Item - 2015.MM9.19

City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2015, adopted the following:

1.  City Council amend the terms of reference for the Toronto Film, Television and Digital Media Board by:

            a. increasing the number of public members from eighteen to twenty; and

            b. amending Section B-3 so that it now reads as follows:

"Citizen members appointed to the Film Board sit as individuals, unless appointed as representatives of specific organizations, and should have experience and knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

- Production and postproduction;

- Studios;

- Artist associations;

- Unions and Guilds;

- Marketing and promotion firms;

- Communications, media and content deliverers (broadcasters, cable, telecom and internet companies;

- Digital Media;

- Educational and training institutions;

- Suppliers;

- Financiers and funders;

- Copyright owners;

- Support services (e.g. legal, financial, accounting, physical and technical infrastructure companies); and

- Partners (e.g. local business, film festivals)."

2.  City Council appoint the following representatives as members of the Toronto Film, Television and Digital Media Board, for a term of office ending on November 30, 2018:

- Chief Executive Officer or designate, Film Ontario; and

- President or designate, Computer Animation Studios of Ontario.