2008 Executive Meeting Minutes

Tuesday April 8th, 6:30pm
Najjar’s Café, O’Connell St, North Adelaide

1. Welcome: Meeting opened
2. Present: Grant, Thom, Lou, Nick & Andrew
   Apologies: Julie
3. Acceptance of Minutes for Executive meeting 13/12/07
   moved: Lou
   seconded: Thom
   CARRIED
4. Meeting time is ok. Meeting at Channel 7 – Grant to organise.
5. Executive Roles for 08:
   Julie – membership,
   Thom – publications,
   Grant – radio web sites,
   Nick – wikispace
6. Activities for 08: TV tours? Need to check cinema concessions – Hoyts, GU & Wallis? Target beginning teachers more. Run a 'production workshop' for Year 12 students to catch up with work. Best in first holidays.
7. Conference Report:
   • discussion on times starting
   • costs of conference
   • some emails going out regarding conference
   • how many brochures printed?
   • Grant wrote to Premier regarding seeding funds. We received reply after Anne Clancy interceded for us. Nice reply but no money – he suggested we approach the SAFC. Grant to reply.
   • Patron – Scott Hicks?? Rolf or Mario??
   • Special guest – Andrew Denton? Paul McDermot? BTN do a presentation.
   • Newspaper in Education – Martina Simos. AdelaideNow.
   • $5000 grant contacted Australian Childrens TV Foundation.
   • We need to set up another bank account!
   • We need to have teachers volunteer to do workshops.
   • Info out with CEASA http://www.conferenceplus.com.au/mediaeduconf08/
8. Reports (Finance – incl. motion to increase membership fees must decide before July; Media Moves – VVSS Media Studies will sponsor). Try to get more film previews. Julie suggested we join SASOSE - $50.
9. AOB
10. Next meeting – immediately after next conference meeting in June 10, 6:30pm, Caos?
11. CLOSE