MSBOA District VIII
Spring Membership Meeting Minutes
January 7, 2008
Northwest Kidder Middle School
Members Present: Ben Baldwin Paul Bickel, Jane Church, Kevin Culling, Jason Cunningham, Stacie Detgen, Jamie DeVoe, Sherri Dopp, Blake Driver, Tania Dupuis, Patty Floeter, Joe Folts, David Funk, David Gott, Kirk Gronda, Adam Gumbrecht, Nathan Heim, Lynn Kelsey, John Kivel, Kevin Krieger, Kevin Culling, Jean Lee, Bryan Mangiavellano, Melissa Marks, Amber McRay, Kellie McInchak, Shannon McKenry Bill Murray, Jamie Mykeloff, Aaron Mykeloff, Sheri Powers, Jerry Rose, Chris Rupp, Joel Shaner, Carolyn Sherrill, Jim Smith, Mark Stice, Jeff Szekely, Jared Throneberry, Bowen Wall, Lorri Wittenkeller, Chip Williams
Introductions
Officer Reports
Christina Jordon presented the Secretary’s report (No Printed Report).
o Please send reports
o Minutes from the last meeting are available online
o Emails are sent through the state website
MOTION by Jane Church seconded by Kevin Culling, to approve the report; motion passed.
Stacie Detgen presented the Treasurer’s report. (Printed Report)
o Please be sure that checks are made out to MSBOA District VIII- not the chair person
o Site hosts need to save bills and receipts
MOTION by Kirk Gronda, seconded by Dave Gott, to approve the report; motion passed.
Kellie McInchak presented the Band & Orchestra report. (Printed Report)
o See Printed Report
o Website issues are being dealt with
o Mail apps and payments to Kellie, not Kirk Gronda
MOTION by Kevin Culling, seconded by Paul Bickel, to approve the report; motion passed.
Melissa Marks presented the HS Solo & Ensemble report. (Printed Report)
o See printed report
o Email Melissa your late entries ASAP
o Let Melissa know any scheduling problems
o Make 2 copies of your invoice
MOTION by Stacie Detgen, seconded by Dave Funk, to approve the report; motion passed.
Carolyn Sherrill presented the MS Solo & Ensemble report. (Printed report)
o See printed report.
o Deadline is Feb 20th
o Send entries to school address
MOTION by Dave Gott, seconded by Kevin Culling, to approve the report; motion passed.
Jean Lee presented the Orchestral Activities report. (No Printed Report)
o String directors meeting at MMC
MOTION by Kevin Culling, seconded by Mark Stice, to approve the report; motion passed.
Lynn Kelsey presented the Adjudication report. (Printed Report)
o See printed report
o S&E are finalized
o B&O are still being worked on
MOTION by Jane Church, seconded by Jerry Rose, to approve the report; motion passed.
Joel Shaner presented the President’s report. (Printed report)
o See printed report
MOTION by Kevin Culling, seconded by Tania Dupuis, to approve the report; motion passed.
Committee Reports
Brian Mangiavellano presented the Music Education report. (Printed report)
o Meeting this Saturday
o Information from this meeting will be emailed next week
Bryan Mangiavellano presented the Marching Band report. (Printed report)
o See printed report
o Festival went well
Blake Driver presented the MS Honors Band report. (Printed report)
o Student app and general info available tonight
o MPs emailed auditions will also be accepted
o Okemos is hosting
o Extra copies of the etudes are here tonight also
Joel Shaner presented the Jazz report for David Larzelere. (Printed report)
o Schedules will be mailed out once titles are received
Sheri Powers presented the Festival Improvements report. (No Printed report)
o Committee meets on Saturday
Nathan Heim presented the Computer/Technology report (No Printed report)
o Encouraged to attend technology workshop at MMC
Kellie McInchak presented the Elem/Mus Ed. Workshop report for Joe McInchak. (No Printed report)
o The workshop was cancelled
Jason Cunningham presented the Youth Arts Festival report. (Printed report)
o See printed report
o Auditions for the soloists are April 11, not April 8 at CMU
o Discussion on high cost to students
o Workers are needed
Chris Rupp presented the Medals report. (No printed report)
o Medals and plaques will be here at the spring meeting
Joel Shaner presented the Member Emeritus report for Sherry Dopp. (No printed report)
o No report.
Commissioning report (No printed report)
o No report
o John Moss is feeling better
Kevin Culling present the Website report. (No printed report)
o We can’t update the website because its hosted by MSBOA
o Kevin has investigated another host
o Discussion of possibilities and benefits
o Email Kevin with website suggestions
o Our new website is: msboa8.com
Motion made by Tania Dupuis, second by Melissa Marks to switch website host. Motion passed
Joel Shaner presented the All-state report. (Printed report)
o Music is going out this week.
o Discussion of what type of rubric is used to evaluate the students to help in preparation
o More unified way of recording to fairly evaluate tone quality in regards to distance from microphone
o Discussion of rules
OLD BUSINESS
o Honors Band audition music copyright regulations
§ Suggestion to use the same books that are used for All-State
Motion made by Tania, second by Christina Jordon to adopt the All-State honors band audition music to use for District Middle School Honors Band next year. Motion rescinded.
§ Suggestion to create (compose) our own music; research costs
DISCUSSION TABLED
NEW BUSINESS
o Proposed calendar for 2008-2009
§ Notice B&O weekends- Discussion
Motion made by Jane Church, second by Kirk Gronda, to approve proposed calendar. Motion passes.
Motion made by Paul Bickel, second by Amber McRay, to change wording to “B&O Festival” for both weekends. Motion Passes.
o Request from State Office to align adjudicator and mileage rates
§ State mileage rates are much lower
§ Discussion- we should keep our own rates
ANNOUNCEMENTS
o S&E system will only recognize 15 events per accompanist
o Jackson High is hosting State Jazz Festival on April 9
o Stacie Detgen is a Teacher of the Year nominee.
o Janice Peterson from Marquette has done an outstanding job as a UP String Teacher.
Motion to adjourn by Tania Dupuis, second by Jared Throneberry. Motion passes
Meeting adjourned at 8:23p.m.