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REPORT OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS BOOK 1 JAMES J. CLAFFEY, JR., Thirteenth Vice REPORT OF THE President GENERAL EXECUTIVE In addition to the members of the Board, those BOARD MEETING present included: International Trustees Patricia A. White, Carlos Cota and Andrew C. Oyaas; CLC HELD AT THE Delegate Siobhan Vipond; Assistant to the President SHERATON GRAND Sean McGuire; Director of Communications Matthew Cain; Director of Broadcast Sandra England; LOS ANGELES, CA Political Director J. Walter Cahill, Assistant Political JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 2, 2018 Director Erika Dinkel-Smith; Assistant Directors of Motion Picture and Television Production Daniel CALL TO ORDER Mahoney and Vanessa Holtgrewe; Co-Director of The regular Mid-Winter meeting of the General Stagecraft Anthony DePaulo, Assistant Director of Executive Board of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stagecraft D. Joseph Hartnett; Assistant Director Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists of Education and Training Robyn Cavanagh; and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and International Representatives Ben Adams, Steve Canada convened at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 29, Aredas, Christopher “Radar” Bateman, Steve Belsky, 2018 in the California BCEF Ballrooms of the Sheraton Jim Brett, Peter DaPrato, Don Gandolini, Jr., Ron Grand, Los Angeles, California. Garcia, John Gorey, Scott Harbinson, Krista Hurdon, Kent Jorgensen, Steve Kaplan, Mark Kiracofe, Peter Marley, Fran O’Hern, Joanne Sanders, Stasia Savage, ROLL CALL Lyle Trachtenberg, and Jason Vergnano; Staff General Secretary-Treasurer James B. Wood called members Leslie DePree, Asha Nandlal, Alejandra the roll and recorded the following members present: Tomais, Marcia Lewis and MaryAnn Kelly. MATTHEW D. LOEB, International President Also in attendance at various open sessions of the Board meetings were representative(s) of the following JAMES B. WOOD, General Secretary-Treasurer Locals: One, New York-Westchester-Putman Counties, Nassau/Suffolk Counties of Long Island, NY; 2, Chicago, MICHAEL BARNES, First Vice President IL; 4, Brooklyn and Queens, NY; 5, Cincinnati-Hamilton- Fairfield-Springdale-Oxford, OH; 8, Philadelphia, PA/ THOM DAVIS, Second Vice President Camden-Mercer County, NJ; 11, Boston-Waltham, DAMIAN PETTI, Third Vice President MA; 15, Seattle-Everett-Olympia-Tacoma-Bremerton- Bellingham-Anacortes-Mt.Vernon-Sedro Wooley-Port MICHAEL F. MILLER, JR., Fourth Vice President Angeles-Burlington-Concrete-Stanwood-Marysville- and Director of Motion Picture and Television Longview, WA; 16, San Francisco-Marin Cty-Santa Rosa- Production Lake Mendocino-Sonoma-Napa Cty-San Mateo Cty-Palo Alto, CA; 17, Louisville-Frankfort-Danville, KY; 21, DANIEL DI TOLLA, Fifth Vice President and Newark-Middlesex-Mercer-Ocean and Union Counties- Co-Director of Stagecraft Asbury Park-Long Branch, NJ; 22, Washington, DC/ Washington DC Suburbs, MD/Northern Virginia; 27, JOHN R. FORD, Sixth Vice President Cleveland-Ashtabula-Loraine-Elyria-Sandusky-Erie JOHN M. LEWIS, Seventh Vice President and County, OH; 28, Portland-Salem, OR; 33, Los Angeles- Director of Canadian Affairs Long Beach-Pasadena-Santa Monica, CA; 39, New Orleans, LA; 44, Hollywood, CA; 51, Houston-Galveston, CRAIG P. CARLSON, Eighth Vice President TX; 52, States of New York/New Jersey/Connecticut/ Northern DE/Greater PA; 58, Toronto, ON; 59, Jersey WILLIAM E. GEARNS, JR., Ninth Vice President City, NJ; 80, Hollywood, CA; 110, Chicago, IL; 118, and Director of Tradeshow and Display Work Vancouver, BC; 119, San Francisco Bay Area, CA; 122, San Diego, CA; 126, Ft. Worth-Arlington-Denton- PHIL LOCICERO, Tenth Vice President Gainesville-Grapevine, TX; 129, Hamilton-Brantford, C. FAYE HARPER, Eleventh Vice President ON; 154, Ashland, OR; 161, States of New York/New Jersey/Connecticut; 209, State of Ohio; 210, Edmonton, COLLEEN A. GLYNN, Twelfth Vice President AB; 212, Calgary, AB; 251, Madison-Columbia-Sauk 1 County, WI; 311, Middletown-Newburgh-Kingston, NY; California. On behalf of the Host Locals, Chairman of the 357, Kitchener-Stratford-Cambridge-Guelph-Waterloo, Host Locals Ed Brown thanked the General Executive ON; 411, Province of Ontario; 461, St. Catherines- Board for the opportunity to host this meeting. He Welland-Niagara Falls, ON; 476, Chicago, IL; 478, State assured the Board that the Host Locals would provide any of Louisiana/Southern Mississippi; 479, State of Georgia; and all assistance to ensure a pleasant visit and successful 480, State of New Mexico; 481, New England Area; 484, meeting. States of TX and OK; 487, Mid-Atlantic Area; 488, Pacific Northwest; 491, States of North/South Carolina-Savannah, On behalf of the Board, President Loeb expressed his GA; 492, State Of Tennessee/Northern Mississippi; 494, gratitude to the Host Locals for all their hospitality and Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands; 500, South Florida; 504, hard work in assisting with the arrangements for making Orange County-Parts of Corona, CA; 514, Province of this meeting run smoothly. Quebec; 536, Red Bank-Freehold, NJ; 600, United States; 631, Orlando-Cape Canaveral-Cocoa-Melbourne-Lake Buena Vista, FL; 667, Eastern Canada; 669, Western INTRODUCTIONS Canada; 671, Newfoundland/Labrador; 675, Eugene- President Loeb introduced the following new members Corvallis-Bend, OR; 695, Hollywood, CA; 700, United of the Official Family: States; 705, Hollywood, CA; 706, Hollywood, CA; 720, Las Vegas, NV; 728, Hollywood, CA; 729, Hollywood, CA; John Gorey, International Representative 751, New York, NY; 764, New York, NY and Vicinity; 768, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Pasadena-Santa Monica- John Gorey was appointed to the position of Cerritos, CA; 769, Chicago, IL; 798, New York, NY; International Representative as of August 14, 2017. 800, Los Angeles, CA; 822, Toronto, ON; 835, Orlando, He is a 4th generation stagehand from I.A.T.S.E. Local FL; 839, Hollywood, CA; 856, Province of Manitoba; One and has been a member for 20 years. He moved 857, Los Angeles-Orange Counties, CA; 863, Montreal, to Las Vegas in 2002 and joined Local 720. From 2009 QC; 871, Hollywood, CA; 873, Toronto, ON; 884, to 2014 he served as Assistant Business Agent for Hollywood, CA; 887, Seattle, WA; 891, British Columbia/ Local 720. He was elected Business Representative Yukon Territory; 892, Hollywood, CA; 927, Atlanta, of the Local in 2014. John has negotiated and handled GA; USA829, United States; ATPAM, New York, NY; business with the major employers in the tradeshow B20, Portland, OR; B27, Cleveland, OH; and B192, and audiovisual industry and serves on the Executive Hollywood, CA. Board of I.A.T.S.E. District 2. HOST LOCALS Matthew Cain, Director, The Official Family Breakfast, hosted by the Host Communications Locals, was honored to have the President of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Rusty Hicks Matthew Cain is the Director of Communications for in attendance and address the Official Family. Mr. the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Hicks thanked the leaders present who do such an Before joining the IATSE, he ran digital communications outstanding job representing the IATSE. He continued and advocacy for Caring Across Generations, a nonprofit by stating that the IATSE stands for more than just group advocating for changes to the eldercare system that entertainment, its stands for the preservation of a good job with good pay, the security and quality of health benefit both caregivers and care recipients. and retirement benefits, and the protection of a safe Matthew’s background is in political communications workplace. and organizing. He has worked as a digital fundraising He concluded by saying, “Los Angeles is where the consultant for elected officials and candidates, and rich and famous may live, but working people still call the worked on local political campaigns in New York, shots.” Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He currently serves on the New York State Committee of the Working At the opening session of the Board meeting Families Party, a labor-backed third party based in representatives of Host Locals 33, 44, 80, 504, 600, 695, New York. 700, 705, 706, 728, 729, 768, 800, 839, 857, 871, 884, 892, 923, USA829, and B192 appeared to officially welcome the He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with members of the General Executive Board, Official Family, a Bachelors in History, and a concentration in Peace and local union representatives and guests to Los Angeles, Conflict Studies. 2 GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING and local unions. A 125th Anniversary Year pin will also be MINUTES made available in the coming months. Mid-Summer Meeting – July 10-14, 2017 – Hollywood, Florida Information Technology President Loeb called upon the General Executive General Secretary-Treasurer Wood reported that Board to approve the minutes of the regular Mid-Summer all aspects of the website that was developed for the meeting of the Board held in Hollywood, Florida, the 2017 Convention was made fully operational during the week of July 10-14, 2017. week preceding the Convention, including the paperless documents section. All aspects of the site worked well Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board and were positively received by the delegates. Upon the voted unanimously to approve the minutes. conclusion of the Convention, various programs that had been developed were used to prepare delegate per diem REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY- and expense checks as well as various delegate reports. TREASURER Recently the General Office installed two upgraded