Update to Constitutions
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Both the APRA and AMCOS Boards proposed a number of constitutional amendments at the November 2008 AGM that were carried by the meeting. The amendments dealt largely with providing procedural efficiencies, including a streamlined process for voting for directors at an AGM.
Voting will now take place before the APRA and AMCOS AGMs, with voting conducted electronically except where expressly requested by a member. There will be no voting at the actual AGM. The results of the election for directors will be verified by APRA and AMCOS' auditors prior to the meetings, and will be announced at the meeting. The new process will provide increased transparency in relation to the results of elections. These changes will also continue our efforts to reduce costs and environmental impact by minimising paper use and postage.
In addition to procedural improvements, the APRA Board proposed amendments that were adopted at the AGM relating to members’ rights to opt out and license back their rights otherwise assigned to APRA. The changes simplify the opt out categories and enable members to license their own works for online distribution for non-commercial purposes. Details relating to how you can license back your own works for non-commercial online distribution will be available in the next few weeks and publicised through the APRA|AMCOS website.
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