I hosted a party March 16 for people interested in voter-funded media at UBC, SFU, BCIT, Langara College etc. We can learn from implementing VFM in different ways at different student unions. Media groups can build their brand reputations by linking across schools in various ways: publicizing and reviewing each other’s quality, guest posting, and eventually creating groups that serve multiple democratic communities. The next step for VFM may be municipal politics, which broader coalitions of students and graduates could tackle.
Meanwhile we can eat, drink, chat and relax! Thanks to SFU Instant Blog’s Patrick Lee for this video and review of the party...
… and to UBC Insiders’ Gerald Deo for these photos. Here’s a list of media folks who attended, with links to their blogs & photos:
| School/Org | Blog/Site | Name/PhotoLink | Notes |
| BCIT | BCIT PCMA | Joseph Landicho | In centre of photo |
| BCIT | BCIT PCMA | Kris De Luna | On left of photo |
| CBC | Diana Filer | TV & radio programming; now retired | |
| Langara | LSU | Arran Walshe | |
| Langara | LSU | Chris Vincent | |
| Langara | VG's LSU Blog | Vincent Gornall | |
| SFU | Instant Blog | Patrick Lee | In centre of photo |
| SFU | SFU Politics | Xenia Menzies | |
| SFU | SFU VFM | Brad Coleman | |
| UBC | AMS | Matthew Naylor | 2 years on VFM planning committee |
| UBC | AMS | Stephanie Ryan | 2 years on VFM planning committee |
| UBC | Devil's Advocate | Aaron Palm | |
| UBC | Devil's Advocate | Eoin O'Dwyer | "Eoin" pronounced like "Owen" |
| UBC | Devil's Advocate | Stephen McCarthy | |
| UBC | Election Erection | Kate Webb | Now a reporter at The Province |
| UBC | UBC Insiders | Gerald Deo | Took photos of this event |
| UBC | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman |
Let me know if you’d like to attend the next VFM event, whenever that may be…
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