As for decently priced. See above, twice the price priced to CBC requirements.

Unfortunately a lot of mission-critical applications only run on Windows so justifying the additional expense for a Mac just seems like buying a Thoroughbred just to cripple it.

This is a comment on a potential cost-savings, not an O/S comment . We don’t NEED them.

I expect that some of the technical experts on the payroll will likely be able to school me on weaknesses in my argument while still supporting the spirit of it…

Cost for “cool” Mac Powerbook, also running all applications needed for work $3197.74.

Will we now be buying Hummers for mobile division? They are kinda “cool” too.

Stop moving people around. Moving desks and edit suites is fun, but a it’s also a huge waste of money.

We should cancel the high-budget shows that nobody watches.

We should stop wasting money on advertising the high-budget shows that nobody watches.

If we’re going to keep the money-pit programs in the prime time schedule, we should stop moving them around. People need to have time to develop a relationship with their TV programs.

We stop dropping four colour, card stock flyers on every employees desk.

We should produce more in-house productions so that we own the copyright and can profit of repurposing. Despite what the flyers say, it’s hard to believe we’re a “content company” these days. Most of our shows are made by outside production companies. (With the obvious exception of news, for now.) In the short-term this saves a little money, but we lose in the long-run.

We should stop paying large sums of money for show ideas from other international broadcasters. This building is full of creative people (for now), surely we can come up with some of our own.

Buy only tested and proven software so that we don’t spend a fortune tweeking and tweeking it until we decide it doesn’t work. Again, this costs in the short-term, but saves in the long-run.

Turn the heat down and lower the air conditioning. Turn the lights out at night.

CBC Execs should not have their own PR people.

Since it’s now aiming at the same audience that many commercial stations aim at, it should be run commercially.

We have better trainers in house, if we were allowed
to use them.

There are also people (managers) who “commute” to Toronto at the CBC’s expense. If you want the job then move.

“I have been in remote markets where people are paid OT just to do a story for the nat that is already being done by local staff, or national staff including producers travel in to do a story that is already being covered locally.

I understand the quailty issue but I see it as a waste.”

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I’m one of those journalists in remote markets. If I want the world to be aware of something going on in my community – which happens from time to time, the North can be a very interesting place – it’s not a matter of just sending a story over to National. You do a totally different piece. And National editors are very specific about what they want (and rightly so). So you end up with over worked journalists who DON’T get paid over time (National doesn’t realize, local can’t afford it) resenting their employer.

I have been in remote markets where people are paid OT just to do a story for the nat that is already being done by local staff, or national staff including producers travel in to do a story that is already being covered locally.

I understand the quailty issue but I see it as a waste.

Also, why do we have an assignment desk and a crew desk? Every other station I lnow of has one assignment desk. Now in Toronto they have the crew desk, then local crew desk (to manage 4 or 5 shooters) and an assignment desk. They don’t even communicate well with each other.

Cuts are coming and don’t be suprised if we get locked out agian.
Careful has the mandarins try to spin this bad news is down the road.