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
The following speaker materials can be found on the delegate-only-access page located HERE (delegates must log in to view)
- 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