Saturday, May 18th, 2013
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PLASA Members worldwide have begun voting in the Association’s yearly elections, which commenced this week. The month-long ballot, in which over 1,000 members participate, will decide places on PLASA’s European and North American Regional Boards, together with a single seat on its over-arching Governing Body. The two Regional Boards are still a relatively new concept [...]
As part of its ongoing merger activities and in response to the end of year departure of Ruth Rossington, Executive Director in Europe, PLASA has taken the opportunity to restructure its management team to ensure it continues to move the organization forward while progressing a wide range of projects of benefit to members. With effect [...]
There now follows a press statement from ABTT regarding the use of Tallescopes reprinted in full to ensure accuracy: After discussion amongst the Tallescope Working Party – which comprises representatives from SOLT, TMA and a range of UK theatre industry organisations, members of the HSE and the manufacturers of the Tallescope, Aluminium Access Products – [...]
In preparation for their merger on 1 January 2011, PLASA and ESTA have just completed month-long elections for positions on the European and North American Regional Boards and the over-arching Governing Body. The elections usher in a new Governance structure for both Associations as they unite under the PLASA name: the two Regional Boards will [...]
With plans for the merger between ESTA and PLASA now in their final stages, the elections for places on the new North American and European Regional Boards, and the over-arching Governing Body, got underway on 1 October. The elections are a unique milestone in the merger of the two Associations, as this is the first [...]
PLASA, the lead body for those working in the live events, entertainment and communication industries worldwide and ESTA, the principal trade association for the entertainment services and technology industries in North America, have voted to merge their two organisations. The announcement comes on the back of lengthy consultations with both sets of memberships which concluded [...]
In a ‘world first’ for the entertainment rigging industry, PLASA Events has announced the launch of the PLASA International Rigging Conference, to be held alongside two days of PLASA 2010, at Earls Court, London on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 September. The aim of this technical conference, the first of its kind in the world, [...]
