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A Short Conversation with Christina Vaughan, the New CEPIC President

Christina Vaughan, Founder and CEO of Image Source, was so kind to respond to some questions during the CEPIC congress.

Andy:

Under your guidance as the new CEPIC president, what will change and how fast? What are the next real steps in daily life to make CEPIC as a association and as a congress event a better experience?

Christina:

In Dresden, the National Associations gave a unanimous vote for the position of new President, and an almost entirely new Committee was voted in. Afterwards it is safe to say that the Members and Stakeholders of CEPIC are looking for change. There is a huge appetite for Positive Enhancing Change, to see that CEPIC is not only relevant to their business, but it is critical to help shape the business culture of the image industry.

The three new Officers, Klaus Plaumann, Dominique DeLouis and I were elected on a Manifesto of Transparency, Membership Enlargement and Inclusion, Lobbying and Networking. We believe that Europe requires a powerful voice, a voice that will harness all creators, suppliers and distributors of visual communication media. That voice needs to be forward thinking, inclusive, confident and bold.

Roger Ressmeyer Resigns As PACA President

News from PACA:

The Executive Committee reluctantly accepted the resignation of PACA´s president, Roger Ressmeyer [Founder and CEO of Sciencefaction.net]. Roger presented his resignation in response to enormous changes in his personal life. He did not feel that, in the near term, he could devote the time and attention needed to be an effective leader.
The Nominations and Elections Committee presented a replacement slate of officers that was unanimously approved.
Effective immediately, the new officers include:

• President: Patrick Donehue [Corbis]
  
• Vice President: Maria Kessler [Jupiterimages]

PACA said that all other officers remain the same and that it "recognizes the need of Roger to concentrate on the most important responsibilities of his life".

Which is finally valid for all of us.

Editorial Photographers UK: "Who is listening? What is the Stock Artists Alliance for?"

... "claiming the Riser contract change from perpetual to 10 years as a success (when this was a pre existing contractual position)"?

The "miserable and twisted old brits" at EPUK are out with their response to Betsy Reid, SAA´s Executive Director, here.

Enough Monkey Business! Stock Artists Alliance Says "Stop It" To The Editorial Photographers UK

... or was it the other way round?

Either way, after the verbal attacks of Editorial Photographers UK in "The Turkeys Vote For Christmas" as well as in "The 2006 EPUK Golden Sureshot Awards" on the decision of the Stock Artists Alliance to expand the mission of the association, Betsy Reid, SAA´s Executive Director, has written a serious response to explain her view:

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More Christmas Riots: Editorial Photographers UK Grill The Stock Artists Alliance

Does anyone remember The International Stock Imagery Association (ISIA), founded little over a year ago and firstly mentioned here, with a lot of sympathy then?

Does anyone recall the destiny of this association?

Lost focus. Got grilled.

After The Recent Updates On UPDIG, PLUS And IPTC, BAPLA Kicks Off The Digital Guidelines And Metadata Panel

While the local german heroes are still stuck between a rock and a hard place (catchword: image database interface standardization and protocols) which of the local image databases and related software selling companies is John Wayne and which is not and while the rest of the world outside has fortunately decided not to care about that domestic Kraut affair at all and not to listen to that same old local song any longer, other organizations with a more global and intergalactical focus continue in their efforts to make the world a better place for you and me in the digital image age.

With this in mind, BAPLA has launched the BAPLA Digital Guidelines v1, and the BAPLA Metadata Panel v1.4., two new initiatives to encourage consistency when working commercially with digital images.

PACA Is Offline, Closes Doors, Leaves The Country

GMT 11.00 AM. Network Solutions says:

pacaoffice.org

"This domain name (of the Picture Archive Council of America) expired on 11/07/2006 and is pending renewal or deletion".

 

[Update GMT 3.30 PM: PACA is back online]

© Illustration here.

The Stock Artists Alliance Releases First Issue "Stock Essentials" Of The New Keywords Magazine

"We created Keywords™ to share with other photographers the breadth of knowledge the Stock Artists Alliance can provide", wrote the Stock Artists Alliance last week when the "only worldwide photography trade organization dedicated to the business of stock" introduced the first issue "Stock Essentials" of the magazine Keywords, the new "Guide to the Business of Stock Photography", completely free of charge and with "over 50 pages of definitions, insights, resources and visual inspiration from SAA members who share their expertise about all aspects of the industry".

The first issue covers topics such as:

The Big Three Continue Their Efforts In The PLUS Coalition

Once in a blue moon you receive a press release which mentions the Big Three like a blood brotherhood, and not like the natural enemies they are:

Getty Images and Corbis have joined the PLUS coalition as Charter Sustaining Members, Jupiterimages has committed to a second year of Sustaining Membership in the PLUS “Leadership Circle".

All details here. Related:

• Mission Impossible Accomplished: PLUS Coalition Unveils Universal Picture Licensing Glossary (Nov. 09, 2005)
• PLUS COALITION PUBLISHES UNIVERSAL PICTURE LICENSING GLOSSARY (October 25, 2005)
• PLUS COALITION CREATES A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE FOR IMAGE LICENSING (August 23, 2005)
• PLUS Coalition - Bringing the Picture Industry into the 21st Century (May 06, 2004)

Tag: PLUS Coalition

Digital Railroad Partners With APA, Launches New Corporate Site

Digital Railroad announced today a partnership with the Advertising Photographers of America (APA), following an earlier cooperation with the local NYC chapter of APA. The company noted in a statement that its services will enable APA members to better manage their workflow, increase their image sales worldwide and that new programs as well as new services will increase market opportunities for APA membership.