Hamilton Musicians' Guild News
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AFM Appoints Alan Willaert as New AFM Vice President from Canada
Congtratulations Alan from the HMG-293 See Details
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS & INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
The AFM’s P2 administration fee structure will change Monday, January 16, 2012 as follows:
The administration fee for one musician will remain at $100.00. From the above date on, there will be an additional $20 fee applied for each additional musician in a group. For example, under the new fee structure, the administration fee for a (4) piece group will be $160 [$100 + $60 for the 3 additional musicians].
The above also applies to applications for technical crew and other essential supplemental support [i.e. tour managers, back-up singers/dancers, etc.]. One crew person will be an additional $100 (over and above the musician administration fee); two crew would be $120.00.
Applications submitted with the present administration fee of $100 for each musician or support worker application, will be accepted until 5:30PM on Friday, January 13, 2012, at which time the rate increase takes effect.
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General Membership Meeting
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Highlights
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Larry Feudo was elected to the position of President of the Hamilton Musicians' Guild, Local 293, AFM and Delegate to the American Federation of Musicians' of United States and Canada Convention
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The following members took the oath of office to support the Constitution and Bylaws of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and all Bylaws, Rules and Regulations of this Local 293 and to faithfully discharge their duties as officers of the Executive Board for their terms of office:
President Larry Feudo
1st Vice President Brent Malseed
2nd Vice President Steve Sobolewski
Sec.-Treasurer John M. Pope
Marshall Lorne Lozinski
Sgt.at Arms Paul Panchezak
Directors Janna Malseed
John Balogh
Click here for photo
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Mary Begg - 1918 to 2011
The Executive Board of the HMG293 sadly announced the passing of Mary Begg, Office Administrator, Hamilton Musicians' Guild from the 1960's through the 1980's. Mary was 93. She will be sadly missed by her family and many members who knew her.
Regards, John Staley, President HMG293
Click on the link below to further information:
In Memory of Mary Begg
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AIRPLANES & INSTRUMENTS
Ever since 9/11, musicians travelling in the United States and Canada have encountered problems while travelling by air. Of particular notice is the treatment of instruments travelling by way of United Airlines. AFM Canada is mounting a major offensive against this carrier. For more information, CLICK HERE to view an interesting article/press release written by Vice- President for Canada, Bill Skolnik
Listen to David Carroll's retaliatory song, "United Breaks Guitar"
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