"I may be just a Southern boy who talks….real…..slow, but I count 8 out of 12 board members may directly benefit if their web series is nominated or wins a 2011 Streamy Award."
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The IAWTV needs to add a conflict of interest clause to their Bylaws as we wrote about some time ago:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.webseriestoday.com/2010/05/iawtv-bylaws-article-436.html
As you see from the comments this is something Jenni brought to their attention but since all their operations have been done in secret since then we have no idea if anything was done about it.
With a regular public corporation your goal is to create a Board of Directors who can offer your business good advice. This generally includes leaders from companies that do not compete with you directly, but operate in complementary business areas where the executives are in a position to offer you valuable strategic advice.
ReplyDeleteNow here we have a non-profit so the needs are probably a bit different. In fact the Bylaws lay out fairly specific criteria that must be met before someone can serve on the Board. This probably limits the potential diversity of Board members.
The original Board had a representative from venture capital and one from advertising and those would meet the criteria mentioned above of being from complementary business areas. One has to assume that the members of the IAWTV took all these factors into consideration when nominating and electing the Board they think can best do the job.
A more important view of the Board will come from the decisions they make. For example if they proceed with an award show that the IAWTV does not FULLY OWN then they will just be diving back into the problems of the past. If they either negotiate taking over ownership of the Streamys from Tubefilter or start an entirely new show then clearly we have a Board that understands what is needed from them.
The IAWTV needs to add a conflict of interest clause to their Bylaws as we wrote about some time ago:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.webseriestoday.com/2010/05/iawtv-bylaws-article-436.html
As you see from the comments this is something Jenni brought to their attention but since all their operations have been done in secret since then we have no idea if anything was done about it.
In terms of the IAWTV it is important to make it clear that it does not represent the entire "web series community". It is a private non profit corporation that represents the interests of its membership and how its membership perceives the interests of the web series community. That is quite different from the interests of the web series community itself where there may well be a plurality of opinion that fall well outside the opinions expressed by the IAWTV and its membership.
ReplyDeleteMembers of the IAWTV and the corporation as a whole would do well to remember this. Each web series creator and each participant in the community is sovereign over their own opinion and the IAWTV should only speak for those who have chosen to express personal opinions that are aligned with that of their corporation.
I still don't see why everyone just ignores them. They're only legitimate if you let them be.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of legitimacy thats very true. However the IAWTV/Streamys did an immense amount of damage to the reputation of web series last year. They are in a position where they can generate a lot of media attention and if they bungle things, as they very clearly did, EVERYONE in the web series community suffers, not just their membership.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe, the LA bubble is no more relevant than Leave Britney Alone at this point. The world and the web is passing them all by the longer they hide behind their Stonecutter society.
ReplyDeleteJust remember that history does tend to repeat if we do not learn our lessons from the past. It is also important to make the distinction between the voice of the IAWTV and the individual voices that exist in the larger community. The loudest voice is often the one that is heard, even when it is wrong. We live in a society where collectivism is endemic and that is the danger when you have bodies such as the IAWTV speak for the entire "web series community". They can speak for them self if they want, but clearly they do not speak for the entire community.
ReplyDeleteThey only speak for one fraction of one city period. Until that changes they will never matter.
ReplyDeleteIgnore them. The world we'll be fine without them. That simple.
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Exactly
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