FIAT/IFTA World Conference
New-York, 16th-20th September 2005
"Opening up our archives"
Proposed Statutes changes : membership categories
The FIAT/IFTA Executive Council wishes more clearly to define the
categories of membership and, especially, to ensure that all current
and future members are in the correct category, ending the anomaly
whereby potential members can choose cheaper forms of membership than
are appropriate for their status. The EC thus proposes to replace
Article 4 of the Statutes with the following wording, for discussion
in the Extraordinary General Assembly called for 17th September
2005:
Statutes, Article 4
The Association is made up of Full, Associated, Individual and
Research, Supporting and Honorary Members
Full Members must be Archive Services of broadcasting
organisations including television services, or of television
production companies maintaining archives of their own programmes, or
of organisations authorised by broadcasting organisations or national
governments to maintain archives of television programmes for
cultural or other reasons. An organisation meeting these
requirements can only be a Full Member of the Association.
An organisation being a Full Member receives one membership but
may be represented by different individuals belonging to that
organisation. Any individual elected to any office in the
Association under the terms of Article 9 is so elected personally and
cannot pass such office to any other individual.
Associated Members will be organisations with a
professional or academic interest in the objectives and purposes of
the Association as set out in Article 2. They will have the right of
access to the regular communications issued by the Association and
the right to participate in meetings as members. An organisation
being an Associated Member receives one membership but may be
represented by different individuals belonging to that
organisation.
Supporting Members will be organisations with a commercial
or industrial interest in the objectives and purposes of the
Association as set out in Article 2. They will have the right of
access to the regular communications issued by the Association and
the right to participate in meetings as members. An organisation
being a Supporting Member receives one membership but may be
represented by different individuals belonging to that
organisation.
Individual and Research Members will be individuals with a
professional or academic interest in the objectives and purposes of
the Association as set out in Article 2. They will have the right of
access to the regular communications issued by the Association and
the right to participate in meetings as members. An individual and
research membership is personal only to the individual being the
member. An individual who is an employee of a company or
organisation eligible for Full, Associated or Supporting Membership
cannot be an Individual or Research member.
In any case, applicants for membership must prove to the Executive
Council that their organisation is operating in full compliance with
the laws of their country of residence.
Honorary Members will be appointed by the Executive Council
at its discretion. They will be individuals who have given exemplary
service or benefit to the Association over a number of years but are
not currently officers of the Association. An Honorary Member will
receive the same rights as an Individual or Research Member, but will
pay no membership fees.
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