Regular Executive Board Meeting Number 12-9, October 12, 2012 at 1 PM at Artserve

Meeting called to order at 1:16 PM. Present: Clippard, Kolcz, Apana, Bermann, Corcillo, Kerley, Stanley, Van Eck.

MMC to approve minutes of September 22, 2012 meeting.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: presentation of expense report, membership rolls, bank balance data, and new members. Apana reported on work on 2013 budget; correspondence from AFM regarding TEMPO and organizing webinar, AFLCIO regarding elections phone bank, Sazer regarding flexplan, Head regarding scales, and Music Paradigm regarding recording rates.

President's Report: Clippard reported on proposed Broward wage theft ordinance; royalty payments from Spain of $5M as a result of WIPO treaty; meeting with PBO and PBOOC, including information on Aprea resignation and young artists production. Holstein arrived at 1:35 PM.

Clippard continued to report on PBO meeting and BAA negotiations.

Report of Committees: Apana reported on 100th Anniversary Committee meeting, including plans for a historical retrospective, musical events, and workshops/seminars.

New Business: Discussion of FGO settlement. Van Eck departed at 2:42 PM.

Continued discussion of FGO settlement; MMC (moved by Apana) to propose settlement offer (Kolcz abstained; Corcillo against). MMC (Moved by Stanley) to establish local broadcast rate for one-time private showing of videorecording of live event at ten percent of live engagement scale. Discussion of creating separate scale for nursing home engagements.

Good and Welfare: Discussion of Art Deco Weekend request for MPF funding. Corcillo departed at 3:21.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:26 PM.

Jeffrey Apana, Secretary-Treasurer