Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting for Entertainment Technology New Zealand Inc will be held on Saturday 27th July 10.00am in Auckland.
Closer to the meeting time, the Agenda including the Auckland location and a zoom link will be published to allow members to attend the AGM online.
Nominations for all positions on the ETNZ Executive, being President, Vice President, Secretary / Treasurer & Committee members are being requested. Nominations to be submitted on the downloadable form that can be found on the resources page on the website. Both the nominee and nominator need to be current members of ETNZ. Nominations close on Saturday 6th July 2024
Members who have any items or motions for discussion under General Business need to submit the item or motion to etnz.admin@gmail.com by Saturday 6th July 2024 with enough information that when included in the agenda, the membership can be informed.
The constitution states that 5% of the membership is required to make a quorum for this meeting. Therefore we require at least 12 members to attend this meeting.
The AGM is when Life Membership, the Industry Achievement Award and Production pins are awarded
If you wish to nominate a person (or organisation) for a Life Membership or Industry Achievement Award, or apply for a Production Pin, please see the resources page on the ETNZ website for application details. Nominations for these are required to be submitted by Saturday 13th July 2024.
Life Membership
Life members are defined in our constitution as persons who have rendered outstanding service to Entertainment Technology New Zealand as an association.
A life member must be a financial member of ETNZ.
The nomination for this award should be based on one or more of the following criteria:
• Serving on the Executive Committee over three or more terms
• Serving on sub-committees to advance the published ETNZ goals
• Supporting and advancing the interests of ETNZ over an extended period of time
Industry Achievement Awards
ETNZ Executive may select members persons, organisations or companies, who have provided a valuable and significant contribution to the NZ Entertainment Industry to receive an Industry Achievement Award.
Nominations for the Industry Achievement Award will be assessed on the following criteria:
• the person or organisation is, or has been, an outstanding leader in the field of entertainment technology
• the person or organisation has developed a product or procedure that has become nationally or internationally recognised
• the person or organisation has provided outstanding service to the Entertainment Industry (generally greater than fifteen years)
• the person or organisation has provided outstanding support in educating and training new industry technicians
• the person is not a current sitting member of the executive committee
Production and Event pins
Introduced in 2015 as a way of recognising the commitment of our members to the industry. It is a recognition of participation in production and events, open to all ETNZ financial members who have been involved in the designing, constructing, pulling together, crewing, or management of a production or event .Applicants are eligible to apply for a 25, 50, 75, or 100+ production/event pin.
The criteria for the pins
• The applicant must be a current financial member of ETNZ (Bronze, Silver, Gold, & Platinum tiers).
• An application must demonstrate that the required number of productions and/or events have been achieved.
Definitions
• A professional production is defined as a season, event, or tour and is required to have a technical or dress rehearsal, and a performance.
• A complete tour is counted as one production, but multiple tours of the same production can be counted as a separate production.
• A major event is a nationally significant event or ceremony (i.e. World Cup, Tradeshow/Conference that has an international reach).
• Recreational, community theatre and concerts are included, if you received remuneration and they fulfill the criteria of having a technical or dress rehearsal and a performance.
• A virtual production or event can be counted as long as it has at least 3 of the following elements: set, lighting, sound, costumes.
