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AV News 183 - February 2011 Chairman's Chatter Keith Scott FRPS Although the New Year may seem a long time ago this is nonetheless our first opportunity in 2011 to wish all our readers a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, with great emphasis on the healthy aspect. You may recall that in our previous issue of AV News we published a statement on behalf of the RPS Distinctions Advisory Board following the unexpected suspension of the AV Distinction Assessment Panel, pending recommendations from the newly formed 'Time Based Media Working Group'. This working group has since reported back with their initial recommendations that: A new distinction panel should be formed called 'Multimedia & Narrative', including the previous Audio Visual and Film & Video (Moving Image) panels and encompassing time based media and the new technologies (both present and future). Their formal statement to this effect is printed on page 17. Please note the final paragraph of this statement - that 'these recommendations are open for comment'. Therefore your observations on this issue should be sent to Carol Agar, Special Projects Manager (carol@rps.org) as soon as possible. Although I requested that you didn't shoo Ёѡ