Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 24-1, January 24, 2024, Virtual Meeting

Meeting called to order at 1:08 PM. Present: Hawley, Fuller, Apana, Aron, Corey, Kostic, Reskin, Proctor, Williams.

Apana assumed the chair to swear in the new officers. Hawley resumed the chair.

MMC to approve minutes of December 20, 2023 meeting.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. Apana reported on correspondence from website host re: domain renewal; Atlanta Local re: scale increases.

VP Report: none.

President's Report: Hawley reported on talking to musicians about the state of the industry including members of SFS and MISO; reading the book "A Collective Bargain"; election of new PBOOC members.

Committee Reports: none.

Special Orders: MMC to schedule executive board meeting for February 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM. MMC (moved by Apana) to appoint Apana, Whitney, and Clippard to Bylaw Committee and Bravo to the Recording Committee. MMC (moved by Fuller) to appoint Fuller to Symphonic Committee. MMC (moved by Hawley) to appoint Gittelsohn and Naveira to Symphonic Committee and Williams to Casual Committee. MMC (moved by Kostic) to appoint Kostic to the Symphonic Committee. MMC (moved by Williams) to appoint Whitney to Casual Committee. MMC (moved by Aron) to appoint Aron, Friend, Martinez, and Reskin to the Scale Committee. MMC (moved by Corey) to appoint Corey to the Scales Committee.

Unfinished Business: Discussion of musician survey. Corey thanked Reskin for his service as president. Williams and Corey departed at 1:18 PM.

MMC to approve language for musician survey to be distributed to the entire South Florida musical community. MMC to approve language for QR code webpage.

New Business: Motion by Apana to subscribe to paid virtual meeting account; motion amended by Proctor and carried to have the Local pay for a Zoom account, with the cost to be covered by the Executive Board members. Fuller departed at 1:35 PM.

Good and Welfare: Discussion of organizing. Motion made by Apana to schedule membership meetings; the motion was postponed until the next meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:01 PM.

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer