Executive Board Meeting Number 02-3, 13 March 2002 at 12:00 Noon

Meeting called to order at 12:15PM. Present: Graves, Fox, Apana, Ballard, Harp, Luger; Raimondi excused due to prior commitment. MSC to approve minutes and new members.

Receipt of Casual Rep activity log.

VP Report: Presentation of activities log. Report of Producers Coalition and meetings with SAG/AFTRA to build relationships with other unions. Report of Florida legislator supporting the removal of Right to Work laws in Florida. Fox is working with members to teach them to complete recording contracts on their own. Many national jingles were recently recorded here and over $150K in wages on recording contracts YTD.

Treasurer’s Report: presentation of activities log, expense report, membership rolls, and bank balance data. Report on Directory delivery/mailings, member suspensions and rolls, annual financial audit. Report on data file corruption and possible solutions.

President’s Report: FPO runout dispute nearing resolution. Discussion of FPO Strike Fund payment. Claims have been filed in BPO bankruptcy. Meetings have been held with PBO committee and management, AFM-EPF problems are being corrected, and the orchestra will be voting on whether to join ROPA. MPTF scholarship winners have been picked. STAR campaign has made AFL-CIO news. Report on progress on health insurance plan. Discussion of offering honorary membership to distinguished members. Extended discussion on Pamphlet B negotiations and SFX lawsuit; summary judgement in court will be in June. Ballard requests a copy of the lawsuit be provided to the Board.

Communications: Receipt of communications from PBO Committee, D Shapiro, B Hanni, R Barge, K Aleo, J Cartwright, T Barnes, H Siegel, D Shumate, S Roitstein. MSC to waive late fee for Hanni; MSC to extend payment date to 4/15 without penalty for Cartwright; MSC to extend payment date to 10/15 without penalty for Aleo; MSC to grant Siegel Life Membership retroactive to January 1. MSC to appoint Roitstein to the Executive Board.

Business: MSC to authorize $125 for ad with Broward Firefighters. MSC to schedule special meeting under coordination of Harp to discuss recruitment/retention issues. Discussion of placing restrictions on membership; MSC to discuss this issue with IR Shumate. Discussion of flexibility in office assistant hours worked. Discussion of directory binder; MSC to send N Limardi $4 in lieu of mailing binder. Ballard departs at 2:55. MSC to appoint the following to committees: J Bermann (symphonic), D Salmasian (education), R Barge (recording), M Cole (PR), P Tempkins (education), R Singer (recruitment), G Coe (PR), L Riforgiato (casual).

MSC to schedule next Executive Board Meeting for Wednesday, April 10 at noon. Meeting adjourned at 3:00PM.