VBA Policy For Video & Audio Recordings

• No video or audio recordings are to be made at any VBA events unless specifically authorized in advance by the performer(s) being recorded. It is the responsibility of the performer(s) to make any and all necessary arrangements for the recording, and to advise the Board, or person(s) acting on behalf of the Board with respect to the event, at least 24 hours in advance of the event.
  
  
• A person who has been authorized to record a performer or performers on the Open Stage will not be permitted to record any other performer(s) at that event.
  
  
• The Board will not advise members of the names of any person(s) who may be available for making recordings, or advise any such person(s) of the members who will be performing at any events.
  
  
• Members of the audience at an Open Stage will be permitted to take still photographs of performer(s) for their own personal use. Commercial use or wide distribution of such photographs is not to be made without the permission of the performer(s) and the Board.
  
  
• The taking of still photographs at concerts or features will be at the discretion of the performer(s).