**NEW: Links to Zoom videos of daily presentations HERE.
(Further details will be posted as they becomes available)
All times on this schedule given in EDT
“DOORS OPEN” at 11:30am EDT every day. Please join early to allow for everyone to get in the room by noon!
Monday July 27, 12:00 – 2:30 pm EST
- 12:00 – 12:30: Opening Proceedings/Roll Call/ROPA President Address
- 12:30 – 1:15: Ray Hair: President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
- 1:15 – 1:45: Alfonso Pollard: AFM Diversity, Legislative, and Political Director
- 1:45 – 2:30: Boise Philharmonic Organizing Presentation: Carmen Izzo, Allison Emerick
- 2:30: Session Ends
Tuesday, July 28, 12:00 – 2:30 pm EST
- 12:00 – 12:45: Rocky Jones and Levi Weinhagen/Team Dynamics, Minnesota Opera Diversity Charter
- 12:45 – 1:00: Players Conferences Council Addresses
- ICSOM: Meredith Snow
- OCSM-OMOSC: Robert Fraser
- 1:00 – 1:10: Meeting Break (non-Delegates may leave)
- 1:10 – 2:30: Business Meeting for Delegates and Executive Board
- Approval of 2019 Conference Minutes
- Announcement of Elections
- Resolutions/By-Laws (After Resolutions/Bylaws have been read, discussed and in final form, non-delegates will be excused and delegates will remain for voting)
- Financials (Budget/Audit)
- 2:30: Session Ends
Wednesday, July 29, 12:00 – 2:30pm EST
- 12:00 – 12:20: Nominations: President, Treasurer, 4 MAL Positions
- 12:20 – 2:30: Rochelle Skolnick: SSD Director/Assistant to the President/Special Counsel
- Bargaining a Safe Return to Work (Led by Jane Owen, SSD Negotiator)
- Responding to Employer Re-opener Requests (led by Todd Jelen, SSD Negotiator/Organizer/Educator)
- 2:30: Session Ends
Thursday, July 30, 12:00 – 2:30 pm EST
- 12:00 – 12:15: Lovie Smith-Wright, AFM Diversity Committee Chair and Local 65-699 (Houston, TX) President
- 12:15 – 12:30: Players Conference Council Addresses
- RMA: Mark Sazer
- TMA: Tony D’Amico
- 12:30 – 1:30: Debbie Newmark: Director of Symphonic Electronic Media (and Rochelle Skolnick)
- COVID-19: Symphonic Electronic Media for 2020-2021
- 1:30 – 2:30: Kevin Case: ICSOM Counsel
- Ask the Labor Lawyer
- 2:30 – Swearing in of elected ROPA Board; End of Conference
Presenter Bios
- Ray Hair: President, American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
- Alfonso Pollard: AFM Diversity, Legislative, and Political Director
- Carmen Izzo, Allison Emerick: Boise Philharmonic
- Rocky Jones: Team Dynamics, Minnesota Opera Diversity Charter and 360 Work Group
- Levi Weinhagen: Team Dynamics, Minnesota Opera Diversity Charter and 360 Work Group
- Symphonic Services Division Staff
- Lovie Smith-Wright: AFM Diversity Committee Chair and Local 65-699 (Houston, TX) President
- Kevin Case: ICSOM Counsel
Speaker Materials
- Mike Smith – ROPA President Remarks
- Meredith Snow – ICSOM Chair Remarks
- Marc Sazer – RMA Chair Remarks
- Jane Owen – Covid-19 Safety Protocol for Orchestras
- Todd Jelen – Responding to Reopener Requests
- Alfonso Pollard – Creative Professionals’ Priorities for the Next Phase of COVID-19 Legislation
- Alfonso Pollard: ROPA 2020 Legislative Report – Current Legislation in Washington, DC
Resolutions
- 2020 FINAL Resolutions HERE
2020 Orchestra Reports
- Orchestra Reports (For Delegate use only / password protected)
Officer Reports
- President Report
- Vice President Report
- Secretary Report
- Treasurer Reports
- 2020 Treasurer’s Report
- 2019-20 Finance Report
- 2019-20 Cash Balance Reconciliation
- 2020-21 ROPA Budget
Week of July 20: Member-at-Large Breakout Sessions / Closed Sessions
- MALS will be in contact with Delegates for specific dates and times.
New Delegate Orientation, Monday July 20, 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
- Amanda Swain, ROPA Vice-President; Laurence Hoffman, SSD Contract Administrator/
Communications and Data Coordinator - New Delegate Orientation Powerpoint
- Delegate Handbook
- Wage Chart Instructions
- ROPA Website Hints