Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 23-07, August 9, 2023, Virtual Meeting

Meeting called to order at 12:04 PM. Present: Reskin, Apana, Aron, Corey, Fuller;  absent: Kleiman, van Eck.

MMC to approve minutes of July 6, 2023 meeting.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. Apana reported on correspondence from Coe re: unpaid gigs; AFM re: SOCO EIN; EPF re: audit. Apana reported that Ringcentral free plans no longer have unlimited meeting times. Apana reported on membership roll statistics.

VP Report: no report.

President's Report: no report.

Committee Reports: none.

Special Orders: MMC (moved by Apana) to poll the board at the end of the month re: meeting times for September.

Unfinished Business: none.

New Business: none.

Good and Welfare: Aron reported to the board on communications from G Miller re: dismissal from the MCB orchestra over lack of Covid vaccination. Discussion of upcoming 655 elections. Discussion of recruitment and organizing. Proctor arrived at 12:45 PM. Bravo arrived at 12:50 PM. Continued discussions. MMC (moved by Corey) to have all board members develop questions for an all-musician survey of membership status, reasons, and concerns to be reported to the board by the next meeting for deployment of said survey shortly thereafter. Aron departed at 1:20 PM.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:23 PM.

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer