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the eighty news IATSE Local 80 2520 W Olive Ave Burbank, Ca 91505 818-526-0700 [email protected] Editor: Kent H Jorgensen

the eightynews

Issue 280, May 2019

Inside:

Rigging Class: Improve

your skills, expand your

knowledge. Attend the

class after the meeting.

See page 3.

J L Fisher Industry

Mixer: See new equipment,

meet some new friends, say hi

to some old. See page 5.

Lynda.com: Your

Lynda.com learning website

membership is waiting for

you. See page 9.

Thom Davis to Serve Another Term as B.A.

Brady Majors Elected President

The Local 80 Election Committee conducted the ballot count for the 2019 General Election of Officers and Delegates on April 12, 2019, on the Local 80 stage. The count was conducted in conjunction with representatives of California Elections Company (CEC). CEC was contracted to conduct the election along with

the Secretary-Treasurer and Election Committee Chairman. CEC printed materials and mailed ballots to a list of Local 80 members prepared by the Local.

3,551 ballots were mailed. 673 eligible ballots were returned and counted.

President • Brady Majors 388

Ted Lewis 187

Vice President • DeJon Ellis, JR. 467

Secretary Treasures • Tommy Valentin 495

Business Representative/Delegate • Thom R Davis 508

Trustee • Russ Nordstedt, Sr 435 • Tom L. Adams 301 • Fred Perdue 287

James McCarthy 177

Executive Board • Michael Mendez 400 • Chris Hager 393 • Bill Sordal 379 • Eric Whitehead 369 • Damon Doherty 366 • Page Williams 337 • Dave Levich 325 • Angie Kern 298 • Adriana De La Cruz 271 • Paul Emmons 259

Howard Keys 216

Sergeant at Arms • Dan Williams 438

2 the eightynews Issue 280 May 2019 Iatselocal80.org

May 5, 10:00 am: General Membership Meeting

May 19, 9:00 am: Executive Board Meeting

May 27: Memorial Day Holiday, Offices Closed

Jun 2 10:00 am: General Membership Meeting

Jun 23 14, 9:00 am: Executive Board Meeting

July: No General Membership Meeting

July 14, 9:00 am: Executive Board Meeting

Calendar

2nd Quarter Dues are Due June 30


Overhead Rigging Class May 5, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

After the General Membership Meeting This class discusses rigging principles and practices used in modern entertainment applications. Rigging systems and subsystems, the materials used, and the capacities of the systems are all part of the what is the course. Open to all member.

Vehicle Lighting for Non-Traditional Camera Cars Saturday, June 1, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This is a combine class with our lighting brothers and sisters to learn rigging for camera and lights used in and on vehicles.

Balloon Lighting & Grip Technician Cloud Sunday, June 2, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Balloons are being used for both lighting and diffusion. There are proper practices for the use of this equipment. Come to the class, and learn how to use them on your set. Please RSVP: [email protected] or 818-526-0701


NOTICE OF DUES INCREASES FOR 2019

Full dues will be $234.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2019.

Minimum dues will be $117.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2019.

In compliance with Article 19 Section 14 of the IATSE Constitution and Bylaws, Hardship dues for Active members will be $61.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2019.

Dues for Plan #3 Retirees will be $61.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2019.

LYNDA.COM SUBSCRIPTION

In the fall of 2015, the IATSE Education and Training Department added a valuable training tool: Lynda.com. The IATSE TTF will continue offering this training benefit in Year 4. Effective September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019, subscription will be free to active IATSE members and those working under IATSE agreements. Through this subscription, workers will continue to have unlimited access to the Lynda.com online library of high-quality, instructional videos across a wide spectrum of technologies. Over 6,300 IATSE workers have Lynda.com subscriptions with access to courses in audio visual skills, animation, design, photography, and more.

Year 4 Lynda.com subscriptions are now free to all TTF Beneficiaries (active IATSE members and individuals working under IATSE agreements).

New Subscribers: Go to the IATSE Training Trust Fund:www.iatsetrainingtrust.org. Click on the link to Lynda.com/Apply Today, and follow the instructions.


1. Russ Nordstedt, Sr. 406 2. Kent Jorgensen 399 3. Craig Conover 376 4. Brady Majors 360 5. Tommy Valentin 339 6. Lloyd Moriarity 330 7. Bob Babin 325 8. Michael Mendez 322 9. Chris Hager 316 10. DeJon Ellis, Jr 296 11. Bill Sordal 291 12. Dana Baker 277 13. Chris Adams 274 14. MaryKay Grant 264 15. Page Williams 262 16. Ken Davis 255 17. Angie Kern 248 18. Tom L. Adams 244 19. Adriana De La Cruz 240 20. Ted Lewis 230 21. Paul Emmons 229 22. Wendy Schmidt 218 23. Tori Wilson 213 24. Dave Levich 211 25. Will Ambrose 209 26. James McCarthy 208 27. Brek Cooney 206 28. Reece Glover 179 29. Mike Miller 178 30. David Wright 177 31. Mark Gerald 176 32. William Ted Mayer 174 33. John Emmons 171 34. James B. Irons 168 35. Jason Erler 160 Dana Heckler 151 Josh Sides 122 Fazal Khan 115

Delegates


Calendar of General Membership Meeting of Sunday, May 5, 2019 Call to Order: 10:00 a.m.

Flag Salute

Moment of Silence

Roll call of Officers

Swearing in of New Officers

Reading of the Minutes of previous meetings:

General Membership Meeting of April 7, 2019

Executive Board Meeting of April 14, 2019

Motions passed (unless otherwise noted)

1) To accept the report of election results by California Elections Company certified and presented by Election Committee Chair Irv Katz.

2) To direct the Business Manager and the secretary-Treasurer to construct a plan to edu-cate and inform members that local 80 is not their employer and that listing local 80 as their employer may jeopardize and/or delay benefits or loans.

3) Move to spend $500 for a ½ page ad in the local 728 80th anniversary Journal.

4) Move that when a check from a member comes in it’s processed expeditiously.

5)move to direct the Business manger to hire a 4th. Assistance business agent.

Executive Board Meeting of May 5, 2019

Secretary - Treasurer’s Report

Business Representative’s Report

Committee Reports

Communications

Unfinished Business

New Business

Good and Welfare

Adjournment: not later than 12:30 PM


RETIREE PRESCRIPTION CO-PAYMENT REIMBURSEMENT REMINDER

Local 80 strongly recommends that retirees mail their prescription co-payment receipts to Local 80 as soon as possible after the end of each calendar quarter; receipts that are received after the following deadlines cannot be reimbursed:

January, February and March receipts must be received no later than May 1st

April, May and June receipts must be received no later than August 1st

July, August and September receipts must be received no later than November 1st

October, November and December receipts must be received no later than February 1st

Submissions should be addressed to:

RX CO-PAY IATSE LOCAL 80 2520 W OLIVE AVE STE 200 BURBANK CA 91505-4529


FOR RENT: House for rent. Approx. 1/2 hour from Valencia Studios. Considered a cabin in Los Angeles Forest. Rustic/shabby chic house sits in the middle of nature, but is only 20 minutes from the city of Santa Clarita. Nature setting, practically off the grid & very quiet. 2 bedrooms with 1.5 bathrooms. Upstairs loft like attic. Full ritchen with antique appliances includes cutlery. Livingroom & bedrooms are fully furnished. On site laundry facilities.. Air conditioning, fire place. Hot water & furnace run off propane. Satellite internet. Nature setting with year round creek out front & bridge access. Plenty of parking. Contact: Lou at 213-283-7881 & leave a message, but best to email [email protected] for more info & for pictures. Available immediately & on a month to month basis. NO smoking. Up to 2 people. Refundable deposit required. $1800.00 per month.

FOR SALE: Precision Dolly Track, 96‘ of the best track ever made! There’s 8-10’, 1-8’, 1-5’, 1-3’. 90% of the track has the protective tips. Track is in great shape, it’s very straight. This a great deal, asking $4900. Call 676-9263 Please leave a message.

FOR SALE: Grip Gear: Max Menace Arm, w/ weights & handtruck-$4,500.00; Studio carts 7 crate w/ 3 drawers-$1,100.00; 2 Modern cheese plate sliders w/ brackets & case-$1,000.00; 3’ black, Modern camera slider with case-$3,000.00; 6 American baby & 2 junior trombones-$400.00. If interested contact, Michael, 310-678-6638.

FOR RENT: Secure storage avail Located in SF valley. Close to 5, 405, & 118 freeways. 24 hour, secure keypad entrance, 20’x8’ locked storage. Containers avail. Boat, trailer, truck parking avail. 110 volt avail. in some spaces. Waste dump access. Call Andy @818-231-3359 for rates and info.

FOR SALE: Help me support Vets. I am selling my gear and 100% goes to help me keep my veteran studio open. As a Vietnam veteran myself, I built a

recording studio so that vets can have a place to record and learn to record. I am selling all gear grip and electric to let me buy new guitars, strings, cables etc. Also, a 5-ton grip truck (full or empty). Please give me a call and lets get rid of some stuff. Check out my site, www.rawwoodstudios.com. Rick Tucker 661-510-7168.

FOR SALE: John Black (JB) 24” camera slider w/ case $2200. Call or text George 310-383-3344.

FOR SALE: Stage/Dance Floor/Dolly Track cart, $800.00 818-968-8756.

FOR SALE: Loaded 4x4 cart, rigging cart, stands, frames, sand bag cart, shot bags, Cheese plates and leveling heads along with lots of rags. Just too much to list, email me at rudedogolive.com for ca complete list or call Mark at 310-567-8218.

FOR SALE: 8 Sail Boats with extensions, irrigation pipes & couplers. Collapsible for easy loading $250 each. Ted, 661-857-3336

FOR SALE: Giraffe classic camera crane, with 84 feet of track. Includes 14 foot Trailer. 818-601-0125.

FOR SALE: Downsizing equipment and expendables. Sandy Williams 818-903-9835 for inventory list.

FOR SALE: 2 sets skateboard dolly channels, $800.00. Mitchell Plate, 12”x12” w/ dolly wheels, $300.00, new. Spider, Hi Hat, Mitchell plate, $500.00, new. 661-406-2939, Rich

FOR SALE: Backstage, grip/prop cart, model P-03. Excellent Condition. Perfect for all departments. 4 drawers, desktop insert board, expandable rack, 8 milk crates. Sells new for $2,450, now $1500. Contact Jay, 213-840-1977.

FOR SALE: Black Track 4” I beam. 94’ plus Starter. Comes with heavy duty cart. $7,900 or best offer. Steve Redondo @ 213-999-2323

FOR SALE: 10 ton Grip truck and equipment. For a complete listing [email protected]. 310-600-3522

FOR RENT: Health Approved Crafts Service truck and Trailer. The trailer is available for rent. Truck avail. for sale or rent to own. Both fully loaded. sandwich bar, soda fridge, freezer, cappuccino and coffee, coffee bean grinder, slushy, walk-in fridge, Bart air conditioner 2 ton will cool off a house, and a 20k generator. Call immediately 323-387-2487. If I don’t answer please leave me a text message. Pricing negotiable. Lets make a deal.

FOR RENT: 24' Crafts Service Trailer with a health permit, large refrigerator, sandwich bar, carts and other equipment available also. Laura Bagano 818-472-2864. [email protected]

FOR RENT: Crafts Service Truck, lift gate, all stainless, triple sink, hand sink, triple troulson stand up, triple deli bar w/triple fridge below, cable ready, surround sound, t.v., air conditioning, plenty of counter, storage, jockey boxes, mop closet, windows, and sun roof. Available for long term, 818-437-6956.

FOR RENT: 3, 5, and 10-Ton Grip packages. 3’ Camera Slider, dolly track & skate wheels. Specialty camera rig & car mounts. Call USA Grips for custom key grip package pricing. www.usagrips.com Jason Rupe 760-809-6742. ______________________________

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Local 80 Officers

President Russell C. Nordstedt

Vice President William Brady Majors

Secretary/Treasurer Tommy Valentin

Business Representative Thom Davis

Executive Board Damon T. Doherty Dejon Ellis, Jr Chris Hager Kent H Jorgensen Angie Kern

Michael A. Mendez Lloyd M. Moriarity Bill R. Sordal Eric Whitehead Page Williams

Sergeant-at-Arms Chris Adams

Trustees Tommy Adams Adriana De La Cruz Fred Perdue

Business Agents Craig Conover Mary Kay Grant Brady Majors

Overhead Rigging Class May 5, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

After the General Membership Meeting This class discusses rigging principles and practices used in modern entertainment applications. Rigging systems and subsystems, the materials used, and the capacities of the systems are all part of the what is the course. Open to all member.

Vehicle Lighting for Non-Traditional Camera Cars Saturday, June 1, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This is a combine class with our lighting brothers and sisters to learn rigging for camera and lights used in and on vehicles.

Balloon Lighting & Grip Technician Cloud Sunday, June 2, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Balloons are being used for both lighting and diffusion. There are proper practices for the use of this equipment. Come to the class, and learn how to use them on your set. Please RSVP: [email protected] or 818-526-0701

IATSE Local 80 2520 W Olive Ave, Suite 200 Burbank, Ca. 91505

Calendar

May

5, 10:00 am: General Membership

Meeting

19, 9:00 am: Executive Board

Meeting

June

2, 10:00 am: General Membership

Meeting

23, 9:00 am: Executive Board

Meeting

2nd Quarter Dues are Due June 30

PRESORTED FIRST CLASS MAIL

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT NO. 14954 LOS ANGELES, CA.

General Membership Meeting in May 5

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