HAPPY HOLIDAYS! / JANUARY 4TH MEETING / COMMENTS / EVENTS

****** HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE COMMITTEE******

I. SPECIAL “MEMBER CALLED/CLUB 47” MEETING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 4TH
II. COMMENTS
III. EVENTS

…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer

…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’

scoring musician

…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician

…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician

Name Withheld

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I. SPECIAL “MEMBER CALLED” MEETING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 4TH

On January 4th, Monday at 7PM please be at the Local to
voice your opinion.

Please plan now to be at the special meeting called by concerned
members about the potential sale and the Local’s methods
in regards to the sale.

Concerned members called for a special meeting to
address their concerns on the building sale and the Local’s
conduit in regards to the sale.

There were three areas of concern to be considered:

1) Nullification of the Ballots and the reissue of said ballots
with a totally clear meaning, not the duplicitous ballots we
were sent.

We were informed the the Local would call that Motion out
of order. Seems after some research that once ballots are
sent they cannot be recalled and must run their course.
How convenient…

2) The delay of the sale until members are fully informed of
all aspects of the sale. Who benefits, who get the money, who
oversees the money, etc.

3) Guarantee that all letters and comments sent to the Local
about the sale, pro and con are immediately printed on the
Local’s Website AND in the next print issue of the Overture.

We need your voice and your support!

Please be there.

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II. COMMENTS

My thoughts are that the local member/realtor should
donate his entire post-tax fee to a music school or
music education program. Or something similar.
It’s a blatant and offensive conflict of interest.

Sir Tesla

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If you owned your house outright with property tax protection…
would you really sell and make a move that would be guaranteed
to increase your overhead because you needed repairs or a new
roof? We could have had a referendum for a loan to take on such
expenses…and not just liquidate. The Club has reported a profit
every year …you don’t see something wrong with this picture?
You would liquidate? Bankruptcy is nonsense!

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As a Local 7 member, I’m pretty POed that this is the 2nd time
Local 47 has scheduled a function the same night as Local 7.

Doesn’t anybody check these things?

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I just got an email from BMI where they are going to bundle
votes to send to Congress.

How difficult would it be to bundle votes which oppose issues
in the union and present them to L47. This is something both
RMALA and 47 would overly discourage . If anything just to
have on record.

This could be an opposition voice of most of the 7000
members and sent directly to the Board in future matters
from the committee.

Someone suggested voting through emails years ago and
was shot down because they didn’t want most musicians
to have a voice only the ones who controlled the work.

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III. EVENTS

DEAN AND RICHARD

DEAN AND RICHARD are now playing every third Friday
at Culver City Elks 7:30pm-10;30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891

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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584

NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, Burbank.

Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way they
should be.

We are in the back room called the Trailside Room.

Come on down. Guaranteed to swing.

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12/31/15

Thursday December 31, 2015
NEW YEARS EVE
Chicken Dinner $25-
Prime Rib $40-
6PM Cocktails
7PM Dinner
8PM -Midnight Dancing with Dean & Richard
Formal wear is Mandated by the Lecturing Knight
and you know what that means! (we’d appreciate it)
Call the Office to make your Reservations NOW! 310-839-1917

Culver City Elks Lodge *1917
11160 Washington Place
Culver City, CA 90232

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1/6/16

JANUARY 6, 2016
VIOLIN RECITAL
ALBERTO GINASTERA (Celebrating Ginastera’s Centenary!)
Pampeana No.1, Op.16 (1947)
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, op.108
Jacqueline Suzuki – violin
Rosa LoGiudice – piano

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

(Please note!!) NEW LOCATION:
The Sanctuary at GLENDALE CITY CHURCH
610 E. California Ave. (at Isabel)
Glendale CA 91206
818 244-7241
Map & venue info http://glendalecitychurch.org/index.php/location.html
More info email [email protected]
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UPCOMING CONCERTS in the same series:
(every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm;
programs subject to change)

JANUARY 20, 2016
CHOBRATY Brass Duo
Michael Vlatkovich – trombone
Willian Roper – tuba
http://roperarts.com/chbrty.htm

CONCERT UPDATES:
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

MORE FREE CONCERTS:
http://www.edendaleupclose.blogspot.com

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1/9/15

Saturday JANUARY 9, 2016
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

ENCORE SAXOPHONE QUARTET
at the EDENDALE UP CLOSE Concert Series
at the Edendale Branch Library in Echo Park.

2011 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
info (213) 207-3000
FREE ADMISSION
Concert in the Community Room
Free parking in the library lot (enter from Alvarado).

ENCORE SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Douglas Masek – soprano saxophone
Ken Foerch – alto saxophone
David Brennan – tenor saxophone
Damon Zick – baritone saxophone

Performing works by Gershwin, Ellington, Strayhorn, Albert, Bach, Piazzolla,
Arlen, Kern, Iturralde, and Zick.

http://www.encoresaxophonequartet.com

Future concerts in this free series
at the Edendale Branch Library,
and more free concerts:
http://edendaleupclose.blogspot.com

Jacqueline Suzuki
Curator
Kewa Civic Concerts
818 249 5108

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1/10/16

CALSTATELA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/OLYMPIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

It is my pleasure to invite you all to the first concert of
our 16th season on January 10, 2016 at 3PM at the San
Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel,
CA 91776. This concert is, as usual, Admission FREE.

This concert is titled “World Premiere!”

Brett Deubner, Viola Professor at Queens College, New York
and Inna Faliks, Piano Professor at UCLA will join the orchestra
as soloists in the World Premiere performance of the Divertimento
Concertante for Viola, Piano & String Orchestra by American
composer, Frank Levy.

The special prize winner at the 2015 Annual ASTA-LA String
Competition, 11 year old Alexander Fried, will also be
performing as soloist in the 1st movement of the Weiniawski
2nd Violin Concerto.

Beethoven’s 7th Symphony will finish off the concert after the
intermission.

The orchestra consists of young musicians ages 12 through college
age. They gain admittance into the orchestra through a competitive
audition process every year. Please come join us in supporting these
talented young musicians and let them convince you how beautiful
classical music really is through this performance. A concert flyer
is attached for your convenience. Please feel free to pass this along
to your family and friends.

Tickets with the date and address as a reminder is available, please
let me know how many you would like by replying with your mailing
address. I will send them your way ASAP.

Looking forward to seeing you at the concert.

Sincerely,
Fung Ho

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You can read all previous offerings at:http://www.responsible47.com
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

2 Responses to “HAPPY HOLIDAYS! / JANUARY 4TH MEETING / COMMENTS / EVENTS”

  1. Anonymous says:

    It’s not a conflict of interest unless the realtor is an officer of the local, or if it can be shown that one or more officers improperly benefiting financially by using this realtor.

    Except for that, why would you want the realtor to work for free?

    > My thoughts are that the local member/realtor should
    > donate his entire post-tax fee to a music school or
    > music education program. Or something similar.
    > It’s a blatant and offensive conflict of interest.
    >
    > Sir Tesla
    >

  2. Sir Tesla says:

    Question: Why would the crown jewel in the AFM’s girdle, our beloved Local 47 of Hollywood, want a professional musician acting as the representing realtor working this deal? One would think, that for a potential $32 million plus commercial real estate deal (selling the old place, buying the new place), that the local would employ a professional realtor. One that has no real or potential liabilities, conflicts, or entanglements.
    L47 should utilize, and at the same lofty price will be able to easily find, a deadly, high-powered, full-time, professional real estate attorney/agent at the top of the game. Not a professional musician moonlighting as a realtor. Hire a professional!

    >It’s not a conflict of interest unless the realtor is an officer of the local, or if it >can be shown that one or more officers improperly benefiting financially by >using this realtor.

    I believe it’s plainly and obviously a massive conflict of interest. and a huge liability.

    >Except for that, why would you want the realtor to work for free?

    The realtor should not work for free. He should pass on the work to a suitable realtor that has no possible liabilities or conflicts of interest.

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