2024 Orchestra Reports
Officer Reports
- President Report
- 2024 ROPA President Report
- 2024 ROPA Emergency Relief Fund
- Vice President Report
- Secretary Report
- Treasurer Reports
Electronic Media Report (Mike Smith)
Speaker Materials
Below are listed the speakers and their presentations from the San Francisco conference. Several speakers requested that their materials have an extra layer of security. Therefore, delegates need to log in to access these materials found in the delegate-only-access page, located HERE.
- Sam Andrew: SOPA Presentation
- Naomi Bensdorf Frisch: Workplace Harassment
- Kevin Case: What Does My Orchestra Want?
- Mayu Isom Navarro: ROPA Musicians Social Media
- Caren Sencer: ROPA 2024 Keynote Address
- Ken Shirk:
- Legislative Report
- NEA Fact Sheet
- Theater Defence Strike Fund for Local Orchestras
- Rochelle Skolnick: ADA and Artistic Discipline
- Jeremy Stanek: Injuries & Drugs…Life as a Musician?
- Karen Suarez-Flint:
- Change the Culture Committee
- Change the Culture – 6 Measures
2024 Orchestra Reports
2024 Resolutions (Final)
- Resolution 1 40th Anniversary
- Resolution 2 Late Fees
- Resolution 3 Mike Smith
- Resolution 4 Past Presidents
- Resolution 5 Hudson Valley
- Resolution 6 Flint
- Resolution 7 Leonard Byrne
- Resolution 8 Paul Austin
- Resolution 9 EDI Workgroup
- Resolution 10 Change the Culture Committee
- Resolution 11 MPTF
- Resolution 12 NEA and NEH
- Resolution 13 President Joe Biden
- Resolution 14 Pro Labor
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, July 30
7:30am Coffee/Tea available, 4th Floor Foyer
8:00am Registration/Information Table open, 4th Floor Foyer
8:30am New Delegate/First Time Conference Attendee Meet and Greet. Coffee available; bring your own breakfast, Mission I / II
10:00am Opening Session – Cyril Magnin I / II, Fourth Floor
Conference Opening – Steve Wade, President
Announcements – Amanda Swain, Vice President
Roll Call – Karen Sandene, Secretary
President’s Report – Steve Wade
Local 6 Welcome – Kale Cummings
Keynote – Caren Sencer, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld
11:00am Break
11:15am Introduction of Past Presidents/messages
Nathan Kahn Award Presentation
11:30am Mini Presentations
Mayu Isom Navarro, ROPA Social Media Coordinator
Laurence Hoffman, AFM, on Wage Chart Revision
TMA – Heather Boehm*
Karen Suarez Flint, AFM Local 10-208, on #NotMe and the Change the Culture Committee
12:30pm MAL Group Lunch and Breakout Meetings (Closed Sessions) Brooke Beazley – Mission III
Beverly Setzer – Fillmore
Sheridan Currie – Cyril Magnin III
Brandon LePage – Balboa
Lisa Davis – Mission I
Richard Kelly – Lombard
Marjorie Goldberg/Amanda Swain – Hearst
Ann Rule – Stockton
5:30pm End of Day
9-11pm Hospitality Suite, Room 3264
Wednesday, July 31
Bring/Wear ROPA T-Shirts for group photo at 2:40pm
7:30am Coffee/Tea available, Fourth Floor Foyer
8:00am Legislative Meeting, Davidson, Coffee/tea available, bring your own breakfast
8:30am Registration/Information Table open
9:00am Standing Committee Reports:
Conductor Evaluation Bank Administrator – Lisa Davis
AFM Diversity Committee Report – Beth Zare, Secretary- Treasurer, AFM Local 6 and AFM Diversity Committee Chair
ROPA EDI Workgroup – Alana Wiesing
Electronic Media – Debbie Newmark, AFM Director of Symphonic Electronic Media
9:45am Artistry and Accommodation: Assisting Colleagues at the Intersection of Artistic Discipline and the ADA – Rochelle Skolnick, Director, SSD
10:45am Break
11:00am AFM President’s Address – Tino Gagliardi, President, AFM
11:25am AFM Legislative and Political Report – Ken Shirk, AFM International Secretary-Treasurer
11:45am Delegates-Lunch on your own/AFM, SSD, ROPA Board Luncheon meeting
1:15pm Player Conference Reports:
ICSOM – Keith Carrick
OCSM – Bob Frazier
RMA – Marc Sazer
1:45pm Workplace Harassment and Misconduct: Rights and Responsibilities of Employers, Unions, and Workers – Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, ROPA Legal Counsel
2:40pm Group Photo of all attendees
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Business Meeting
Audit Report
Officer Reports
Vice President Report – Amanda Swain
Treasurer Report – Rick Basehore / Approval of 2024-25 Budget
Secretary Report – Karen Sandene / Approval of 2023 Conference Minutes
Resolutions – Alana Wiesing
Nominations for open Board positions: President, Treasurer, Four Members at Large
2025 Conference Site Presentations: Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia
4:45pm End (hard stop) – transition by public transit to Pier 39 (app. 30 minutes)
6:00pm Dinner Cruise – sponsored by AFM Local 6, departs from Pier 39
9:00pm Hospitality Suite, Room 3264
Thursday, August 1
8:30am Coffee/Tea available, Fourth Floor Foyer
9:00am Sphinx Orchestral Partners Auditions Program – Sam Andrew, League of American Orchestras
10:00am Health and Wellness for Musicians [topic tbd] – Dr. Jeremy Stanek, Stanford University
11:00am Break
11:15 Audit Report
11:20am Surveys: What does my orchestra want? – Kevin Case, ICSOM Legal Counsel
12:15pm Speeches/Elections (Closed Session) / Vote for 2025 Conference Site
12:15pm Lunch on your own
1:30pm The Entertainment Community Fund: A Resource for Musicians – Tina
Hookom, LCSW, Director of Social Services, ECF
2:15 Resolutions – Alana Wiesing
3:20 Closing Announcements
3:25pm Oath of Office
3:30pm Adjourn