JAVS Summer 2001

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ANNUAL BOARD MEETINGS OF THE AVS

Officers present: Slowik (President), Preucil (Vice President), Forbes (Secretary), Tatton (Past President) Officers unable to attend: Rose (Treasurer) Board Members present: Fielding, Graham, Hamilton-Primus, Ritscher, Steely, White Smith, Zeitlin Board Members unable to attend: Chiang, Clark, Coletti, Goldsmith, Rutledge Guests present: Eric Chapman Meeting called to order by President Slowik 2:00p.m. I. Slowik delivered opening statements and presented agenda. II. Slowik announced that 30th Anniversary International Viola Congress will be hosted by Helen Callus at University of Washington in Seattle 19-23 June 2002. Generally agreed to confirm June 19-23, 2002 as dates for AVS Board Meetings 2002. III. Slowik delivered PIVA Report as prepared by Dalton. Construction of Primrose and PIVA Rooms in the BYU Library is now under way. Construction to be staged in two phases, beginning stage II the latter part of 2001. Fund raising goal is set at $100,000. Fund now stands at $85,000. IV. Steely delivered report on development of new AVS website: www.americanviolasociety.org Moved (Fielding), seconded (Hamilton Primus) and unanimously agreed to make Alan Lee an honorary lifetime member of the AVS as gesture of thanks

for establishing a viola presence on the web for viola.com Moved (White-Smith), seconded (Graham) that AVS pay editor Steely $800 annu ally considering the website as an on line extension of ]AVS. V. Preucil presented Chapter Report. Discussion of approval ofChapter Grant requests. Generally agreed that White-Smith will investigate defining the parameters and structure of guidelines for selection of Chapter Grant recipients. Discussion of present level of chapter activity and identification of areas that can to be encouraged to form new AVS local chapters. VI. Tatton presented Report on Cycle of Elections for AVS Officers and Board Members. Discussion of proposed election cycles. Moved (Tatton), seconded (Graham) and unanimously agreed to accept a three-year election cycle for president and president elect. Moved (Tatton), seconded (Graham) and unanimously agreed to accept a three year election cycle for board members, with the exception of those who were previously elected to four-year terms.

VII. Steely presented Publications Report.

VIII. Guest Eric Chapman presented pro posal of involving AVS in a project to create and publish an important book on the great violas of the world and their makers.