The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is inviting its members to submit ‘big ideas’ for potential policies and initiatives ahead of its AGM in September.
Taking place on Tuesday 20 September, the organisation’s AGM will see a full programme of events talks and council elections.
The Your Big Idea session will be reintroduced for the first time since 2009 and sees AIM calling on its membership to submit ideas for policies, initiatives and campaigns.
According to AIM, these ideas need to be put forward ahead of the event. They are then reduced to a shortlist by the current AIM board with certain members supporting a particular idea. They then collaborate with the member on presenting the initiative to the board.
In 2009 the winning idea was to lobby the BBC to encourage them to play a wider range of independent music on Radio 1 and Radio. This was proposed by Wez Wesley of Full Time Hobby and sponsored by then AIM board member Sir Harry Cowell.
Alison Wenham, AIM chairman and chief executive officer, said: ‘We know our membership are very engaged and have great ideas about the direction AIM should be going in so we have reinvigorated our Your Big Ideas strand to give them an opportunity to put forward what they think we should be focusing our efforts on moving forward.
‘I am stepping down as AIM's CEO this autumn, and with a new CEO coming in, the AGM this year will focus on our member’s ideas for the successful future of the independent sector and we want them to play a big part in shaping our agenda for the next five years.’
AIM members are invited to submit their 'big ideas' suggestions along with a short email outlining the idea to judith@musicindie.com. If the idea is chosen a board member will sponsor it and the proposer will be contacted directly.
Taking place on Tuesday 20 September, the organisation’s AGM will see a full programme of events talks and council elections.
The Your Big Idea session will be reintroduced for the first time since 2009 and sees AIM calling on its membership to submit ideas for policies, initiatives and campaigns.
According to AIM, these ideas need to be put forward ahead of the event. They are then reduced to a shortlist by the current AIM board with certain members supporting a particular idea. They then collaborate with the member on presenting the initiative to the board.
In 2009 the winning idea was to lobby the BBC to encourage them to play a wider range of independent music on Radio 1 and Radio. This was proposed by Wez Wesley of Full Time Hobby and sponsored by then AIM board member Sir Harry Cowell.
Alison Wenham, AIM chairman and chief executive officer, said: ‘We know our membership are very engaged and have great ideas about the direction AIM should be going in so we have reinvigorated our Your Big Ideas strand to give them an opportunity to put forward what they think we should be focusing our efforts on moving forward.
‘I am stepping down as AIM's CEO this autumn, and with a new CEO coming in, the AGM this year will focus on our member’s ideas for the successful future of the independent sector and we want them to play a big part in shaping our agenda for the next five years.’
AIM members are invited to submit their 'big ideas' suggestions along with a short email outlining the idea to judith@musicindie.com. If the idea is chosen a board member will sponsor it and the proposer will be contacted directly.
