Residents of Leominster, as well as organizations and institutions affiliated with the city and those affiliated with such organizations are welcomed and encouraged to use these resources. In order to gain access to production resources and training a person must become a member by:
We are proud to offer the Leominster community a variety of topics to teach you about television. Whether you want to create your own television program, help somebody with theirs, or just learn how television is produced, we can show you how it's done!
Training is FREE with your annual membership!
If you're new to Leominster.TV, then we require you to take the Basic Production Workshop before you may take out equipment, then you may take any or all of the other training at your own pace! Leominster.TV’s training program is now geared toward helping people develop specific projects. When a member asks for training, we ask what they want to do. We then arrange for training on a one-to-one basis if possible, in those specific areas that are currently most important to their project development. We want them to be developing a project or training to help another producer with a production.
We believe that people will be more successful if they receive training that is relevant to something they are committed to doing. To that end, we won’t schedule folks into a training session unless it is something they really need to complete a project they’ve started or to train as a crew member for another producer. In other words, we won’t register you for that edit training if what you really need is training in the studio.
For more information, please call Robert at (978) 537-7760 ext. 6 or email training@leominster.tv
Leominster.TV maintains a collection of professional and semi-professional equipment that is available to be checked out by qualified members. Members must obey the following rules:
Now that you have the equipment, you must use it responsibly! Members must obey the following rules:
If you live, work, own property, or go to school in Leominster, you are automatically eligible to become a member of Leominster.TV!
If you belong to a club or group that serves Leominster or you have experience in Television production, you may apply for limited membership.
There are multiple types of membership. A general Production Membership fee is $30 per year for Leominster residents. For senior citizens, veterans, and students 18 years of age and older, the membership fee is $15 per year. For non-profit organizations, religious groups, and churches, the fee is $150 per year. For individuals with no affiliation with Leominster, but wishing to become a member of Leominster.TV for broadcast purposes, the membership fee is $50 per year. Membership lasts through the end of the calendar year and renewal is due by the 1st of the year.
To become a member you must fill out a membership application form available at the Leominster.TV office. If you are under 18, you must also have a parent or guardian sign a "Parental Disclosure and Responsibility Agreement."
We offer training in cameras, tripods, microphones, lighting, audio, graphics, editing, studio and more. You must register for training, which, for now is scheduled on an "as needed" basis. This training may be one-on-one or you may be grouped with other members for a training session.
Yes, all members must complete a basic training workshop to be able to borrow equipment. Some equipment may require more than one workshop for you to be able to borrow it, while other equipment (such as consumer HD cameras and most microphones) may be borrowed after completing just the basic training.
If you have formal training from another access center or school you may arrange for a meeting with a staff member where you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge. That staff member may excuse you from certain training.
No, Leominster.TV is an independent non-profit organization overseen by a volunteer board of directors.