It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the new Manager of Publisher Services at APRA. For those who don’t yet know me, I began working at APRA in 1998 in the Distribution department as a Completing Clerk. I joined the Publisher Services department in 2001 as a Research and Copyright Administrator, and since 2003 have held the position of Senior Officer of Publisher Services. My experience at APRA has therefore been focused entirely on copyright ownership and the music publishing business, and over the last few years I have worked closely with Kaye Hawley on key projects and to resolve issues faced by the department. I am excited to now be able to employ my experience in a managerial capacity and carry on work done by Kaye to consolidate and improve our services to publisher members.
I would also like to welcome Gillian Dunn to the position of Senior Officer of Publisher Services. Gillian has worked in the department as a Publisher Representative since 2002 and took on Publisher Help Desk responsibilities last year. She will continue her Help Desk work in her new capacity as Senior Officer. Those of you who know Gillian will be well aware of her diligence and helpful attitude; in recognition of her valuable work at APRA Gillian was awarded APRA Employee Of The Year in 2005.
Please feel free to contact me at any time to introduce yourself and have a chat or discuss any issues/problems relating to APRA|AMCOS business (phone 02 9935 7775).
APRA Distribution 43A (payment for earnings from July to December 2005) is already just around the corner, so the coming few months will be a busy time for Publisher Services. In order to assist us in processing all copyright ownership changes in time for the distribution, we request that you adhere to the cutoff deadlines for agreement and work (title) registrations, as below:
Agreement registrations: 10 March 2006
Work registrations: 24 March 2006
