10\/24\/17
\nI. MEMBERSHIP MEETING
\nII. MUSICIANS FOR PENSION SECURITY Update
\nIII. DAVID’S QUILT
\nIV. EVENTS<\/p>\n
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer<\/p>\n
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’\u2028scoring musician
\n…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician<\/p>\n
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician<\/p>\n
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I. MEMBERSHIP MEETING<\/p>\n
LOCAL 47 Meeting 10\/23\/17
\nCalled to order at 7:39 by Pres. Acosta
\nQuorum reached.<\/p>\n
Building not quite completed.
\n1) AFM Offices are in place.
\n2) Credit Union will be in the building as well
\n3) RMA Offices are in place.<\/p>\n
Roll taken – most of board in attendance.
\nNo 50 year pins to give out
\nMinutes: Approved
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\nRecognize departed members \u2013 Secretary
\nhas list, About 12.
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PRESIDENT\u2019S REPORT
\nSince last meeting:<\/p>\n
Aug. 19th \u2013 Concert for viable tax credit.
\n(Will only benefit RMA. BUYOUTS are
\nthe only solution, but that will never happen.)<\/p>\n
Used empty \u201csolidarity\u201d arguments for why
\nnon-recording folks should support it.<\/p>\n
Acosta went to represent unions in China and
\nto understand unions in China.<\/p>\n
Then to Canada \u2013 international executive board
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
Settled charge with collective media guild.
\nThe union prevailed. (so they say)<\/p>\n
Some agreements renewed.
\nLA Phil nego done – $156,000 starting salary
\nSome still in process.
\nSome committees to be formed for the future.<\/p>\n
Organizing report given:
\n1) Member survey results \u2013 1030 responded.
\nA bit less than a fifth of the membership.
\nWill update soon.
\n2) Non-Union Orchestras \u2013 what would it
\ntake to make them union.
\n3) Working with orch committees: Budgets
\nare not going to musicians, but to
\nfacilities, administration and conductors.
\n4) Video tape agreement being nego. \u2013
\nstreaming revenue discussed.
\n5) Tax credit campaign \u2013 bill is 2 year bill,
\nmust be re-upped in January.
\n6) Next Thursday will be a meeting about
\ntax credit 1pm, Nov. 2nd.
\n7) Want to try to show a united front.<\/p>\n
Lalo Schifrin concert was a big success.
\nHas been disconnect with Composers he wants
\nto fix it.
\nBrought back VG score from England.
\nLow budget agreement.<\/p>\n
Thanked VP and Secretary for their work
\non the move.<\/p>\n
Question: Russ Ripinsky has worked for
\nus for years. Will he still be here?
\nA: Not an employee, but is a researcher
\nand are open to having him back.
\nStatement: He\u2019s found money for us
\nwe\u2019d not have otherwise.<\/p>\n
VP REPORT<\/p>\n
Re: Ripinsky \u2013 Moving company is holding
\nour archive. Being kept safe.
\n2,400 sq. foot area for archive.
\n74 filing cabinets of contracts.<\/p>\n
Introduced film of John Williams celebrating Lalo.<\/p>\n
MOVE: Sept 11-12 final stuff was moved
\nto new building. Everything that was in the old
\nbuilding is now in the new building.<\/p>\n
Oct 16th \u2013golf tournament happened.
\nDec. 11th \u2013 15th \u2013 round 4 of live tv nego.
\nVery contentious negotiation.
\nSpoke at Cal State Long Beach \u2013 class of
\n35 composers.<\/p>\n
SECRETARY REPORT<\/p>\n
2nd quarter review \u2013 revenues $2,535,573 \/
\nexpenses $2,319,067
\nexcess of 216,506 dollars
\nAFM47.org\/radio \u2013 all union radio station.
\nCheck overture for ongoing events.<\/p>\n
Media Awards \u2013Won 3rd place general ex;
\n2nd place for Local 47 Beat; 1st place writing
\nfor electronic media; 1st Place: design award
\nfor overture.<\/p>\n
Now have paypal portal,.. can pay dues there.
\nAlso take MC, Visa, Discover or AMEX through
\nPaypal<\/p>\n
MUSICIANS CLUB.<\/p>\n
Revenue $130,829 Expenses $321,747
\n$190,918 oss
\n$142,492 Legal
\n$182506 Lease back 94,011<\/p>\n
Improvements to building – $5,110,138<\/p>\n
Over 2 million in fixed income through
\nMerrill Lynch
\nOver 2 million in stocks etc. through
\nMerrill Lynch<\/p>\n
OLD BUSINESS<\/p>\n
MEMBER:
\nResolution I \u2013 carried over from many
\nmeetings earlier
\nChange way COLA is done. No Quorum
\nfor the previous meetings.<\/p>\n
Motion to amend is not an incidental or
\nprivileged motion. It was not done properly.
\nShould have been called out of order but
\nwas not. Ex. board should rescind decision.<\/p>\n
Parliamentarian; says committee made
\nmotion properly and can amend it themselves.<\/p>\n
Member: Can work with a quorum, but
\nCANNOT work without a quorum. Exec.
\nBoard meeting, NOT membership meeting.
\nIt\u2019s a special way to deal with a resolution.<\/p>\n
Parle: Committee is not a member, they
\npresent the motion.<\/p>\n
Member: You\u2019re wrong.
\nBackpedaling by Parle. ensued.<\/p>\n
Minutes said particular member presented
\nit (cannot be done by particular member,
\nonly committee, and it is not appropriate.<\/p>\n
Executive board kept making decisions when
\nthere was no quorum.<\/p>\n
Twice it was pub. Twice gen. membership meeting
\ndidn\u2019t happen.
\nThey are making decisions about COLA that they
\nshould not.
\nThey are having a say over their own income.
\nInside dealing.<\/p>\n
Parle: Once a bylaw is amended it can only be
\namended by another bylaw amendment.<\/p>\n
Membership can repeal the bylaw amendment.
\nWith a 2\/3\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n
One of the RMA Leaders tried to point out quorum
\nwas lost to shut down the member. Oops,\u2026 only 48 \u2013
\nno quorum, cannot have a vote,\u2026
\nHOW CONVENIENT!
\nMember shut down.<\/p>\n
New Business
\nDowney Sym will feature Brad Dutz – Jan 20th<\/p>\n
Meeting Adjourned at 8:47 PM<\/p>\n
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II. Important update from “MUSICIANS FOR PENSION SECURITY”<\/p>\n
Important Developments in Washington DC<\/p>\n
As you may know, several proposals have been made in
\nWashington DC to address the crisis in the multi-employer
\npension sector. These proposals would impact not only the
\nAFM-EPF plan but also the Teamsters pension plan and
\ndozens of others that are chronically underfunded.<\/p>\n
Below, we will review the four most talked about proposals.
\nOf the four, only the third (Rob Portman\u2019s proposal) has
\nbeen introduced as legislation. But policymakers are actively
\nreviewing all four and we would not be surprised to see
\nlegislation introduced in the near future that incorporate
\nsome of the ideas outlined below.<\/p>\n
The UPS Proposal<\/p>\n
United Parcel Service, which is a large employer of Teamsters,
\ncould be liable for up to $4 billion of pension plan liability if the
\nTeamsters pension plan becomes insolvent. It has made a
\nproposal to address the pension crisis. Under the UPS proposal,
\nthe federal government would provide 30 -year loans at 1% to
\ntroubled pension plans to cover their cash flow shortages.<\/p>\n
The problem with the UPS proposal is those benefit payments
\nwould be reduced up to 20% for all participants immediately,
\nand UPS is also calling for increased PBGC premiums,
\nemployer surcharges, employee membership fees and union
\nsurcharges.<\/p>\n
The Teamsters Proposal<\/p>\n
The Teamsters proposal calls for low-interest long-term
\ngovernment loans to underfunded plans. The government
\nwould sell bonds to investors to fund the loans. The troubled
\npension plans would be required to invest in the loan
\nproceeds conservatively, such as purchasing a group annuity.<\/p>\n
The Teamsters proposal involves no cuts to accrued benefits.
\nHowever, it does contemplate a new benefit design for future
\nservice accruals that would minimize future underfunding.
\nThis could take the form of a variable annuity plan or an
\nadjustable pension plan.<\/p>\n
Senator Portman’s Pension Accountability Act<\/p>\n
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has proposed that any cuts in
\naccrued benefits be put to a fair vote of the plan membership.
\nNo cuts could be made unless a majority of plan participants
\nwho cast a vote approve the benefit cuts. Currently, the way
\nthe law is written, a majority of all plan participants, whether
\nthey vote or not, must reject the benefit cuts in order to
\nprevent cuts from being made. The recent experience of the
\nNY Teamsters illustrates why Portman\u2019s proposal is necessary.
\nThere, the proposed cuts were voted down by a margin of
\n2-1, but the cuts were made anyway. This is because a
\nmajority of the membership didn\u2019t vote.<\/p>\n
The Portman Bill would also eliminate the authority of the
\nDepartment of the Treasury in the case of systemically
\nimportant plans to override votes of plan participants to
\nreject benefit cuts. (A plan is \u201csystemically important\u201d
\nif projected financial assistance to the plan will exceed
\n$1 billion if benefit cuts are not implemented.)<\/p>\n
NCCMP Proposal<\/p>\n
The NCCMP is a trade group of multi-employer plans in
\nWashington DC. AFM-EPF is a dues-paying member,
\nand two of our trustees sit on various boards and
\ncommittees of the NCCMP.<\/p>\n
NCCMP is the group that wrote MPRA and got it passed
\nby Congress in 2014. MPRA contains numerous
\nprovisions that are deeply prejudicial to our interests,
\nincluding a provision that deprives pension beneficiaries
\nof any real say in whether they are to receive cuts or
\nnot, and a provision that deprives the right of pensioners
\nto have judicial review of the cuts.<\/p>\n
MPRA is a law that takes vested property rights away
\nfrom us, and NCCMP is trying to pass more legislation
\nthat would take even more rights away from us. Currently,
\nthe NCCMP is lobbying for its proposal regarding
\nComposite Plans. Under the NCCMP proposal, the
\nComposite Plan would be required to be funded to a
\nridiculously high 120% funded ratio over the next 15
\nyears. Any funding shortfall would prompt benefit cuts.
\nThe trustees would not have to go to the United States
\ngovernment for any approval to get benefit cuts, and
\nbenefits would not be insured by the PBGC. Luckily,
\nright now, the Composite Plan proposal would not
\napply to AFM-EPF. But it easily could.<\/p>\n
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III. DAVID’S QUILT<\/p>\n
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Max
\nHellman\u00a0Institute will present the world premiere of
\n\u201cDavid\u2019s Quilt,\u201d an original oratorio\u00a0about biblical King
\nDavid.\u00a0David’s Quilt is the result of 15 very different
\ncomposers joining together to tell the story of David
\nthrough their own artistic lens. The Quilt explores
\ndifferent episodes of David’s life, composed in a
\nvariety of musical idioms.<\/p>\n
Sunday, November 5, 2017\u20287:00\u00a0— 9:00pm\u2028Stephen S Wise Temple<\/p>\n
FREE ADMISSION. RSVP at\u00a0bit.ly\/DavidsQuilt<\/p>\n
The new work by 15 Los Angeles-based composers,
\nincluding school of music faculty and students, will be
\nperformed by UCLA students and alumni including the
\nChamber Singers.<\/p>\n
The concert at Stephen S. Wise Temple is presented
\nby The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, in collaboration
\nwith the Max Helfman Institute for New Jewish Music.
\nFunding is provided by the school of music\u2019s Lowell
\nMilken Fund for American Jewish Music and the David
\nand Irmgard Dobrow Fund, as well as the Max Helfman
\nInstitute.<\/p>\n
The concert will also serve as the opening event of a
\ntwo-day conference that will bring together renowned
\nexperts, historians, composers and artists to discuss
\nthe past, present and future of “American Culture and
\nthe Jewish Experience in Music.”
\n“American Culture and the Jewish Experience in Music” Conference.<\/p>\n
Conference, Day 1:
\nMonday, Nov. 6, 2017 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center
\nUCLA Luskin Conference Center<\/p>\n
Conference, Day 2:
\nTuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 | Room 314, Royce Hall, UCLA<\/p>\n
For a full schedule of conference activities, please click here.
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IV. EVENTS
\nDEAN AND RICHARD
\nare now at Culver City Elks the first \u2028Friday of \u2028every month.
\n7:30pm-10:30pm,
\n11160 Washington Pl.
\nCulver City, 90232
\n310-839-8891<\/p>\n
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10\/26\/17<\/p>\n
Tall\u00a0&\u00a0Small 11 piece Band NW: New Frontier Lounge<\/p>\n
featuring:
\nPete Christlieb & Linda\u00a0Small
\nOctober 26, 2017, Thursday 8 PM – 10 PM<\/p>\n
New Frontier Lounge<\/p>\n
301 E 25th St, Tacoma, Washington 98421
\n(253) 572-4020<\/p>\n
Presented by\u00a0The B Sharp Music Society, dedicated
\nto the presentation and promotion of live music:
\nPete Christlieb and Linda Small<\/p>\n
The Tall and Small 11 Piece Band NW<\/p>\n
featuring: Pete Christlieb saxophones and
\nLinda Small trombone<\/p>\n
saxophones: Travis Ranney, Jeff Kashiwa,
\nJack Klitzman, Bill Ramsay<\/p>\n
trumpets: Kevin Seely, Ollie Groenewald<\/p>\n
piano: David Deacon Joyner bass: Michael
\nGlynn drums: Tim Malland<\/p>\n
cover $10. two for $15<\/p>\n
TICKETS<\/p>\n
Directions<\/p>\n
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10\/30\/17<\/p>\n
KAIROS MUSICAL SOIREES
\nMontgomery Arts House for Music & Architecture 2017<\/p>\n
MAHMA’S
\n“Spooky Sonorities”
\n…a chilling Chamber Music Event
\nMonday, October 30th, 2017
\n…at 7:30 pm<\/p>\n
A candlelit night of
\nmacabre music & silent cinema…<\/p>\n
Monday, October 30th, 2017 at 7:30 pm
\nJoin us for Wine & Cheese
\nand the evocative artwork of
\nChristine O’Grady Martin at
\n7:00 pm ~ just prior to the concert<\/p>\n
For Reservations click:
\nwww.malibufriendsofmusic.org<\/p>\n
Or Call MAHMA’s Reservation Line at:
\n(310) 589-0295<\/p>\n
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11\/1\/17<\/p>\n
A CONCERT WITH THE MASONS<\/p>\n
GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
\nCALICO WINDS:
\nWorks by Daniel Gregory MASON, Lowell MASON & William MASON
\n12:10-12:40 pm at the Free Admission<\/p>\n
Info about upcoming programs\u00a0through MAY 2018
\nat the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts series
\n(concerts every first & third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm)
\nare listed at\u00a0http:\/\/www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com<\/p>\n
Thank you!
\nJacqueline Suzuki
\nCurator, Glendale Noon Concerts
\n818-249-5108<\/p>\n
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11\/12\/17<\/p>\n
DOCTOR WU at VITELLO’S
\nSunday, November 12th, 2017<\/p>\n
If you love the music of Steely Dan, please join us for this
\nspecial night as The Doctor Wu Band returns to Vitello’s
\n(upstairs) for another great show.\u00a0 This is a beautiful listening
\nroom with delicious Italian cuisine. With the passing of the
\ngreat Walter Becker, co-founder of Steely Dan, shortly after
\nour last show, we are honored to be back and playing this
\ntimeless music for you once again.<\/p>\n
** Table reservations\/Advanced Tickets are $10 and strongly
\nrecommended. Click here to make your reservation:
\nhttp:\/\/www.vitellosrestaurant.com\/purchase-tickets<\/p>\n
Please note: Vitello’s recently implemented a $10 increase
\nin the cover at the door on the day of the show so be sure
\nto reserve in advance **<\/p>\n
818.769.0905
\n4349 Tujunga Ave
\nStudio City, California 91604
\nValet or street parking<\/p>\n
About the The Doctor Wu Band:
\nSteely Dan produced an amazing number of recognizable
\nradio hits well known to all.\u00a0 The Doctor Wu Band\u2019s recreations
\nof this astonishing string of chart-toppers and album favorites
\nhave thrilled fans all over Southern California for over a decade!
\nWith a full line-up that includes a 4-piece horn section, this
\ntalented group of professional players love to have fun and
\nshare the joy of performing the music of Steely Dan.<\/p>\n
Members of Doctor Wu have performed and recorded with the
\nlikes of Chicago, Dave Benoit, Echo & the Bunnymen, Stanley
\nClarke, UB40, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, Poncho Sanchez,
\nThe Temptations, Jay Graydon and more.<\/p>\n
Line up:
\nTony Egan: Lead Vocals
\nLeigh DeMarche & Lauri Reimer: background vocals
\nGil Ayan: Guitar
\nSteve Bias: Bass and backgorund vocals
\nMark Harrison: Keyboards
\nRoch Bordenave: Trombone
\nJeff Dellisanti: Saxophones
\nFrank Villafranca: Saxophones
\nKurt Walther: Drums
\nAndy Weiner: Trumpet<\/p>\n
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We look forward to seeing you there!
\nThe Doctor Wu Band
\nhttp:\/\/www.doctorwuband.com\/
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/doctorwuband<\/p>\n
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UNTIL NEXT TIME,\u2028\u2028THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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