand and that reservations will be taken up to fourteen days in advance via the reservation form on the website adding must be completed no later than four forty five pm mondays and tuesdays eight forty five pm wednesdays and thursdays macintosh laptops may not be removed from the community room four point seven video tape memory cards d v d s members are required to provide their own video tape memory card and d v d stock for their productions  community media does not provide videotape memory cards and d v d is seattle community media can provide a list of vendors who supply these items or members can purchase video tape memory cards and d v d s from seattle community media when available in e one program writes time on the public access channel is available free of charge to paying members of seattle community media members may not require compensation from individuals in exchange for appearing on public access channel furthermore channel time may not be bartered or sold producer members are the owners of the programs they create and asked such retain the copyright for their program programs produced with seattle community media equipment must be primarily  televising community media channel sales community media recognizes that additional uses occasionally develop which are not part of the primary intent for the producer any use of the programs for fund raising activities must be by an organization that has been granted five a one c tax exempt status by the internal revenue service seal community media reserves the right to retain a copy of selected programmes for archival broadcast and streaming purposes seattle community media retains the right to cable cast as reruns programmes created with seattle community media facilities and gear and or uploaded to the seattle community media website seal community website utilizes archive  are available to citizens for del mode and may be selected to be broadcast by other public access stations five point two program content seattle community media encourages community producers to exercise the responsible expression of their first amendment rights programme producers and or sponsoring agencies are held soley responsible and legally accountable for the content of their programs and as such may be subjected to prosecution for the cable cast of illegal material when creating a new series on the web site producers must agree to statements recognizing the ownership of the program and its contents and allowing seattle community media to broadcast or stream the program producers must truthfully and accurately represent their ownership of the contents of the episode or series they are submitting for cable casts if a member does not have ownership or permission to broadcast elements of their episode they should not submit the episode willful falsification of the form material representation of information required or falsely agreeing to the program really statements are grounds for revocation of membership privileges should a court order be issued against an episode or series for any reason the cable cast of that series will be suspended pending the legal decision the following content limitations apply to any and all programs or messages cable cast on the access channel administered by seattle community media community producer should seek staff assistance in meeting these guidelines five point two point one the following are absolutely prohibited lotteries and contests lotteries or contests that involved directly or indirectly the elements of a prize chance and or consideration reference section seventy six point two one three of the rules of the federal communication commission to illegal material material which would be subject to the producer or supplier to civil or criminal prosecution under any applicable local state or federal laws for production or presentation of obscene or erotic material slander or libel or invasion of privacy three license material material that is copyrighted or subject to ownership or wealthy rights union residuals or other payment example music written works photographs film or video producer has obtained all necessary permission releases licenses and made all necessary payments to authorized televising of any such material sale community media may require producers to provide evidence of such payment or permission if a copyright claim is made the episode will be made unavailable on archive dot org and will be deleted from the seattle community media website and will no longer be broadcast until proof of permission i provided to the seattle community media staff for advertising or commercial endorsements advertising or other material that is designed to promote commercial businesses the sale of commercial products or any call to action resulting in any profit for anyone involved is prohibited this includes but is not limited to product or business indorsements and or service descriptions for example a program guest may be identified as john joe owner a b c business applies but not john doe owner of a b c business supplies the best selection and the lowest prices in town to advise viewers how to get more information about program topics program credits can include a contact name phone number website or email address five unauthorized fundraising solace in taishan of funds by organizations other than those that have been granted five a one c three tax exempt status by the internal revenue service five point two point two potentially indecent programming seal community media wants to provide parent guardians with a means of controlling viewing of programming with indecent material by children as well as provide viewers with notification of programming with potentially indecent material so they can make informed cable viewing choices o community media requires a content advisory notice before each program with potentially indecent content well providing such notification sales community media does not wish to pretty clued the opportunity for all forms of expression on the seal community media channel in accordance with rebel relevant laws programming with potentially indecent material as defined in section one point three will be scheduled between ten pm and six am indecent content will not be streamed on demand on seattle community media website producers may direct viewers to their own privately held web sites where they may choose to stream their own content when a producer creates an episode create containing mature content on the seattle community media website they must mark that rating as t v s may and check the box indicating that it contains mature content this alerts the seattle community media staff to proselyte the program manually and prevents the episode from streaming on the website and keeps the episodes from being automatically scheduled outside the appropriate times failure to mark the episode as containing mature material may lead to suspension of  five point two point three indecent erotic lewd or obscene content c l community media follows a c c t v policy in regards to the content that is indecent as defined by the  see in the matter of industry guidance on the commission's case law interpreting eighteen u s c one four six four and enforcement policies regarding broadcast indecency sixteen f c r seven nine nine nine two thousand  indecent content must be preceded by a programming notice c section five point three seattle community media does not broadcast indecent programming before ten pm or after six am and reserves the right to remove the programming  by staff to be lewd or obscene as defined by this policy content that is lewd or obscene will not be broadcast at any time indecent content will not be streamed on demand on the seattle community media website producers may direct viewers to their own privately held web site where they may choose to stream their own content five point three programming notices strongly suggested that programs containing and or entitled with excessive vulgar language nudity extreme physical violence graphic depiction of invasive medical procedures or indecent material will be preceded by a message advising viewer discretion programs of this nature may only be broadcast from ten pm to six am as per f c c regulations seattle community media requires a continent rise or a notice before each program with content that may be considered indecent this notice must be on the screen for fifteen seconds preceding the program and must contain the following verbiage this program is rated t v and may mature audiences not suitable for children contain strong language explicit sexual content graphic nudity and or graphic violence five point five political programming any program describing or endorsing declared political candidates or describing ballot issues that is directly related to a current campaign is considered political programming programs which include appearances by incumbents acting in their current elected or professional capacity  not included in this definition this does not preclude the cable casting of political debates or candidates meetings provided the fairness and equal time rules are followed also not precluded shall be the possibility of cable casting reports by current elected officials regarding the status of issues and other governmental business providing again the fairness and equal time rules are followed programs on community media cannot be used for solicitation of funds nor for political purposes broadcast times may not be used for political campaigns by individuals or organizations seeking public office or legislation five point six programming preview it is the responsibility of each producer to accurately designate their programming as containing mature content a community media reserves the right to preview any programs management reserves the absolute right to terminate the cable cast of any program pre rock cast or in progress it is in violation of these policies seal community media also reserves this right in regards to any programming played by any viewer post broadcast they contain the tiriel deemed upon review by staff to contain sensitive material any producer submitting programming with potentially sensitive content who do not mark the program as mature may face suspension of privileges following a review by seattle community media staff five point seven program scheduling seal community media members are responsible for scheduling their own episodes of their series based on the time slots that they have been assigned seattle community media stuff over see the implementation of scheduling and reserve the right to modify scheduling at any time time slots are assigned to each producer who qualifies on a yearly basis the method of assigning time slots will be determined based on what's most fair to all members for a given year and will be announced in advance on the website producers or program sponsors who supply more than one concurrent program or series for a program season will be required to pay an additional fee of twenty five dollars for each unique program series to guarantee that its own unique time slot available when demand  producer members can produce or sponsor up to three concurrent unique programs or series the additional fee is intended to offset the additional scheduling and digital file program resources needed to process the additional programming and does not entitle producer members to any other educational services producer members with concurrent unique program series and choosing to pay only the initial producer fee will be guaranteed only one timeslot it is the producer's responsibility to create the video file for upload to seattle community media seal community media will provide limited assistance to help producers create their video files but seal community media is not responsible for the creation of video files producers must upload and create their pages of a minimum of ninety six hours prior to the desired air time to ensure the highest probability of the episode broadcasting in the desired timeslot seattle community media staff is not responsible for programs that fail to appear when open loaded within ninety six hours of the desired timeslot staff will make every effort to help process programs that have been uploaded prior to ninety six hours stuff will not honor a request to assist the processing and scheduling of video files uploaded within  hours of desired scheduling time five point eight local and imported programming any noncommercial program with a majority of material produced by a sealed community media production number or a city of seattle resident whether it was produced through seattle community media a school or other institution or a private production facility is considered local programming for the purposes of scheduling noncommercial programming produced by nonresidents is considered to be imported programming and requires a local sponsor to air community media local program scheduling has priority over imported programming the local sponsor of an imported program must know on the series page that this is not a locally produced program and must pay the sponsored program add on fee of twenty five dollars five point nine series programming and the producers who submit occasional programs will have the ability to have their programs air producers who did not have a guaranteed time slot have the opportunity to schedule their episodes during prescheduled time slots existing producers can schedule their episodes during their assigned time slots to receive an assigned timeslot a producer must submit and schedule at least two episodes per month for three consecutive months two episodes three month one two episodes during month two and two episodes during month three after meeting these criteria the producer is responsible for contacting the other community be a staff with a record of their airings c l community media stuff will then provide the producer with available time slot options to choose from series programs that are scheduled at the beginning of the programming season will be assigned regular time slots for one year mid season additions will be assigned a time slot for the duration of the programming season in order to make time available for all current and future program seattle community media reserves the right to make schedule changes at the beginning of each programming season when a producer does not provide new episodes for their series for a period of six weeks there are times lots will be relinquished into the timeslot pool seattle community media may decide to no longer air those programs but reserves the right to air them at will all of us odes in a series with an assigned time slot are scheduled by the producers episode not in a series with an aside time slot can be scheduled during times that match the theme of that episode if sirius time slots are not filled by a producer within twenty four hours of broadcast time the automatic scheduler will fill the time slot with the last show if team time slots are not filled the automatic scheduler will fill them with a random show and that the the number of additional repeat showings any program received after its first cable cast well we scheduled at the discretion of seattle community media staff based on the available channel time and may change as demand for channel time increases seal community media reserves the right to preempt programme repeats to facilitate the scheduling of special programming seal community media is not required to notify producers in advance if their program schedule is being changed five point one program broadcast cable casts the c l o community media program schedule is subject to change seattle community media is not liable for changes made to the broadcast schedule that prevent a program from airing in its originally scheduled broadcast  t five point one one program liability program submitters must agree to the program release when they create a series on the seattle community media website knowledge being legal responsibility for program content if the submitters under eighteen a parent or legal guardian must come into the seattle community community room and sign a program release the content of programs presented on the access channels is slowly the responsibility of the producer as such no liability of the content of access of program shall attach itself to seattle community media the funding jurisdictions their agents or employees or the cable operator applicants for cable cast time chill sign a release which saves and holds community media the funding jurisdictions their agents and employees and the cable operator harmless for all damages or claims arising as a result of the use of the access channels by the applicant all fully or short programs must include the producer's name in the opening credits and name and contact information in the closing credits all promotional material must include the sponsoring producer name on screen for a minimum of ten seconds failure and to include this information in producer membership program may lead to the suspension of the broadcast of producer members program  five point one two program support and underwriting numbers may seek underwriting whether cash or in kind contributions of their programs while members may not solicit or receive personal financial compensation for the production of their own programming underwriting may be used to pay for the costs incurred in creating the production all contributors must be acknowledged in the program closing credits in addition producers make knowledge contributors once every thirty minutes during the body of the program programs less than thirty minutes in length may have one contributor and knowledge meant in addition to the closing credits underwriting credits must be formatted as described below no call to action is permitted however a ten line may be included that makes in association with between the company and the program or the company and the community the title of the program cannot contain the sponsors name the ever present sponsorship name is more equated to commercial television example tom's cooking show sponsored by rain city plumbing cannot be called the rain city plumbing cooking with tom support for this program is provided in part by business name and or local city telephone email or web address or thanks to the following for their support business name and or logo city telephone e mail or web address no call to action is permitted however attend line may be include that makes an association between the company and the program or the company and the community for example a b c business applies is proud to support this program or a b c business supplies curry serving king county businesses since  sixty five point one two technical requirements program submitted for playback must have technical standards high enough to deliver a clear consistent and unbroke n picture to cable subscribers audio must be clearly understandable and at audible levels and without distortion producers will upload digital files of all programs producers are soley responsible for the quality of file uploaded as technology changes seattle community media may require variations to submission methods programs contain video file should immediately fade up from black there should be no color bars and no tones prior to the program beginning a distinct and seal community media reserves the right to reject programs that do not meet technical standards seattle community media is not responsible for technical issues with program files with the prevent the program  with audio audible audio or other technical issues caused by the producer members program file five point one three technical support seattle community media is committed to successful creation and upload of all members content seattle community media offers limited training and support to ensure the success members who have issues with program file creation uploading or scheduling and broadcast of an episode should contact seattle community media seattle community media encourages all members to also double check their own work which may lead to a solution staff will troubleshoot the issues and then contact the member within a reasonable time lack of planning on a member's part does not constitute an emergency on community media's part stuff will not respond to a bitch will be users of this policy staff will also discontinue assisting those who rely on this policy to complete their own work or fail to improve their own workflow to avoid issues seal community media is an online based entity as such it must utilize the latest technological advances demanded by technological updates to the seattle community media as a whole to maintain viability member producers have hundreds of technology technological options available to them when they make their productions including cameras editing software encoding software when a member producer is having difficulty with the technological aspects of producing a video file seal community media staff will present a member producer with possible options to solve the technological issues but seattle community media staff is not responsible point one general statement in order to ensure that seattle community media equipment and facilities remain in good working order are used in such a manner as to fulfill seattle community media's contractual obligation to our funding jurisdiction and that seattle community media remains a safe and respectful workplace for all persons involved seattle community media reserves the right to refuse on a temporary or permanent basis or otherwise initiate disciplinary or legal actions against individuals or organizations that violate the code of conduct or otherwise and if you interfere with or jeopardize seattle community media operations or otherwise violate these operating policies so spend ssion determination of privileges may be appealed to the seattle community media executive as described in section seven verbal or written threats of violence will be taken seriously individuals making threats toward seattle community media or any individual in the facility or out of seattle community media sponsored event will be escorted from the premises and or banned from seattle community media facilities six point two code of conduct individuals and organizations using the seattle community media facilities and channel must agree to abide by all seattle community media policies regarding the use of equipment or channel for the production and presentation of their programming in addition all members are expected to follow all laws community colleges policy in north seattle community colleges policy and respect the rights and dignity of the staff and other individuals in the facility and on the north seattle community colleges campus seattle community colleges policy and north seattle community college policy supersede seattle community media policy where political conduct that harasses discriminates against or degrades any person will not be tolerated a reasonable standard of courtesy and respect must be observed seattle community media reserves the right to restrict any person from using seattle community media facilities and assets for violation of this or other policies that result in the disruption of seattle community media activities and operations in additions to the code of conduct individuals who use the seattle community media facilities assets and or channel must agree and abide by the following rules specific violations are set forth in writing in order to provide notice to all who use seattle community media facilities and assets they are not designed to define violations in exhaustive terms individuals may be accountable to both civil and criminal authorities and seattle community media for acts which constitute violations of law on or off the premises individuals shall be subject to disciplinary action for violation of any provision of the seattle community policies parents and guardians are responsible for supervising their children while in the facility likewise producers are responsible for the actions of their talent and guests the following acts are  prohibited false information intentionally providing false information to seattle community media for the purpose of obtaining membership services access to channel time or to avoid determination of facts in accordance with any seattle community media investigation or hearing be misrepresentation individuals and organizations may not identify themselves as being an employee or agent of seattle community media or the funding jurisdiction  destroying or damaging property intentionally and or recklessly or carelessly destroying or damaging seattle community property or the property of others on sale community media premises or at seattle community media sponsored events or activities drugs or alcoholic beverages use possession or distribution of any controlled substance illegal drug or alcoholic beverage community media and with c l community colleges premises or at c l community media sponsored events or appearances at any seattle community media sponsored event well intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance is prohibited and will be considered violation weapons firearms explosives and dangerous chemicals use or possession of any weapon explosive dangerous chemicals substances or instruments or other weapons as defined by state law which may be used to inflict bodily harm on another individual or damage upon seattle community media premises or seattle community sponsored events is prohibited except when being displayed or demonstrated in conjunction with a bonafide production for which prior permission has been granted by the seattle community media general manager of unlawful harassment threats or physical harm systematic and or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group including threats and demands the purposes may vary including racial prejudice personal malice and attempt to force someone to do something against their will play illegal pressure or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious threatening intimidating or harassing another with intent to substantially harm that person with respect to his or her safety or mental health this includes causing physical harm to any person or property on seattle community media or north seattle community college's premises or any c l community media sponsored activity or causing reasonable apprehension of such harm to another person g disrupting c l community media functions intentionally and or recklessly interfering with the normal seattle community media operations or with seattle community media sponsored activities age smoking all facilities must remain smoke free and free of residual smoke smoking of any substances is prohibited inside the seattle community media facilities all north seattle community college rules pertaining to smoking must be followed smoking is prohibited within twenty five feet of any doors or windows building doors may not be propped open for re entry i surfed or conversion deprivation of another person's property including c l community media property or services without that individual's or seattle community media's authorization jay use of seattle community media name or logo unauthorized use of the seattle community media logo name ind motto or symbols for any purpose without prior consent by seattle community media staff logos or labels indicating seattle community media or city of seattle ownership of production gear me not because or hidden  inappropriate behavior engaging in lewd indecent erotic or obscene behavior on the seattle community media premises or at seattle community sponsored activities  engaging in any unlawful act while on c l community media premises or while protests appearing in a seattle community media sponsored event or activity trust passing another as entry into restricted areas  recording video audio on premises recording video within the seattle community media facility is not allowed with the exception of studio productions and when permission has been granted by the general manager but elevation of any of these rules may lead to suspension of privileges six point three disciplinary actions in gauging in any of the acts prohibited in section six point the terminations or length of any suspension based on circumstances surrounding the severity of the incidents that resulted in the suspension services may also be suspended or prohibited to individuals for criminal activities off site that may pose a interpretation can be resolved by a good faith effort to reasonably discuss the problem to arrive at an acceptable solution for everyone involved when an incident occurs the member will be notified that they have violated policy staff members are empowered to act immediately when violation occurs the general manager will then review the incident and will then make a determination regarding disciplinary action the member will then be notified about the disciplinary action a member may file a written grievance with the general manager if they do not agree with the disciplinary action the general manager will review the grievance and attempt to mediate a solution if a member still does not agree with the decision they may contact the city of seattle's do it liability seal community media is not liable for any mistakes omissions or interruptions in the cable cast and or other means or distribution of programs c l a community media is also not liable for any program material submitted and is damaged lost or stolen while in its custody lack of planning are members part does not constitute an emergency and seattle community media