Proposal submitted to the General Meeting - UNICA 1998 in Zillertal

Ladies and gentlemen

In November 1997 we sent a draft proposal with a proposal for the distribution of the costs for the young authors participating in the UNICA Congresses. You were requested to express an opinion and, if necessary, make counter proposals before 31.03.98. Some federations expressed an agreement whereas some others made proposals for amendment which were examined during the Comittee meeting from 04 to 07.06.1998 in Lappeenranta, Finland.

Following these suggestions, the Committee has modified its proposal and now submits the new proposal to the vote of the 1998 General Meeting in Zillertal with the following wording :

"The sharing of costs for the young authors (max. 2 young authors per country) is set as follows :

• Accommodation (youth hostel, private rooms) will be on the account of the host of the UNICA Congress
  
• The congress card (env. EUR 175) is paid for one half by the national federation which selected the young author to be sponsored and for the other half by the UNICA Treasury (i.e. about EUR 88 for each party).
• No cash payment will be made to the young author concerned.
  
• The participant (young author) will have to pay for his/her own sustenance, when not included in the congress card."

The UNICA Committee holds the opinion that preference should be given to young authors whose film has been selected for the film contest, this being the only way for him/her to compare his/her performance to that of other authors. But this is just a recommendation by the Committee.

The Comittee thanks all federations who responded to the proposal and now requests all federations to give approval to the proposal submitted.

The Committee of UNICA.