OBJECTIVES - OJF
- To encourage the promotion of jazz
- To promote, assist and encourage efforts to attain the highest possible standard in live jazz
- To bring together and encourage all kinds of jazz
- To promote the spirit of jazz and bring it into closer contact with other areas of music and other arts
- To promote, assist and improve the eduction of the general public in order to create a wider appreciated and interest in jazz, and the dissemination of knowledge and information to achieve this objective
- To attain stronger representation for jazz in the media
- To increase the attention paid to jazz in all areas of musical education
- To do such lawful acts as are incidental to the promotion of the objectives of the Federation
- In pursuit of these objects, the Federation shall apply its efforts mainly, but not exclusively, to the area of Oxfordshire
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Federation shall be open to all members of the public who support the objects of the Federation upon payment of such annual subscription as may be determined from time to time by the management committee. Members shall be eligible to vote at General Meetings of the Federation.
Affiliation to the Federation will be available to any organisation, club or group supporting the objectives of the Federation and paying such annual subscription as may be determined from time to time by the Management Committee. One nominated representative of such a group will be eligible to vote at general Meetings of the Federation.
The management committee shall present, at least once in a year, a report to members of the financial state and all activities of the Federation.General meetings of the Federation, including the Annual General Meeting, shall be called by written notice given not less than 14 days before the date of the Meeting Notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent by second-class post to the recorded address on the register of members.
The quorum for the General Meeting shall be 5.
JOINING THE FEDERATION
To join the federation as an individual there is an annual fee of £4.00 which inclues a free website link and businesses and other establishments can advertise on the website for an annual fee of £10.00.
All cheques payable to The Oxfordshire Jazz Federation c/o Jim Potter 1 Hardwick Avenue, Kidington, Oxon. OX5 1BH.
Individual members and businesses can link their website by emailing Cheryl-Lee Foulsham Oxford Duplication Centre.
Membership application forms can also be found on the "Jazz Finder", a quarterly listings guide of jazz events in and around Oxfordshire.
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NEWS AND EVENTS
As part of this year's Oxford Jazz Festival and supported by The OJF, a jazz workshop and concert will take place at the North Wall Arts Centre in Summertown.
All musicians of any standard are invited to apply and full details can be found at www.oxfordjazzfestival.com.
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The OJF publish the "Jazz Finder", a quarterly listings guide of jazz events in and around Oxfordshire.
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Patron Alyn Shipton