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The Governance of ArtSound

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ArtSound is incorporated under the Incorporated Associations Act 1991 and is also registered with the ACNC: the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. We are licenced to broadcast by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and are a member of the Australian Fine Music Network and the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.

 

Board of Management

The station is managed by a Board of Management, elected by the membership. The members of the Board — 6-10 people — bring a variety of skills, expertise, and experience to the organisation.

The membership of the Board for the 2024-25 term is:

Bart Meehan, president

Bart has been an ArtSound member since 2019 and is the current producer and host of ArtSound Radio Theatre and A Reading Life. He is also a writer who has had a number of short plays produced nationally and internationally. He is a former member of the Royal Australian Air Force, serving in Asia and the Middle East through a 20 year career. Before retiring, he was a senior manager at the Australian National University and continues his association with the University as an affiliated academic at the Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Chris Deacon OAM, vice-president

A musician as well as co-founder, major donor, and life member of ArtSound, Chris has contributed in Board, management, and voluntary technical roles since 1983. His key roles have included securing ArtSound’s broadcast licence, acquiring studio and transmission sites, fundraising, and training including during periods as (past) General Manager and (current) Manager Technology. For his work at ArtSound and other stations, he received an Order of Australia (2009), the Technorama Life Achievement Award (2018), and several awards for excellence in broadcast programming and engineering. He has hosted weekly specialist music programs (“Friday Night Live” and “The Musicworks”) and recorded and broadcast concerts for more than three decades. Since 2019, he has provided honorary technical services including remote operation during the Covid-19 pandemic while also programming the Senior Memories Service, scheduling ArtSound’s syndicated programs, relocating the transmission site, and implementing DAB+ digital radio. Chris is a Board member of Technorama Inc., the national association of community broadcasting engineers, and a grant assessor to the Community Broadcasting Foundation, and provides technical services to Canberra’s multicultural station 1CMS. A resident of Canberra for 50 years, he holds such roles as consultant on international space and telecommunications issues,and was formerly a satellite advisor to Telstra and senior telecommunications and broadcasting strategist in the Department of Communications.

Sharon Paliaga, secretary

Sharon is a presenter on Arts Cafe and Artstarter, a member of ArtSound FM for three years, a member of the ArtSound Communications sub-committee, and a developing musician on keys and voice. Her radio training has been with the many talented and experienced presenters of ArtSound FM, which has fostered an enthusiasm for all things radio. She enjoys creating programs that connect with the everyday listener on a variety of topics and music genres, with a mind to inspire, comfort, and enrich the individual and community. After a working life in human, animal, and environmental health (to cut a long story short), Sharon brings a sound ability to ascertain priorities and work cohesively in a supportive manner to advance ArtSounds’ desired outcomes. Sharon values the listener and enjoys the connection radio brings her with the local community.  She aims to support ArtSound FM’s continued growth as an integral part of the art and music community, fostering close relationships with local musicians and artists, and establishing sustainable practices to ensure the growth and longevity of one of the best community radio stations in this region.

Peter Monaghan, treasurer

Active at ArtSound in programming and other areas, Peter is a journalist who has covered academic research and administration for a national newspaper in the US since 1984 and film preservation around the world since 2010 as editor of Moving Image Archive News. He has been: associate director of the award-winning documentary film Walls and the Tiger (2015), about Indian villagers’ devastating loss of land and livelihoods to “economic development”; librettist of Space in the Heart, a “jazz opera” produced at Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle (2008) and off-Broadway at Symphony Space, New York (2010) with William O. “Bill” Smith (Paris Prize, Rome Prize); 10-year Seattle community radio presenter of jazz, new music, and other genres; 10-year editor of Earshot Jazz monthly; and board member (1994-2004, now emeritus) of Earshot Jazz, a Seattle presenting/advocacy organisation. On ArtSound, he presents “Jazz Frontiers” each Friday 10pm-midnight, coordinates “The ArtSound Recorded Music Society” (Saturday noon-1pm & Wednesday 4-5pm), produces “Poetry on the Radio,” a weekly segment on Arts Café, and is a member of the Program Committee.

Will Brehm

Dr. Will Brehm is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Canberra, specialising in comparative and international education. His books include Cambodia for Sale: Everyday Privatization in Education and Beyond (Routledge, 2021), Memory in the Mekong: Regional Identity, Schools, and Politics in Southeast Asia (Teachers College Press, 2022), Education and Power in Contemporary Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2023), and Public Policy Innovation for Human Capital Development (Asian Productivity Organization, 2020). Dr. Brehm is also the founder, producer, and host of FreshEd, a globally recognised podcast that explores ideas in education through in-depth interviews with leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. Since its launch in 2015, FreshEd has grown into an influential organization that produces five podcasts. Episodes have been used in over 150 universities worldwide and downloaded more than one million times. One show, FreshEd Flux, experiments with narrative form and sonic design, pushing the boundaries of academic knowledge production by blending storytelling, research, and innovative sound production.

Gabe Caddy

Tim McNamara

Tim presents Wednesday’s Arts Café and produces Arts Diary, our regular four-minute update on arts events in the region. He is also the Training Coordinator for the Training and Standards committee. He is a radio practitioner/professional with over 20 years of experience in most areas of radio broadcasting. He has worked for community radio stations 2SER and 2MBS, and for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA). He has also worked at SBS Radio and as a freelance radio producer for ABC Radio National. Since joining ArtSound FM, he has built an extensive network within the Canberra music scene and has been leveraging this network to present music and interviews with local and visiting musicians/bands, as well as live-to-air performances. Tim also has an extensive career in learning and development, and is drawing on this experience to develop and deliver training activities that develop the skills of Artsound broadcasters.

Dean Parham

I had a career as a manager of economic research in the Public Service and subsequently in consulting. I have had a lifelong love of music in general, but focussed on popular music, jazz and especially blues. Since 2024, I have presented a fortnightly Down in the Basement program on ArtSound. The variety of material presented on ArtSound is an important strength of the station and an attribute I seek to reinforce. I also want to strengthen community information and engagement in the arts, entertainment and even local history and culture. I hold to the guiding principle that the station should focus on material that is not readily available elsewhere.

Louise Spencer

John Worcester

John Worcester previously joined the ArtSound Board as vice-president upon moving to Canberra in 2018. He served as liaison to the Program Committee. After joining 3MBS in Melbourne in 1975, John served as President, Secretary, and Director several times, most recently from 2011 to 2014 when he worked to repair many problems — financial, near-closure, massive disputes, policy re-establishment, and others. He oversaw two licence-renewal applications, development of a Policies and Procedures Handbook and a Quality & Standards Working Group, and much else. John still presents “Organ & Choral Music” on 3MBS on a three-monthly basis. John was also active with CBAV (Community Broadcasting Association of Victoria) from 1982-2018, and Channel-31 (community television, 1996-2017, including as a board member and President). He has also been active at ethnic community station 3ZZZ (from 1997 including 6 years on 3ZZZ Council, and still presents the 3ZZZ Irish Program every three months via pre-recording), and 3WBC (community radio in Box Hill, from 1998 and still pre-records programs twice monthly). He has had leadership roles at all of those. John has had ArtSound connections since its CSPR days in Curtin (his son, Bevis, was a presenter from 1998) and has been a member since 2010. He presents “Classical Mood” Friday afternoons, 2-4pm, and “Sounds Classical” on the third Sunday each month – and continues as a member of the Program Committee.

 

Consultant to the Board as Finance Manager: Andrew Clark

For more information on board membership, please contact the ArtSound Office at admin@artsound.fm or by phoning 02 6295 7444.

ArtSound Corporate Governance Policy_2024

 

Governance Committee

Gabe Caddy, chair

Julie Finch-Scally

Louise Spencer

Stuart Warner

John Worcester

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Governance Committee Terms of Reference

 

Program Committee

Peter Monaghan, chair

Neil Doody

Louise Spencer

Stuart Warner

John Worcester

If you would like to communicate with the Program Committee, to suggest program ideas or propose them, please write to programmingcommittee@artsound.fm

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Program Committee Revised Terms of Reference

 

Sponsorship & Fundraising Committee

Julie Finch-Scally, chair

Chris Bell

Mark Borowik

Michael Catley

Rafael Florez

Wylie Pang

Ainsleigh Sheridan

Here are the Sponsorship & Fundraising Committee Terms of Reference

 

Standards and Training Committee

Tim McNamara, training co-ordinator

Judy Baker

Betsy Dixon

Eleanor Lewis

Stuart Warner

John Worcester

If you would like to communicate with the Standards and Training Committee, please write to training@artsound.fm

Here are the committee’s Terms of Reference: Standards and Training TOR

 

Documents

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  • Status documents

ARTSOUND – Strategic Plan Status (2024)

ARTSOUND – Risk Management Plan rev7_Jan 2024

ARTSOUND – Arts Investment Roadmap 2024-2027

ARTSOUND – Development & Operations Roadmap 2024-2028

ARTSOUND – Technical Development Plan Jan 2024 v1.0

 

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Privacy Statement

When you provide us with personal information, such as your name, address, email address, or telephone number in connection with your membership or otherwise, we will store such information securely and use it only for the purposes for which it was supplied and for related, internal management purposes.

You have a right to examine, and if necessary correct, any personal information we hold about you.

Unless you request otherwise in writing, we will send you information about the station and its activities, and other material relevant to your membership, including offers to members from our sponsors.

We will not, without your express permission, provide your personal details to a third party unless required to do so by law.

If you supply us with credit card or direct debit information, we will maintain the information securely and destroy it once the transaction you authorised has been successfully processed.

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Community Broadcasting Codes of Practice

As a member of the Community Broadcastng Association of Australia (CBAA), ArtSound FM complies with the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice. The Codes of Practice govern all aspects of broadcasting including procedures for seeking and processing community feedback.

If you feel ArtSound FM has breached the Codes of Practice in some way please email your complaint via our Contact page or Feedback Form.

All complaints in writing will be acknowledged and receive a considered response within 60 days.

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