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He has worked as the communications
coordinator since the summer of 2018.
Since that time, Jonas has contributed to
every aspect of the Communications Department
and attended numerous leadership
development courses both within
the IA and with the AFL-CIO. He hopes
to facilitate the growth of the union and
promote the labor movement by constantly
improving on and adapting our
online activities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
John Culleeny,
International Representative
John Culleeny’s official retirement
from the International will be August 31,
2019.
John Culleeny started his career with
the International in February 2013. His
television career started in Seattle, WA
over thirty years ago. He was one of the
early organizers of the Seattle IATSE
television local. In 1998 he moved to the
Phoenix area and helped introduce IATSE
to the local television sports market. John
was been instrumental in the IATSE’s Golf
Channel organizing drive. He is video engineer
and has been a core member of
ABC’s Monday Night Football and NBC
Sunday Night football. He worked over
ten Super Bowls in addition to the Olympics,
the NBA finals, the World Series and
many major golf tournaments.
GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
Mid-Winter Meeting – February 4-8,
2019 – Austin, Texas
President Loeb called upon the General
Executive Board to approve the minutes
of the regular Mid-Winter meeting
of the Board held in Austin, Texas, the
week of February 4-8, 2019.
Upon a motion duly made and seconded,
the Board voted unanimously to
approve the minutes.
REPORT OF THE GENERAL
SECRETARY-TREASURER
General Secretary-Treasurer James B.
Wood reported to the Board on various
matters.
Audited Financial Statements
During the past two months, the auditors
from the accounting firm of Schultheis
& Panettieri have been in the General
Office working with the Finance Department
staff to prepare the annual audited
financial statements for the year ending
April 30, 2019 and they are now complete.
In keeping with past practice, the statements
will appear in the Third Quarter
2019 issue of the Official Bulletin.
During the fiscal year, the change in
net assets in the General Fund increased
by $3,192,340 and the total net assets of
the Alliance now stand at $50,547,859.
The net assets in the Convention Transportation
and Per Diem Fund were
$4,887,996 at year-end and the net
assets in the Defense Fund now stand at
$13,383,740.
These positive numbers are the result
of continued growth within the Alliance
as its membership has now surpassed
146,000. The Locals have clearly embraced
the 2017 convention theme of
Growth Equals Strength.
The Form LM-2 has been completed
and will be filed prior to the deadline of
July 29, 2019 (90 days from fiscal year
end). This year’s LM-2 is 321 pages and
an inch and a half thick.
Information Technology
The process of moving the immigration
consultation system from a dated
Access based program into the Finance
database is almost complete. The Access
program was never designed to process
the volume of requests that are now being
handled. The program is presently being
Beta tested and will allow for easier processing
and better reporting.
The security and time management
system in the General Office has been
upgraded and will now allow for motion
sensor video review for security issues.
The same vendor is also supplying the
system to the new West Coast Office
which will make management of the
systems seamless. New servers, switches,
firewalls, and WI-FI technology have
also been ordered for the new West Coast
Office and will be installed upon the
move to the new location. This will bring
the new office into line with the technology
of the General Office.
An improved security feature is being
programmed into the Finance Department
database system. This improvement
will provide Locals with a secure method
to upload their member address files in
accordance with Article Nineteen, Section
29 of the International Constitution
rather than using email.
A new feature is also being programmed
into the submission of Quarterly
Reports section of the database for
those local unions that submit those reports
electronically. At the present time,
the Local is given the ability to email
their report to their District Secretary by
entering in the email address of the Secretary.
This new feature will automatically
send a copy to the District Secretary
without any action being taken by
the local union.
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