TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003

Meeting called to order at 2:33 p.m. Present were Recording Vice-President Price, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Landolfi, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss and Controller Bogert. President Moriarity, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister and board member Giannini excused to attend Broadway negotiations. Bogert took minutes.

Board member Gale present at 2:40 p.m. Financial Vice-President Hafemeister present at 2:50 p.m. and commenced chairing the meeting.

Minutes of Feb. 20 unanimously approved as amended.

Motion made to affirm a poll of the board approving the following motion. Moved: that $500,000 from the General Fund be made available to the Strike Fund, and that this additional amount shall be used only for strike benefits unless the Executive Board votes otherwise. Moreover, this additional money shall not be considered when calculating the required replenishment of the Strike Fund from work dues allocation as required by the bylaws when the Strike Fund falls below $500,000. Discussion held. Motion passed unanimously.

Price initiated a discussion of the amount of strike benefits which would be paid in the event of a strike on Broadway. Discussion held. Motion made and passed unanimously to initially set the amount of strike benefits at $240 per week per musician, to be prorated based on the number of shows which would have been performed, and provided that picketing responsibilities as determined by the Theatre Committee have been fulfilled.

Crow excused at 3:45 p.m.

Gale distributed for the board’s information a leaflet containing a number of issues relating to the Broadway negotiations. He suggested that these issues might serve as the basis for newspaper advertisements, should it be decided that such advertisements become necessary. Discussion held.

Weiss excused at 4:00 p.m. Rohdin excused at 4:05 p.m. Bogert excused at 4: 25 p.m.

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

Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2003

Meeting called to order at 11:45 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Giannini, Rohdin and Shankin, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens. Legal counsel Leibowitz present at the meeting.

President Moriarity gave an overview of the Broadway negotiations leading up to the strike. Discussion held. Counsel Leibowitz gave his assessment of the situation.

Assistant to the President Dennison discussed the problem of holding the coalition of supporting unions together. He proposed that the strike benefits also be paid to those allied union supporters on an as needed basis as well as the Broadway striking musicians and their substitutes. The leadership of the other unions would administer the request for payments by their members of the benefits which would then be processed by MAP and the President’s office. These requests would include third party payments such as rent, utilities, etc.

After discussion, motion made and carried unanimously to reconsider the previous resolution concerning strike benefits. Motion made that in lieu of the former strike benefit of $240 per week for Local 802 members, strike benefits would be made available on an as needed basis to the Local 802 Broadway bargaining unit members and all members of the Broadway theatrical unions who are supporting the Local 802 strike by honoring our picket lines. Carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2003

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, Rohdin and Shankin, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

Minutes of March 4 and March 8 unanimously approved as amended.

Long Island Supervisor Gulluscio appeared before the board to submit a contract with Westbury Music Fair. Gulluscio gave an overview of the negotiations which resulted in the agreement and then distributed the changes to the board. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Gulluscio excused.

Discussion held on the history and current status of minority representation in Broadway theatre orchestras.

Senior Business Rep Donovan appeared before the board with an agreement with the following off-Broadway theatre company or producers for all of their productions produced in off-Broadway theatrical houses of 100 to 499 seats: Second Stage Theatre; Playwrights Horizons; The Joseph Papp Public Theatre; and the New York Theatre Workshop. Donovan reviewed the terms and conditions of the agreement. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Donovan submitted several side letters to the agreement. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Donovan submitted a request from Classic Stage Company that Local 802 purchase an ad in its 35th Anniversary Program Journal. Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase a half-page ad for $300 in Classic Stage Program Journal. Donovan excused.

Senior Business Rep Jackson appeared before the board to submit an agreement with Blossom Dearie Enterprises, Ltd. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Jackson submitted an agreement with Impact Music, Inc. a.k.a. Derrick Gardner. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Jackson submitted an agreement with the Apollo Theatre Foundation for the musicians who perform at “Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre.” Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Jackson excused.

Financial Vice-President Hafemeister submitted a list of expenses in the amount of $230 for Broadway theatre negotiating committee member Russell Anixter. It was recommended that the usual procedure be followed and that documentation be provided for the expenses listed.

Price recommended to the board that the Granite Communications proposal for telephone changeover be adopted. (See minutes of Jan. 14 and Jan. 28.) Motion made and carried unanimously that directed Price to proceed with the changeover to Granite Communications.

Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase one ticket for $100 to Labor’s International Hall of Fame 2003 Induction Luncheon.

Motion made and carried unanimously to approve purchase of a full page ad for $400 in Local 369’s (Las Vegas) official AFM convention program.

Moriarity reported receipt of a letter of congratulations and a check for $12,000 from Local 47 (Los Angeles), approved unanimously by its Executive Board, to help defray expenses of Local 802 in preparing for the recent Broadway strike. Local 802’s Executive Board directed that a letter expressing its gratitude be sent to Local 47 for the expression of solidarity shown by this magnanimous gesture of financial support.

Controller Bogert submitted wage adjustments for two non-bargaining unit employees for 3 percent increases each. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Bogert distributed the vouchers of Feb. 28.

In regard to allocation of strike benefits to other Broadway workers who honored the Local 802 picket lines, Dennison reported that he had been in touch with SEIU Local 32B-J which represents cleaners and porters in the Broadway theatres. There are 120 cleaners and porters working in the 18 musicals that were struck and each lost three days’ wages. Based on the needs of these workers, motion was made and carried unanimously to pay $40 per day strike benefits to each of the affected workers. A lump sum payment of $15,000 will be made to SEIU Local 32B-J for distribution to their members. Dennison also reported that he was waiting to hear from the locals representing the ushers, hair/makeup and wardrobe as to their needs.

Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase 2 tickets for $175 each, for a total of $350, for the Long Island Federation of Labor Annual Dinner Dance on April 11.

Discussion held on pension fund contributions by musicians filing member-leader union contracts.

Jazz Advisory Committee (JAC) Liaison Owens advised the board that a meeting of the JAC was to be held on April 22 and invited Moriarity to be on a panel to discuss pension matters and also invited other members of the board to attend.

Owens submitted a request for financial support for two concerts that had taken place at Alice Tully Hall on March 11 and 12 that benefitted the Jazz Foundation and the New School Contemporary Music Program. Moriarity requested ticket price information in order to make possible contributions to both organizations.

Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003

Meeting called to order at 11:25 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, Executive Board members Blumenthal, Crow, Gale, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon. Financial Vice-President Hafemeister excused to attend to union business.

President Moriarity distributed a draft of a bylaw to raise revenue by increasing annual dues and work dues. Discussion held during which it was recommended that the bylaw language be revised, and further discussion held before submitting it to the October 2003 bylaw/membership meeting. Financial Vice-President Hafemeister present at 12:20 p.m. during the previous discussion. Gale excused at 12:35 p.m.

Assistant to the President Dennison reported to the board on the status of strike benefit requests from other members of the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG). Local 764 IATSE representing the wardrobe workers requested assistance based on the needs of an estimated 378 of their members who lost wages during the recent Broadway strike. Motion made and carried unanimously to pay $75,600 to Local 764 for strike benefit payments to their members.

After reviewing the status of the strike benefit fund and other potential requests from COBUG member unions, motion was made and carried unanimously to pay strike benefits to Local 802 members who were on strike against Broadway employers at the rate of $30 per show. The benefit is to be paid to the musician or substitute musician who was scheduled to perform between Friday, March 7 and Monday, March 10.

Manager of Information Systems Cardillo appeared before the board to make a report on the purchase of licenses for various Microsoft software products that are needed at Local 802. After reviewing Local 802’s needs with all department supervisors, it was determined that Local 802 needed to secure 45 Office XP Pro business licenses, 17 Office XP Pro open business licenses and 2 Access 2002 open business licenses. Cardillo had surveyed the market for the best prices and recommended Insight, a company located in Phoenix, Arizona. The total cost of the purchase including taxes and shipping will amount to $25,348.99. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Contract Administration Supervisor Hannen appeared before the board with a request from Business Rep Kelly for promotion to Senior Business Rep. Hannen distributed a memo outlining Kelly’s activities and evaluation document with a recommendation that Kelly’s request be granted. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Senior Business Rep Donovan appeared before the board to submit a contract with California Dream Productions located at Eric Nederlander Productions for Dream a Little Dream being produced at Village Theatre Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Dennison submitted total negotiation expenses in the amount of $7,855.90 for the following members of the Broadway theatre negotiating committee: John Arbo, $967.80; Ethan Fein, $550; Tino Gagliardi, $262; Maura Giannini, $172.46; Dean Thomas, $1,401.25; Lori Miller, $1,457.15; Jan Mullen, $689.80; David Nyberg, $862.28; Chris Olness, $862.25; Clay Ruede, $1,077.85. Some of these payments include payment for missed performances. Richard Kniska also received payment of $81.04 for materials associated with Broadway strike demonstrations. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

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

Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2003

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, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Rohdin and Shankin, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Dennison, Assistant Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

Minutes of March 18 unanimously approved as amended.

Board member Weiss present at 11:35 a.m.

Minutes of March 25 unanimously approved as amended.

President Moriarity distributed the partially completed memorandum of agreement between Local 802 and Broadway Theatre League of American Theatres and Producers, B.V. Theatrical Ventures, Inc. and Musical Rights, Inc. for the recently concluded negotiations. Moriarity reviewed the information in the memorandum and a general discussion ensued. The language regarding music preparation and copyists had not been finalized. Upon completion of the memorandum board approval was to be sought and submitted to the bargaining unit for ratification.

Moriarity submitted a letter from Alan Wasser, General Manager of the Les Misérables Company LP, that requested permission from Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG), including Local 802, to make an archival audio-videotape of the final gala performance of “Les Misérables” on May 18 after 16 years of performances. The request also asked permission to conduct a live closed-circuit television simulcast to be viewed on a video projection screen by an invited audience at the Majestic Theatre. The taping would be under the supervision of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive of the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Moriarity indicated that Wasser would appear at a meeting of COBUG to make his presentation and that Local 802’s decision would be informed by the results of that meeting.

Local 802 received a letter of thanks from the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Inc. for the gift of $100 towards the recently held Tenth Anniversary Festival.

Classic Stage Company sent a letter of thanks for the recent donation of $300 by Local 802 towards their 35th Anniversary gala.

Moriarity submitted a request from Local 802 legal counsel Leibowitz for an increase in his annual retainer and reduction in his office rent on the sixth floor. Discussion held during which a request was made to examine the history of the retainer fee before the board would make any decision.

A request was submitted from Chris Hajian, manager of Local 802’s softball team, for $850 as a fee for the team to play in the Performing Arts Softball League and a $600 fee for the team to play in the Broadway Show League. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Orchestra Players of the Savannah Symphony requested financial help since its management cancelled the season on February 26 and had not paid the orchestra for two weeks of performances. Motion made and carried unanimously to donate $1,000 from the strike fund to Orchestra Players of Savannah Health and Welfare Fund as requested.

Controller Bogert requested that the board pass a resolution adding Fran McDonald and deleting Dan Jaffe as signatories for the Local 802 payroll bank account. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Motion made and carried unanimously to approve payment of $129 for negotiating expenses of Tino Gagliardi, a member of the Broadway Theatre negotiating committee.

Assistant Director Lennon reported that the Stamford Symphony Orchestra (SSO) requested permission to utilize its Nutcracker 2002 rates to bid on an engagement with the Ballet School of Stamford taking place in May 2003. The current agreement stipulates that such an engagement be paid at Local 802 Single Engagement Ballet/Opera rates. The orchestra committee of SSO recommended that its Nutcracker rates plus 3 percent pension be paid for this engagement. Any alteration of the terms of the CBA must be approved by the Local 802 Executive Board and ratified by the musicians. The board had previously approved this matter in a poll on March 27. Motion made and carried unanimously to affirm the telephone poll.

Lennon reported on the request by American Ballet Theatre (ABT) to schedule two rehearsals on a day off in the upcoming season at the Metropolitan Opera. Since the contract does not permit rehearsals on a scheduled day off, approval of the Local 802 Executive Board and ratification by the musicians is required. ABT management had agreed to the union’s proposal to allow these rehearsals to take place on a one-time only non-precedent-setting basis to be paid at double performance scale for each rehearsal. The orchestra committee recommended a yes vote to the orchestra. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve subject to ratification by the musicians.

Lennon submitted an agreement with the Center for Contemporary Opera, Inc. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Lennon submitted a request from the Long Island Masterworks Chorus for permission to schedule two evening rehearsals at daytime rates due to the work schedule of the chorus. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve with the proviso that any musician with a conflicting engagement with the evening rehearsal be allowed to take off without penalty.

Lennon submitted expenses of $30 for ABT committee member Bernadette Zirkuli. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

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

Meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003

Meeting called to order at 11:30 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Recording Vice-President Price, 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. Financial Vice-President Hafemeister excused due to illness.

President Moriarity reported on the status of the Broadway theatre memorandum of agreement. He also reported on AFM/Broadway Theatre League negotiations for a special wage Pamphlet B agreement to address producers’ concerns on touring theatrical productions. Discussion held.

Minutes of March 11 and April 1 unanimously approved as amended.

Moriarity reviewed events leading to a contractual dispute between the Metropolitan Opera management and the orchestra regarding some terms and conditions of a tour to St. Petersburg, Russia scheduled for the summer of 2003. Discussion held.

Controller Bogert distributed financial statements for the month of December 2002 and for the year January 2002 through December 2002. He also distributed 2003 budget documents. Bogert reviewed the statements for 2002 which disclosed a loss of $363,746. He reviewed the 2003 budget which has a projected loss of $245,668. Discussion held.

After the budget discussions some members requested information regarding our health insurance carrier, Union Labor life Insurance Co. (ULLICO). Moriarity responded that the union trustees of the Local 802 Health Benefits Plan had a meeting with some officials of that company to discuss Local 802 concerns with the current rating and general operation of ULLICO.

Meeting recessed at 1:30 p.m.

Meeting resumed at 2:20 p.m. with Price in the chair; Bogert taking minutes. Also present: Blumenthal, Crow, Dennison, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Lennon, Owens, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss.

Moriarity excused to attend to union business.

Senior Business Rep Donovan appeared before the board to present a letter of agreement between Local 802 and the Black Ensemble Theatre Touring Company for “The Jackie Wilson Story” at the Apollo Theatre. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Donovan presented an agreement between Local 802 and Streakin’ L.L.C., for “Streakin'” at Babalu, 323 West 43rd Street. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Donovan thanked and excused.

Lennon presented a request from Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale, to pay an evening rehearsal on April 13 at day rates, to accommodate singers’ and instrumentalists’ Sunday work schedules. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve the request with the proviso that any musician with an engagement conflicting with the evening rehearsal would be excused from the rehearsal.

Senior Business Rep Jackson appeared before the board to present an agreement between Local 802 and Blue Lou Music Inc. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Jackson presented an agreement between Local 802 and JOTAS Corporation. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve subject to clarification of the wage scales language.

Blumenthal excused at 2:45 p.m. Discussion continued concerning inclusion of health benefits in union agreements. Landolfi excused at 3:02 p.m. Foregoing discussion continued.

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

Meeting adjourned at 3:07 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2003

Meeting called to order at 11:20 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 Director Lennon, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

Minutes of April 8 unanimously approved as amended.

Discussion held on the Metropolitan Opera dispute regarding the tour to St. Petersburg, Russia (see minutes of April 8).

President Moriarity submitted a request from the North Carolina Dance Theatre (NCDT) for permission to use video clips of the NYC Ballet performances for a PBS show to be aired on November 22. This show is to be a benefit for NCDT. Discussion held. Moriarity directed to obtain more information.

A request was received from Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) for Local 802’s payment of $200 for annual dues and for an additional sum of $200 towards the cost of an advertisement in the Playbill Tony Awards program to be inserted by COBUG. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

AFTRA requested the donation of the services of a group of four musicians to play at a planned rally. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve the request up to a cost of $1,000 and to pay public service scale for the event.

Discussion ensued on various matters which encompassed Broadway orchestra minimums wherein some shows are using larger orchestras, the possible continuation of the public relations campaign for live music and contemplated merger activity of unions in the entertainment field.

A request was received from AFTRA asking Local 802 members to refrain from being interviewed or perform on various Clear Channel radio stations until the AFTRA dispute with Clear Channel is settled. The stations in question are WHTZ, WKTU, WWPR, WLTU and WAXZ. Local 802 was asked to join in solidarity with SAG and Equity and other entertainment unions. Discussion held after which the consensus of the board was to approve the request.

A proposed bylaw regarding deletion of Article VI, Section 4 submitted by member Donaruma was distributed to the board. This resolution was submitted after the deadline of April 1 for inclusion in the June bylaw/membership meeting.

Discussion held on charges filed by Moriarity against a member, now resigned, who participated in the design, construction and promotion of a virtual orchestra.

Controller Bogert submitted a proposed salary increase of 3 percent for a supervisor. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Executive Board Member Blumenthal reported that the Anne Walker Scholarship Committee made two $350 awards and two $250 awards for a total of $1,200 to four applicants.

Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens informed the board that the Jazz Advisory Committee will hold an open house in the Club Room on April 21 to discuss pension possibilities for jazz musicians.

A notice was distributed reporting a job action by workers at Burritoville, recently purchased by Tri-Food Corporation, who want to be represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 which supported Local 802 in the recent Broadway strike. The management has twice postponed a hearing with the NLRB delaying the workers’ right to join UFCW Local 1500 for at least several weeks.

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

Meeting adjourned at 1:20 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003

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, Gale, Giannini, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Assistant to the President Dennison, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens.

President Moriarity reported on the settlement of the AFTRA Clear Channel contract negotiations (see minutes of April 15).

Moriarity distributed a letter in response to a member’s submission of a bylaw proposal (see minutes of April 15). Moriarity indicated in his letter that since the date of submission was past the deadline of April 1 for consideration at the June meeting the bylaw proposal would be published in the September Allegro and considered at the October membership meeting.

Minutes of April 15 unanimously approved as amended.

Discussion held on the charges filed against a former Local 802 member who provided virtual orchestra technology to Broadway producers (see minutes of April 15).

Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens reported on the successful meeting held by that committee that focussed on pension fund access and coverage for jazz artists. Discussion followed which included the possibility of expanding coverage to health benefits for working jazz musicians.

A request was received from Inside Broadway for an annual contribution. Inside Broadway is an organization which directs its efforts to producing and performing free concerts of musical theatre in schools and theatres for children. Discussion held. Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase a full page ad for $1,000 in the program journal for Inside Broadway’s Broadway Beacon Awards and two tickets for $700 for the Beacon Award dinner.

The Orchestra Players of Savannah (OPS) sent a letter of thanks to Local 802 for its contribution to the OPS Health and Welfare Fund (see minutes of April 1).

Motion made and carried unanimously to contribute $250 to Tenants and Neighbors towards the cost of a bus that will go to Albany on May 13 for lobbying purposes, and $250 for a donation to the organization.

Assistant to the President Dennison submitted a request from Inside Broadway for permission to make an archival audio-video tape recording of a performance of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” on April 13 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Moriarity reported on the status of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra dispute with management (see minutes of April 8) which resulted in a court ruling in favor of management.

A report was made on the negotiations by the union with the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center.

Senior Business Rep Delia appeared before the board with a memorandum of agreement with the Village Light Opera Group. The orchestra committee recommended the agreement. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve subject to ratification by the musicians. Delia excused.

Senior Business Rep Donovan appeared before the board with an agreement with the Vivian Beaumont Theatre d.b.a. Lincoln Center Theatre for performances of “Elegies – A Song Cycle” at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center. This agreement is for a series of ten performances, April 9-19. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Donovan submitted an agreement with the Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, NY) for “The Boy Friend” appearing at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve.

Donovan submitted an agreement with the producers of “Menopause The Musical” under the company name NYCGNO LLC c/o Brent Peek Productions at Playhouse 91, 316 East 91st Street. Motion made and carried unanimously to approve. Donovan excused.

Motion made and carried unanimously to purchase for $2,600 a full page, black and white ad in the Tony Awards Playbill to be distributed at the Tony Awards ceremony. The text will thank the audience and the theatrical unions for support of live music in the theatre.

Financial Vice-President Hafemeister submitted a request from the Long Island Philharmonic to have a string quartet from the orchestra perform pro bono (without pay) at an AFL-CIO fund-raising event honoring the Consortium for Workers Education. That orchestra was a recipient of funds from the consortium after Sept. 11, 2001. Discussion held. Hafemeister directed to follow up on the request.

Discussion held on possible formation of a public relations fund by a bylaw submission.

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

Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.