The Committee For A More Responsible Local 47

This mailing has vital information all orchestral players must know about your metro contract.

Greetings Local 47 Colleagues!,

Anyone who is a regular or even semi regular member of an area
orchestra needs to know their rights under the metro contract.
If you are in an orchestra, know your players committee members and make sure they know you and what your ideas and concerns are.

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Report from the Committee: Volume 2

Inside this edition:
•Jaunary 10th Local 47 meeting report
• What’s to come for this list
• A new association for freelancers-and it’s free!

THE JANUARY 10th, 2005 LOCAL 47 MEETING REPORT:

The Meeting That Should Have Been But Wasn’t.

Braving the worst weather some say in decades a total of 52 Members came to Monday evening’s Local 47 meeting to have a say in the Amendment that was to be voted on.

As of 7:15 PM there were 33 in attendance, well short of the quorum needed for a formal meeting.

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Local 47 members – On Jan 10, PROTECT YOUR VOICE OR LOSE IT!

PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR ENTIRE E-MAIL LIST and talk to your colleagues at your jobs this week,.. high turnout is critical!

Local 47 Colleagues,

On January 10th, 2005, the union board will try to increase the quorum needed for a membership meeting from 50 to 100. As we who attend a good deal of the membership meetings can attest, it’s often hard to get 50 people to a meeting, unless special interest groups are stacking the meetings for their agenda. If the quorum is increased to 100, the rank and file voice very likely will no longer matter. Without a quorum the board can do whatever it wants without member input.

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