Newsletter Archives: January 2024
01/01/24 Official Business
2024 Annual Dues Now Payable:
- Regular Members: $185
- Youth Members (under age 21): $115
- Life Members: $120
- Inactive Life members: $90
Please send your checks before the end of January to avoid late fees or suspension of membership. You may also make semiannual payments by paying half in January and half in July. Please contact the office if you have questions or need more time to pay, and please send checks to:
**PLEASE NOTE ADDRESS AND RATES**
AFM Local 655 1915 NE 45th St Suite 105 Fort Lauderdale FL 33308
01/01/24 Last Month at the Local
At our November membership meeting Elena Alamilla and Lucian Williams were nominated to fill the vacancy for Director of the 2024-26 term of office. As a result of the mail-ballot election that was conducted on December 15, 2023, Lucian Williams was elected to fill the position, and will take office on the first business day of 2024.
01/01/24 Membership Benefits
The Federation is integrally involved with three societies that collect and distribute royalties to musicians. Only one of these societies--the AFM and AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund--is dedicated to serving the needs of session musicians. It is the organization with the longest name, the leanest staff, and the toughest mission, and it is probably the best kept secret in the AFM.
01/01/24 That Union Thing
United Teachers of Dade will have to go through the process of recertifying its right to represent teachers thanks to Senate Bill 256, which just went into effect.
01/01/24 Local and Industry News
The Metropolitan King County Council (Seattle, WA) has approved new funding for the arts.
