Mid America Conference
Riviera
Hotel, Las Vegas
June
19 & 20, 2010
Call
to order at 10:00 a.m. by Martin Hodapp – President
Opening
remarks welcoming all Delegates and Guests by Pres. Hodapp.
Roll Call:
Martin Hodapp – 3, Leonard DiCosimo – 4, Martin Borton – 232 & 278,
Eric VanderStel – 56, Linda Madsen – 24, Harry Sacco – 142, Donald Sutton –
101-473, William Morris – 228, John Penry – 25, T. Kareem Powell – 101-473,
Gary Sironen – 56, Mike Lucas – 3, Bruce Graham – 58, Carolyn Mason – 1, Dennis
Chandler – 4, Gordon Stump – 5, Kathleen Grimes – 5, Barbara Zmich – 625, Susan
Barna Ayoub - 5.
Guests: Chris Durham – SSD, Janice Galassi
– Organizing & Recruitment, Barbara Owens – IR, Linda Patterson – Executive
Assistant to the President, Steve Gelfand – AFM director of Touring, Theatre,
& Booking.
Presentation
and review of the Executive Board Minutes held on June 18, 2010. No corrections offered. Accepted and Approved as written.
Pres.
Hodapp offered an explanation of the issue surrounding the letter that was sent
out by Ray Hair announcing his presentation at the joint session of the
conferences. The presentation will be
held on Sunday June 20 at 9:00 a.m. prior to the start of our Conference. Barbara Zmich offered to contact the
Southern Conference to obtain permission for our Conference to attend.
Committee Appointments:
Credentials: Susan Barna Ayoub – Chair
Kathleen
Grimes
Resolutions: Gary
Sironen – Chair
Leonard
DiCosimo
Auditing & Finance: William
C. Morris – Chair
Linda
Madsen
Harry
Sacco
Locations: Donald Sutton – Chair
T.
Kareem Powell
Courtesy: NONE
Memorial
Service: Leonard DiCosimo
Reviewed the agenda for the Conference.
A 5-minute time limit, for each speaker, on
resolutions for Conference By-Laws.
Accepted by the Conference.
Communications:
NONE
Joint session with the Southern Conference
and Penn, Del, Mar, D.C. Conference will be held on Saturday June 19, 2010 at
1:30 p.m.
The Conference party will be held with the
Southern Conference and the Pen, Del, Mar, D.C. Conference at the “Top of the
Riv” at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday June 19, 2010.
Reports
of Delegates:
William C. Morris – Updating Conference
website, please send any and all
relevant
information for inclusion.
Barbara Zmich – Please check out our “Face
Book” web page.
“Ann
Arbor Federation of Musicians”
Susan Barna Ayoub – The Diversity Committee
has been actively working
with
the AFL-CIO. The Committee will present
awards on Tuesday
from
the Convention Floor.
Break at 10:52 a.m., Resumed at 11:07 a.m.
Introduction of Janice Galassi – Organizing
& Recruitment.
Organizing
is not done alone; always have a trained recruiter and follow
the
steps of organizing (top down or bottom up) in order.
Introduction of Chris Durham – Symphonic
Services Division
Preplanning
is the key to smooth negotiations.
Please request help
from
SSD prior to any planning sessions.
Adjourned for lunch at 12:03 p.m.
Reconveined at 1:43 p.m. in combination with
the Southern Conference and the Pen, Del, Mar, D.C. Conference.
Welcoming remarks and introduction of the
three Conference Presidents and guests.
Introduction of Tom Lee – AFM President
Remarks
and updates of Federation projects.
Break at 2:41 p.m., resumed at 3:02 p.m.
Announcement of the plight of Nashville and
the destruction caused by the flood.
Please send donations.
Introduction of Sam Folio – AFM
Secretary-Treasurer
Remarks
and financial update. Review of the
Convention agenda.
Break at 3:38 p.m., resumed at 3:47 p.m.
Introduction of Paul Sharp – Director of the
Freelance Services Division
Remarks
and presentation with the video “United Breaks Guitars”
Presentation
on “the Birth of Social Media”
Adjourned at 4:47 p.m. Saturday June 19,
2010.
Reconvened at 10:10 a.m. on Sunday June 20,
2010 by Vice President Leonard DiCosimo (President Martin Hodapp is attending
the Convention Seating Meeting).
Opening remarks and welcoming the following
delegates who arrived today:
Eric
Vanderstel – 56, Bennie Keys – 56, Emilie Sargent – 15-286, David Holt – 482,
Cortaz Paige – 625.
Bennie Keys read the minutes of the 2009
Conference and moved the acceptance of the report as written. All were in favor.
Bennie Keys reported that he approached the
President of the Chicago Local (Gary Matts) about combining the Illinois
Conference with the Mid America Conference.
Bennie offered to meet for the next two years in Chicago if they
accepted the merger, Gary Matts was interested. Lengthy discussion ensued.
Discussion was tabled.
Introduction of Steve Gelfand – Director of
Travel, Tourism, & Booking Dept.
Presentation
on department activities.
President Hodapp resumed the Chair and
reported on the results of the Convention Seating Meeting.
Break at 10:54 a.m., resumed at 11:10 a.m.
Secretary-Treasurers Report:
All
bills paid to date. The Debit card has
been changed into a deposit
only
card. Minutes of the Conference will be
distributed at Convention.
President’s report:
Special
meeting on the pension fund to be held by Tom Lee.
Recapped
the “Top of the Riv” party.
Committee Reports:
Credentials
committee – Susan Barna Ayoub, Chair
Received
24 credentials representing 15 Locals.
18
Delegates attended Saturday representing 14 Locals.
Moved
by the committee. 2nd by
William Morris. All were in favor.
Resolution
– Gary Sironen, Chair
No
resolutions submitted for review.
Moved
by the committee. 2nd by
Bennie Keys. All were in favor.
Auditing
& Finance – William Morris, Chair
Unqualified
opinion issued.
Moved
by the committee. 2nd by
Bennie Keys. All were in favor.
Location
– Donald Sutton, Chair
Possible
locations – 2011 South Bend – 2012 Grand Rapids.
Tabled.
Introduction of Carla Lehmeier-Tatum, ROPA
President
Presented
on the state of ROPA symphonies across the nation.
Invited
everyone to their conference in Omaha, NE Aug 1-5, 2010.
Presentation of Resolution #1. Discussion by Leonard DiCosimo.
Motion
to withdraw by Harry Sacco. 2nd
by Barbara Zmich. All in Favor.
Presentation of Resolution #15. Discussion by Leonard DiCosimo.
A
suggestion to make an amendment to the Resolution.
Linda Madsen presented a “Point of Personal
Privelidge” to request the Conference motion the Convention to pay Ettore
Chiudioni, as he was unable to attend due to health reasons.
John Penry mentioned to give $150.00 to the
Delegate from the Conference in place of making a request from the Convention
floor. 2nd by Bennie Keys.
All were in favor.
Delegate Reports:
Gordon Stump – Informed the Conference of the
situation in Detroit and
invited
everyone to march with them on September 6, 2010.
Kathleen Grimes – Informed the Conference
about the “Trouble Makers
Union”
shirts. Orders can be placed through
Barbara Zmich.
Eric Vanderstel – Suggested creating vest to
be used as uniforms while
picketing
to show a unified professional support of the action.
Memorial Service Committee – Leonard
DiCosimo, Chair
Ron Rose – Wheeling, WV. Bill Thomas – Ann Arbor, MI.
Gordon Jackson – Benton Harbor, MI.
Motion to adjourn by Barbara Zmich at 12:24
p.m. 2nd by Bennie
Keys. All were in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Martin L. Borton
Secretary-Treasurer