Minutes

MHCB Board of Directors Meeting

Red Rocks Community College; 1/4/2018

Submitted by Roger Oram

CALL TO ORDER:       Vern Vail called the meeting to order at 8:40PM.

ATTENDEES:             Board Members: Jessica Mess, Nicole Martino, Roger Oram, Vern Vail

                                Music Directors: Michael Lucas, Rick Mongrain, C. Foster Payne

                                Operation Manager: Bruce Thron-Weber

READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES-

Minutes from the 10/5/2016 meeting were approved as submitted.

MUSIC DIRECTORS’ REPORTS:

Mike indicated that he was glad to be back after his illness and that the Concert and Jazz bands were doing well. Next RRCC concert is scheduled to be on April 12

Rick mentioned two issues. 1)Regarding the Jazz Combo, he said that it was getting too big as a combo, and that he had been contemplating ways to pare it down. One idea he said was to let all members play in the rehearsals but let only certain members play for the performances. 2) Because Bruce had made some suggestions regarding renaming and ideas to increase Intermediate Band membership, Rick said that he was amenable to discussing this. Rick said that as the membership has been so small, staging any concerts would be problematic. But it was suggested by Nicole that it might be a good idea to advertise the group to members of the Concert and Jazz Band as a way to learn other instruments. She also said that for certain Concert Band pieces, Intermediate Band members could be invited to join in to play, as has been done in the past.

Foster said he had no director’s comments.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT- Vern said that board was in need of a new secretary, as Evie was unable to participate at this time because of her new work schedule. No current Board member wanted this job. And he said that we needed two new board members. We will make these announcements to the Band next week.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT- Roger, no report

SECRETARY’S REPORT- Evie absent, no report.

TREASURER’S REPORT- Tracy absent, no report.

OPERATION MANAGERS REPORT- Bruce is working on the final2017 report for SCFD which will be due February 16. He said that in last year’s application to SCFD, we said that we would conduct a Diversity survey, which he plans to do. And on March 16, he needs to submit the 2018 application.

NEW BUSINESS-

Update on music storage: Vern said that he just renewed the contract with Golden Music for two more years.

Relationship with North High: Vern said that he had had a good e-mail correspondence with Allison Davis (new instrumental music teacher at North High) and hoped to collaborate on concerts and establish better relations in the future.

Google Calendar: As requested by Vern, Bruce said that he would work on establishing this so that the MHCB membership, NHS, and RRCC could easily see the MHCB schedule.

Recordings of Concerts: Bruce has been working with Adrian Montgomery, a videographer with Distant Peak Productions and a member of the Intermediate Band, regarding editing work for the summer and fall concerts at RRCC. The Board approved signing a contract to have this work proceed.

Scholarship applications: As Brian was absent, scholarship decisions were delayed until next month.

Percussion equipment mover position: No volunteers from band members to e-mail Roger had sent after the fall concert. Foster suggested that scholarships should be contingent on meeting this need. There was no disagreement.

Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned at 9:30PM.