The Communications Council gets the go-ahead
Members of the Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association (AWARD) have today voted in favour of the creation of a new industry body, to be called The Communications Council.
At an Extraordinary General Meeting in Sydney this afternoon, AWARD’s membership unanimously endorsed the formation of The Communications Council, whose founder members will be AWARD, the Advertising Federation of Australia (AFA) and the Account Planning Group (APG).
As a result of the vote, The Communications Council, with the taglineof ‘Commercial creativity and connection’, will begin operations onJanuary 1, 2010.
The Board of AWARD described the outcome of today’s EGM as a great stepforward in combining the respective strengths, expertise and knowledgeof the founding member organisations within the new body.
“We’re delighted that our members have so strongly endorsed this moveand recognised the importance of creating this new body,” AWARDChairman, Richard Maddocks (pictured), said.
The AWARD Committee also welcomed the outcome of today’s EGM of AFA members, who also voted in favour of the new body.
The APG did not require an EGM to vote to become a founder member ofThe Communications Council but its membership has also supported themove.
“The combined strength of AWARD, AFA and the APG makes this an exciting time for us going forward,” Maddocks said.
The first meeting of a transitional Board of The Communications Councilwill take place tomorrow (Wednesday), with agenda items including theselection of a Chair, the process of integration of the foundingmember organisations, budget planning and strategic priorities.
A statement will be issued to the media following tomorrow’s inaugural meeting.
12 Comments
why does it need a tag-line?? How 1950’s of us.
Will this mean my AWARD Annual will now be twice as expensive and twice as late….?
Death of AWARD
award didn’t do a very good job looking after its members interests. lets hope his new body makes for a more professional industry body and works not just in the pursuit of high standards in adverting across all media but works to protect and sustain the industry at all levels, and in all trades….
Interesting to see who from AWARD administration will be asked to stay.
Wishful thinking 7:12
AFA and APG = Effies and Strategy, and ‘effectiveness’ (ROI)
AWARD = AWARD Awards and the Art of Advertising, Creative (Aspiration and Image)
AFA and APG swallow AWARD = Welcome to Retail
Since the GONGs there’s been virtually no place for production at the table, except for the nominal place on the AWARD board, and the Craft categories
Australian Advertising = That Sinking Feeling
I wonder if this body will have any effect on the appalling levels of employee protection in the industry. In no other industry except maybe part-time burger flinging can people be thrown to the curb with the ease in which it occurs in advertising. We need people leading the industry who are able to do something not just looking to give us a new speech on ‘the direction of communication’ so they can get a nice judging gig in france next year.
Unless I’ve completely misconstrued this idea, AWARD remains as the body it currently is, as do the other players. It’s just another level of inter-industry co-operation and co-ordination, isn’t it?
9:05 – Completely Misconscrewed
Valid point raised 9:05.
And now that we’ve seen the composition of the inaugural committee, which is weighted heavily in favour of respected current and former AWARD luminaries, what’s left to carp about, 9:37?
The new comunity body could change a lot, hope it was worth doing it!
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