Congratulations to all candidates, and thank you to all members who voted, in our 2022 General Election.
DIRECTOR (6 elected):
Pam Gates – 823
John Lofton – 814
Allison Allport – 783
Allen Fogle – 772
Norman Ludwin – 733
John Acosta – 671
Aaron Smith – 659
Congratulations to all candidates, and thank you to all members who voted, in our 2020 Local 47 General Election.
PRESIDENT & DELEGATE (elect 1):
Stephanie O’Keefe – 743
Marc Sazer – 499
VICE PRESIDENT & DELEGATE (elect 1):
Rick Baptist – 738
Mike Merritt – 501
SECRETARY/TREASURER & DELEGATE (elect 1):
Danita Ng-Poss – 526
Gary Lasley – 459
Lydia Reinebach – 231 Continue reading
(BURBANK, CA – JANUARY 15, 2019) The newly re-elected members of the AFM Local 47 Executive Board for the 2019-2020 term were officially sworn in today during the Executive Board Meeting.
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Rusty Hicks administered the oath of office to the Board before our membership at the Inaugural Meeting on the evening of Jan. 14 (held as an informational meeting due to lack of quorum). Continue reading
The next AFM Local 47 General Election takes place Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.
Nominating petitions will be available from the Secretary/Treasurer’s office as of Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.
All completed nominating petitions must be delivered to the Secretary’s Office, in exchange for a signed and dated receipt, no later than Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Continue reading
For the first time in recent history, all candidates who submitted nominating petitions for the 2016 Local 47 General Election were unopposed. In accordance with Article IX, Section 1 of the AFM Local 47 Bylaws, the Election Board declares that all of the following candidates, running on the slate of John Acosta, are hereby elected by acclamation*:
President (1): John Acosta
Vice President (1): Rick Baptist
Secretary/Treasurer (1): Gary Lasley
Trustees (3): Judy Chilnick, Dylan Hart, Bonnie Janofsky
Directors (6): Pam Gates, John Lofton, Andy Malloy, Phil O’Connor, Bill Reichenbach, Vivian Wolf
Hearing Board (7): Alan Estes, Jon Kurnick, Jeff Lass, Norman Ludwin, Helen Nightengale, Allen Savedoff, Marc Sazer
Delegates to the AFM Convention** (3): Pam Gates, Bonnie Janofsky, Norman Ludwin
First Alternate Delegate (1): Phil O’Connor
Second Alternate Delegate (1): Vivian Wolf
Congratulations to all of these candidates, and thank you for your willingness to serve the membership of our Union!
Election Board: Mark Zimoski (chair, mzimos@gmail.com, 818-997-7225), Marie Matson, Paul Sternhagen, Stephen Green, Scott Higgins, Nick Stone, Kris Mettala Continue reading
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AFM Local 47 members vote in John Acosta as President, Rick Baptist as VP
John Acosta
LOS ANGELES, CA (Dec. 16, 2014) — Members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 have elected new leadership, with current vice president John Acosta rising rank as the union’s new president.
Replacing Acosta as vice president and joining the Local 47 executive board for the first time is veteran studio musician Rick Baptist. Gary Lasley will serve a third term as secretary/treasurer. Acosta succeeds Vince Trombetta, who has been president of the Los Angeles musicians union since 2009. All three titled officers ran unopposed in the Local 47 general election held on Dec. 9. Continue reading
Congratulations to all candidates for office, and thank you to all members who voted, in the 2014 Local 47 General Election.
Local 47 2014 Election Returns*
PRESIDENT (Elect One)
John Acosta 362
VICE PRESIDENT (Elect One)
Rick Baptist 343
SECRETARY/TREASURER (Elect One)
Gary Lasley 344
TRUSTEE (Elect Three)
Judy Chilnick 327
Bonnie Janofsky 303
Dylan Hart 296
DIRECTOR (Elect Six)
Pam Gates 263
Bill Reichenbach 255
Phil O’Connor 252
Vivian Wolf 239
Andy Malloy 232
John Lofton 219
Marcy Vaj 188
Jeff Surga 128
HEARING BOARD (Elect Seven)
Alan Estes 273
Allen Savedoff 265
Norman Ludwin 261
Chuck Flores 258
Jon Kurnick 247
Marc Sazer 230
Jeff Lass 206
DELEGATE TO THE AFM CONVENTION (Elect Three)
Pam Gates 309
Bonnie Janofsky 294
Norman Ludwin 291
FIRST ALTERNATE DELEGATE (Elect One)
Phil O’Connor 342
SECOND ALTERNATE DELEGATE (Elect One)
Vivian Wolf 322
* These are the results of tallying by the California Elections Company of ballots cast by eligible voters of the Local 47 general membership in the Biennial General Election held Dec. 9, 2014. Certification and declaration of the election by the Election Board is pending per Article IX, Section 16 of the Local 47 Bylaws.
Candidates running in the 2014 Local 47 General Election are reminded that their 100-word campaign statement and photo for inclusion in the November 2014 issue of Overture are due to the Secretary/Treasurer’s office no later than Thursday, Sept. 25. Please refer to Article IX, Section 12 of the Local 47 Bylaws (with amendments through July 2014). The Bylaws are available to read online by logging into your afm47.org member account or by request from the Secretary/Treasurer’s office: 323.993.3159.
Reminder From the Election Board:
The Local 47 Election Board reminds nominees to review Article IX, Sections 2, 4 and 6 of the Bylaws, which were revised in 2011.