Preliminary notice of PINA biennial general meeting
Update on Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) draft programme for the Honiara convention

The following preliminary notice of the 2007 Pacific Islands News Association biennial general meeting is given by Jeane Matenga, PINA executive board liaison for the convention and TV Industry Group representative on the board. It follows the Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) organising committee draft programme for the convention. The preliminary notice is issued on behalf of PINA president Ken Clark and the executive board.
 

2007 Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) biennial general meeting.

The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) executive board gives preliminary notice that the biennial general meeting of PINA will be held in Solomon Islands during the PINA convention 24-26 May 2007.

Industry group meetings will be held immediately before this biennial general meeting. The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) PINA 2007 organising committee draft programme for these meetings is:

Saturday 26 May 2007: 8.30am: retreat, including industry group meetings 2pm: PINA biennial general meeting.

Please note:

- Actual meeting times tentative and subject to change if airline schedules  from Honiara change and require the times to be moved to earlier during the convention. Notice will be given to members of any change.

- Full agenda will be circulated three months before the meeting.
- Resolutions can be submitted in advance to Ken Clark, PINA President, kclark@fijitv.com.fj, with a copy also to Jeane Matenga, PINA executive board liaison for the Honiara convention, apfejpacific@hotmail.com
- Cook Islands (Cook Islands Television, Radio Cook Islands, Cook Islands Herald, Cook Islands Times, www.ciherald.co.ck) has already offered to host PINA 2009 and will make the formal offer at the 2007 biennial general meeting.
- Only the properly accredited representatives of currently financial full members shall have the right to vote at these meetings.
- Authority for proxy votes must be in writing and authorised by the chief executive or approved representative of a currently financial full member.
- There must be a quorum of no less than one-third (1/3) of the currently financial full members for a general meeting.
- A duly appointed proxy shall be counted for the purposes of determining whether there is a quorum.
- If at any general meeting a quorum is not present the meeting shall adjourn to a date and time decided by those present and if a quorum is still not present at the adjourned meeting the full members present shall constitute a quorum.


The following is from the December issue of the PINA TV Industry Group Newsletter


MASI programme for PINA 2007 looking good

A series of workshops will open a busy week of PINA convention activities in the Solomon Islands in May. The biennial convention is scheduled to begin with workshops Monday 21 May to Wednesday 23 May, according to a Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) organising committee draft programme.

The workshops are tentatively scheduled to include areas such as economic and health reporting, visual language, management, and a revival of the PINA Pacwomen network.

The main convention is due to open 10.30am Thursday 24 May at the Honiara Hotel. The keynote address is on Media Rebuilding Pacific Economies.

It sets the tone for the strong emphasis there will be on the role the region's news media can play helping expose corruption and mismanagement and helping build good governance and better economies.

The opening and keynote address will be followed after lunch by two major plenary sessions. The first is Economies, Media and Governance Issues: Lessons from the Solomon Islands. The second is Pacific Economies and Media Systems. That night there is a welcome reception and dinner.

Friday 25 May features a busy full day of plenary sessions and workshops, before all participants are invited to join the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Solomon Star.

The Solomon Star is now the successful daily newspaper of the Solomon Islands. It was launched in May 1982 as an A4 size weekly. Its founder and publisher, John Lamani, is the president of MASI and chairs MASI's organising committee for the Honiara PINA convention. His wife Catherine runs their radio station PAOA FM and chairs the convention's fundraising committee.

Saturday 26 May features the all-day PINA retreat at an island resort. This features industry group meetings, including TV, and workshops in the morning and the PINA biennial general meeting in the afternoon.

Saturday evening back in Honiara is the PINA closing dinner and awards ceremony.