REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 10:30 am

Local 655 Offices, Hollywood FL

Officers present: Satterwhite, Chandler, Apana, Ballard, Kerley, Potochnic. 19 members present (a quorum).

Meeting called to order at 10:47 am.

MMC to approve minutes of 9/7/07 membership meeting.

Secretary-Treasurer's Report: Apana reported on membership rolls, bank balances. Apana encouraged members to encourage others to reinstate their membership or to join the Local.

New Business: Proposed amendments to the Bylaws.

• MMC (moved by Kerley) to amend proposal 1 by adding an effective date of 1/1/09
• MMC (moved by Apana) to amend proposal 1 by reducing proposed Life Member rate to $100 and Inactive Life Member rate to $70
• discussion by Ballard, Kerley, Miska, Borisova.
• Proposal 1 is adopted as amended by secret ballot; proposal 3 is disposed of.
• Proposal 2 is discussed by Kerley; proposal fails by secret ballot vote.

Good and Welfare: IR Acosta reported on the Local being 95 years old, on his audit of the Local, on the need to increase membership, that the officers and members have a responsibility to put aside personal agendas for the betterment of the Local, that the Local is is musicians helping musicians. He noted that recording revenue is down 58 percent. He noted that members are obligated to file contracts, B-report forms. He noted that the FGO orchestra has stepped up to the plate and stood up for themselves. He noted that the Local's records are impeccable. He noted that he has respect for the Local Board and has a lot of hope for the Local. He noted that the Local will only succeed if all segments of the Local work together.

Satterwhite thanked members for the large turnout.

Galassi reported on FGO organizing, and that a lot hinges on pending legal actions. She noted that all employers try to claim that musicians are independent contractors. She noted that the AFM position is that those musicians that are currently playing for FGO are the ones that should be protected. Discussion by Whitney, Ballard, Potochnic, Luger, Lakofsky, Clippard. Galassi noted that organizing is not effected by right to work laws, that multiple attorneys are involved in the FGO case, that the AFM has a 100 percent success rate in organizing, that internal fights and splits work toward the benefit of management, that personal agendas are like a cancer, that musicians' position is not to make artistic judgements of their colleagues, and that a cannibalistic workplace is not in workers' best interests.

The quorum was lost at 1:00 PM, at which time discussion continued.