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Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA in support of Betty Krawczyk To Appeal Criminal Contempt Conviction

June 2, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

Three years (+ 1 day) after the fall of Eagleridge Bluffs, Betty Krawczyk is scheduled to appeal Justice Brown’s criminal contempt decision that resulted in a10-month jail sentence.

BC Court of Appeal
400-800 Hornby St. Vancouver, BC

Betty will be self-represented, basing her appeal on judicial bias as well as the manner in which the Judge invited the crown to seek a criminal contempt conviction on behalf of the court.

*Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA was the only man out of a group of 12 while the rest were all women.

To read more about Betty K. http://tinyurl.com/koo9r4

Categories: Aboriginal, AHA Media, April Smith, B.C., Citizen Journalism, Downtown, Hendrik Beune, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Event, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, Native, New Media, Politics, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Police

AHA MEDIA with Rob Jones, Vancouver Music Writer at Mojave CD Release Party at Cafe Deux Soleils in Vancouver

June 2, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

April Smith of AHA MEDIA was honored and pleased to be a mobile new media photographer, videographer, and live twitter caster for Rob Jones ( @Clippernolan) a Vancouver Music Writer at Mojave CD Release Party at Cafe Deux Soleils on Commercial Drive in Vancouver on May 30, 2009

Below is a photo of Paul Jarvis of Mojave http://www.myspace.com/mojave and Rob Jones http://www.clippernolan.wordpress.com

” Anomalous Disturbances” was also featured during the evening perfomance.

For a full review of Mojave CD Release Party, please read Rob Jones’ article at http://kl.am/tBv 🙂

To see 36 Mojave photos, please see our Flickr http://tinyurl.com/mot64n

To see 6 Mojave Videos, please see http://tinyurl.com/c3clyd

It was a memorable Mojave evening! 🙂

AHA MEDIA is proud to be the Media Sponsor for the Vancouver Bloggers MeetUp at St. Regis Bar and Grill in Vancouver May 28, 2009

June 1, 2009 ahamedia 3 comments

AHA NEDIA was pleased to be the Media Sponsor of the Vancouver Bloggers MeetUp at the St. Regis Bar and Grill in Vancouver May 28, 2009.

The Regis Room located downstairs at the St. Regis Grill is a very spacious, welcoming room. Food highlights of the evening included the huge plates of Nachos in which many bloggers took multiple photos to remember.

Chef Gerry Kleinhout and his friendly kitchen staff went beyond their normal duties to help secure a power cord for our tech tools to charge which was very much appreciated 🙂

Raul Pacheco with fellow speakers Lorraine Murphy, Colleen Coplick and Shane Gibson on a social media etiquette panel to help educate Vancouver Bloggers

AGENDA

6:00-6:15 pm – Welcoming remarks (Raul)
6:15-7:00 pm – Shane, Lorraine and Raul opening commentary
7:00-7:45 pm – Discussion and moderation (Colleen and panel)
7:45-8:15 pm – Open discussion

Raul Pacheco http://www.hummingbird604.com

Shane Gibson http://www.closingbigger.net/

Lorraine Murphy http://www.raincoaster.com

Colleen Coplick http://www.missmanifesto.com/missmanifesto

ABSTRACT

Rules, Norms and Web 2.0: Etiquette in an Era of Evolutionary Social [Dis]Organization

Etiquette is frequently seen as a constraining set of behavioral rules, delineating what behaviors are appropriate within a certain social arena and which are not. But in a context of online multiverses, each with its own culture and demographic, what is truly the “right” thing, and how can we know it? Culture clashes and rapid evolution of social norms are ubiquitous in social media: why? What is appropriate etiquette? Is it portable across platforms? What are the ‘right’ kind of rules and norms in an unruly arena such as the online social media world? The participants in this panel will engage in a conversation about what constitutes etiquette, whether or not it relates to a moral imperative, whether it emerges as self-appointed leaders create specific sets of norms and discuss the evolution of etiquette in emergent social media. The implications for codes of behavior and etiquette in Web 2.0 are also discussed.

Many thanks to Chef Gerry Kleinhout’s own personal warm hospitality and attentive staff at the St Regis Bar and Grill helped to make a stress free and successful Vancouve Bloggers MeetUp.

Below is a photo of Chef Gerry Kleinhout graciously giving April Smith cheesecake after filming an informative evening of social media etiquette. The lucky folks who were able to sample the cheesecake remarked that it was very delicious!

To see 41 photos, please see our Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157618966470046/

To see 10 videos of the Social Media Etiquette Panel, please see our Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/AHAFilm

AHA MEDIA at the scene of a “suicide” Jumper on top of new Lux Hotel on East Hastings between Columbia and Carrall St in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

June 1, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

There was high drama on the 100 block of E. Hastings St Sunday evening shortly before 8pm when a male perched himself atop the New Lux residence and threatened to jump.

A crowd had quickly gathered with several shouting at the individual to go ahead and jump.

Police responded promptly to string up yellow police line tape blocking off the whole block and moving the growing crowd of onlookers back far enough so as not to excite the individual. The man appeard to be agitated and would lean over the edge of the building every so often.

There was a tense moment as the police escorted an elderly Native gentleman who had found himself behind the police line. As he was being escorted he lost a shoe and one officer kicked it along on the ground which angered several in the crowd as they demanded that “an elder should be treated with more respect”.

Harsha Walia, a activist at the DEWC told the officer that this was not how an elder should be treated.

It was also noted by other DTES activists that there had been evictions at the New Lux and that this may be the reason for the actions of the man on the roof.

The New Lux is one of the new social housing buildings run by RainCity Housing and BC Housing that caters to the hard to house citizens of Vancouver and more specifically the Downtown Eastside (DTES).

At the time of this item going online (9:30pm) the man was still talking to police negotiaters and playing up to the large crowd of approximately 300 area residents.

How the man got onto the roof, why he took this action and what were the circumstances that led to this unfortunate incident are questions that will need to be answered in the following days.