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Issue: October 2007
The Millennium Hotel Minneapolis was the site of the recent ICSOM Conference. No one lacked for hospitality, with Twin Cities Local 30-73, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra all serving as hosts. Activities before the opening session of the Conference included a successful negotiating orchestras session on Tuesday evening. Though mainly for orchestras in or preparing … [Read more...]
Issue: Chairperson's Reports
I’ve been thinking of this adage I once read in a book of quotations attributed to Buddha: Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. My travels this summer to the AFM Convention and the conferences of ROPA, OCSM, and ICSOM have served to remind me of my earliest teachers and my union mentors. … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
Newslets are compiled with the help of ICSOM delegates and ICSOM Members at Large from sources that include direct submissions, member orchestra websites, and topical news items. The editor encourages input and submissions. The musicians of the Utah Symphony performed a free concert on September 24 at Emery High School in Castledale, Utah, to honor the memory of the miners and rescuers who … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
Resolution #1—Employer Pension Trustees WHEREAS, Employer Pension Trusteeships are commonly awarded to those representing organizations or fields which make the largest contributions; and WHEREAS, Symphony, Opera and Ballet Orchestra Employers currently contribute over one-third of total contributions to the AFM-EPF; and WHEREAS, Notwithstanding that level of contribution, there is no … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
[Editor's Note: Watch for ICSOM settlement bulletins to learn the details of these settlements. Those bulletins are sent to each delegate and can also be found on the ICSOM website at www.icsom.org.] In the spring of 2007, members of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra voted in a contract renewal team (Brad Buckley, Erik Harris, Susan Slaughter, Bjorn Ranheim, and David DeRiso) in preparation … [Read more...]
Issue: October 2007
Hi folks. Richard Waugh here; violist with The Cleveland Orchestra. During my 13 seasons in Cleveland, the ICSOM delegate position has never seemed very important. Historically, the sitting delegate has been re-elected if he chose to serve, since no one ran against him. There has always been a joke about where the ICSOM Conference would be held; the humor being that if it were held in some exotic … [Read more...]
