{"id":444,"date":"2024-08-01T04:37:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=444"},"modified":"2024-08-01T04:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T04:37:44","slug":"nominations-for-2024-apra-amcos-board-elections-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/nominations-for-2024-apra-amcos-board-elections-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations for 2024 APRA & AMCOS Board elections now open"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 APRA and AMCOS Annual General Meetings (AGMs) will be held on\u202fTuesday 19 November. Voting for the election of directors to the APRA Board and AMCOS Board is conducted before the AGMs.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the APRA and AMCOS Constitutions, nominations for director positions on the APRA Board and AMCOS Board must be received by the Company Secretary by close of business on\u202fFriday 20 September.<\/p>\n

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APRA Writers in Australia and New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an APRA writer in Australia or New Zealand, you could be eligible to nominate for a position on the APRA Board.<\/p>\n

This year there are vacancies on the APRA Board for\u202ftwo\u00a0<\/strong>writer directors to be elected by the\u00a0Australian<\/strong>\u00a0writer membership. This year there are no New Zealand writer directors up for re-election.<\/p>\n

Australian Writer Directors Amanda Brown and Burkhard Dallwitz have both been in office for three successive annual terms since their last election and must retire, but are eligible to offer themselves for re-election if they so choose.<\/p>\n

APRA Publishers<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an APRA publisher, you could be eligible to nominate for a position on the APRA Board.<\/p>\n

This year there are vacancies on the APRA Board for\u202fthree\u202fpublisher directors to be elected by the APRA publisher membership. Publisher Directors Linda Bosidis (Mushroom Music Publishing) and Simon Moor (Kobalt Music Group APAC) have both been in office for three successive annual terms since their last election and must retire.<\/p>\n

In addition, because he is currently filling a Publisher Director casual vacancy on the APRA Board, the Constitution requires that Heath Johns (BMG Australia) must also retire from the Board this year.<\/p>\n

Linda Bosidis, Heath Johns and Simon Moor are all eligible to offer themselves for re-election if they so choose.<\/p>\n

AMCOS Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an AMCOS member you could be eligible to nominate for a position on the AMCOS Board.<\/p>\n

This year there are vacancies on the AMCOS Board for\u202ffive\u00a0<\/strong>directors to be elected by the AMCOS membership. Directors Linda Bosidis (Mushroom Music Publishing), Jane English (Wise Music Pty Ltd Australia, Aotearoa and Asia Pacific), Jaime Gough (Concord Music Publishing ANZ), and Peter Hebbes AM (Hebbes Music Group Pty Ltd) have been in office for three successive annual terms since their last election and must retire.<\/p>\n

In addition, because he is currently filling a casual vacancy on the AMCOS Board, the Constitution requires that Craig Monagle (Warner Chappell Music Australia) must also retire from the Board this year.<\/p>\n

Linda Bosidis, Jane English, Jaime Gough, Peter Hebbes and Craig Monagle are all eligible to offer themselves for re-election if they so choose.<\/p>\n

The role of APRA and AMCOS board members<\/strong><\/p>\n