[Fmpro] board elections

[LesHurdle]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:28 PM, CORBERLAW at aol.com wrote:

> You and a few others expended much effort to get the first   
> independent board
> member elected.  What was his platform?  Did he  actually do, at  
> ASCAP, what
> he said he was going to do?
>
> Have all the demons been vanquished, has justice in royalty  payments
> prevailed?  Can members look to ascap as the panacea for all the   
> ills of the music
> industry?
>
> If not, why should anyone look forward to another election?   Who  
> could
> possibly be nominated that will change anything?


This is very true..... after the 10% cap meeting, which Doug Wood  
managed to highjack here in LA ** many of us thought Doug to be the  
new champion, I even gave him a public hug........ he squirmed ;-)

Let me be clear......... as a human, I like Doug, as a board member  
Doug assisted in resolving a very silly situation which caught ASCAP  
staff in the analysis dept. with their shorts firmly round their  
ankles.... I guess I'm paying the price for that ;-(
I AM VERY GRATEFUL for what dw has done for me, BUT.

He refuses to provide data... e.g. Spot Adjustment Factor...........  
are we all clear what this means and how 'YOUR' money is taken away  
from Local TV and cable broadcaster payments and put into another pot  
for some other reason......... please be honest if you have no  
clue.............  ASCAP Mem Ser also refuse to provide data, only  
acknowledging they 'shift' money from Local TV and Cable to some  
other place.......  BTW..... MillionS !!  ***

In the past I only voted for Doug.

Doug, along with the entire ASCAP Board supports, endorses and  
oversees the MO at ASCAP.
This includes weightings, SAF, Tv Premium[s], surveys and of-course  
[and I say this lightly] insures some people are not paid.

Why would any member vote for any of the current board members who  
uphold the removal of money from a members pocket [no real explanation 
[s]] and in many cases no payment for music aired.
Why would anyone do this?

[PLEASE obtain the mp3 from me which proves the broadcasters of local  
TV pay at 1-1 .. not one request so far, which is very VERY telling !!!!

Doug has made it very clear he wont vote for 1-1 [yet just a few  
short years ago the CEO told me this was what he wanted]...........  
given this is how the broadcasters pay 1-1, why wouldn't any  
supporter of instrumental music not want distribution as per income?

What has DW or any other board member done to improve the lot of the  
instrumental composer?.... did I hear 'a hike from 16% to 20%'....  
yep, someone did that, but other music is given a 1/3rd premium while  
all song is now paid at feature.... hmmmmm  a 4% hike at the cost of  
what exactly?

BTW.. anyone figured out how the credit value is  >>really <<  
calculated ?
Think about the fact apples and oranges go into the basket [radio/tv/ 
cable] and the mathematics is then applied....... who might win ;-) ?

Time to put feet to fire.

L


** Did an ASCAP employee go to the Library companies with an open  
check book to keep them in the fold since at the 10% cap meeting they  
voiced an opinion to withdraw their catalogs????????????????????????????

***  I have yet to ask Mem Ser, but I wonder, if an ASCASP staff  
member saw a 30+% deduction from their salary, knowing the money to  
be paid to another staff member,... do you think they would be ok  
with that ;-) ?