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General Membership Meeting: July 22, 2019

Members: please join us for our Summer Membership Meeting on Monday night. Arrive early for BBQ and a movie!

6:30 p.m. – BURNT TO A CRISP food truck
(First 20 members to arrive get a FREE food voucher!)

7 p.m. – MPTF Film Screening: “MusicianFest: Never Too Old” (10 min.)

7:30 p.m. – Meeting

On the Agenda (subject to change):
* Presentation of 50-Year Pins 
* Special Election to Fill Vacancy on Executive Board
* Investments Update from Alon Haim, Merrill Lynch
* Officer Reports
* Old and New Business

Open to all members in good standing.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. to enjoy delicious BBQ from the BURNT TO A CRISP TEXAS SMOKEHOUSE food truck. We’ll have complimentary vouchers for the first 20 members to arrive!

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SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY ON EXECUTIVE BOARD

During the meeting there will be a special election to fill a vacancy on the Executive Board, currently held temporarily by P. Blake Cooper as appointed by the Board. For information on Vacancies and Special Elections, please refer to Articles IX and X of the AFM Local 47 Bylaws, available in the members section of our website or upon request from the Secretary/Treasurer’s Office.

At 7 p.m. we will present a special 10-minute screening of the new documentary MusicianFest: Never Too Old. Created by the Music Industries’ Music Performance Trust Fund, the film highlights the power of music to bring joy, purpose, connectivity, and healing to all people. It explores the paths that led the professional AFM musicians featured in the film, many who are seniors themselves, to perform for older audiences in New York City, New Orleans and Long Beach, California. Continue reading →

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Next General Membership Meeting: April 22, 2019

Monday, April 22, 2019, 7:30pm
@ AFM Local 47 – Rehearsal Room 7
3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA 91504

On the Agenda (subject to change):
* Presentation of 50-Year Pins 
* Jay Cohen Plaque Presentation
* Officer Reports
* New Media Campaign Update
* Old and New Business

Open to all members in good standing.
Pizza & light refreshments will be served.

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October General Membership Meeting w/ Siddhartha Khosla

At our Fall 2018 General Membership Meeting we are excited to welcome composer Siddhartha Khosla as our special guest speaker. He will talk about the process and showcase some of his works from hit TV series “This Is Us” (NBC) and Marvel’s “Runaways” (Hulu). Don’t miss it!

Open to all members in good standing.

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General Membership Meeting: July 23, 2018

At our next General Membership Meeting we are excited to kick off our new Guest Speaker Series. Please join us for a presentation by SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local President Jane Austin, who will speak about the union’s recent video game campaign win, and share ideas and thoughts regarding organizing and motivating members. Don’t miss it!

On the agenda (subject to change):

  • Special Guest Speaker Jane Austin, President, SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles
  • Presentation of 50-Year Pins
  • Resolution to Amend the Bylaws
    (Resolution published in the Summer 2018 issue of Overture Magazine, also
    available in our pdf Overture archive in the members section at afm47.org)
  • Officer Reports
  • Old and New Business

Location: AFM Local 47 Room 7
3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA 91504

Open to all members in good standing.
Food & refreshments will be served.

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General Membership Meeting – April 25, 2018

Members: Please join us for our Spring Membership Meeting!

On the agenda (subject to change):
• Presentation of 50-Year Pins
• Election for Salary Review Board & Election Board
• Officer Reports
• Old and New Business

Hear an update from our Political Action Committee, get the latest info about our Grand Opening celebration, and learn about upcoming workshops & events.

Only 50 members are needed for a quorum. Please plan to attend!

Open to all members in good standing. Food & refreshments will be served.

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April Membership Meeting Recap

Results of voting on Resolutions & election for Salary Review, Election boards

Thank you to the 55 members who attended our Spring Membership Meeting on the evening of April 25, 2016. 


Keith McNutt from The Actors Fund addresses the membership.

The meeting commenced with a presentation by Keith McNutt about The Actors Fund, a nonprofit organization that serves not only actors, but everyone in entertainment. He provided a thorough rundown of their history and background, and the many free services and workshops they provide of benefit to musicians, dancers, actors and other entertainment industry professionals. More about The Actors Fund can be learned at actorsfund.org.  Continue reading →

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Update on Responses to Motions from April General Meeting

At the General Membership Meeting of April 28, 2014, several motions were adopted requesting the Local to provide various data to the membership.

Local 47′s responses to Motions 3, 4 and 5 have been posted in the members-only section of our website. On June 9, Local 47 issued an update to the Work Activity Report in response to Motion 5. Please log in to your member account to view the updated responses and reports in the “Other Documents” section.

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Info on Special Membership Meeting June 12

Local 47 will hold a Special Membership Meeting Thursday, June 12 in the Serena Kay & Earl Williams Auditorium at 7:30 pm to discuss Electronic Media issues.

For those interested in making a presentation at this meeting, please contact the Secretary’s Office (323.993.3159) by end of business (5 pm) Tuesday, June 10 in order to have it considered for the agenda.

At the meeting there will be a guest panel present in order to answer any questions you may have about Electronic Media. Please bring whatever questions you have to the meeting and we will do our best to get them answered.

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