The main purpose of
THE EUROPEAN JAZZ FEDERATION |
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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. |
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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 Results of elections for the various divisions of EJF: |
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
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AUSTRIA DENMARK |
Mr. & Mrs. Jean-Louis Ginibre Editor of "Jazz Magazine" 63, Champs Elysees, Paris 8e |