IAVM Stands Strong on Inclusiveness & Providing Harassment-Free Work Environment
By Brad Mayne, CVE
Inclusiveness IAVM member- ship is becoming more diverse than recent years. For
than a decade, there has been a push for gender equality. At Venue Management School, we have -
tending the school, with 48% attendance in
2017. This is good news on numbers, but we still have an inequality in compensation, and this took many years to accomplish. IAVM and our members need to be diligent in becoming more inclusive in areas students.
Our members’ venues serve diverse communities, and it is prudent
mirror the diversity within the community we serve. Not just the over- all make-up, but all levels of the organization’s positions from the top concept will better position member venues to be successful. To further these principles, IAVM volunteers have implemented
multiple programs and initiatives that further our values of inclusive- ness: • A new management committee named Diversity and Inclu-
sive Leadership, chaired by Julia Slocombe, Vice President of Smart CVE, hosted a reception for diversity during VC2017 in Nashville, which raised $20,000 for your Foundation and have been earmarked to focus on the committee’s key initiatives and guiding a diverse group communities our venues serve. • At VC17, sessions including Women in Leadership, The Gender
work environment. -
Too And More: Where Do We Collectively Go From Here? • In addition, IAVM members have joined other associations for
from IAEE and others to present at NASC in Columbus, Ohio, on Gender Equality in Sports. • IAVM Headquarters has updated our Code of Ethics.
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Harassment Free Work Environment - al harassment and assault. IAVM, its members, and member venues have always placed a high value on providing secure environments, and this includes providing safe spaces where all members of our com- aggression. IAVM’s World Headquarters has policies that create a harassment
free environment where harassment and retaliation of any type are not any form of harassment or discrimination in our company’s workplace in recognition of the authority and responsibility entrusted to them by the membership, commit to ethical and prudent performance of their duties and responsibilities by committing to conduct themselves at all times according to the following ethical principles: •Maintain the highest ideals of honor and integrity in all personal and public relationships and in all interactions with each other. - ness dealings. •Make all decisions based on the principle of fairness to all. support provided by IAVM to its members. • Avoid any actions that may work to the disadvantage of IAVM or its members.
It is important that all IAVM members educate themselves regard-
of harassment and violence, as well as to take an active role by revis- iting your venue’s current policies and implementing preventive mea- sures where needed. It is prudent that we all are committed to the values of IAVM: in-
suggestions, and/or opportunities to assist.
Summary - lenge to all of our members to become inclusive and recognize that community and environments of success. It may not be easy, but it will be worth the time and energy to embrace a better way of achieving success. It will take time, with bumps in the journey, but everyone will FM
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