A2IM: American Association of Independent Music

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A2IM’s annual Board of Directors election opens for voting on Wednesday, May 1^st.  A2IM’s board is elected by a vote of the A2IM label membership with every label member’s primary contact for A2IM possessing the right to vote on behalf of her or his company.  Once again our voting members have an exciting (and large) list of member executives who have stepped up or accepted nomination to run for election to the A2IM board of directors. A2IM’s voting members will be voting to fill four (4) seats from the below list of candidates (alphabetical by first name). Voting closes on Friday, May 24.

The nominees are:

-Alan Galbraith (Wind-up Records)

-Cory Robbins (Robbins Entertainment)

-Damon Sgobbo (Allegro Media Group)

-Denny Stilwell (Mack Avenue Records)

-EJ Johantgen (Prosthetic Records)

-Fabio Acosta (Akela Family Music)

-Glen Barros (Concord Music Group)

-Jamar Chess (Sunflower Entertainment)

-Jeff Waye (Ninja Tune Records)

-Jim Selby (Naxos)

-Josh Norek (Nacional Records)

-Jurgen Korduletsch (Radikal Records/Gummybear International)

-Linda Lucchesi (Simply Grand Music)

-Louis Posen (Hopeless Records)

-Matt Lunsford (Polyvinyl Records)

-Portia Sabin (Kill Rock Stars)

-Richard Burgess (Smithsonian Folkways)

-Robert Williams (335 Records)

-Tim Lee (Tummy Touch Records)

-Todd McCarty (Fearless Records)

A2IM expresses our gratitude to the three board members who, due to term limits, must step down at the end of this term:  Eric Brown (Sub Pop), Dave Hansen (Epitaph) and Tom Silverman (Tommy Boy).  We also thank Jim Selby (Naxos) who will appear on this year’s ballot as an incumbent seeking re-election.  Jim is eligible to run without sitting out a year because he didn’t serve a full 3 year term.  We thank each of these board members for their leadership and commitment to this organization and to the A2IM membership. We look forward to ongoing contributions from each.

Posted in Board of Directors, News by A2IM

A2IM’s annual Board of Directors election opened for voting on Wednesday, May 2nd (with every label member’s primary contact for A2IM possessing the right to vote).  Once again we have an exciting (and large) list of members who have stepped up or accepted nomination to run for election to the A2IM board of directors. A2IM members will be voting to fill three seats from the below list of candidates (alphabetical by first name).

The nominees are:

1. Alisa Coleman (ABKCO)

2. Allen Kovac (Eleven Seven)

3. Andrew Kautz (Big Machine Records)

4. Brian McNelis (Lakeshore)

5. Brian Sharp (Century Media)

6. Cathy Bauer (Daptone)

7. Chris Scully (Glassnote)

8. Darius Van Arman (Jagjaguwar)

9. Dennis Murcia (Tropisound)

10. Denny Stilwell (Mack Avenue)

11. Ed Vetri (Wind-up)

12. Geoff Kulawick (True North Records)

13. Jamar Chess (Sunflower Entertainment)

14. Josh Norek (Nacional)

15. Richard Burgess (Smithsonian Folkways)

A2IM expresses our gratitude to the three board members who, due to term limits, must step down at the end of this term:  Portia Sabin (Kill Rock Stars), Glen Barros (Concord Records) & Jim Cooperman (tinyOGRE).  Portia, Glen and Jim, thank you sincerely for your involvement and commitment to this organization. We look forward to your ongoing contributions.