Dear Members,
SEAPAVAA is an organisation that exists to serve the needs of the audiovisual archiving community in our region. This community is our members, people who work to safeguard the audiovisual record of our region.
SEAPAVAA is structured on the Executive Council who help guide the path SEAPAVAA follows and the General Assembly, the members, who debate and ratify all the decisions that affect SEAPAVAA. SEAPAVAA is about people, the members, who believe that our mission, the development and sustainability of audiovisual archives, really matters.
2017 is an election year for SEAPAVAA’s Executive Council and all the positions will be up for nomination. I urge you to consider nominating for a position on the Executive Council where you feel you can use your experience and voice to help make a difference.
The Executive Council consists of nine Councillors, the President, Immediate Past President, Secretary-General and Treasurer and five Councillors. All the positions except Immediate Past President are open to nomination.
The office of the Councillor is honorary, and it is you as an individual, rather than as a representative of a particular institutional member or country, that works with the other Councillors to help guide SEAPAVAA. While the workload is not excessive it does require commitment and the ability to attend in person the two Executive Council meetings held each year.
Full information on the roles and responsibilities of the Executive Council is in our Constitution as are the requirements for nominations.
I have enjoyed working as President for the past 3 years and hopefully helped SEAPAVAA along the way, but now it is time for me to let new voices be heard and lead SEAPAVAA to an even greater future.
– Mick Newnham
President (2014 – 2016)