JAVS Fall 2008

2008 AVS B OARD M EETING M INUTES AND R EPORTS

F. Chapter development G. AVS/ASTA

Annual Board Meeting of the American Viola Society Arizona State University, Music Building, Room W218 Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 9:00-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Officers present: White-Smith (President-Elect), Martinson (Secretary) Officers unable to attend: Callus (President), Sayles (Treasurer) Board members present: Browne, Bynog, Docter, Holland, Pounds, Price, Zeitlin Board members unable to attend: Bigelow, Ngwenyama, Palumbo, Rodland, Veskimets, Zaslav Guests present: Thomas Tatton, former AVS president I. President’s report (Callus-presented by White-Smith) A. Financial B. Primrose Competition C. 2010 Congress 1. Callus visited Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to see the facilities and have discus sions with host chair Catharine Carroll and Maseo Kawasaki. 2. Facilities are exceptional, and organization has been excellent. 3. Callus has confidence that this congress has a good team and will be a success. D. Suzuki International Conference E. Membership drives 1. Membership drive letters went out this year, which brought in some significant income. 2. 30th year celebrations should continue, and more fundraising letters should go out each year. 3. Perhaps a larger event could be planned in the fall to signify this important year in our history. Meeting was called to order by President-Elect White Smith at 6:33 p.m.

H. deVeritch Project: project is complete, and his CDs are now for sale, with a percentage of the proceeds benefiting AVS. I. Possible locations for Congress 2012 II. Secretary’s report (Martinson) A. E-mailed minutes from internal discussion (2007/08) distributed. B. Membership report: The 2007/08 annual mem bership was distributed to the AVS Board. III. Chapters report (Martinson) A. Distributed current state chapters established before 2007, broken into lists with activity reported and no activity reported. B. New chapters for (2007/08) C. Possible new chapters IV. Facebook (Zeitlin) A. Letter from Adam Cordle was distributed to the board. B. Cordle has created an American Viola Society group in Facebook. C. After existing for only five days, the group had ninety-seven members. D. Discussion ensued about the Facebook group Cordle has created, and the unanimous consen sus was to embrace this creation. The board dis cussed ways in which this could be a networking tool to reach more violists. V. Awards committee (Pounds) A. 2008 awards 1. Career Achievement Award: William Preucil 2. Congress Dedication: William Magers B. Eligibility of the Career Achievement and Congress Dedication Awards (clarification) C. Special awards summary and recommendation VI. Congress trust fund proposal from IVS (White Smith/Martinson) A. The IVS has asked every section to consider donating $1-$2 per member toward a congress trust fund.

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