The Committee For A More Responsible Local 47

TITLE: Doug Caine fired!,… but why?

There has certainly been a great deal of discussion in our
Local concerning what happened at the Board meeting this
last Tuesday, May 14th. At last Tuesday’s Board meeting
members presented evidence that led directly to the dismissal
of Local 47 Office Manager Doug Caine.

I.THE BACKGROUND
II. THE INVESTIGATION
III. THE BOARD MEETING
IV. THE MAIN FELONIES (Forgery and Grand Theft)
V. THE AFTERMATH
VI. THE FUTURE

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Greetings Local 47 Colleagues!

As expected, you had some pretty strong views about the unhappy Other Side of the Coin member.

Below are some of what we’ve received so far….

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Too long – the guy does make some good points –
we need to have meetings to focus on the lack of work issue
and get everyone on the same page to promote LA for work
all kinds of work

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Note to Mr. April 26th –

Since your e-mail (quoted below) seems to imply that membership to the AFM should be limited to only people who are actually professionals who can play (and I am not necessarily disagreeing with you), then maybe you can inform the rest of us exactly what instrument Sandy DeCrescent plays that makes her eligible to even be a member of our Union. As far as I know being a shrewd business person has never been one of the attributes that allowed one to join this union. It is YOU who have stated that this is an important aspect – maybe keeping ALL non professional/non playing musicians out of the union would have benefited everyone. I certainly know MANY people who feel that way. So if we are going to apply this standard to everyone – I am with you on that!!!

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