SCMA | Southern Community Media Association

The date for the Annual General Meeting has been set and the location and training opportunity have all been put into place.

The Annual General Meeting of Southern Community Media Association will be held on the 17th of June 2012.

The meeting will be held at the Kilmore Racing the home of 3 OKR FM. The meeting time will be 10-30am for a 11-00 am start.
The meeting will commence promptly at 11-00am.

Also on the agenda for this meeting will be a constitutional change to the SCMA’s constitution in regard to election of Board members and office bearers if you have not yet received that notification please contact the CEO as soon as possible to ensure that the motion and supporting information is sent to all members.

There will also be a training session provided after the AGM. The training will be on Governance as it was identified as one of the hot topics at this year’s conference. This training session will take in station governance as well as board governance and will be an informing and enlightening session.
We have once again secured the services of David Wilson to present this workshop and as always David has some exciting ideas on making the workshop enjoyable and informative.

We will also be presenting David with his “Ray Hazen” award that we were unable to present at this years conference.

The board of management took a lot into consideration in regard to the venue for this years AGM and decided on Kilmore for a number of reasons. It is as central as possible to the stations that have attended the last two AGM’s, it is a location that has not been used previously by the SCMA and of course the generous offer of the location by the Mark and the crew at OKR FM.

The AGM has been removed from the conference in order to provide more time at the conference for training purposes. At this stage it looks as if it is a win, win as the AGM being a separate meeting also provides the association with an additional training opportunity for the membership.

After the training session if there is time we will hold a quick think tank session for stations to put forward ideas and suggestion for the SCMA to look into for stations and future training opportunities for members stations.

We look forward to seeing as many stations represented at the AGM and catching up with as many people as possible.

Please put it in your diary and make every effort to attend the AGM. Kilmore Turf Club. Sunday June 17th 10-30am for a 11-00am Start.

Online now is the final version of the 2010 Conference Schedule.

Please download the 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference Schedule

Download: [... 2010 Final Conference Schedule... PDF FORMAT]

The 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is a great opportunity for your station to learn, network and enjoy the social side of community broadcasting in an open and friendly atmosphere.

Take a few minutes to have a look at the conference schedule and information, we’ll see you in Wangaratta Victoria on March 12^th to 14^th 2010.

10 Workshops – 8 Plenary Sessions – 3 Days – 1 BBQ – 1 Dinner…. Make sure you don’t miss it…. in Wangaratta!

SCMA Press Release – Date: 19-01-2010

National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference schedule released on the Web

Following on from the relaunch of the Southern Community Media Associations new website yesterday the Association has released the schedule of events for the 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference.

Some of the featured speakers at this years event will be the ACMA speaking about the code of conduct and sponsorship guidelines, David Wilson will return to speak about succession planning and marketing your station, Michael Mcfeeters will conduct a session on Technical made simple, the CBF have two workshops plus many more speakers on many topics will be at the conference. There will be all the usual features of the conference such as drinks with the trade, the welcome BBQ and the Conference dinner and X Awards.

All of this and a whole lot more and all included in the affordable conference registration fee. There are no extras and no hidden costs for delegates.

The 2010 National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference is a great opportunity for your station to learn, network and enjoy the social side of community broadcasting in an open and friendly atmosphere.

Take a few minutes to have a look at the conference schedule and information and then make your booking to be in Wangaratta Victoria on March 12^th to 14^th 2010.

We will make you welcome!

See you in Wangaratta

Greetings Members of the Southern Community Media Association,

This is preliminary official notice of the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Southern Community Media Association. The Southern Community Media Association’s Annual General Meeting will be conducted in accordance with the association’s constitutional requirements on Saturday March 13^th 2010.

The meeting will be conducted as part of the Annual National Regional Rural and Sub Metro Broadcasters Conference 2010 in Wangaratta.

The exact location and time along with the meeting agenda will be sent out to all stations closer to the day of the meeting.

All stations that receive this notice will be posted a membership invoice, membership application and a nomination form in the near future to give you the opportunity to become financial members of the Southern Community Media Association and have voting rights at the AGM.

This is a formal notification that nominations are now open for the following positions on the Board of Management of Southern Community Media Association.

Nominations are called for the Position of President.

This is a twelve month term of office.

4 Directors of the Association for a term of 2 years

Nominations must be on the prescribed nominations form and must be moved and seconded by a financial member station as well as signed by the person being nominated.

All Completed Nominations forms must be in the possession of the appointed returning officer of the Association (Mr. Ray Hazen) by no later than 10 pm on Friday January 29^th 2010.

Nominations will only be accepted if they comply with the nomination procedures of the Southern Community Media Association as set out in the association’s constitution section 15

Attached to this notice is the prescribed nomination form.

You are also reminded that you must be a member of a current financial member station or a current financial individual member to nominate. You can check on your membership status by contacting the returning officer via our contact form here or calling 0409 533 891

Member stations can vote at the meeting or by postal voting there is one vote per Member station please note that while individual members are eligible to stand for positions they do not have voting rights.

Postal votes must be applied for in writing (Email) to the returning officer of the association via info [at] scma1.com before 10pm Friday February 19^th 2010. Postal votes must be received by last mail Friday March 5^th 2010.

Late Nominations or late applications for postal votes will not be accepted or processed.

Kindest Regards

Ray Hazen

CEO & Returning Officer
Southern Community Media Association

Link Attached: SCMA Nomination Form 2010