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SOCAN Names New Board

Heading the Board, and the Executive Governance Committee, as President and Chair is Marc Ouellette, who was a board member of the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC) from 2000 to 2006, and was its President in 2006.

SOCAN Names New Board

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SOCAN's new Board of Directors for 2018-2021 has elected its President and officers, as well as appointed the chair and members of its four committees.


Heading the Board, and the Executive Governance Committee, as President and Chair is Marc Ouellette, who was a board member of the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC) from 2000 to 2006, and was its President in 2006. He was also a board member of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) and has been a board member of the Société professionnelle des auteurs et compositeurs du Québec (SPACQ), including two years as President from 2002 to 2004.

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Other officers of the Board include Jennifer Mitchell as first Vice-Chair, Rosaire Archambault as second Vice-Chair, Vivian Barclay as secretary, Earl Rosen as treasurer, and Stan Meissner as past President.

Glenn Morley is the chair of the Tariff, Licensing & Distribution Committee; Ed Henderson chairs the Membership Committee; Past President Stan Meissner will chair the Risk Identification & Management Committee, and co-chairs the Pension Plan Committee.

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Drummer Frank Beard of American rock band ZZ Top at their concert in Munich, Germany 1986.
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Drummer Frank Beard of American rock band ZZ Top at their concert in Munich, Germany 1986.

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Obituaries: Tributes to ZZ Top's Frank Beard, Actor/Singer Hayden Panettiere

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Hall of Fame blues/R&B singer Latimore and legendary Australian music industry veteran Johnny Young.

Frank Lee Beard, drummer with Texan rock greats ZZ Top for 56 years, died on Aug. 17, at age 77.

A press release from longtime band publicist Bob Merlis confirmed his passing, stating that Beard was “in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, TX with family members at his side.”

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