Executive Board Meeting Number 01-9, 16 November 2001

Meeting called to order at 12:32PM. Present: Fox, Apana, Barge, Barnes, Raimondi; Graves and Scafati excused due to prior commitment; Ballard, and Calle absent. MSC to approve minutes of 10/26 meeting and new members.

Treasurer’s Report: presentation of activities log, expenses for prior month, membership rolls, and bank balance data. Report on digital copier: lowest bid would equal our current outsourcing expenditure and might save money and allow the Local to do more without additional expense; MSC to await the outcome of the FPO situation before discussing whether to proceed. Report of Millennium drive retention statistics: 53% are still members. Report of new quotes for directory printing: with addition of tabbed dividers, the price has increased by over $1000; discussion of not providing binders for directory; MSC for Apana to obtain quotes for alternative formats and designs, including alternate bindings, and to report back to Board via e-mail next week. Financial report: BPO bankruptcy will reduce Local’s income by $2000; 46% of the Local’s work dues is from the FPO. MSC to freeze all non-turnkey expenditures; to amend budget by reducing conference expense by $400, meeting expense by $600, advertising expense by $150, Board per diem by $150, per capita by $400, and life insurance by $600; and to pool all remaining available funds to be used at the Board’s discretion and only with the Board’s authorization.

FPO status report by Raimondi: FPO has announced a $2.5M deficit and has formed a join musician/board/management task force to address the situation. Management has asked musicians todonate 2 weeks’ service and accept an additional 2 week reduction in season length. Discussion of actions the Local can take to assist musicians.

VP Report: Presentation of activities log. A local chapter of American Musical Producers is being formed. Barge noted that AMP intends to address the problem of nonunion, below scale work and they intend to do business-to-business PR to change the image of Miami as a cheap place to produce.

President’s Report: none.

Old/New Business: Discussion of miscommunication regarding Ballet Etudes use of Symphonic Small Budget scale; MSC to authorize BE to use this scale for upcoming Nutcracker production but further use this season will require a written request. MSC to waive P Aaron annual dues for balance of 2001 due to hardship. MSC to adopt Master Plan as presented at July meeting with the following amendment: goal of 800 members in 2001, 900 in 2002, and 1000 in 2003; and that methods to implement the Master Plan will be discussed at the next and future meetings. MSC to schedule regular Board meetings every second week of the month, with specific date and time to be determined at the prior Board meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 2:15pm.