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Annual General Meeting 2020

Because of the continuing restrictions due to COVID‑19, the planned AGM event in Leicester will not take place. Instead the AGM will be conducted online using Zoom video-conferencing. Please refer to the letter of invitation, linked below, for information on how to attend.

Letter of Invitation

Nomination Form for Commitee and Officers

Minutes of AGM 2019

FRMS weekend at Ilkley

Rescheduled to March 2021

Update 10/08/20

As it now seems likely that social distancing rules will still be in place in October, a further postponement has been arranged. It is now intended that the event will take place from 26th to 28th March 2021.

Some adjustment to the programme may be necessary but at the time of writing (early August) we hope that all the original presenters and recitalists will be able to be with us.

All bookings and payments have been transferred to the new date, and as bookings were made directly with the hotel we have asked the hotel to notify participants individually. This may take a little while, so if you know of anyone who may be wondering what the situation is please feel free to make them aware of this.

The hotel has now reopened and can be contacted by e-mail at sales@craiglands.co.uk or by phone on 01943 430001. The postal address is Best Western Craiglands Hotel, Cowpasture Road, Ilkley LS29 8RG.

It may be possible to accept additional bookings for the new dates. If you are interested please e-mail chairman@thefrms.co.uk for further information.

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The Federation of Recorded Music Societies (FRMS) can claim to have played its part in developing greater enthusiasm and understanding of recorded classical music over a substantial portion of the past century.

The Federation was formed in 1936 as the National Federation of Gramophone Societies. Although the title has changed to reflect more recent developments, the aims of the movement have remained basically unaltered and the attraction is still present in the 21st century as well over 100 societies continue to meet on a regular basis.

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ADVANTAGES OF AFFILIATION TO THE FRMS

The Federation was formed in 1936 as a voluntary association of societies in the British Isles for the purpose of protecting their interests and furthering their aims. Twenty-three Societies originally affiliated - now the number is well over 100. Our main function is to manage licensing arrangements with Performing Right Society Ltd (PRS) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) for the licences necessary for performing recorded music in public, on terms favourable to our members. The fees are greatly reduced from those normally applied by these organisations for individual licences. A particular benefit of this arrangement is that it is the society itself that is licensed and not the premises. This means that the society is covered for PRS and PPL wherever it chooses to meet.

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