TONO's annual meeting yesterday adopted changes to the statutes. New members were also elected to TONO's board and other governing bodies. Ingrid Kindem and Jørgen Karlstrøm were re-elected as chair and deputy chair.
/ 24/05/2019 / Willy MartinsenTONO's annual meeting was held yesterday at the House of Literature in Oslo. A number of changes to the statutes proposed by TONO's board were adopted.
The changes mean, among other things, that TONO has a new board composition. The previous three vacant seats have been replaced by two seats dedicated to independent members of the board, i.e. shareholders without membership in NOPA, the Norwegian Composers' Association or the Music Publishers. The changes apply not only to §28, but also to all other bodies in TONO where there have previously been vacant seats. In advance of the annual meeting, the employees also increased their representation on the board to three seats compared to the two they had previously. This is in line with the Cooperatives Act, which gives employees the right to demand that up to one third of the board members be elected from among the employees.
An amendment to §43 of TONO's statutes was adopted, which means that a new requirement of a ¾ majority on TONO's board for matters concerning settlement and cultural funds has now been defined. The amendment replaces a previous rule that meant that at least one board member (from each association) had to support any proposal for changes in matters concerning settlement or cultural funds.
It was also proposed to change the distribution key for the cultural funds, as defined in §58. A decision was made in line with the board's proposal to reduce the share to NOPA and the Norwegian Composers' Association by five percent each, and that the Music Publishers increase their share by 10 percent. The distribution key will thus be 45% to NOPA, 35% to the Norwegian Composers' Association and 20% to the Music Publishers, but a transition year has been added so that the distribution key is fully applicable from 2021.
See here for a complete overview of the changes to the statutes (pdf, opens in new window)
New members were elected to the board and other bodies, where all newly elected shareholders were elected based on the nomination committee's recommendation. This year, there were elections for five representatives and five deputy representatives to TONO's board. It was also proposed to move a deputy from a vacant seat to MF's 2nd deputy seat, with the consequence that the person's seat had to be filled. After the annual meeting, TONO's board consists of the following members:
| Manager | Deputy representative | |
| NOPA | Ingrid Kindem, Chairman | Jon-Willy Rydningen (1st alternate) (re-election)
Arvid W. Solvang (2nd alternate) |
| Tove Bøygard (re-election) | ||
| NKF | Stine Sørlie (re-election) | Knut Olaf Sunde (1st substitute) (new)
Kristin Bolstad (2nd alternate) |
| Jørgen Karlstrøm, deputy chairman | ||
| MF | Unni Boretti (new) | Jan Stefan Bengtsson (1st substitute) (1 year) (new[1])
Tonje Hovde (2nd alternate) (new) |
| Kai Robøle | ||
| Uavh | Stian Westerhus (re-election) (1 year) | Halvard Rundberg (new) (1 year) |
| Ine Kristine Hoem (re-election) (2 years) | Natali Garner Abrahamsen (new) (2 years) |
[1] Bengtsson is new to MF's deputy position, but was previously appointed as a deputy in a vacant position, and is therefore not really new.
Ingrid Kindem and Jørgen Karlstrøm were re-elected as chair and deputy chair, respectively, for one year.
The Control Committee was elected for the next two years:
| Manager | Items | |
| NOPA | Ragnar Bjerkreim (re-election) | Morten Halle (re-election) |
| NKF | Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred (re-election) | Therese Birkelund Ulvo (re-election) |
| MF | Frithjof Hungnes (re-election) | Knut Arne Holthe (re-election) |
| Independent | Preben Sælid Andersen (new) | Andreas Løwe (new) |
| Heir | Guri Egge (re-election) | Elin Prøysen (re-election) |
New scholarship committee
The annual meeting voted for a change in the statutes that means that the members of the scholarship committee will not be elected by the group associations, but by the annual meeting. The following members were elected to the scholarship committee:
| Manager | Period | Items | |
| NOPA | Morten Lorentzen (re-election) | 2 years | Tore Thomassen (new) |
| Tonje Unstad (new) | 1 years | Tove Kragset (new) | |
| NKF | Jon Øivind Ness (new) | 2 years | Rune Rebne (new) |
| Kari Beate Tandberg (re-election) | 1 years | Ragnhild Berstad (new) | |
MF |
Steinar Mountain | 2 years | Anthony Smith (new) |
| Uavh. | Ole Børud (new) | 1 years | André The Calm (new) |
| Kaja Gunnufsen (new) | 2 years | Sanskriti Shrestha (new) |
New members were elected to TONO's election committee for two years:
| Manager | Items | |
| NOPA | Lars Martin Myhre (re-election) | Karoline Kruger |
| MF | Kristin Andersen (re-election) | Asbjørn Myrvold (new) |
| NKF | Klaus Sandvik (new) | Peter Tornquist (new) |
| Independent | Day Erik Knedal Andersen (new) | Marte Heggelund (new) |
