Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 04-10, 11 October 2004 at 10:00 am

Meeting called to order at 10:24 am. Present: Walker, Roitstein, Apana, Ballard, Levin, Luger, Warner; Harp excused; Raimondi absent. MMC to approve minutes of September 2004 meeting as corrected.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of activities log, expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. MMC to approve new members. Apana reported on cash flows and technology updates, including web-based shared events calendars and sharing recording contract database information.

Vice President's Report: presentation of written report. Roitstein reported on SPF, including use as a recruiting tool, distribution for sampling and digital distribution, and SPF audits for sampling use; Juanes and Rubio cleanup; meetings with Santander and Perez; pressures put on producers by labels; Estefan demo recordings; conferences with Muniz regarding foreign members on contracts, verification of employment service for foreign members, and Univision organizing in coordination with AFTRA; competition from sampling libraries. Roitstein reported that Local 655 is fourth in Locals with jingle work under AFM contract and the only Local to show growth in union jingle work last year.

President's Report: Walker reported on his attendance at an AFM meeting in LA, including discussions of film score sessions versus film new use and its impact on secondary markets distributions, as well as misuse of the SLRA regarding covered films. Walker gave an update on the FPO bankruptcy, including conversations with T Lee and L Brownell and that L Liebowitz and R Pollak are reviewing the financial analysis.

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: no report

Special Orders: MMC to schedule next Board meeting for November 8 at 10:00 am. MMC (moved by Luger) to appoint P Wallace and J Furman to Casual Committee.

Unfinished Business: review of contracting service; MMC (moved by Ballard) to continue service. MMC (moved by Apana) to charge contracting service $1000 per month for personnel and supplies, effective November 1. MMC (moved by Roitstein) to continue to employ C Walker as business rep at a salary of $528.84 per week, with duties to include operating the contracting service as well as public relations and recruiting.

New Business: MMC (moved by Ballard) to propose amending the Wage Scale by increasing wage and travel rates by 3%.

Good and Welfare: discussion of an industry-wide organizing campaign and development of a multi-employer collective bargaining agreement.

The meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm.

                                                       

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer