The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc., a regional collective management group that represents music creators and rights holders across the subregion, has formally announced plans to host its 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in St. Lucia next month. In a public press release issued by the organization, officials confirmed that the in-person gathering will be complemented by a virtual participation option for members who cannot travel to the host venue, allowing remote attendance via the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Founded to bring together music writers and publishers from across the Eastern Caribbean, ECCO’s core mandate is to manage global music copyright licensing for public and commercial use across all broadcast and digital platforms. The organization collects royalties on behalf of its member creators and rightsholders, ensuring that creators are compensated fairly when their work is performed or reproduced publicly.
While a range of operational and strategic governance matters will be addressed during the one-day AGM, the most high-stakes item on the meeting’s agenda is a set of leadership elections to fill vacant board director positions across multiple regional territories and membership classifications. The open seats span all corners of the Eastern Caribbean: one Writer/Director position each will be contested for Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Additionally, five Writer Director seats and two Publisher Director seats representing host territory St. Lucia will be up for election.
ECCO has outlined clear deadlines and requirements for members seeking to stand for the open director positions. All completed nomination forms must be submitted to the organization’s headquarters located at Maurice Mason Avenue, Sans Souci, Castries, Saint Lucia no later than 10:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Submissions may be delivered either in person to the office or sent electronically to the dedicated email address [email protected] Per ECCO’s rules, every nomination form must carry the signatures of both the nominating member (a writer or publisher matching the nominee’s classification) and the nominee themselves, as formal confirmation that the candidate agrees to serve on the board if elected.
For members who plan to miss the AGM entirely, whether in person or virtually, the organization has also set rules for proxy voting. To allow an authorized representative to vote and conduct business on their behalf during the meeting, completed proxy forms must be submitted to the ECCO office — either physically or via email — by 10:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, June 18, 2026, one day after the nomination deadline.
The AGM is officially scheduled to kick off at 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the Burke King Conference Room in Castries’ Sans Souci district. Meeting organizers confirmed that registered virtual attendees will receive their unique Zoom access link after completing their registration for the event.