Official Business
Annual Dues
Annual Dues are payable in January 2002. You may also make semiannual payments in January and July. Payment must be received by January 31 or you will be subject to late/reinstatement fees, Thank you.
Classification | Semi-Annual (Jan./Jul.) | Annual |
Regular | $74 | $148 |
Life | $49 | $98 |
Inactive Life | $39 | $78 |
PLEASE NOTE: Annual Dues rates were reduced due to a lower Life Insurance Premium rate through a new carrier. Please see the enclosed new policy and return the new Beneficiary Designation Form to Local 655 as soon as possible.
NOTE: Life Members must request Inactive Status to be eligible for the Inactive Rate. Requests must be received by January 1, 2002.
RESIGNATIONS
Resignations must be received by January 1, 2002 or you will be liable for first-quarter dues. Resigning in good standing, rather than being expelled for failure to pay dues, will protect your status in other Locals as well as reduce reinstatement/initiation fees should you wish to rejoin this or any other AFM Local in the future.
Inactive Life Member and Resignation request forms are available by calling the Local at (954) 925-1996 or by e-mail: local655[at]afm[dot]org. Thank you.
General Membership Meeting
Date: Thursday, January 17 at 12:00 Noon
Location: Hollywood Playhouse, 2640 Washington St., Hollywood
Agenda: Amendments to the Bylaws
Remove Office Clerk Language
Article IX. Section 2. (b) A printed ballot prepared by the
Election Committee will be presented at the polls to each member in good
standing who shall sign a roster of eligible voters prepared by the President
[Secretary-Treasurer].
Article IX. Section 2. (c) The Office Clerk [Secretary-Treasurer
or his/her designate] must be present at election headquarters throughout
election hours and must furnish records to the Election Committee in any matter
of dispute of eligibility.
Article IX. Section 2. (d) All offices of the Local shall be
closed on election day and shall remain closed throughout the entire time that
the polls are open. No member or officer of Local 655 shall have access to, or
be permitted use of any part of Local business offices and/or any of their
facilities except that part of the Local Headquarters designated as the polling
area. The Office Clerk [Secretary-Treasurer or his/her
designate] shall be the sole exception to this rule. His/Her use of his
office shall be limited to the performance of those duties as defined in the
preceding subsection (c).
Vacation Time
Article VII Section 6. Any officer or staff member engaged by
the local shall be entitled to two weeks annual paid vacation. [In their
third and fourth years of service, they shall be entitled to three weeks annual
paid vacation.] In their fifth and following years of service, they shall be
entitled to [four] three weeks annual paid vacation.
Budget
Article VII Section 5 (k) The Executive Board shall have
the authority to approve an Annual Budget which shall be
presented by the Secretary-Treasurer at the January meeting [in the
fourth quarter preceding each fiscal year]. They shall also approve
all non-budget expenses over $200.
Vice President Salary
Whereas the Local 655 Recording Department has grown significantly in the last 4 years, with a 21% increase in wages on recording contracts in 1998, 100% in 1999, 25% in 2000, and are anticipated to increase again in 2001, and
Whereas the Recording Department is expected to continue to grow with the success of the STAR campaign and other initiatives, and
Whereas the duties and hours of the Vice President/Recording Representative have increased commensurately, be it
Resolved that Article VII Section 3(f) Vice President be amended as follows:
"His/Her Salary shall be $17,160 [$22,100] per year,
paid weekly."
Local 655 2001 Election Results
Candidate |
Number of Votes |
(Boldface Candidates declared elected)
President:
Peter Graves | 116 |
Sonny Mange (withdrawn from race) | 0 |
Johnny Padilla | 27 |
Brad Watson (withdrawn from race) | 3 |
Vice President:
Lisa Fox | 123 |
Secretary-Treasurer:
Jeffrey Apana | 120 |
Executive Board:
Holly Ballard | 89 |
Rene Barge | 67 |
Tim Barnes | 90 |
Margaret Butler | 72 |
Michael Harp | 50 |
Jake Luger | 57 |
Tina Raimondi | 98 |
Guy Scafati | 41 |
Brad Watson | 47 |
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