Remaining Progressive and Visionary – July 2022
Dear Colleagues,
The 2022 ACETA convention produced many progressive and visionary ideas. In distilling and prioritising common themes, we present the first initiative, which is more an association membership restructure to ensure the needs of all sectors are met in a constantly changing landscape, and to further strengthen your peak body organisationally.
Like most industry associations, ACETA offers general and associate membership to qualifying organizations. Currently manufacturers and manufacturers’ representatives qualify as member whilst service and support providers qualify as associate member. Sponsored by attending associate members at the convention, a membership qualification change was proposed that achieved popular consensus.
In reference to the following table; industry categories 1-8 currently qualify for membership and categories 9-16 qualify for associate membership. Moving forward, and reflected in the table, we propose categories 9-12 no longer qualify for associate membership but qualify for general membership, whilst categories 13-16 remain as qualifying for associate membership, and the rationale:
The needs of current category 9-12 associate members, whilst not identical are nonetheless similar in magnitude to that of current members and require association parity. Therefore, the sector needs appropriate association resourcing and influence including the board of management and executive positions available to general members. In this regard ACETA would benefit by the expanded talent pool able to nominate for board of management, executive and office bearer positions.
PROPOSED NEW ACETA MEMBER QUALIFICATION TABLE
GENERAL MEMBER
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
We intend to ratify this membership qualification change at the next board of management meeting to be held on the 23rd August 2022. If you have any comment on the subject, your input will be gratefully received by association manager Julie at julie@aceta.org.au prior to this date.
All the best
Frank Hinton
President
ACETA
The 2022 ACETA convention produced many progressive and visionary ideas. In distilling and prioritising common themes, we present the first initiative, which is more an association membership restructure to ensure the needs of all sectors are met in a constantly changing landscape, and to further strengthen your peak body organisationally.
Like most industry associations, ACETA offers general and associate membership to qualifying organizations. Currently manufacturers and manufacturers’ representatives qualify as member whilst service and support providers qualify as associate member. Sponsored by attending associate members at the convention, a membership qualification change was proposed that achieved popular consensus.
In reference to the following table; industry categories 1-8 currently qualify for membership and categories 9-16 qualify for associate membership. Moving forward, and reflected in the table, we propose categories 9-12 no longer qualify for associate membership but qualify for general membership, whilst categories 13-16 remain as qualifying for associate membership, and the rationale:
The needs of current category 9-12 associate members, whilst not identical are nonetheless similar in magnitude to that of current members and require association parity. Therefore, the sector needs appropriate association resourcing and influence including the board of management and executive positions available to general members. In this regard ACETA would benefit by the expanded talent pool able to nominate for board of management, executive and office bearer positions.
PROPOSED NEW ACETA MEMBER QUALIFICATION TABLE
GENERAL MEMBER
- Research, design and manufacture of sound reinforcement, automation, lighting and other vision systems for mobile and installed live sound production.
- Research, design and manufacture of audio systems and devices for music content production including music capture, mixing, mastering, editing and post/pre-production.
- Research, design and manufacture of audio systems and devices for broadcast, on-line, documentary, advertisement and motion picture production.
- Research, design and manufacture of vision systems that capture images for the production and replay of entertainment and education program.
- Research, design and manufacture of commercial integrated audio-visual systems and devices.
- Research, design and manufacture of rigging, staging and temporary structures for application in the entertainment and events industry.
- Research, design and manufacture of props and adornment for application in the entertainment and events industry.
- Distribution and marketing of the above described (1 – 7) technology sectors.
- Re-sale of the above described (1 - 7) technologies.
- Service and support of the above described (1 - 7) technologies.
- System design, integration, installation, the training of, and consultancy to, the above described (1 – 7) technologies.
- Rental of the above described (1 – 7) technologies.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
- Allied industry associations.
- Entertainment technology education institutions, including schools, colleges and universities.
- Entertainment technology media.
- Entertainment technology trade/industry event owners.
We intend to ratify this membership qualification change at the next board of management meeting to be held on the 23rd August 2022. If you have any comment on the subject, your input will be gratefully received by association manager Julie at julie@aceta.org.au prior to this date.
All the best
Frank Hinton
President
ACETA