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The main purpose of
THE EUROPEAN JAZZ FEDERATION

is to bring together various European organizations that follouj its aims, which are the advancement, promotion and information on authentic jazz in its various forms from oldtime to contemporary, traditional to avant-garde, without prejudice and by all means at its disposal. The EJF intends to harmonize and develop friendly relations between its members, relationships based on respect of individual liberty and sovereign rights, giving freedom of opinion and expression without any discrimination according to race, sex, politics, color, code or creed. It is well understood that such discrimination is against the rules of the Federation ancf such icfiosyncrasies ancf pecuh'arities are outside its sphere of influence. The statute gives no right to the Federation to intrude upon the private lives, activities or territories of individuals, providing that the said activities in no way bring the EJF into disrepute. Neither does it give its members any power to submit their personal problems to the Federation.

REPORT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN JAZZ FEDERATION
Venice, Casino Municipale May 23-25, 1969  

At the opening of the conference the assembly elected a
presiding committee including:
Don Aldridge, Joe Viera, Wolfram Roehrig, Mladen Mazur,
Dr Lubomir Doruzka, Charles Delaunay, Johann Fritz,
Arrigo Polillo.
The speaker of the opening session, Dr Doruzka,
announced some excuses of absence: Prof. Gonda and
Karoly Zsigo from Hungary as well as the delegation from
Rumania did not get visas in time.
Of the Polish delegation only Mr. Byrczek received a visa —
the other members of the delegation were not able to attend.
The conference then agreed upon the following order of
proceedings:
1) Aims of EJF
2) Preamble of the statutes
3) Voting rules
4) Divisions of EJF
5) The Statute
6) Elections and the seat of EJF
7) Membership fees.
For all minor decisions, excluding item 5, 6 and 7, the
conference decided on the system: one delegate present =
one vote, regardless of nationality.
Mr. Delaunay presented the draft of the charter of EJF.
The conference decided to accept this as a preamble to the
statute. Mr. Aldridge volunteered to rewrite it in correct
English. The speaker of the afternoon session, Mr. Viera, started the discusion about the aims and goals of EJF. The original proposals in the draft of the statute were slightly altered, rewritten in correct English and accepted as a substantial part of the final statute.
In order to guarantee each participating state egual rights the Austrian Jazz Federation proposed a 100 per cent unit of votes per state. This should be considered according to the jazz situation in each country
Jazz federations or clubs = 20 per cent, jazz festivals = = 20 per cent, jazz associations and institutions = 20 per cent, jazz publications and internationally recognized agencies = 20 per cent, others = 20 per cent. In regard to clubs it was agreed that they can take this 20 per cent position if there is no national jazz federation in the given country. At the constitutional conference it was assumed that a country fulfills the above mentioned requirements, if the national representative present at the conference reports the existence of the respective institutions. In the future a country will have only so much power of votes as there are actual member-institutions of EJF with paid membership fees. Yet the item "others" always guarantees a certain minimum representation of a country interested in EJF. Concerning the question of the divisions of EJF the main proposals laid down by the Prague Jazz Festival representatives in written form were accepted for the statute. Only slight alterations were discussed. It was definitely emphasized that divisions are sort of "mini--federations" — meaning that EJF will mainly rely on the work of the various divisions. During voting for the various divisions it was agreed that the divisions should have a working center, which would be the seat of it. The head of the working center is called "director". The division furthermore may have a chairman and vice-chairmen as representatives. Where a division was not actually working yet, the constitutional conference decided to elect vice-chairmen only. They should be in charge of starting the activities of the division. As soon as there are enough members within a division and enough activities, the division may have its own meeting, to be called "Conference" and elect its own representatives, as well as the working center. The calling of the founding conference has to be approved by the Federation Council. During the next part of the conference, the speaker, Mr. Fritz, presented the draft of the statute. The statute of EJF was accepted by the delegates with slight alterations. Mr. Titzl and Mr. Delaunay then chaired the election of EJF representatives. It was agreed that the decision to vote open or secret should be considered in each separate case. The Secretariate General as well as the legal seat of the EJF was granted to Vienna. Johann Fritz, president of the Austrian Jazz Federation, was elected for secretary general (open ballot), Mr. Byrczek, Mr. Delaunay, Dr Doruzka and Mr. Tschannen, were nominated for the presidency of EJF. It was agreed that a 50 per cent plus one result would be necessary. At the first ballot Mr. Tschannen received exactly 50 per cent of the votes. At the second ballot Mr. Lance Tschannen was elected the president of EJF by a clear majority (secret ballot). Mr. Tschannen is the head of the Further voting led to the election of the other members of the EJF Board. The Board includes:
PRESIDENT
Mr. Lance Tschannen, Switzerland
VICE PRESIDENTS
Mr. Jan Byrczek, Poland
Mr. Charles Delaunay, France
Dr. Lubomir Doruzka, Czechoslovakia
Mr. Wolfram Roehrig, GRF
TREASURER
Mr. Don Aldridge, Great Britain
MAIN REVISION COMMISSION
Chairman: Ing. Stan Titzl, Prague Members: Mr. Herbert Weiss, Vienna Mr. Werner Wunderlich, Frankfurt

Results of elections for the various divisions of EJF:
DIVISION OF NATIONAL JAZZ FEDERATIONS
vice-chairman: Mr. Roman Waschko, Warsaw
„ Mr. Werner Wunderlich, Frankfurt
DIVISION OF JAZZ CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS
vice-chairman: Mr. Freddy Angstmann, Zurich „ Mr. Bent J. Jensen, Kopenhagen
DIVISION OF CRITICS AND JOURNALISTS
vice-chairman: Mr Jan Byrczek, Warsaw
„ : Mr. Jean-Louis Ginibre, Paris
„ : Mrs. Randi Hultin, Oslo
,, : Mr. Arrigo Polillo, Milan
DIVISION OF JAZZ FESTIVALS
vice-chairman: Mr. Aleksander Skale, Ljubljana director : Mr. Mladen Mazur, Zagreb
working center-—seat of the division: Zagreb
DIVISIONS OF ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS AN BANDS:
vice-chairman: Mrs. Lilian Terry, Rome
„ : Prof. Robert Scholium, Vienna
DIVISION OF MUSICAL EDUCATION
chairman: Prof. Janos Gonda, Budapest vice-chairman: Dr Erich Kleinschuster, Vienna director: Mr. Joe Viera, Munich working center — seat of the division: Munich
DIVISION OF MUSICOLOGY AND JAZZ RESEARCH
director: Prof. Friedrich Korner, Graz working center — seat of the division: Graz
DIVISION OF DOCUMENTATION AND EJF LIBRAR
chairman: Mr. Charles Delaunay, Paris
director: Mr. Robert Pernet, Brussels
working center — seat of the division: Brussels


DIVISION OF PROMOTERS, AGENTS AND AGENCIES
vice-chairman: Mr. Antonio Foresti, Bologna „ : Mrs.Simone Ginibre, Paris
„ : Mr. Pino Maffei, Milano
,, : Mr. Claus Schreiner, Marburg
,, : Mr. Stanislaw Cejrowski, Warsaw
DIVISION OF PUBLISHERS AND RECORD COMPANIES
vice-chairman: Mr. Charles Delaunay, Paris
„ : Mr. J. Anker Lakjer, Kopenhagen
„ : Mr. Gian Reggio, Milan
„ : Mr. Ernst Salvermoser, Munich
„ : Mr. Giinther Schifter, Vienna
DIVISION OF RADIO AND TV JAZZ PRODUCERS AND PROMOTERS
vice-chairman: Mr. Wolfram Roehrig, Stuttgart : Mr. Mazoletti, Italy „ : Dr Erich Kleinschuster, Vienna
„ : Mr. Giinther Schifter, Vienna
DIVISION OF INDIVIDUAL JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS
Individuals have to apply at the secretariatgeneral, until a separate divistion will be formed.
DIVISION OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
The activities of this divistion will be carried out for now by the secretariat general.
Once again it was emphasized that those divisions not yet really working, have elected vice-chairmen, who are obliged to promote the idea and start work.
The division of clubs: only those individal clubs can join where there is no national well-developed and recognized national fereration. The Federation Council will decide on this subject in each case. Mr. Byrczek, Poland, raised the question of an official magazine of EJF, suggesting for the purpose the quarterly JAZZ FORUM which was being currently issued in English in Warsaw.
This problem was seriously discussed and a separate study committee worked out the following principles, approved by the constitutional conference: EJF should have its own magazine which should appear quarterly, report on the EJF activities and thus be sort of an EJF digest or information magazine. Its name will be JAZZ FORUM, the respective Polish magazine will change its name. It should be declared the official press organ of EJF. The delegates accepted the offer made by the Polish Jazz Federation, to have JAZZ FORUM printed in Warsaw and to have the seat of the editorial staff there. Mr. Jan Byrczek should continue to act as chief editor.
Jazz Forum should have an international editorial staff and get in contact with EJF members in the respective
countries for the presentation of jazz life in these countries. Other remarks: advertisements from all EJF member-countries are accepted. 10 per cent of copies are distributed free of charge, according to the disposition of the Federation Council. A mailing list is to be presented for this purpose. Members of EJF are entitled to subscribe for half the price. Distribution should be direct in all other cases, the EJF representatives should be contacted in the respective countries in order to find the right and suitable form of distribution.
In connection with Jazz Forum the constitutional conference once again stated that at present there should not be formed a separate division of information and public relation, but only a center for these activities. This should be a working group under the immediate supervision of the secretariat general and the directly responsible to the Federation Council. Its function is to gather all information from the various divisions, as well as from individual members, and report regularly in newsletters to all members. Material which is non-topical will be collected and sent together with the next topical material.
EJF MEMBERSHIP FEES:
In principle, EJF membership will distinguish between individual membership and group membership. In the first period of EJF there will be collective group membership with no distinction, but for the future, adaption of requirements of membership fees will be discussed within the Federation Council. These changes will refer to the character of the groups and also t'o the actual benefits and advantages which could be given to various groups through EJF membership.
The membership fee for individuals was fixed at 5. US dollars or the equivalent of 5. rubles, payable in local currency for the East European countries. Membership fee for groups was fixed at 25. US dollars or 25. rubles, respectively.
The banking account for all membership fees from West European countries will be in Switzerland. EJF representatives of East European countries will open a banking account to be at the disposal of EJF in their own country. The Federation Council, the treasurer, and secretary general will regulate these matters with each individual state in bilateral negotiations. The first advantage to all EJF members is offered: they may receive Jazz Forum at a half-price subscription, as well as get regular information letters about EJF activities. First payment is valid until the end of 1970, yet should be made as soon as possible, in order to get EJF started. The following divisions are regarded as "individuals" or "groups" or will offer both alternatives:
INDIVIDUALS: critics, journalists // musicologists// documentation // radio and TV promoters // musicians, artists, composers // individual jazz enthusiasts.
GROUPS: jazz federations // clubs and associations //
festivals // agents, promoters // publishers, record
companies // bands.
Open for individual as well as group membership: musical
education. MEMBERSHIP, general remarks: Applications of groups must contain nominations of persons authorized to represent the group. Any member can authorize another member of EJF to vote in his name, yet this must be done in written form (valid for meetings of the divisions as well as the EJF General Assembly or other official bodies). According to the rules of a 100 per cent unit of votes per state, with its regulation of 20 per cent unites, it is obvious that within the 20 per cent voting limitation of certain groups the power and right to vote is divided to as many members as there are registered as EJF members from the respective country (e.g. 4 institutions of one country, within the same 20 per cent unit of votes = 5 per cent of votes for each). For the future EJF should try to find some benefits for individual members (such as a certain percentage of discount for records, festival tickets, club tickets, etc.). Mr. Viera's proposal issued in his newsletter EJF(EC) Inf. 10-5.20.69, to form an organization for the support of EJF — "Friends of EJF" — was welcomed in principle, yet postponed until EJF is really working in all the various fields and divisions.
At the closing of the conference, the mayor of Venice gave an official reception to honor this newly formed international organization.
A press release was issued by the Federation Council and finally the delegates from 14 states (Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Yugoslavia) signed the declaration of the official constitution of EJF.
Seer. Gen./IS 001/June 8th, 69/VIE.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

AUSTRIA
Mr. Giinther Schifter Board member of A.J.F. Putzendopplerstr. 2 1230 Vienna
Mr. Herbert Weiss
Board member of A.J.F., Austrian Editor of Jazz Podium
Quellenster. 74 1100 Vienna
Dr. Erich Kleinschuster
Director of Jazz Institute of the Vienna Conservatory of
Music, Jazz Producer
Handelskai 222 1020 Vienna
Dr. Friedrich Korner
Director of the Jazz Institute of the Academy of Music
Leonhardstrasse 15 8010 Graz
t BELGIUM
Mr. Robert Pernet
Representative of E.J.F. Library Center
23, Maurice Maeterlinck Avenue, Brussels 3
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Dr. Lubomir Doruzka
Secretariat of International Jazz Festival
Dlouha Tr. 39, Prague Ic Ing. Stanislav Titzl Secretariat of E.J.F. Dluoha Tr. 39, Prague I

DENMARK
Mr. J.A. Lakjer Editor of "Jazz Revy" Frederiksborggade 46, Kopenhagen K
Mr. Bent J. Jensen Danish Radio Ryhaven 16, Aarhus V
Mr. Birger Jorgensen
Secretary of Den Danske Jazzkreds
Hojker 41 2610 Rodovre
ENGLAND
Mr. Don Aldridge
Band, Concert and Theatrical Agents
101 Wardour Street, London W 1
FINLAND
Mr. Matti Konttinen Finnish Jazz Federation Toolontorinkatu 6 A22, Helsinki 26
Mr. Risto Ennekari
Pori International
Jazz Festival
A. Kannistontie 8 C31, Helsinki 32
FRANCE
Mr. Charles Delaunay
Chief Editor of "Jazz Hot"
82, rue Maurice Grandcoing 93—Villetaneuse

Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Louis Ginibre Editor of "Jazz Magazine" 63, Champs Elysees, Paris 8e
GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC
Mr, Claus Schreiner Manager of "Concert Buro" 3550 Marburg/Lahn, Aulgasse 4
Mr. Joe Viera
European Jazz Federation, Education Center
Klementinenstr., 17 Munich 23
Mr. Wolfram Rohrig
President of the German Jazz Federation
Siiddeutscher Rundfunk 7036 Schonaich Kelterweg 21
Mr. H. Werner Wunderlich
Deutsche Jazz Foderation
Kleine Bockenheimer Strasse 12 6 Frankfurt/Main
ITALY
Aw. Arrigo Polillo
Critic, Editor and Promoter
C. so Italia, 6 Milan
Mr. Antonio Foresti
Manager of Bologna Jazz Festival
v. Maggiore, 32 Bologna
Mr. Danilo Prandi
Manager of Venice International Jazz Festival
v. le S. Marco 43 Venice Mestre
Mr. Pino Maffei Critic, Jazz Promoter via Sauli, 3 MilanMiss Lilian Terry Singer, radio, TV Via Antonelli, 15 Rome
NORWAY
Miss Randi W. Hultin
Critic
Gertnerveien 6, Oslo 6
Mr. Poul H. Poulsson President of the Norvegian J.F. Postboxs 992 Oslo
Mr. Hallvard Kvale
Editor "Jazz News" and member N.J.F,
Postboxs 992 Oslo
POLAND
Mr. Jan Byrczek President of P.J.F. Rutkowskiego 20, Warsaw 1 P.O. Box 282
SWITZERLAND
Mr. Freddy J. Angstmann
Director of "Jazz Rhythm & Blues"
P.O. Box 350 8050 Zurich
Mr. Lance Tschannen Kurzwellendienst Bern Postfach 16 3000 Bern
YUGOSLAVIA
Mr. Alexander Skale RTV Ljubljana Tavcarjeva 17, Ljubljana Ing. Mladen Mazur Critic, Promoter Ilica 48/111, Zagreb 1