Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 04-5, 10 May, 2004 at 5:00 pm

Meeting called to order at 5:20 pm. Present: Walker, Apana, Ballard, Harp, Levin, Raimondi, Warner; Fox excused. MSC to approve minutes of April 2004 meeting as corrected.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of activities log, expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. MSC to approve new members. Apana reported on updates to the database to track recording contracts and recording session statistics.

President's Report: presentation of written report. Walker reported on development of the booking agency. MMC (moved by Walker) to pay the LIF out of the booking fee for nonmember leaders that join the Local after their first booking.

Roitstein arrived at 6:01 pm.

Report of Committees:

• Symphony: no report

• Recording: Roitstein reported that information on the negotiating sessions has been electronically distributed to recording musicians.

• Casual: no report

• Education: no report

• PR: no report

• Scale: no report

• Bylaw: no report

• Organizing: Ballard reported on current organizing efforts.

• Health Insurance: no report

• Booking Agency: MMC (moved by Apana) to dissolve the committee.

Special Orders: MMC to schedule next meeting for June 22 at 7:00 pm.

Unfinished Business: Discussion of Business Agent duties.

New Business: none.

Good and Welfare: Apana noted that SOA is delinquent in issuing paychecks. Apana suggested that the Scale committee be convened soon to review the wage scales. Walker noted that clinicians at Tequesta Trace have not been paid for their services.

The meeting adjourned at 6:56 pm.

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer