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Let There Be Transparency: 14 Seasons Of ASO/WAC 990s

Monday, September 15th, 2014 by Drew McManus

During the Minnesota Orchestra lockout, one of Adaptistration’s most popular articles related to that topic was when I made more than a decade of the organization’s IRS returns available for download in one handy pdf file. Typically, that info is secured under digital lock and key in my consulting resource vault but I’m already witnessing a good bit of not-so-healthy arm chair analysis based on incomplete or limited data so it …

Deconstructing Some Spin From Atlanta

Friday, September 12th, 2014 by Drew McManus

One of the more confusing aspects related to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) lockout is how the relationship between the ASO and the Woodruff Arts Center (WAC) impacts the organization as a whole. We’ll be diving into those issues as they relate to board governance in a future article but for today, we’ll examine the administrative piece of the puzzle. According to the ASO’s Musician Contract Negotiations FAQ page, the organization …

It’s The Eleventh Hour For Responding To Net Neutrality

Thursday, September 11th, 2014 by Drew McManus

Many thanks to Thomas Cott for reminding everyone via yesterday’s newsletter yesterday that Monday, 9/15/14 is the deadline for submitting your comments to the proposed changes that would gut Net Neutrality as we know it. If you’re just coming in on this issue, here’s what you need to know in a nutshell: it’s a terrible idea and you should do everything you can help make sure it doesn’t happen. To that …

Adaptistration Jobs Just Leveled Up To +10 Awesome

Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 by Drew McManus

Adaptistration Jobs has really taken off this year and I’m pleased to announce two new features that will make it even better than before, one for job posters and one for job seekers. Job Posters: Application Deadlines Job Seekers: Custom Job Alert Emails You can now create, save, and manage job searches and create alerts which send new job notifications via email daily, weekly or bi-weekly. You’ll never have to worry …

ASO Musicians Accuse CEO Of Mendacity

Friday, June 29th, 2018Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 by Drew McManus

According to an article by article by Howard Pousner in the 9/7/2014 edition of the Journal-Constitution’s Arts & Culture blog, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) musicians accused the orchestra’s President & CEO, Stanley Romanstein, of failing to make good on promises following the 2012 lockout. The musicians claim that ASO leadership broke a 2012 promise to avoid returning for a second round of reductions. They produced a quote they said Romanstein …