In June the Canadian League of Composers National Council met in-person for our Annual General Meeting weekend. This year we spent the bulk of the weekend discussing and drafting our 5-year strategic plan. Although this may seem like a rather administrative task, the formation of this plan will serve us well throughout the next 5 years and help keep us focused on our goals for our upcoming and continuing initiatives. We are very excited about the future of the CLC and we look forward to sharing our plans with you once they have been finalized.
Leading up to and during the weekend we began to examine the make up of our national council and contemplate ways in which it could be improved to better serve composers across the country. Throughout the coming year we will continue this assessment with an eye towards some electoral reform. Before anything can be implemented the membership will need to vote to approve the changes. Our intent is to have this vote at our 2020 AGM. As we continue to work on this and new information becomes available, we will be sure to let you know through email. Please watch for updates on this in early 2020.
Starting in September 2019 there will be a change in regard to our office space. At that time the CLC will be moving to a virtual office model. The Canadian Music Centre is making changes to the space at Chalmers House and as part of this we were asked to vacate the office that the CMC had been donating to us. The decision to move to a virtual office is whole-heartedly endorsed by our General Manager, Kathryn Knowles. Despite this change, we are able to maintain all of our contact information and mailing address. We hope that this will be a positive change for the organization and that there will be minimal impact to our members.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all the councillors who have come to the end of their term this year as well as those who have decided to move on from council. Leading into World New Music Days 2017, to help make the project a success, we desired stability on council and we worked to minimize the amount of turnover. As 2019 was the first election year since that event, we saw a larger than normal turnover on council. Within the next month, I will be meeting with the returning and incoming councillors to form committees and establish the executive. I am really looking forward to working with the incoming councillors and know that we will be able to continue the work we have been doing on behalf of Canadian Composers.
Throughout our 2019/20 year we will continue to keep you informed about our advocacy and equity initiatives as well as our professional development and PIVOT projects. As always, if you have any questions, comments, feedback, or concerns please give us a call or send us an email.
Wishing all of you a fantastic summer,
Christopher Reiche Boucher
President
