JAVS Summer 2000

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MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BOARD MEETING OF THE AMERICAN VIOLA SOCIETY

Annual Board Meeting of the American Viola Society Thursday, 1 June 2000 Oberlin College School of Music Room 238

IV. Tatton and Pounds presented Constitu tion and By-Laws Revisions Proposal. Discussion of changes in the AVS Constitution and By-Laws. Moved (Ryan), seconded (Irvine) and unanimously agreed to remove the words "Benefactors and contributors are ineligible for office, but may run for the executive board" from Article III, Section 2. Discussion of definition of "Regular Member." Moved (Irvine), seconded (Rutledge) and unanimously agreed to amend Article III Section 2A. to read "Regular Members shall consist of peo ple who join the society and who pay full dues as set forth in Article III Section 3." Moved (Clark), seconded (Irvine) and unanimously agreed to remove Joint Canadian/ AVS members definition from Article III Section 2D, and address them separately. Article II Section 2D then reads "International Regular and International Student members consist of people who live outside the US, who may also maintain membership in other national sections of the IVS. Their rights and responsi bilities correspond to the descriptions of Regular and Student membership as described in paragraphs B. and C. above". Discussion of possible Lifetime Mem bership Category. Moved (White-Smith), seconded (Fielding) and unanimously agreed to amend Article III Section 2A. to read "Regular members shall consist of peo ple who join the society, who reside in

Oberlin, Ohio 7:00-10:00 pm

Officers present: Slowik (Pres), Preucil (Vice Pres), Tatton (Past Pres) Officers unable to attend: Forbes (Secretary), Rose (Treasurer) Board Members Present: Chiang, Clark, Fielding, Irvine, Rutledge, Ryan, Steely, White-Smith, Zeitlin Board Members unable to attend: Coletti, Graham, Hamilton, Ritscher Advisors to the Board Present: Dalton (Pres IVS, Past Pres AVS), Pounds (Special Consultant to the Board) Meeting called to order by Pres Slowik 7:00 pm. I. Slowik presented results of AVS Board Elections Spring 2000. Re-elected to AVS Board: Chiang, Fielding, Rutledge

New to the Board: Barbara Hamil ton, Kathryn Steely, Louise Zeitlin

II. Preucil presented Chapter Report.

III. Slowik opened discussion of relation ship of locals to national viola society. Discussion of nature of relationship between AVS and the New York Viola Society. Discussion of the dues structure at both local and national levels with explo ration of ways to unify the collection process.