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The Annual Meeting of the Billerica Access Television, Inc. Membership will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2012. The BATV membership will have an opportunity to cast its votes and elect individuals to serve on the board of directors. If you or someone you know has the desire to fill one of the three-year positions, please take notice.

As a board member, you and fourteen other members shall have general power to control and manage the affairs and property of the corporation, and shall have full power, by majority vote, to adopt rules and regulations governing the action of the Board of Directors and shall have full authority with respect to the distribution and payment of monies received by the Corporation from time to time . . .

Join us at BATV on Tuesday, January 31st for BATV Movie Night
Showing: Endless Summer
Curated by Alex Shure

In light of the cold, gray, depressing New England winter, we have decided to play a film that will warm up the soul this January. Bruce Brown’s documentary, The Endless Summer follows a group of young surfers as they chase the season of summer around the globe. Shot in 1966, not only are the surfers featured in the picture, world-class athletes; they are also riding in places that have never been surfed before. This film has lots to offer to those who aren’t necessarily interested in surfing however. Though surfing is their particular medium, this film is about the pursuit of pure freedom, adventure and happiness. We guarantee your enjoyment of the film or your money back. *

*Movie Night is free to all BATV Members

BATV MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE

A proposal to amend three of BATV’s By-Laws has been submitted to BATV’s Secretary. A hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 6 pm at BATV at which time, the BATV Board of Directors shall vote on the proposed amendments.

Proposed Amendment #1
Current By-Law:
ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP, Section 2. VOTING RIGHTS

At every regular or special meeting of the members, each member authorized to vote shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to vote of the members.

Proposed By-Law:
ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP, Section 2. VOTING RIGHTS

At every regular or special meeting of the members, each member age eighteen (18) and above authorized to vote shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to vote of the members.


Proposed Amendment #2
Current By-Law:
ARTICLE IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Section 2. NUMBER AND ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE

BATV Holiday Greeting 2011 from batvyouthvideos on Vimeo.

Come Celebrate the Holidays!

BATV Holiday Party
Thursday, December 22nd
5:30 pm
BATV Studio
430 Boston Road
Billerica Center
978-663-2284

Join the festivities
Lots of food, friends & family, and a collection of holiday short films running in the studio.

The BATV 5th - 6th grade Video Club will no longer meet on Thursdays at 4pm. The following day and time has been scheduled for our club to meet:

Wednesdays 5:00-6:30pm

This change will be in effect starting November 30th. We will continue to meet on Thursdays at 4pm until Thanksgiving break.

The Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region recently awarded the short, “Senior Speed Dating” first place for the Professional Comedy and Drama category. The video was produced by BATV’s very own Nancy Albertson and aired on the public channel earlier this year.

Starring members of Boston’s “Naughty Nanas” and “New Tricks” improv troupes; this video is a funny take on the formalized matchmaking process known as “speed dating”. As part of a local Council on Aging event, eight single senior citizens looking for love are rotated to meet each other over a series of short dates. The content was mostly improvised by the cast with some acting direction by Nancy herself.

The award will be presented at Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region's Fall Video Festival on November 12th in Springfield, MA. Watch the video online through the BATV Video On Demand feature. Just click Here and search “Senior Speed Dating”.

Alex Shure and Paul Abrego will curate a scary Halloween double-feature movie night on Thursday October 27th at 5:30pm. The night will provide an ode to classic Horror of the past in 1931’s Frankenstein as well as a truly scary modern classic, 1982’s Poltergeist. Paul and Alex will also be including some of their horror/comedy skits and one of the first films ever made: Thomas Edison studios version of Frankenstein from, believe it or not, 1910!

The schedule: Frankenstein @ 5:45; Poltergeist @ 7:15 (Parental discretion advised). So come on down to BATV for a spooky double feature and celebrate Halloween.

Please join us at Billerica Access Television on
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 7 pm as we premiere

The Mean World Syndrome,
The Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear

A new film based on the late George Gerbner's groundbreaking analysis of media influence and media violence.
Featuring George Gerbner and Michael Morgan