Board Meeting/November 16, 2015

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors’ of the Cincinnati Musicians’ Association was called to order on November 16,2015 at 12:15PM.

All members were present.

The minutes of the November 2,2015 meeting were approved.

NEW MEMBERS:

Joseph William Rebman     Harp     11/12/15

GOOD STANDING FROM OTHER LOCALS

NEW MEMBERS:

REINSTATE:

DECEASED:

Norna Prior, age 90 on Saturday, October 31, 2015

RESIGNED:

Sarah Demy 9/30/15

Ren Arizumi 9/30/15

ERASED:

 

 

OLD/CURRENT BUSINESS:        

President’s Report

I.  CCO

  • Wes Neidham has succeeded Jennifer Funk as CCO Board President. President Frankenfeld will be reviewing the current CBA with Mr. Neidham. Scale had been raised by $5. LeAnne Anklan has been officially hired as CCO General Manager. The new CCO summer format was a great success.
  • An incorrect pension fund payment from a CCO recording with the Faux Frenchmen was discovered. The check has not been cashed so a new payment will be submitted. The incorrect amount was higher than needed.

II.  CSO

  • Viola auditions for two CSO positions were held. After a lengthy process two players were offered positions. Rebe Barnes and Danny Kim.

 

III.  Office Update

  • Greg Felix still has to be scheduled to come to the office and work with Rhonda on office updating needs. President Frankenfeld will be trying to contact him before the next Board meeting.

IV.  Music Hall renovation

  • All funding must be raised by January 1, 2016 or the current plans and budget begin to change.
  • Dwight Perry asked if the Local could contribute $500 toward the renovation. Mike Andres moved to table a decision in order for the Board to consider the request. Second was given by Gaudio. Motion approved.

V.  Taft Concerts

  • All Taft Museum concerts still need to be filled. President Frankenfeld asked Vice President Barb Lambert to assist with scheduling performers.

NEW BUSINESS:

I.  Aronoff Center

  • White Christmas is coming to the Aronoff. Ten (10) local players have been hired. It is a two- week run.

II. Musica Sacra

  • President Frankenfeld is still trying to finalize funding MPTF monies for Musica Sacra. The hard copy form has been submitted and all that remains is the online submission.

III.  Membership Issue

  • There are a number of members who are behind in their dues and are facing erasure. Members will be contacted and dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

IV.  Organist organizing

  • Paul Bresciani, hoping to organize organists in the Diocese (Catholic), has approached President Frankenfeld. It would total 12-15 players.

V.  Miscellaneous

  • Jazz Hall of Fame will probably be scheduled around the end of April or beginning of May.
  • Bravo reports that the Musicians Ball has been scheduled for April 1, 2016.
  • President Frankenfeld has not heard anything from CET regarding the Blue Wisp be taped for a special. It had been agreed to secure $100 per player for the brief segment.

THE FOLLOWING VOUCHERS WERE ORDERED PAID:

See attached B 25287 – 25297

Next meeting scheduled for November 30, 2015 at 3:00PM

The Quarterly General Membership meeting has been tentatively set for December 14 at 7PM following a Board meeting at 5:30PM.

Meeting adjourned at 1:23PM.

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Board Meeting/November 2, 2015

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors’ of the Cincinnati Musicians’ Association was called to order on November 2,2015 at 12:10PM.

All members were present.

The minutes of the October 19,2015 meeting were approved.

NEW MEMBERS:

Joseph Rodriguez, tenor and alto trombone, 10/15/15 (joined online)

GOOD STANDING FROM OTHER LOCALS

NEW MEMBERS:

REINSTATE:

DECEASED:

RESIGNED:

ERASED:

 

OLD/CURRENT BUSINESS:

I.  President’s Report

  • Greg Felix, IT with IWEB, has been difficult to get in touch with regarding the update of office equipment. Paul will continue to get in touch so that the office can be taken care of.
  • The retirement community concerts have been completed and the monies have been received from the MPTF.
  • MPTF paperwork for Musica Sacra has been completed and submitted.

II.  CSO

  • The Mellon Diversity Fellowship Committee met on October 21. Those applying for the Fellowship will have an audition that is separate from their CCM audition. There are several questions that need to be addressed before the auditions occur. Such as, should auditions be screened or open since the applicants are already known and how many services would they perform with the CSO. It should be a progressive program. There were two committee members who raised concerns about the program. The concern is that the program only focuses on players who have already reached a milestone in their playing rather than focusing on youth to attract more diversity to orchestral music. Another question raised during the committee meeting was regarding the mentorship aspect of the Fellowship. Compensation for the mentors needs to be identified. Possibilities include Service Exchange credit or monetary compensation. Many items under discussion need to be resolved quickly since Fellowship auditions are slated for March 2016.
  • CSO Player Committee terms are staggered and as a result Lon Bussell and Matt Zory have completed their terms. Jennifer Monroe and Boris Astafiev are on the committee. They join Dan Culnan and Drake Ash. President Frankenfeld is an ex-officio member because of his office with the Local.
  • The Communication Committee reported that there appears to be no ‘Plan B’ if the renovation project falls behind schedule.
  • Arts Wave. A large part of Arts Wave criteria for funding rests with education of under represented populations. Organizations commit to a 3-year funding offer and must regularly show throughout the grant period what they are doing to meet this requirement. Because the CSO receives significant funding this has positive and negative aspects. The $3 million received by Arts Wave can essentially become a “smaller” amount because the funding cycle is three years, which does allow for increased budget costs. It can also impact the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra because they do not have a full-time executive director or manager.

NEW BUSINESS:

I.  Taft Museum Concerts

  • Taft Concerts are to begin in January and all but one of the concerts conflicts with the CSO Sunday schedule. President Frankenfeld will be able to fill concerts with free-lance musicians.

II.  Diversity Award Program

  • The AFM Diversity Awards Program recognizes recipients at the convention. There are two awards – The Charles Walton Diversity Advocate Award and the Charles McDaniel Youth Award for applicants between the ages of 16 and 35. The first part of the application process ends January 8, 2016 and the second phase begins February 1 and ends March 15, 2016. Lovie Smith-Wright of Local 65-699 is the contact for AFM. The applicant must be a member of a Local. We are looking for names of possible applicants that we can submit.
  • Election Day
  • Election Day is tomorrow and the AFL-CIO has declined to give the park issue a recommendation.

III. Phone Book

  • As a part of discussion of the vouchers the payment for ads in the phone book was questioned. With the advance of technology and more people using the Internet to locate specific items the Board was asked to consider dropping the expense. It will be discussed in an upcoming meeting.

THE FOLLOWING VOUCHERS WERE ORDERED PAID:

See attached B 25263-25286

Next meeting scheduled for November 16 at 12:00PM

Meeting adjourned at 1:00PM.

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Board Meeting/October 19, 2015

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors’ of the Cincinnati Musicians’ Association was called to order on October 19,2015 at 5:35PM.

Lynne Scott was absent.

The minutes of the September 23,2015 meeting were approved.

NEW MEMBERS:

GOOD STANDING FROM OTHER LOCALS

NEW MEMBERS:

REINSTATE:

DECEASED:

RESIGNED:

Sari Eringer-Thoman, viola, 10/7/15

Kelly Jones, trombone, 10/1/15

ERASED:

 

 

OLD/CURRENT BUSINESS:

I.  President’s Report

  • President Frankenfeld offered more information regarding the WGUC request. He has suggested $560 per player (including subs and extras) and that it could be charged against the EMG for tenure track players. The $560 would be an annual figure. This would be good for subs and extras and would also be good for WGUC, as they would still be contributing.
  • John Layne will not be present at the Quarterly meeting this evening. The net worth has gone down slightly but we should see an increase since there are five new players on the CSO roster. President Frankenfeld also reminded the Trustees that decisions need to be made regarding reinvestment strategies for funds that are going to mature soon.

II. Mid States Conference

  • Vice President Barb Lambert updated the Board on the conference that was held in Davenport, Iowa. Formerly known as the Mid America Conference, the new Mid States Conference is a result of a proposed merger of several regional conferences. The merger was an attempt to reduce the amount of travel expenses incurred by the National Office in New York. President Frankenfeld also attended the conference.
  • The Mid-America Conference did not approve the merger and it appeared that there is a question as to whether or not the merger had been officially approved by the IEB.
  • Attendance was poor for the conference. There were only 13 delegates from the former MAC conference, including Paul and Barb. The MAC conference last year hosted 24 delegates. There was no agenda, no new By-laws and there was a general sense of unhappiness with the attempted merger. Marty Hodap from the Indianapolis Local will be checking the IEB minutes to verify that the merger was officially approved.
  • Both Barb and Paul agreed that the field representatives should be at the regional conferences but it should not be required for the Officers to attend.
  • The one item discussed at the conference that was intriguing was when the International Vice President spoke about ‘Fair Play’. This is a project that identifies local businesses that feature live music. The business gets recognized for supporting live music. The concept had been discussed at the last Convention and has been used in the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada. It does not differentiate between musicians who are members of the Local and those who are not.

NEW BUSINESS:

I. Future of Music Coalition Summit

  • The Board received an offer from the AFM National Office to contribute $500 to help sponsor the Coalition Summit. The Summit is to be held October 26-27 in Washington D.C. We would get our name on banners, programs, and web pages. The Board declined the offer.

THE FOLLOWING VOUCHERS WERE ORDERED PAID:

See attached B25239-25262

Next meeting scheduled for November 2, 2915 at 12:00PM

Meetings were tentatively scheduled for November 16 and 30. The next Quarterly General Membership Meeting was tentatively scheduled for December 14, 2015.

Meeting adjourned at 6:50PM.

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