The Committee For A More Responsible Local 47

GREETINGS LOCAL 47 COLLEAGUES!,

This bulletin is a long read, but we hope you’ll take the time to read it. It is VERY informative.

In this edition
I. Update on the 2004-2005 Scholarship situation
II. The Grokster decision
III. A Reply concerning Local 47’s October NON-meeting
IV. Resolution of the Rachmaninoff Competition situation.

We hope you’re all having a great and profitable Holiday season. There’s much to cover this time around, so without further delay:

I.) LOCAL 47 member Charles Fernandez has sent us an update concerning the 2004-2005 Scholarship awarded to the son of Vice-President Vince Trombetta when notice wasn’t sent to the membership.

Here is his update:

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Fellow Local 47 members,

Recently the Committee forwarded a letter I sent to the Overture to this list. To summarize briefly, in the July 2004 Overture there was a picture of Nicolas Trombetta receiving a $2,000 (two thousand dollar) check for the 2004-2005 Music Fund Scholarship. The problem was, through a truly innocent mistake by the Overture staff, the notice of the scholarship’s availability was never published. The questions naturally arose, “How did VP Trombetta’s son know about it,.. and how can the scholarship be awarded when the general membership is not informed?

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues,

A couple more responses to the discussion concerning Unions,
Legislation and using dues for political purposes.

It is our understanding that while the Local may choose to endorse a particular candidate, only money given voluntarily to TEMPO can be used for political purposes.
If you don’t want your money used, don’t give it to TEMPO. This is further discussed by John Given below.

If we are mistaken, please write in and let us know.

Dear Comm Resp 47:

>From Lisa Haley (feel free to post my name):
I’m very glad you are providing these different points of view.

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues!,

We have some additional comments and counter comments
concerning the rights issue for union members.

As a reminder to those who frequent the list, unless you give
specific permission your name will never be included in these
mailings. Only in this way can we guarantee your privacy from
potential retribution.

Today’s Comments:

I think it is good and necessary to have a place to discuss
union issues without reprisal. This email forum does just that.
If we had jobs with tenure or contract, this anonymous forum
perhaps wouldn’t be necessary. But since jobs are gotten by
whom one knows and whom one likes, it would be really
impossible to get honest opinions in an open, unsecret,
if you will, forum.
Let’s not quibble about who has set this dialogue in motion and
get to the point.
That being said, I think it would be a good idea for whoever
“the committee” is to label their opinion as such so we know who
the contributors are and who management is. No names necessary.

Thank you to John Given for his summary and links on the bills
for/against unionism.

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Greetings 47 COLLEAGUES,

It’s been a while since we have sent out general comments
from the members. We’ve received several comments concerning
the letter from the secretary-treasurer Serena, but we will save
those until the final comments come in.

Also, in the next few days we will give you a short report on the
caucuses before the negotiations this past week. You should
find it interesting as much for the denial going on as for the
caucuses themselves.

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues!.

Here is a reminder for the ASMAC seminar with Bruce Broughton on July 23rd. They’ve included the price in this one!

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

ASMAC
The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers
announces

WRITING FOR ORCHESTRA
a workshop/lecture by Composer
Bruce Broughton

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues!,

Below you will find a letter from Serena Kay Williams,
Secretary-Treasurer of Local 47. Considering the contents
of the letter, we now consider the matter of being misrepresented
closed.

Freedom of communication prevails folks, congratulations!

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

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Letter from Serena

To; Committee for a More Responsible 47
From: Serena Kay Williams, Secretary-Treasurer
Re: Your Email Correspondence of June 9, 2005
Date: June 9, 2005

Having read and re-read the collection of emails attributed to
your committee, I find I must alter my original belief that your
Committee was claiming to “represent Local 47”. Upon
re-reading your series of emails, it has become clear that
you never intended to represent the Local, but that you are,
instead, a group of members who are sharing their concerns
with one another.

Now that I have a clearer understanding of who you are, I want
to let you know that I have decided to refrain from directing
Local 47’s attorney to take any action regarding your
communications.

Your letter of June 9 makes clear an undeniable point:
all Local 47 members deserve the right to freely express
themselves. Please know that I will continue to respect this
right, and that I will continue to do the work that Local 47
members have elected me to do for two decades.

As stated in my previous message, I offer you an invitation
to meet with me, face-to-face. I have found that clear, open
communication is the best way to foster unity, clarify problems,
and craft solutions. Of course, if you choose to remain
anonymous, I will respect your wishes.

Thanks for your time and continued support!

Serena Kay Williams

Greetings Fellow Local 47 Colleagues!,

Here are performance announcements sent to us by Local 47 members Steve Carr and Chris Walden. If you can, come out and support your fellow Local 47 members!

Steve Carr Plays Jazz

Friday, July 15th the Trio including
Rick Fleishman, Gtr
Ryan Cross, Bass
at Reata 6:00-10:00PM
In the Topanga Promenade
above Barnes & Noble at
6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818) 347-2090

Sunday, July 24th
The Quartet including
Rich Eames, Piano
Kendall Kay, Drums
at Spazio 7:30-11:30PM
14755 Ventura Blvd., Suite D
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(818) 728-8400
Corner of Ventura Blvd. & Willis

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I’m pleased to announce that the
CHRIS WALDEN BIG BAND
will be playing again at

Herb Alpert’s VIBRATO Grill & Jazz
2930 Beverly Glen Circle in Bel Air

on Thu, July 21 at 8:00 pm (cover $20)

For reservations please call
(310) 474-9400

We will be playing some brand new material as well as some highlights
from our recent album “Home of my Heart” which has been on the national
airplay charts now for 20 weeks.

Thanks for your continued support,

Chris Walden

GREETINGS Fellow Local 47 Colleagues!,

Following our printing of the letter of the Local’s Secretary
Treasurer Serena Kay Williams, we got a number of
responses we wanted to share with you.

To Recap, here is the letter Serena sent:

To; Committee for a More Responsible 47
From: Serena Kay Williams, Secretary-Treasurer
Re: Your Email Correspondence of June 9, 2005
Date: June 9, 2005

Having read and re-read the collection of emails attributed to
your committee, I find I must alter my original belief that your
Committee was claiming to “represent Local 47”. Upon
re-reading your series of emails, it has become clear that
you never intended to represent the Local, but that you are,
instead, a group of members who are sharing their concerns
with one another.

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues,

In our last Bulletin we sent out an E-mail referring
to another member. This e-mail was sent to us directly from
the Secretary’s office at local 47 and we have saved the e-mail to prove it.
Either it was sent separately to us for intimidation purposes,
or it was sent by mistake.

Either way, it’s contents were disturbing. It contained falsehoods
and blatant misrepresentations of the committee and our intentions.

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To whom it may concern

In case you’ve not heard of us before, The Committee for a More Responsible 47 is a group of Local 47 members. Players, Composers, Arrangers, Copyists who are concerned about the run away film recording work and the generally dismal performance of our Local to look out for the interests of ALL the members and not just the select few. Below you will find a buyout proposal from a colleague here in LA, this is just another option to compare to the RMA SAN FRAN proposal. Following that we thought you might like to see some of the feedback we’ve been getting.

The membership is pretty well fed up here and it’s time for change.

Enjoy!, and we would like to place you on the official Mail list. Please let us know if you have any interest in becoming a part of our list so you can keep tabs on what we’re doing out here!

Thanks,

The Committee for a More Responsible Local 47

Greetings Local 47 Colleagues,

We recently sent you a buyout proposal from RMASF. As we pointed
out, the INTERNATIONAL RMA and RMALA dismissed it in
less that two hours.

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