Hi everyone,

 

please see below a posting from Frank Scantori.

 

although a member the site won't allow Frank to post things. His email is fscantori@....

 

If anyone knows how to correct Franks problem can you let hin know.

 

anyway Franks posting is below.

 

ps Thanks Frank from Martin and Ahmed.

 

Hello Martin

 

I enjoyed the Short Film Budgeting workshop hosted by Rebecca Knapp last Thursday. It was very informative and was a great help to everyone who attended. Great turn out by the way.

Nice to see there were people outside of Waltham Forest present as well getting the benefits of a free workshop.

 

I think this point should also be made to CIDA, LONDON EASTand all the other organisation who state they are for the benefit of East London residents and should allow Waltham Forest residents the benefits of their free workshops. Come on you lot. Waltham Forest welcome non-wWaltham Forest talent so why shouldn't you widen your arms a little bit more and allow one of the TRUE East London boroughs as well as a borough who houses a great many filmmakers and Arts based individuals and organisation in the Greater London area, the benefits which should rightfully be open to them. Remember our post codes are E4, E10, E11, E17. Does the E stand for East or Exclusion.  All I can do is moan about it and try to highlight the regional discrimination but you guys who provide the services can speak up and say, Waltham Forest should be included'. 

This is my pet peev about the unfairness of inclusion for this part of London. I know it's also classed as being part of North London but forgive me if I'm wrong but London EAST allow an N1 postcoded area to be eligeble for their support as well as an Essex Post Code.Surely the body who allocated what is and isn't East London should be informed that N and IG doesn't mean East.

 

Waltham Forest is part of the 2012 Olympics and therefore part of East London. I can't be given an indentity with one body and not with all the others.

 

I'm only saying this now, I've been voicing my disatisfaction in the treatment of the Artistes and Ffilmmakers here for a while but only as a post script whenever I talk to people. This borough has a lot to offer and is being ignored and just being thrown crumbs compared to other regions and I'm getting frutrated and fed up with the overtly obvious exclusion of Waltham Forest. We deserve much, so much more than the pittance we currently get. People here try to be heard PROPERLY but I keep noticing a pass the buck attitude whenever it's mentioned. And it's always to someone who is always impossible to contact.

 

Well I'm stepping off my soapbox for now but will not shut up about it though.

 

Once again. Thanks to the organisers of the three Workshops. We should have more and a BIG THANKS to Martin O'Connor and Hamed Hussein for their hard and continued work in this borough.

 

Cheers

 

Frank