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2018 ALD Annual General Meeting
Date and time
Location
Central Bankside
London SE1 9DU United KingdomDescription
The next Annual General Meeting of the ALD will take place on Saturday 24th March 2018.
The AGM is open to all members of the ALD, although only Professional, Fellow and Life members are entitled to vote at an AGM, if they have FULLY paid their outstanding subscriptions for 2017/18. If you are in any doubt whether you owe any subscription monies, again please contact membership@ald.org.uk as soon as possible.
Any voting members that cannot attend the AGM will be eligible to appoint a Proxy in their place. Please inform the Office no later than 24 HOURS before the start of the meeting if you wish to appoint a proxy the easiest way to register your proxy is to complete this Survey Monkey Form: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/aldproxyform or you can contact election@ald.org.uk directly.
This year, the afternoon session will be a series of discussions around the themes identified and discussed at the recent Strategy weekend that the Executive Committee took part in. Full details of these can be found in the AGM document on ALD website by following this link
Timetable
10am to 10:30 - Tea, Coffee and Registration
10:30 to 13:30 - Professional Development Workshops: Please register for a session below:
Session A
Proper Power
With Robin Barton of Lamp & Pencil
An introduction to temporary power distribution and testing including a look at how BS7909 makes it easier for you!
Session B
We are all for sale – so how do I get the most for me?
With Philip Norfolk of Ambersphere
AKA Selling and Marketing for Freelancers. What are effective ways to tell the world what we do well and get good quality work? Trying to get the sales bit of freelance life as useful rather than embarrassing.
Session C
Vectorworks for LDs and the rest of us
With Fridthjofur Thorsteinsson
From getting started through to working in 3d. Your questions and queries answered.
Session D
Lighting Programming
With Stuart Porter and Stuart Cross
Your questions answered. A session for LD's and programmers, looking at MAII and EOS desks, with top programmers.
Session E 11:30 - 13:30 only
Lighting designers, Equity and New Agreements
The ALD is now a member of an Equity Working Group to look at fundamental changes to the existing agreements for lighting designers to bring them more in line with the working practices of 21st centrury practice and expectations. This is your chance to feed your thoughts and experiences into these discussions directly.
13:30 - 14:15 Lunch and Networking
14:15 - AGM Business
Treasurer, Mark White; Chief Exec, Ian Saunders; Outgoing Chair, Peter Mumford
Resolutions (as tabled)
Ratification of New Directors
Refreshment and Comfort Break
15:00 – Activating the #ALD
Launch of the #ALD Strategy Document
Incoming Chair Johanna Town on the ALD Strategy Weekend
Below are the headlines from the Strategy Document – which will be up for discussion and ratification by members present (hopefully joined by other members “on-line”)
#ALD MISSION STATEMENT
The ALD is a collective and inclusive voice to effect change and champion excellence in Lighting, Video and Projection for Live Performance
#ALD VISION
To be a powerful and passionate voice in the industry, have improved the way members are valued and the sustainability of careers, building a legacy for future generations
16:45 – adjourn for social drinks nearby
Follow @The_ALD #ALDAGM18
We will aim to live stream key parts of the day
Organised by
The ALPD is the professional body representing all those who work or are interested in the creation of lighting, video or projection design for live performance and events in the United Kingdom and around the world.Whether you are a Designer, production electrician, programmer or crew member, the ALPD aims to further the art and appreciation of creative lighting design and raise the professional status of lighting design as part of the creative process. Its members are drawn from across the fields of theatre (including Opera and Dance), Rock and Roll, corporate presentations and events, education, television, architecture and manufacturing.
The ALPD is the mouthpiece of the performance lighting industry and a resource for information on the wide range of lighting design topics that affect designers in all areas of the lighting profession. It also provides a resource and forum for the discussion and development of artistic and creative lighting aims in the as well as create an understanding of the process involved in lighting design and how changing technology assists this.