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IPO Office Bearers for 2011 Announced

The newly elected 2011 Executive Committee (Exco) of the IPO met recently and announced the following office bearers and sub-committees.

Co-Chairperson: Desiree Markgraaff
Co-Chairperson: Mfundi Vundla
Treasurer: Eileen Sandrock
Cape Town Regional Chair: Brigid Olen
Broadcast Committee Convenor: Harriet Gavshon
Longform Committee Convenor: Kevin Fleischer
NFVF Committee Convenor: Ramadan Suleman
Emerging Producer Committee Convenor: Bongiwe Selane
Transformation Committee Convenor: Marvin Saven
Rebranding & Marketing Committee Convenor: Sivan Pillay
IPO Representative on SASFED Council: Helena Spring

The IPO Exco includes new members, as well as those that have loyally served the organisation over the past several years, campaigning for the rights and interests of the independent film and television production industry. Also serving on the 2011 IPO Exco are Dan Jawitz, who is part of the Longform Committee, and Roberta Durrant, who serves on the Broadcast Committee. The committee structure is intended to address critical issues for the industry, as well as imperatives for the IPO itself, most importantly, transformation and addressing the needs of emerging producers to broaden the IPO's membership base and representivity.

 
 

SABC Releases Interim RFP Book

Media Statement
SABC Board Statement on RFP Book Release

Johannesburg, 28 June 2010 – The SABC today issued an interim RFP book calling for local programming proposals in specific television content genres. This is part of the process towards normalising content commissioning and procurement procedures begun under the current SABC Board.

The SABC expects to release a comprehensive RFP Book in November 2010, after which is expects commissioning and procurement to operate in terms of established planning, commissioning and procurement procedures and cycles.

The Board of the SABC is currently reviewing outstanding payment issues and expects these to be resolved shortly.

Click here to view the RFP Book


DOC Releases ICASA Amendment Bill For Public Comment

The Department of Communications has released the ICASA Amendment Bill for public comment. The Bill states the intention to amend the ICASA Act, 2000 so as to change the position of Chief Executive Officer to Chief Operations Officer, to clearly differentiate between the functions of the Council and the Chief Operations Officer, to improve turnaround times, to establish a Tariff Advisory Council, to improve the functioning of the Complaints and Compliance Committee and to provide for matters connected therewith. Comment should be made in writing to the DOC by 23 July 2010. Please see the ICASA Amendment Bill for further details.

Click here to view the ICASA Amendment Bill


Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill

The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has published the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill [B8-2010] for public comment by 9 July 2010. Public Hearings are due to take place in August.

Click here to view the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill


First Meeting of the Executive Committee 2010

At the first meeting of the new Executive Committee, the following office bearers were announced:

    Chairperson - Desiree Markgraaff and Tendeka Matatu will Co-Chair the IPO this year

    Treasurer:  Eileen Sandrock &  Charlene Govender
     
    DTI/SARS Sub-Commitee:  Kevin Fleischer

    Long Form Sub-Committee:    TBC

    Broadcast Sub-Committee Co-Convenors:  Harriet Gavshon and Lodi Matsetela

    IP Sub-Committee :  Rehad Desai

    B-BBEE Sub-Committee:  Marvin Saven

    NFVF Sub-Committee:  Ramadan Suleman

Please note that it is extremely important that only Convenors of our various Sub-Committees  or the Chairs communicate with stakeholders on official IPO matters. This is a formailty we agreed to last year to ensure that only agreed official IPO positions are put forward in regard to issues of policy. 

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011
Posted on 07 May 2010 at 12h42

Desiree Markgraaff (Co-Chair)
Mfundi Vundla (Co-Chair)
Bongiwe Selane
Brigid Olen (Regional Chair: Cape Town)
Dan Jawitz
Eileen Sandrock (Treasurer)
Harriet Gavshon
Helena Spring
Kevin Fleischer
Marvin Saven
Ramadan Suleman
Roberta Durrant
Sivan Pillay


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