Michael worked for years as a community media advocate and producer with many NYC organizations including Paper Tiger TV, Deep Dish TV, Manhattan Neighborhood Network and the Independent Media Centers (IMC). He coordinated the satellite programming for the IMC in Seattle during the WTO and for later mass protests in Washington DC and Mexico. Prior to that, he taught for 8 years as an assistant professor at Rutgers University teaching media and design.
Michael also co-founded Media Jumpstart in 2000, a non-profit organization providing web, database and technical assistance to the NYC progressive non-profit community. Michael later helped launch and directed the daily news program Grit TV with Laura Flanders in 2008. Michael is currently the executive director of the Community Media Center of Marin which has been in operation since 2009.
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To create a reservation, go to Create Content >> Reservation. Once there, enter your date/time range, and select items to reserve. You can check if there are any conflicts with other reservations using the "Check Availability" button. Users can print the contract text using the "Printable contract" link.
As the administration user, you can edit any reservation and assign an individual camcorder, etc. to it. You can also change the MERCI status -- Confirmed, Pending, Checked out, etc. You can also add new equipment by going to the Create Content page. To modify the hourly rate and a few other settings, you need to go to http://cmcm-dev.civicactions.net/admin/content/types and click the "Edit" link for the item in question. On the form that appears, you should see a collapsed section toward the bottom called "MERCI." Clicking on this will expand it to display the MERCI settings. Finally there are some additional configuration options, such as opening hours and the contract text, at http://cmcm-dev.civicactions.net/admin/settings/merci
