topic : Olympia Film Society
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November 2007
by Brian Nicholson
On Saturday, October 13, an emergency meeting was held by the Olympia Film Society membership. This was to be the culminating action by the volunteer-organized movement that formed following the firing of Operations Manager Jeffrey Bartone. The movement’s aim was to reclaim the Film Society from a leadership perceived as being out of touch with its membership and trying to suit commercial interests. [Editor’s Note: See stories in the September 2007 and October 2007 issues of Works In Progress for more background on the issues leading up to the meeting.] The emergency meeting . . .
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October 2007
by Adam Broomfield for a collective of concerned OFS members
Where do we stand?
The Olympia Film Society (OFS) board of directors has acted improperly in firing Technical Director Jeffrey Bartone. The flawed procedure for this vote has not been supported or reasonably justified. We are faced with a board that has acted contrary to the bylaws of OFS, yet maintains a lack of concern amid the outcry of its membership. In firing the Technical Director with no plan for his replacement, they have left the Capitol Theater without an overseer of maintenance and vulnerable to equipment failure. Two of . . .
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September 2007
The following was written and signed by over 20 projectionists and other OFS volunteers.
The OFS Board of Directors fired operations manager Jeffrey Bartone on August 21, 2007 after 21 years of service to the organization. His termination was based on complaints of “rude, abrasive, and uncooperative behavior.”
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