GTC AGM 2010 BR Amended.rtf - The Guild of Television Cameramen

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suppliers can justify their costs; and The Guild Awards, to run in conjunction with the review undertaken by the Awards Officer. This review to ensure that the Awards are provided value for money to: members that attend, members that do not attend, the Guild as a whole; and All other areas of the Guild. Review, and update where necessary, the expenses claim guidelines for Council Undertake a thorough review with the Guild's accountant on the split in accounting procedures between the Guild and its Zerb publishing arm. This was established as a tax-saving measure and, at the suggestion of the Guild's accountant, is now time for review. Remove the use of cheques and paper-based accounting wherever possible. John Hoare made excellent progress on this. Once I have full online banking access, almost all payments will be made by BACS, including Council expenses. We will also encourage those providing income to the Guild to pay by BACS. This will dramatically reduce the administrative burden on the Treasurer and reduce the postage budget. In the last few days the Guild is now signed up to the online submission of tax information, such as VAT and Corporation Tax. There are a number of other small background changes to the financial set-up, intended to streamline the operation of the Guild's finances. Each change will be reported to Council at its meetings. And finally, I will work closely with Council to encourage it to spend the Guild's money for the benefit of members in as many diverse ways as possible. Simon Roe Treasurer Education and Awards Officer’s Report Education Colleagues I can hardly believe that a year has past by so fast. This year has been even busier than the last mainly due to the GTCʼs excellent new website which has, as you can imagine, attracted a lot of attention to the Guild and our remit. As Iʼve said before, as the current Education Offi cer, Iʼm always kept busy, replying to and advising students on how to enter our industry, both television and film. At one stage I was receiving three to four enquiries a week, via the Contact Us site, letters, and visiting Universities. They seem to be in a constant flux vis-à-vis whom to contact. Added to this is the vast emerging technological advances regarding camera formats. As soon as we adapt our workflow, another new format is thrown into the ring or as we as a camera orientated organisation may like to call it, a ʻcircle of confusionʼ. On a more serious note, it is with great dismay that I have to report that the longstanding FT2 training scheme is to cease its activity this year. In the interest of clarification on this matter, here is the official quote. ʻBecause of the lack of funding it has been decided by the FT2 Board that FT2ʼs training activity will cease in March 2010 and that a timetable will be drawn up for winding up the organisation.ʼ However according to my sources the FT2 Board has entered dialogue with the Sector Skills Council and potential partners regarding its proposed new Craft and Technical Centre of Excellence; exactly what this will be is something that, at the time of writing, Iʼm seeking further clarification about. Rest assured the Guild will still continue to support and call for on-the-job training and I will be writing a letter of support to Sharon Goode the Director of FT2. There has been no further dialogue either with me personally or as the GTC Education Officer regarding Skillset Screen Academies. Of course, we will be continuing dialogue with the Sector Skills Council regarding other training initiatives.
The GTC attended the recent BSC show held at Elstree Studios, which Iʼm pleased to say at least as far as Iʼm aware, resulted in a slight increase in our membership figures. I strongly recommend that the Guild attend next yearʼs event. Awards Itʼs that time of the year again when the nominations start to increase in number. Last year the subcommittee took a decision to extend the deadline; however, as this didnʼt result in any last minute nominations, Iʼd like to propose that we return to the 30 th June as a closing date for the Award for Excellence nominations. As you may appreciate it takes the Awards Team time to validate the nominations; so please do give as much information as possible, it really helps us if you could provide or make a mental note as to the TX time, Channel and the Original TX Date. I mention this, as due to the various multiplexes on the digital platform being full of repeats i.e. (some programmes commented on were originally broadcast a year beforehand) making them ineligible for consideration. One other point Iʼd like to make is, that its not the programme we award, its the cameramen working on it; so please watch the credits carefully (that is if the titles donʼt shrink to a smaller size; which by the way links in with our other remit ʻStandardsʼ ; in that any bad examples should be addressed to the BCSC British Camera Standards Council, but as that is beyond my remit as far as this report is concerned, Iʼll leave it there for the moment once again. I wish to thank you, our members for nominating programmes you deem to be worthy of our Award for Excellence; without your help there would be no Awards. Thanks for all your help during the GTC Awards season 2009. Finally as this is the end of the current Councilʼs two year period in offi ce, Iʼd like to thank you for your support and should I be re-elected I look forward to serving you, my fellow members and colleagues once more on the GTC Council. Drew Hartley Exhibition Manager’s Report Since last AGM, the Guild was present at various exhibitions: IBC Amsterdam: We had our traditional position in the Publications passage and met various cameramen from a number of countries As always, Zerb was very popular, with some people coming round to our stand for the latest copy to add to last year's collection...The show was well attended despite the surprise absence of Sony. Their space was filled with various little stands which were very interesting, showing a goods selection of equipment and gismos. BVE /Production show, Earls Court. The decision to spit the show into two distinct parts worked well and most visitors were quite pleased with the choice of equipment on display. The stand team signed on 16 new members. BSC Show Elstree The GTC did have a position at the show which was very busy with (mainly) film people. Several enquiries were received with good prospects of being followed up with formal membership applications. After BVE I resigned my function as Exhibition Manager but remain a member of Council. Martin Hammond has agreed to take on the task and I wish him the same amount of support that I enjoyed. I would like to take this opportunity to thank most sincerely all those who assisted with the manning of the stands, especially Paul Kay and the always reliable Dudley Darby. Also, my sincere thanks to Alison who, without fail, supplied new posters and packages of Zerb to the various locations, thereby making my job much easier and enjoyable ( always nice to speak to you, Alison). Ray Meier Advertising Managerʼs Report
Page 1 and 2: Minutes of the 38th Annual General
Page 3: Treasurer’s Report As all members
Page 7 and 8: A successful year for the workshops
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