I. AFTER 16 MONTHS, A QUORUM! - MEETING SUMMARY
II. COMMENTS
III. EVENTS AND CONCERTS
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I. AFTER 16 MONTHS, A QUORUM!
We’d like to thank the members who showed up at the general
membership meeting on October 26th to make sure we had a
quorum! It had been far too long.
The main highlights of the meeting were:
1) SELAs
2) RESOLUTIONS
3) STUDIO 47
4) VP and Secretary reports
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I. REMINDER: CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
II. DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO (FEATURED MEMBER COMMENT)
III. PLEA FROM A TWO YEAR LOCAL 47 MEMBER
IV. COMPOSER VIC MIZZY DIES AT 93
V. RUNAWAY SCORING COMMENT
VI. RECORDING NOW BEING DONE IN NEW ORLEANS
VII. COMMENTS
VIII. EVENTS AND CONCERTS
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Colleagues,
You’ll find this an especially long mailing and we’re sorry about
that, but there’s so much to share with you this week before
next week’s meeting!
We thank you for your understanding.
THE COMMITTEE
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I. REMINDER: CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
Colleagues,
Don’t forget the upcoming general membership meeting on
Monday, October 26th, 7pm at the Local!
Have questions about the SELAS or their re-instatement? Health
Insurance? Officer Conduct? Rehearsal Rooms? Recording Studio?
Anything else you want discussed?
The October 26th meeting is the venue!
As a reminder, those on the Local 47 side of the table in the
SELA decision were:
President Vince Trombetta, Hal Espinosa and Jay Rosen.
PLEASE BE THERE!
THE COMMITTEE
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II. DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO (FEATURED MEMBER COMMENT)
A comment from an anonymous Local 47 member:
Local 47 renovates its own UNION auditorium using virtually
all non union labor. Incredibly, Local 47 still wants to control
our right to work! They defended their deliberate action
UNDER OATH for the record in a hearing that took place in
March, 09 citing “costs” as the guiding principle that they
claim upheld their fiduciary responsibility to the membership.
Their entire defense in this case was that finding the cheapest
price in rebuilding the auditorium was their primary
responsibility, regardless of unionism.
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I. REMINDER: CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
II. MEMBER COMMENT CONCERNING SELA
III. ASMAC HONORS MIKE LANG AND ABE LABORIEL SR.
IV. COMMENTS
V. EVENTS AND CONCERTS
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I. REMINDER: CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
Colleagues,
Don’t forget the upcoming general membership meeting on
Monday, October 26th, 7pm at the Local!
Have questions about the SELAS or their re-instatement? Health
Insurance? Officer Conduct? Rehearsal Rooms? Recording Studio?
Anything else you want discussed?
The October 26th meeting is the venue!
As a reminder, those on the Local 47 side of the table in the
SELA decision were:
President Vince Trombetta, Hal Espinosa and Jay Rosen.
PLEASE BE THERE!
THE COMMITTEE
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II. MEMBER COMMENT CONCERNING SELA
Don’t drink the cool-aide that the Local is selling you. H&W
trustees are totally different than Local 47 trustees, and they
serve on an equal footing with the management trustees. The
union trustees are not controlled by management, they are
equal. Three management trustees, three union trustees,
one management lawyer, one union lawyer. And a hired
staff to administer the fund, answerable to the trustees.
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I. CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
II. MEMBER RESPONSES TO MR. ERDODY’S COMMENT
III. SECRETARY AT IT YET AGAIN
IV. COMMENTS
V. EVENTS AND CONCERTS
I. CRUCIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 26th
Colleagues,
Don’t forget the upcoming general membership meeting on
Monday, October 26th, 7pm at the Local!
Have questions about the SELAS or their re-instatement? Health
Insurance? Officer Conduct? Rehearsal Rooms? Recording Studio?
Anything else you want discussed?
The October 26th meeting is the venue!
As a reminder, those on the Local 47 side of the table in the SELA decision were:
President Vince Trombetta, Hal Espinosa and Jay Rosen.
PLEASE BE THERE!
THE COMMITTEE
I. RESPONSES TO 29 YEAR MEMBER
II. EMAIL ROM MR. ERDODY
III. DALLAS BALLET MUSICIANS REPLACED BY RECORDINGS
IV. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
IV. COMMENTS
V. CONCERTS AND EVENTS
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I. RESPONSES TO 29 YEAR MEMBER
COMMITTEE,
Wow… that comment from the “29 Year Member”
describes how many of us feel,
EXCEPT: We don’t want to lose our pensions.
Our Union must be run like a modern business.
“29 Year Member” is right - our main problem is
LACK OF LEADERSHIP.
Excuse my rant:
Is anybody else sick of the President’s Report in
the Overture being filled with “Tales of the good
ole days of Jazz?”
We get it, Vince, you miss the Big Band Jazz era.
You miss performing for a living.
It’s nice to reminisce… but every month? That
is not a “report.”
We have such pressing issues, it’s unthinkable
you would even mention “Jazz”.
- Nothing about our health insurance crisis - not
one word of direction to the many members who
are left in the lurch. Only the FMA is providing any
suggestions on what we should do to stay afloat.
Why isn’t our Local giving us the facts, or helping
us understand our options?
- Nothing about what you are doing to restore our
Recording Studio. Everyone is so demoralized they’re
not even bothering to speak up.
- Nothing about the AFM’s winning the latest PMG/RMA
case, or what a waste of our dues money that whole
fiasco was.
We need our President to address the career life-and-
death issues we are facing.
Where is your vision and direction for our local?
Get on with the identity and the job you have NOW.
Show us you are working for solutions.
Or go play the sax, let Leslie play the bassoon, and
let someone who wants to do the job, do the job.
Anonmyous
[Editor's comment: The recording musicians' lawsuits
aren't over. Their lawsuits, which were both dismissed,
are being appealed.]
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In response to the 29 year member:
I joined the union at about the same time & I am
having the same thoughts. Whether it be the AFM
or the RMA, the only thing that seems to have been
accomplished is that work has been driven away
from Union musicians.
Why belong to any Union if you are not making a
living at work derived through said Union. If someone
were a Teamster & then became an accountant,
would they still remain a Teamster? While it is not
the responsibility of the Union to find us work individually,
isn’t it their responsibility to NOT drive work away from
us?
I am also considering leaving the Union & just going it
alone. After all, I’m pretty much there already, why pay
dues when very few employers want to work with
Union musicians?
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