Annual Report - Re-Pro International


In many ways, 1995 had very much an overseas focus as far as Re-Pro development was concerned and the culmination of this was the setting-up of the Re-Pro/APRS WWW site. Our Internet pages are designed to provide members of Re-Pro and members of other studio producer organisations with a conduit through which to exchange ideas, experiences and information that affects all of us who practice the profession throughout the world. The plan to establish this site was much easier to announce than the actual process of putting it together - but after a lot of hard work and a deal of trial and error our first pages are accessible now. We have retained the services of Mike Collins to service and maintain the site and we hope to continue to improve what it offers as the year progresses.

ISRC - The much heralded 'ISRC Data Collection pilot scheme', whilst it has not yet got off the ground, has developed considerably during the year. The collaboration with MCPS will show its first public results in the spring when Re-Pro, along with the APRS, IFPI and the MCPS, present a whole-day seminar about usage logging and the future value of ISRC. Re-Pro was ahead of the game with this issue and is now being recognised as a prime mover in the attempt to ensure that uses of sound recordings are accurately logged so that all parties can receive compensation for uses of their talent.

A special thanks must go to all the Re-Pro members who have helped by attending functions and meetings - and have devoted time to the cause. One person in particular, who revived a long standing enthusiasm for Re-Pro to hold an 'awards' evening and was thwarted really by us being unable to commit enough human and finanancial resources to the project, is Nicky Graham. Nicky's efforts have not been entirely in vain - there is a plan to introduce or rather re-introduce the 'Deaf Awards' evening to coincide with the APRS Show and the National Music Festival in June. Nicky is also to be congratulated for his elevation to the Council of the PRS - a task which (it is said) will exhaust the fittest, frustrate the most patient and is recognised as the most thankless task in the whole industry.

Special thanks too to Gus Dudgeon who after many years as a council member of the BRPG, and latterly as a Directorate and Executive member of Re-Pro who has served the Guild with a passion second only to his passion for a snappy ensemble (and, of course, the lovely Sheila) has decided to stand down for the time being. We hope Gus will continue to represent Re-Pro as a worthwhile and positive organisation and that we continue to enjoy his presence at Re-Pro and APRS functions.

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