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This is to advise that the regular Mid-Summer Meeting of the General Executive Board is scheduled to be held at Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel, 17th & Race Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 2, 2010, and will remain in session through and including Friday, August 6, 2010. All business to come before the Board must be submitted to the General Office no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting.

Local Union representatives planning to attend the meeting must make hotel reservations with Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel by calling 1-800-325-3535 or 215-448-2000. Guest room rate for the IATSE is $189.00, plus applicable taxes, for both single and double occupancy. In order to ensure that you receive the preferred room rate established for our meeting, you must identify your affiliation with the IATSE.

Cut-off date: July 1, 2010

The Stage Caucus will be held at the Sheraton Philadelphia City Center on Sunday, August 1, 2010, 9:00 a.m., in the Philadelphia Ballroom North*. Representatives of Stage, Wardrobe and Mixed locals are welcome.

*Room Change.

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An IATSE Education Seminar will be held in conjunction with the Mid-Summer General Executive Board Meeting, Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Liberty Ballroom B, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center Hotel.

As part of the International’s ongoing commitment to provide educational opportunities for local officers, there will be an Arbitration Training Workshop held during the General Executive Board Meeting in Philadelphia on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. This workshop is open to all.

Last January the National Labor College conducted Part One of this Training, in a class at the Austin Board meeting that helped participants identify best facts and worst facts for the union in a mock case scenario. Output from the groups was compiled in a master chart of best and worst facts listed by issue.

The proposed August workshop will continue the preparation for arbitration, beginning with the same mock case and a streamlined version of the list of best facts and worst facts (again broken down by issue) from the January session. Participants will then use these facts to formulate arguments for each issue in the case. The course is designed to be beneficial to all local
representatives, regardless of their level of experience, and will be useful whether or not you attended the January workshop.