The next General Membership Meeting will be held on Monday, April 28, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Transportation Building, Room #4, Stuart & Tremont Streets, Boston, MA.  (You might need to show a photo I.D. to get in.)

I would strongly recommend joining us at this meeting.  Having 17% of the members in attendance at any one time, only leads to unanswered question and rumors.  My goal is to make this a Union strong.  We may be a small union, but we need to be an organized one.  All of our members pulling together will make this a great and strong union. 

If you have an issue you would like to have put on the agenda, please let me know by Thursday, April 18, 2014.  I will post the Agenda on April 22, 2014.

As always, I am going to try to run the meeting as formally as I can, that way we can get the business of the organization completed as quickly as possible and thus giving time for questions and comments.  To respect everyone’s valuable time, we will keep a speaking order, so we don't have chaos by having people shouting comments.  Everyone will be recognized, but in an orderly fashion.  I think we will find this a more enjoyable way to hold a meeting.  Since the most important part of the organizing is the cooperation and support of the members, I really need all to be in attendance.

There will be nominations for the positions of Secretary and Member at Large, I have the duties of each position here.  If you have any question on either position, please let me know.

Section 3: Secretary

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend all meetings of the membership and of the Executive Board and Executive Committee and to keep minutes, but not necessarily verbatim, of the proceedings of such meetings in a book provided for such purpose. The Secretary shall collect and record all dues received from the Stewards or directly from the members.  He/she shall transfer all these funds to the Treasurer and reconcile her reports with him/her.  He/she shall keep a duplicate copy of all correspondence and shall keep the seal in his/her possession.

Section 6: Member-at-Large

The duties of the Member-at-Large shall be to maintain records of all apprentices, to collect all associated fees and to verify work records with the Business Agent, and to perform such related duties as determined by the Executive Board.

In Solidarity,

Wini Peterson

President, IATSE Local B4