Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 04-1, 14 January 2004 at  9:30am

Meeting called to order at 10:17  am. Present: Walker, Fox, Apana, Ballard, Harp, Levin, Roitstein, Warner; excused: Raimondi.

Special Order for 9:30am: Rules of Order presentation by S Whitney.

New Officers Walker, Levin, and Warner were sworn in.

MSC to approve minutes of December 12, 2003 meeting.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of activities log, expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. Receipt of correspondence from G Smart, W Klinger, and MPTF. MSC to approve new members. Apana reported on membership rolls, including resignations for 2003 and 5-year statistics. Apana reported on website statistics and 5-year finance statistics. Apana also reported that orchestra committees need to be better educated on their responsibilities.

VP Report: presentation of written report. Fox reported that totals for 2003 are now over $1.3 million. Fox reported on documenting Bacha sessions, a Fischer one-time agreement, recruiting efforts, and PBS Ray Charles clip use. Fox gave an explanation of one-time agreements.

President's Report: Walker reported on FPO auction results and conversations with A Grossman regarding overtime for Strauss Orchestra services. Walker reported on his attendance at the AFM Digital Downloading meeting in DC, including royalties collected for distribution by SoundExchange and upcoming SLRA negotations. Walker also met with R Hair regarding booking agencies as recruitment and profit-making tools.

Report of Committees:

  • Symphony: no report

  • Recording: no report

  • Casual: no report

  • Education: no report

  • PR: no report

  • Scale: no report

  • Bylaw: no report

  • Organizing: no report

  • Health Insurance: Apana reported on the AFM health insurance plan being developed.

Special Orders: MSC to schedule next meeting for February 13 at 10:00am. MSC (moved by Apana) to appoint Apana, Hagen, Johnson, Toran, and Whitney to Bylaw Committee; MSC (moved by Walker) to appoint Roitstein to Recording Committee, Levin to Education Committee, Harp to Scale Committee, Ballard to Organizing Committee, Warner to PR Committee, and Raimondi, Potochnic, Corey, and Conner to Symphonic Committee; MSC (moved by Fox) to appoint Fox to Casual Committee. MSC (moved by Levin) to appoint Levin to Health Insurance Committee.

Unfinished Business and General Orders: MSC (moved by Walker) to approve delegate expenses for January AFM Digital Downloading meeting. MSC (moved by Walker) to schedule Special Meeting with legal counsel on January 28 to discuss outstanding legal issues.

New Business: MSC (moved by Roitstein) to create Booking Agency Committee to formulate plan for creation and implementation of Booking Agency, and to appoint Walker, Chandler, Fox, Luger, and Marischen to committee. Discussion of business reps; MSC (moved by Ballard) to postpone and make a Special Order for February meeting.

Ballard departs at 12:38pm.

Good and Welfare: Discussion of Oliva and Calle dues delinquency.

The meeting adjourned at 12:50pm.

                                                       

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer