Special Executive Board Meeting Number 26-9b, September 25, 2026,
Virtual Meeting
Meeting called to order at 10:35 AM. Present: Hawley, Fuller, Apana, Corey, Proctor, Williams; Aron, Bravo, Kostic absent.
MMC to approve minutes of September 11, 2026 meeting.
New Business: Motion by Hawley to amend bylaws as follows:
Whereas the delegates at the 2026 AFM Convention voted to increase the AFM per capita rates that Locals pay the AFM, and
Whereas in the past per capita rate increases adopted at the AFM
Convention have always included a pass-through resolution that raises
Local annual dues to cover the increase in per capita rates, and
Whereas the 2026 resolution failed to include a pass-through resolution, and
Whereas Local 655 does not have the resources to absorb the per capita increases, be it resolved to:
Effective on January 1, 2027:
Increase Regular member annual dues by $4 and Youth, life, and inactive life member annual dues by $2.
Effective on January 1, 2028: Increase Regular member annual dues by $4
and Youth, life, and inactive life member annual dues by $2.
Effective on January 1, 2029:
Increase Regular member annual dues by $4 and Youth, life, and inactive life member annual dues by $2.
Motion by Proctor to amend by eliminating the second, third, and fourth
whereas; MMC (moved by Apana) to amend by retaining the final whereas;
motion to amend carries as amended.
Motion by Hawley to amend by adding an additional $2 per year for
Regular members and an additional $1 per year for other membership
categories; MMC (moved by Apana) to amend by adding an additional $1 in
the final year for Regular, Life and Inactive members; motion to amend
carries as amended.
MMC to adopt resolution as amended.
Motion by Apana to reconsider adding Arkins to the BAA hiring list.
Motion by Apana to amend by conditionally adding him only when
oboe/English horn doubling is required; amendment fails (Proctor, Corey
against; Fuller, Williams abstained). Main motion fails (Apana, Fuller,
Hawley, Proctor, Williams against).
The meeting was adjourned at 11:36 PM.
Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer