GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Monday, 21 July, 2003 at 1:00 pm

Local 655 Offices, Hollywood FL

 Meeting called to order at 1:13 pm. 17 members (a quorum) present, including President Graves, VP Fox, Secretary-Treasurer Apana, and Board members Ballard, Harp, Luger, and Roitstein.

MSC to approve minutes of last meeting.

Reports of Officers:

  • Apana reported on membership rolls and finances; the Local is anticipating deficits of $20,000 this year and $40-50,000 in following years due to loss of work dues revenue from the FPO.

  • Fox reported that to date $620,000 in wages has been reported on AFM recording contracts.

  • Graves reported on the August 22 extension granted to the FPO by the bankruptcy judge, AFM convention resolutions adopted to generate additional income for the AFM, and that he will not seek re-election at the end of the current term.

Reports of Committees:

  • The Bylaw committee reported their recommendations of the pending proposed Bylaw amendments.

Special Orders:

  • Graves presented background information relating to the proposed Bylaw amendments. MSC (by Graves) to dispense with reading of the proposals. MSC (by Apana) that the amendments shall take effect January 1, 2004, except that proposal 1 shall take effect immediately. MSC to adopt resolution 1 (elimination of casual credits). MSC (by Snihur) to adopt Bylaw Committee recommendation to not strike "Serve as Business Representative" in proposal 2; MSC to adopt proposal 2 (removing business representative language from President and VP job descriptions) as amended. MSC to adopt proposal 3 (wages of officers). Discussion of proposal 4; MSC (by Apana) to amend to read "Business Representatives for Casual, Recording, and Symphony may be appointed by the respective Standing Committee, subject to Executive Board approval"; MSC to adopt proposal 4 as amended.  

New Business:

  • MSC (by Apana) to direct the Executive Board to propose Bylaw amendment language creating a Standing Committee for Theater Musicians.

A Quorum was lost at 2:18pm, at which time the meeting was adjourned.


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