Nominating Committees Select Candidates For ASCAP Board Elections
The Writers and Publishers Nominating Committees
met on December 17 and 19, 2002 and nominated
candidates for election to the ASCAP Board of
Directors. The Writers Nominating Committee
must select a minimum of 12 non-incumbent writers,
and the Publishers Nominating Committee a minimum
of 6 non-incumbent publishers, to stand for
election. All incumbent Directors have been
renominated in accordance with ASCAP's Articles
of Association.
The Writers Nominating Committee consisted
of Kevin Briggs, Jay Gruska, William E. Steinberg,
Wendy Waldman and David Zippel. The Publishers
Nominating Committee consisted of Ree Guyer
Buchanan (Wrensong Publishing Corp.), Kenny
Cordova (Santander Melodies), Stephen Culbertson
(Subito Music Corp.), Bob Fead (The Burt Bacharach
Music Group) and Stanley Mills (September Music
Corp.). Members of the Nominating Committees
are not eligible to run for election to the
Board.
The Nominating Committees selected candidates
in accordance with the requirements of the Articles
that nominees be chosen "mindful of the diversity
of the Society's membership and repertory."
The Committees obtained the consent of each
nominee to stand for election.
Together, the Nominating Committees constitute
the Committee on Elections. As such, they selected
Morrow and Co. to be the official Teller of
the election, and approved the forms of ballots
and accompanying letters to members. Ballots
will be mailed on Friday, February 14, 2003
and must be returned by Friday, March 14, 2003.
Under the Articles, all members with performance
credits during the 2001 fiscal survey year (i.e.,
ending with distributions through March, 2002
for publishers and April 2002 for writers) may
vote. The ballots will be tallied on Tuesday,
March 18. Those elected will serve for a two-year
term beginning April 1, 2003.
The Committee on Elections stresses the importance
of the election to the ASCAP members, as ASCAP
is the only United States performing rights
organization run by its writers and publishers,
and so urge all eligible members to be sure
to vote.
