General Meeting Agenda – January 2020

January 7, 2020
Parents

Call Meeting to Order Secretary’s Report; review of last months notes Approved
Financial Reports
- Treasurer Update
  - General Fund: $25,474.86
  - Payments made to
    - Drumline Tech
    - Drumline Podium
    - Color Guard Flags
    - NSBA Programs
    - Buffalo Bucks
    - Trip Payment
    - Storage Fees
    - Transfer to Student Savings Accounts
  - Students Savings $32,879.78
  - Nathan
    - Script Account 823.70
    - Hardship Fund 1,621.94
    - Scholarship Fund 188.20
    - Color Guard Fund 0
    - Instrument Fund 20.00
  - Audit update
    - Audit is not currently done
    - Miscommunication and hard with the paperwork that we have.
    - Proposed to do a review not an audit, need to find someone else to do the audit/review.
    - A full audit is very costly, a review maybe a more achievable goal.
    - Suggested Jantha may be able; better when it is someone who has been treasurer that can understand the current systems
    - Other suggestions were fall/spring, but it is hard to get someone to do it once let alone twice.
    - Proposed for in the future that those on the exec committee that do not have power of approval for expenditures to conduct the review with treasurer on hand to explain and ask questions.
    - Jantha agreed she would do the review. We will get her the books.
  - Payments to be presented $599 to saxophone assistance payment
  - Budget is approved.
- Proposed Expenditures
  - Trophy Case: Commitment to fund has been reached by each area. Band had proposed to pay $1000; money has been raised to cover the expenses. Deposit money into school account and issue a check for $1000. Motion Approved.
  - Used instruments may be available to purchase, Nathan would like to pursue to find out more information and buy if available. Double horns 2 for $500. Motion approved.
Committee Discussions
- Pit Crew – No new information
- Uniforms / Roadies -many students returned uniforms, need to run a report to find who is left.
- Concessions-Sign up has gone out.
- Stadium Cleanup – paid completely for this year. Received note that most likely will not need to next year
- Senior Flag Coordinator-Karen Hillard
- Big Band Dance-Currently working on advertising, planning, going to start selling tickets
- Band Banquet- still need a junior parent to take over, propose Colin’s parents, Ethan’s smith’s parents? Just need a committee leader, parent volunteers will help out.
Volunteers needed
- Band Banquet-will reach out to parents to find a committee leader
Fundraising
- Spring Fundraising Discussion-Main purpose is individual fundraising for the trip. No Dough is one of the few possibilities that can be done at this late date that is not selling things, and is quick so that money can be deposited into students accounts by the March payment. Fund raiser must be shut off by end of February. Have it only month of February.
Old Business
- Constitution Review:
  - Constitution has been reviewed and editing, financial piece has been gone over and edited.
  - Exec Board went over proposed changes article by article.
  - Here are the proposed updates to the changes to each article.
    1. I.g. Duties – President Elect prepares a slate of candidates for officer roles and committee chairs that is then used to appoint by President.
    2. II.b & c clarify language of who needs to approve
  - Next step is to send a copy to the link out to all band parents to look over for the next meeting, for discussion and approval.
- Greeley Jazz Festival-raise money through Big Band Dance tickets
- Trip Update – Next payment is due March
- Marching Festival -buffalo bucks to Lisa/Mikaela/Erika? PAID
- Sax Ensemble-Continuation Approved
New Business
- Booster Pie Fundraiser-Eva Lynn is taking care of this for the Booster Club
- Underclassman Honor Band
Directors Comments:
- Students would like to get assistance to learn to play their instruments better
  - “Volunteers” can come into school and work with students but must be paid for by parents.
  - Would have to paid up front to have funds available to pay a honorarium to volunteers.
  - Discussed could use online versions but would prefer community members to create ties between students and community.
  - Nathan is going to explore option and draft up something and think through problems and ideas.
Meeting concluded.

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When I hear people asking how do we fix the education system, I tell them we need to do the opposite of what is happening, cutting budgets by cutting music programs… Nothing could be stupider than removing the ability for the left and right brains to function. Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say they need people who understand teamwork, people who are disciplined, people who understand the big picture. You know what they need? They need musicians.

Mike Huckabee

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Albert Einstein

It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough – it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our hearts sing.

Steve Jobs

In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities… the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.

Paul G. Allen

The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of a nation’s civilization.

President John F. Kennedy

In every successful business…there is one budget line that never gets cut. It’s called ‘Product Development’ – and it’s the key to any company’s future growth. Music education is critical to the product development of this nation’s most important resource – our children.

John Sykes

During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought me great peace of mind. I have shared my love of music with people throughout this world, while listening to the drums and special instruments of the Far East, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Far North, and all of this started with the music appreciation course that I was taught in a third-grade elementary class in Princeton, New Jersey. What a tragedy it would be if we lived in a world where music was not taught to children.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Music is exciting. It is thrilling to be sitting in a group of musicians playing the same piece of music. You are part of a great, powerful, vibrant entity. And nothing beats the feeling you get when you’ve practiced a difficult section over and over and finally get it right. Music is important. It says things your heart can’t say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they’re doing – and don’t take music for granted.

Dan Rather

The things I learned from my experience in music in school are discipline, perseverance, dependability, composure, courage and pride in results… Not a bad preparation for the workforce!

Gregory Anrig

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

Jim Henson

Should we not be putting all our emphasis on reading, writing and math? The ‘back-to-basics curricula,’ while it has merit, ignores the most urgent void in our present system – absence of self-discipline. The arts, inspiring – indeed requiring – self-discipline, may be more ‘basic’ to our nation’s survival than traditional credit courses. Presently, we are spending 29 times more on science than on the arts, and the result so far is worldwide intellectual embarrassment.

Paul Harvey

It [music education] is terribly important, extremely important — because when you are a child, you are in a receptive age… In high schools, public schools — that’s where they must have the best influence, the first influence, which will go through their whole life.

Eugene Ormandy

It is our job, as parents, educators, and friends, to see that our young people have the opportunity to attain the thorough education that will prepare them for the future. Much of that education takes place in the classroom. We must encourage our youngsters in such pursuits as music education. In addition to learning the valuable lesson that it takes hard work to achieve success, no matter what the arena, music education can provide students with a strong sense of determination, improved communication skills, and a host of other qualities essential for successful living.

Edward H. Rensi

A grounding in the arts will help our children to see; to bring a uniquely human perspective to science and technology. In short, it will help them as they grow smarter to also grow wiser.

Robert E. Allen

Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human.

Jewel

Arts Education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate; the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.

Joseph M. Calahan

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