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Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council - Selection of Candidates for Interview

 

Date:  April 13, 2017

To:  Civic Appointments Committee

From:  City Clerk

Wards:  All

 

Reason for Confidential Information

 

This report deals with personal matters about identifiable individuals who are being considered for appointment to the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council.

 

Summary

 

The Civic Appointments Committee must select candidates to be interviewed by the Interview Subcommittee of the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council. The Subcommittee will conduct interviews at its meeting on May 5, 2017, and recommend candidates to the Civic Appointments Committee.

 

Recommendations

 

The City Clerk recommends that:  

 

1. The Civic Appointments Committee select 8 of the candidates listed in Table 1 of Confidential Attachment 1 to be interviewed by the Interview Subcommittee of the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council.

 

2. The Civic Appointments Committee direct that the confidential information contained in Confidential Attachments 1 and 2 remain confidential in its entirety as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council.

 

 

 

Financial IMPACT

 

There are no financial implications arising from this report.

 

Decision History

 

At its meeting held March 31, April 1 and April 2, 2015, City Council appointed 30 public members to the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council for a term of office ending November 30, 2018, and until successors are appointed:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2015.CA4.3.

 

At its meeting held March 20, 2017, the Civic Appointments Committee decided to review the applications for appointment to the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council and created an Interview Subcommittee for the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2017.CA14.3.

 

Comments

 

Composition of the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council

The Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council (TMAC) has up to 36 members, composed of:

·         six members of City Council, including the Chair of the Economic Development Committee and at least one other member of the Economic Development Committee

·         the Executive Director, or designate of the Toronto Association of Business Associations

·         a representative from Tourism Toronto

·         an independent performing artist

·         27 music industry stakeholders

 

Committee members must be eligible and meet certain qualifications

In addition to the general eligibility requirements set out in the Public Appointments Policy, music industry stakeholders appointed to TMAC should reflect the diversity of music genres and collectively should have a range of knowledge, skills and experience that may include the following areas:

·         Venues

·         Festivals

·         Studios

·         Recording and distribution labels

·         Artist associations

·         Business management, e.g. legal, financial

·         Unions and Guilds

·         Talent development firms

·         Publishers

·         Marketing and promotional firms

·         Communications media, e.g. broadcasting, telecom, internet

·         Software developers

·         Educational and training institutions

·         Suppliers

·         Financiers/Funders

 

There are currently four positions under consideration

There are four public vacancies on TMAC due to the resignation of Errol Nazareth and Sari Delmar in June 2016, Alexander Mair in February 2017, and Che Kothari in March 2017.

 

Term of Office

Public members are appointed for a four-year term, coinciding with the term of City Council. Therefore, the public members appointed to fill the current vacancies would serve a term ending November 30, 2018, and until successors are appointed.

 

We have consulted with Economic Development and Culture staff

The Public Appointments Secretariat consulted with staff in Economic Development and Culture, including the Music Sector Development Officer, on the public appointments process and the specific skills, background, and diversity of representation needed on TMAC in light of the current vacancies. They indicated that in addition to more diverse membership, appointees with experience in the following fields would help support TMAC's mandate:

·         Development of music cities, and related public policy and strategy

·         Broadcast media

·         Publishing and licensing

·         Fundraising and partnerships

·         Hip hop, urban music and culture

 

Diversity data for the current public members of the Committee

Diversity data on the 26 current public board members, collected through the Confidential Voluntary Diversity Information Survey which accompanies each application, is attached as Confidential Attachment 2.

 

Next steps - Interviews

Once the Civic Appointments Committee selects candidates, the City Clerk's Office will contact them to schedule their interviews. Eight interviews at 15 minutes each will take approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

 

Contact

 

Aretha Phillip, Manager, Public Appointments, City Clerk's Office, 416-392-8152, aphilli@toronto.ca,

 

Signature

 

 

 

 

Ulli S. Watkiss

City Clerk

attachments

 

Confidential Attachment 1 – List of Candidates, Qualifications, and Confidential Voluntary Diversity Information Summary, and Applications for Appointment to the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council

Confidential Attachment 2 – Diversity Data for Current Public Members on the Toronto Music Industry Advisory Council