ACSIL COMMITTEES
ACSIL currently has six committees which actively work on addressing issues that face the stock footage industry and the ACSIL organization ranging from expanding the organization’s membership and facilitating industry meetings and forums, to maintaining its website, identifying best practices in the industry, determining the size of the stock footage market, and more.

It is mandatory for all members to serve on at least one Committee. As committee Forums are closed to non-committee members, a General Discussion Forum has been included here for members to communicate committee/ ACSIL business to the entire organization.
Code of Practice

The Code of Practice Committee's mission is to make recommendations for stock footage industry best practices. The increasingly heterogeneous rights language in stock footage license agreements due to quickly developing new markets and media has been addressed in a Glossary that tries to standardize licensing terms and practices. Standardizing and therefore simplifying the overall licensing process is a common goal for licensors and licensees alike. Aside from the Glossary, the Codes of Practice Committee is working on white papers on issues like "Why ACSIL"and "VOD Rights", as well as a new matrix to help redefine commonly licensed markets. Publications created by the Code of Practice Committee are free to ACSIL members.

Communications & Website

The Communications and Website Committee recently completed a redesign and overhaul of the ACSIL website, and is in charge of keeping the content on the site fresh and relevant. The ACSIL website serves as a portal to its members and committees and as a discussion forum for issues facing the industry. It includes information on ACSIL members and links to their site, membership information, downloadable publications by the Codes of Practice committee (members only), and discussion forums or blogs where members can exchange information on issues facing the stock footage industry.

Membership/Events

The Membership/Events Committee is responsible for increasing ACSIL's membership by extolling the organization's benefits to the commercial stock footage industry as well as creating an outreach network to the communications and production industries though networking and public events. A spring 2007 event (that will bring broadcast footage licensors and stock footage companies together in an intimate setting) is in the early planning stages. New members for 2006 include: Artbeats, Thought Equity and Framepool AG.

Market and Global Sizing

The Market and Global Sizing Committee is one of the mission committees of ACSIL. Mandated to look into the economics and the future markets for stock footage, the group has commissioned the first major study of the international stock footage industry - the first of its kind to be undertaken directly by members from within the industry, to try to evaluate the future world of stock footage. Future research studies into industry issues will follow.

Open Forum

Committee forums are closed to non-committee members,  this forum is the home of the stock footage industry. If you know someone who should be be added to the open forum please  Email: Jill.Hawkins@acsil.org

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