TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2002

Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Giannini, Landolfi, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon.

President Moriarity submitted a request from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to use three-minute excerpts of two theatrical performances for a forthcoming exhibition, “Best of Times: The Theatre of Charles Dickens.” The excerpts are from The Mystery of Edwin Drood and A Christmas Carol and were documented on Film and Tape Archive by the theatre. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Assistant to the President Dennison submitted a request for endorsement by Tim Bishop, candidate for U.S. Congress from Suffolk County. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to endorse.

Moriarity submitted a request from Frank Lautenberg, candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey. Motion made and carried unanimously to endorse.

Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens present at 11:45 a.m.

Moriarity reported that the management for the Andrea Bocelli engagements had been negotiating with Local 802. Assistant Director Lennon continued with the presentation since he had been the principal negotiator. Lennon distributed three Local 802 agreements that related to two run-outs, and an AFM tour agreement negotiated by Lennon with full AFM authorization. These had been telephone negotiations by Lennon with Arnie Roth of AWR Music, LLC of Chicago. Subsequent to reaching agreement, as yet unsigned, information reached Lennon that the Bocelli management had been in discussions with the Las Vegas Philharmonic for the same engagements. A letter was then proposed to be sent to Roth that in the event the management failed or refused to sign the agreements Local 802 would take any and all legal action necessary to obtain compliance with the terms and conditions of the agreements. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve run-out agreement #1 to Connecticut and New Jersey. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve run-out agreement #2 to Buffalo and Auburn Hills, Mich. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve the tour agreement to Miami, Atlanta and Philadelphia, and obtain AFM approval of same.

Board members Gale and Reynolds present at 11:48 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. respectively during the previous discussion.

Moriarity submitted a request from the New York AFL-CIO for support of its annual Labor Celebration on Dec. 12 at the Sheraton. Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase a half-page ad in the souvenir journal for $250.

Senior Business Rep Jackson appeared before the board to submit an agreement with Coup de Cone Music, aka Wycliffe Gordon for employment of musicians. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Jackson submitted an agreement with the Jazz Foundation of America for the Sept. 24 concert A Great Night in Harlem at the Apollo Theatre. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Jackson submitted an agreement with Count Basie Enterprises, Inc. covering engagements in Japan between Oct. 13 and Nov. 1. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Jackson excused.

Senior Business Rep Donovan appeared before the board to submit an agreement with Supede, Inc. for a production of We’ve Got a Song For You at St. Peter’s Church. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Donovan submitted an agreement with The Fisherman, LLC, c/o Snug Harbor Productions, Brannon Wiles, General Manager, for the production of the cabaret concert entitled Du Du Fisher: Something Old Something New at the Mazer Theatre, 197 East Broadway. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Lennon submitted a voucher for round trip bus fare of $57.25 for Dana Maiben from Boston to New York to attend negotiations for the New York Collegium. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve payment.

Price distributed to the board a list of Broadway musicians for whom he had granted leaves of absence.

Meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2002

Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

Senior Business Rep Voccola appeared before the board to submit an agreement for the Jewish Single Engagement Club Date field. Voccola reviewed the terms and conditions of the contract. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Voccola thanked and excused.

Minutes of Oct. 22 unanimously approved as amended.

President Moriarity reported that the dispute concerning the Bocelli negotiations had been successfully resolved and that management had signed all the agreements as outlined in the minutes of Oct. 22. Discussion held.

Financial Vice-President Hafemeister reported on an NYS AFL-CIO initiative called SET (Strategic Education Training-Initiative) to educate entertainment unions on the changes taking place in the entertainment industry. A meeting of the pilot program on education was to be held on Oct. 29 in the afternoon with Hafemeister, Assistant to the President Dennison and rank-and-file member John Arbo in attendance along with a significant number of entertainment union officers. NYS Federation of Labor President Denis Hughes also chairs this committee. Discussion held.

Price reported that the Jazz Foundation of America sent a letter of thanks to Local 802 for its support of the recent gala fund raiser “A Great Night in Harlem.”

Price reported that in 2001 the four Lincoln Center constituent orchestras paid 30 percent of the total work dues collected by Local 802. This information was to be sent to the AFM for inclusion in the 2001 ICSOM annual report.

Moriarity reported that an Executive Board member had discovered an ad on a New York based Web site, Craigslist, for a job posting seeking a “Music Operator” and a “Conductor” to operate a computerized virtual orchestra for New York theatre production in the event of a labor dispute, “availability beginning February 2003.” Moriarity distributed a letter that was to be sent to the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. that expressed in the strongest terms the concern of the union that the League was involved in the placement of this ad. Discussion held.

Moriarity reported on a meeting held with MPTF Trustee Noel Berman, MPTF Local 802 officer-in-charge Price and Jon Marcus, NY Executive Director of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, presenters of the Grammy Awards, to explore the possibility of the involvement of MPTF in the ancillary activity surrounding the Grammy Awards which will be held in NY in February 2003. Trustee Noel Berman sent Moriarity a speech to young people given by former President Bill Clinton that related to his involvement in music which Moriarity distributed to the board.

Moriarity submitted a request for endorsement by Jonathan Bing for State Assembly in the 73rd Assembly District. Motion made and carried unanimously to endorse. Motion made and carried unanimously to contribute $250 from TEMPO802 to Bing’s candidacy.

Motion made and carried unanimously to contribute $250 from TEMPO802 to Tim Bishop, candidate for U.S. Congress from Suffolk County.

Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase two tickets at $250 each, total $500, for Citizen Action of New York’s 2002 Gala Reception honoring NYC Central Labor Council Political Director Ed Ott.

Moriarity reported that the Teamsters suspended an organizing campaign at Overnight Trucking. He also reported that the AFL-CIO UAW lost an important NLRB election regarding graduate assistants and adjunct faculty at Cornell University.

Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase two tickets for $350 to the Workers Defense League, Inc. awards dinner in honor of William Burrus, President of the American Postal Workers Union.

Discussion held on symphony orchestra collectively-bargained “special funds” being used to subsidize third-party employers’ non-symphonic film and live engagement work. Moriarity reported that in one recent situation, the AFM had taken the position that such special funds were to be used only for projects created by and focussing on the activities of the primary symphonic, opera or ballet signatory employer.

Rohdin excused at 1:00 p.m.

Motion made and carried unanimously to hold the local membership meetings for 2003 on Feb. 25, June 10 and Oct. 21.

The NLRB Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center vote was 51 in favor of Local 802, 42 against with 26 votes challenged. Discussion held.

Dennison noted that an election had been held by the theatre committee to choose a negotiating committee for the upcoming negotiations.

Meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2002

Meeting called to order at 11:25 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Landolfi, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

Minutes of Oct. 29 unanimously approved as amended.

Assistant to the President Dennison submitted an agreement with the White Tie Company, LLC for the production of Tommy Tune to be performed at the Little Shubert Theatre. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Dennison submitted an agreement with the Brooklyn Academy of Music c/o Alice Bernstein for productions entitled Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya appearing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Board member Reynolds present at 12:00 p.m.

President Moriarity distributed the NYC Ballet memorandum of agreement and asked that the telephone poll of the board that approved this agreement be affirmed. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to affirm.

Business Rep Delia appeared before the board to submit an agreement with the Peniel Concert Choir. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Delia submitted an agreement with NY Grand Opera for performances at Flushing Town Hall. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Delia submitted an agreement with NY Revels. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Dennison submitted an Executive Board telephone poll that permitted an archival recording of the Illinois Jacquet Band at the Jazz Standard. Motion made and carried unanimously to affirm the telephone poll as outlined.

Dennison submitted expenses of $53.50 for John Arbo who attended the pilot program meeting of Strategic Education Training at Cornell University Labor College. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Discussion held on a New York Times article on the possible use of a “virtual orchestra” program to replace live musicians in Broadway theatres.

Assistant Director Lennon submitted a request from Cathedral Productions for permission to pay day rates for an evening rehearsal to accommodate the schedules of the amateur singers in the chorus. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve with the proviso that players will be allowed to miss this rehearsal in the event of a performance conflict.

Lennon submitted a request on behalf of the Marble Collegiate Church for permission to pay day rates for an evening rehearsal to accommodate the singers’ schedules. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve with the proviso that players will be allowed to miss this rehearsal in the event of a performance conflict.

Lennon submitted a recommendation that Business Rep Delia be advanced to Senior Business Rep as per the O.U.R. contract terms, effective Oct. 11, 2002. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Moriarity reported on meetings with various Broadway entertainment unions in which he discussed 802’s position in the upcoming Broadway negotiations. Discussion held.

Crow excused at 12:30 p.m.

Controller Bogert submitted a list of six supervisory personnel for salary increases of 3 percent. Motion made and carried to approve. Opposed: Landolfi.

Bogert distributed the vouchers of October 2002.

Price distributed to the board a list of Broadway musicians for whom he had granted leaves of absence.

Meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m.