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2. Review of strategic planning initiative and report. Board needs time to consider and dis cuss more fully. Our intention is to get the wider AVS membership involved for their feedback once the board has had the opportu nity to more fully discuss the contents of this report. 3. Board has discussed having more than one meeting per year recognizing that this will take further financial commitment on the part of individual board members as the AVS does not fund board travel. 4. Update regarding IRS group exemption appli cation for AVS chapters. 5. Discussion of JAVS costs and benefits as well as possible online issues. 6. Discussion of increase in membership fees or additional categories for membership. 7. Discussion of addition of members-only por tion of website. 8. Discussion of AVS board recommendation of bylaws amendments and upcoming vote by the AVS membership:

a. Discussion of conflict of duty by having IVS language in AVS bylaws; i. IVS mandatory $2 congress fund

dues rate increase even though AVS board voted against this. (AVS already provides $1500 seed money to US congresses);

ii. Several accountants consulted agreed with AVS concerns about conflict of duty. b. AVS committed to keeping vibrant ties with international community; c. Discussion of nominations updates to bylaws.

Meeting concluded at 1:06 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Karin Brown, AVS Secretary

New AVS Pedagogy Blog: “From the Studio” americanviolasociety.org/studio

The AVS is pleased to announce a new blog devoted to teaching: “From the Studio.” Hosts for the blog’s inaugural season will be the Juilliard viola studio of Heidi Castleman, Misha Amory, Hsin-yun Huang, and Steven Tenenbom. These teachers and their students along with teaching assistants and recent alumni will address issues of technique, repertoire, interpretation, pedagogy, and outreach. Their thoughts, experiences, and discussions on specific topics will appear daily throughout the academic year, Monday through Friday. To submit questions for consideration, please write to Adam Cordle, AVS Media Coordinator, at usviolasociety@gmail.com.

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