ONTARIO — The recently formed Association for Downloadable Media (ADM) will hold its first in-person meeting at the Podcasting & New Media Expo in Ontario, Canada. The meeting will be held at 7:30 am PDT on Friday, September 28th, 2007 in Ballroom A. Admission is open to anyone registered as an expo attendee. Free and paid attendance options are available at NewMediaExpo.com.Agenda items to be discussed include the initial goals of the organization, the continued membership drive, committee formation action plans, first priority deliverables as an organization, potential membership benefits for podcasters, and the process for the nominations for board seats and committees. ADM has a roster of 50 publishers, agencies, vendors and metrics companies. The current membership list is posted at Downloadablemedia.org.

This meeting will be an opportunity for new members to bring forth action items for the ADM to address. All industry professionals interested in monetizing their content are encouraged to attend.

Nominations for the four executive committees (chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer), 11 advisory board seats and five committee chair positions are now open. Any current ADM members may nominate themselves or other members for office positions on the executive and advisory board slots or as committee chairs.