THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The role of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors, composed of 22 authors, decides on the society’s policy. Elected for four years by the General Assembly, it is renewable by half every two years. Retiring directors are eligible for re-election but may not be re-elected less than two years after the end of their second successive mandate.
The Supervisory Committee
The Supervisory Committee is composed of five member authors elected at the general meeting, and is responsible for overseeing the activities of the company’s management and administrative bodies.
Prerogatives
Made up of five member authors elected by the general assembly, representing the authors of the works making up the SCAM catalogue, the supervisory committee’s mission is to monitor the activity of the company’s management and administrative bodies, in particular with regard to the implementation of the general policies approved by the general assembly. It is also able to examine any refusal by the company of a request for documents presented by a member pursuant to Article L 326-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code. Each year it prepares a report which it presents at the ordinary general meeting.
Composition
The members of the committee are elected for a 2-year term, renewable once.
The committee is composed of:
• 3 authors of audio-visual works, including multimedia or audio and radio works,
• 1 author of written works under contract with a publishing house or creator of still images, regarding which the use of the former may or may not be made by a means other than audio-visual;
• 1 professional journalist subject to a treaty agreement entrusting the SCAM with the management of secondary rights for journalistic work.
THE COMMITTEES
Six committees, appointed by the Board of Directors, represent the various colleges of authors forming Scam’s repertoire: the Audiovisual Repertoire Committee, the Sound Repertoire Committee, the Written Works Committee, the Still Images Committee, the Journalists Committee and the Emerging writings and forms Committee.
SCAM’S DEPARTMENTS
Under the authority of the Chief Executive, Hervé Rony, a staff of over 100 works in the service of authors.