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Mar. 11, 2010
CMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS VISIT WASHINGTON TO MEET WITH THE NATION’S POLICYMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association met with a variety of policymakers during their recent Board meeting in Washington March 9–11 including Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, as well as a number of Senators, Representatives, and others to learn about current legislative and regulatory issues and to share their views from their perspective in the broader world of Country Music.
Discussions covered a range of views from these policymakers regarding public policy on telecommunications issues, technology issues, and copyright issues, international interest in U.S.-based Country Music, and the melding of all these issues as the digital age progresses.
Meetings were held Wednesday in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speakers included:
Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)
Senator John Thune (R-SD)
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
Register of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters of the Library of Congress
Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Representative Howard Berman (D-CA)
Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
“One of our goals in holding our Board meetings in the Nation’s Capital was to build relationships with government officials at all levels; to raise awareness of issues important to the music industry among key decision makers; and to lay the foundation for continuing dialogue that will have a lasting impact on Legislative affairs that affect the music industry,” said Steve Moore, Chairman of the CMA Board.
CMA has traveled to Washington for Board of Director’s meeting numerous times during the 50+ year history of the Association beginning in 1959 – the year after CMA was created as the first trade association formed to promote a genre of music. CMA has returned each decade since including visits in 1969, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1990 and 1997.
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