Radio awards

RIMO NAME: ___________________________________________________________________________

NOMINATOR NAME: __________________________________ SIGNATURE: _______________________

RADIO AWARDS
Our RIMO Award for the Best Emerging Radio Talent		NAME: RIBS COMMUNITY:
Our RIMO Award for the Best RIBS Radio Operator		NAME: RIBS COMMUNITY:
Best Outside Broadcast		Title: Name:
Best Station ID*		Title: Name:
Best Radio Interview or Oral History*		Title: Name:
Best Radio Documentary*		Title: Name:
*Send soundcloud or dropbox link to comms@irca.net.au
MAJOR PERPETUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Preston Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement This Award is managed by IRCA and judging criteria based on this nomination form. IRCA will present the Award.	Person you wish to nominate: ________________________________ Reason: (in <200 words)
The Mr McKenzie Memorial Award for Best Contribution to Remote Indigenous Television This Award is now a discretionary Award judged and presented by ICTV	Discretionary Award
The Mr Garawirrtja Memorial Award for contribution to media, entertainment & the arts This is a discretionary Award decided and awarded by TEABBA in consultation with the Festival Host RIMO each year.	Discretionary Award
John Macumba Indigenous Community Operator of the Year This Award is Sponsored and presented by CAAMA and is given to the Best RIBS Radio operator out of all the RIMO Radio nominations for the year as per this RIMO Nomination process.	Person you wish to nominate: _______________________ [Must be one of your Radio Award nominees above] Reason for nomination: (in <200 words)
Steven McGregor Award for Emerging Talent in Indigenous Film This Award will be decided and awarded by TEABBA. The Steve McGregor Award was also inaugurated at the TEABBA hosted Remote Media Festival in 2009.	Person you wish to Nominate: ________________________________ Reason: (in < 100 Words)
NITV SPIRIT Award The NITV Spirit Award is given to an organization that has shown a strong story line that could be developed into a half hour TV broadcast. NITV will offer a presale of $30,000 to the organization and work with them to deliver the story for a prime time slot on NITV.	Discretionary Award based on Festival Video Screenings & Nominations
MEDIA ORGANISATION AWARDS
Governance Award Describe why you are nominating for this award. i.e. Demonstrating best practice, Board training, Strategic Planning, Policy Development and Community Engagement.
Best Technical Innovation Award Describe why you are nominating for this award i.e. Responding and adapting to digital convergence opportunities.
Best Training and Professional Development Award Describe why you are nominating for this award. i.e. Description of training, trainee participation, performance outcomes, special elements.
OTHER MEDIA AWARDS
Best Digital Photograph Images to be taken during the Festival – Theme: ‘Media Worker’	To be taken and submitted at the Festival Photographer: Location: Description of subject: Names of subject: Camera:
Best Innovation in Online Media Describe why you are nominating for this Award Websites, Apps, Blogs, Social Media. Send link.
Best Song Provide link to song	Writer: Vocalist/Musician/Band: Song name: Copyright: Producer/Studio
Best Album Provide link to album or mail CD to IRCA	Writer: Vocalist/Musician/Band: Song name: Copyright: Producer/Studio

TERMS & CONDITIONS OF NOMINATIONS

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  Nominees for individual awards must be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who live in a remote or very remote location, or work for a remote media organization.
  
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  Entries close: August 27th, 2014 for Radio Broadcaster Awards (to enable printing on actual trophies)
  
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  Entries close: All other non-discretionary awards - September 10, 2014
  
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  All nominees are prepared to accept the nomination and preferably are able to attend the Festival to receive their Award.
  
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  Judging: to be coordinated by IRCA and advised prior to the Festival
  
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  New Radio Awards: By submitting a radio broadcast for judging the entrant and their sponsoring organization agrees to release the content for upload to IndigiTUBE Radio. By submitting the content to IRCA for consideration of an award and for upload to IndigiTUBE, you represent to us that:
  
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    The content is not confidential to or owned by any other person
    
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    IRCA’s use of the content does not infringe or violate any rights, including the intellectual property rights, of anyone else;
    
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    You have obtained all necessary clearances in respect of the performance or mechanical copying in any sound recording or musical compilation in the content;
    
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    You have obtained all necessary rights and clearances in respect of our anticipated use and distribution of the content, and our use and distribution of the content will not require us to obtain any clearances or pay any fees to any person;
    
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    You have the ability to license to us
    
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    You have specifically obtained all clearances and rights (including approvals from any relevant tribal elders relating to the use of stories, references to individuals and voices), in the content required by Australian law or Aboriginal customary laws.
    
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  Music Awards: by submitting a song or album for judging the entrant and their sponsoring organization agrees to release the content for upload to IndigiTUBE Music (same conditions as for New Radio Awards apply).
  
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  Digital Photography: By submitting an entry to the Digital Photography Award, entrants agree to release their image to IRCA for the purpose of cross-platform promotion of the remote media sector.
  

The Steve McGregor Award was inaugurated at the TEABBA hosted Remote Media Festival in 2009. Steven McGregor has worked in the Film Industry since his late teens. He started out as a Production Assistant in the NT Chief Minister’s Media Unit. He then moved to Alice Springs, where he was a cameraman for Imparja Television, undertaking a traineeship with CAAMA learning writing and directing. He then successfully completed his Masters in Drama Directing with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney. Since the mid-ninety’s Steven has written, directed and produced many award winning documentaries and short stories. These include ‘Cold Turkey’ nominated for two Australian Film Industry Awards, nominated for a Logie for Most Outstanding documentary. ‘Five Seasons’ filmed in South East Arnhem Land, winning Best Indigenous Film in New Mexico at the Santa Fe Film Festival and screened worldwide including Hollywood, Oregon and Washington as part of the US National Geographic All Roads Film Project. Other achievements to his credit have been contributing efforts in ‘Apekathe’, ‘Arafura Pearl’, ‘D-Evolution’, ‘Grey’, ‘Merrepen’, ‘My Colour Your Kind’, Nganampa Anwernekenhe’, ‘Marn-Grook’, ‘Shellie Morris Swept Away’, ‘The Watchers’, ‘Willaberta Jack’, ‘Willigan’s Fitzroy’, Tiwi bombers documentary, ‘In a League of their Own’, to the Baz Luhrmann’s movie ‘Australia’, ‘Crocker Island Exodus’, ‘Redfern Now’, ‘Pretty Boy Blue’ winning AACTA Best Screen play in Television. Steven has provided major support as Director mentor for several of the Yarning Up series working with first time Remote Indigenous film makers; and has provided professional direction advice and assistance for film introduction and development for TEABBA staff and its remote membership network.

This Award was inaugurated at the 2013 15^th National Remote Indigenous Media Festival at Ntaria, NT.