JAVS Fall 2012

Board guest: Past-President Tatton, chair of Strategic Planning Committee

g. Pre-college student opportunities; h. “Budding” artist opportunities.

3. Preliminary discussion included overview of the work done by the committee and discus sion on having the various committees address specific portions of the strategic plan ning report. 4. Discussion regarding a board retreat to fully focus on the strategic planning report as there are many ideas presented for consideration. 5. Once the board has had more time to review and respond to the ideas presented, the AVS membership will be given the opportunity to provide feedback as well. Treasurer’s Report (Sayles) In conjunction with discussion of strategic planning report, ongoing discussion of AVS financial chal lenges and the need to grow membership as well as develop endowment. 1. Need to develop planned giving opportuni ties. 2. Discussion of formalizing budgeting and development of long range plans—five year, ten year, longer term. 3. Encouragement to board to reach out to indi vidual contacts, develop relationships. 4. Discussion of renaming Fundraising Committee to Development Committee. 5. Recommendation to seek out individuals with fundraising expertise. 6. Recommendation to seek out grant-writing expertise.

Meeting was called to order at 9:16 a.m.

Meeting began with discussion of communication with chapters. 1. Rutledge charged with chairing new ad hoc committee to re-energize chapter contacts. Discussion of membership and maintaining student members followed.

The board then continued with committee reports:

Awards Report (Dane, Klorman, Rutledge, Taylor) 1. On March 6, 2012, the Awards Committee nominated the following slate of people for recognition at the 2012 congress: a. Honorary Membership: Roberto Díaz; b. Career Achievement Award: David Holland; c. Riley Award: James Dunham; d. Founders Award: David Liptak, Marcus Thompson, Carol Rodland, Phillip ying, and George Taylor; e. Past-President Plaque: Juliet White-Smith. 2. These awards were presented at the 2012 International Viola Congress banquet. Strategic Planning Committee Report (Tatton, Bynog, Cordle, Kardan, Ngwenyama, Sayles, Steely, White-Smith) 1. Discussion of the completed strategic plan ning document circulated within the board prior to the AVS board meetings. 2. Areas of focus include the following: a. Organizational mission, vision, and core values; b. Financial development; c. North American Congress structure and organization;

Meeting concluded at 11:55 a.m.

AVS General Membership Meeting 6/1/2012

Officers present: Ngwenyama, Brown, Sayles, Steely, White-Smith Board members present: Bynog, Cordle, Deighton, Kimber, Dane, Klorman, Plummer 1. Presentation of current AVS challenges and ini

d. Collaborative opportunities; e. Technology improvements; f. Development of more robust viola bank;

tiatives through summarizing committee reports and actions as outlined above.

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