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LHSGBOPC

General Meeting

8/22/2022

In attendance…Allen Frank, Billy Lennox, Tina Martucci, Cory Daily, Nikki Giannaras, Jeanette Dennis, Jacqui Fortsch

Tina-President

Tina welcomed everyone to the meeting! She introduced herself and told everyone a little bit about herself. She drove home the point that the band parent team works hard behind the scenes…and we need every parent to help in order to continue to make this band the great success that it is! 

Cory-VP Volunteer Coordinator

Please sign up to volunteer for the band! Sign-ups are on the clipboards up front.

Please be sure to have your clearances done and sent to Mr. Lennox.

We need lots of volunteers and donations in order to make this year a success!

Please fill out the parent/guardian information page that is in the lobby and hand it in to us as soon as possible. If you would like to volunteer and did not make it to the meeting, please reach out to Cory and she will get you signed up! We need many parent volunteers in order to make this year run smoothly! 

Jacqui-VP Student Accounts

Jacqui explained the fundraising process.

We now announce fundraisers with the Band App. We will move forward and do this with our new system called CHARMS. We always announce a fundraiser when the system is live. 

Go to the LHSGBOPC Website and find the “fundraisers” drop down. You collect orders on a printable order form and then record all orders in the online order form. An email confirmation will be sent to you and the fundraiser coordinator. Payment is due on the day of pickup. You write one check for the total of the  order that you placed online. We cannot accept checks from all of the people that ordered from you. You can also pay by money order and paypal (3% fee). We hold fundraiser checks for one week because we know that you may be still collecting money from the people that bought from you. All other checks (Quota payments, bandstand payments, etc.) are not held for a week. They are deposited within a few days. If your check is returned, we will need a replacement check and payment for insufficient funds. We will deduct that amount from your child’s quota until payment comes in. Be sure that you write your child’s name and fundraiser name in the memo part of each check. The address to send your payments to is in the handbook or posted online at the band website.

Fundraising is optional and is only used for that year’s trip. We will make fundraisers available for you to fund your child’s  trip. You cannot get money back from previous years. If the amount of money that a student has in their Quota account exceeds the trip amount, the money  can be rolled over to the following year…but it is nonrefundable. If a child is a senior, money left over in their Quota account can be gifted to another student in the band or donated to the general fund. Quota will no longer be posted on the website. Our new system, CHARMS, is web based and allows any family member to access their child’s Quota balance from any device. CHARMS Administrators will keep Quota information and all other pertinent information up to date on the database.

Example was show on overhead projector. Please contact Jacqui if you have any questions about your child’s Quota Account.

Getting parents access to the CHARMS program is a priority. All students have a $150 band fee that is recorded in CHARMS.

Charms Account–Primary email on account is child’s BASD Email. Parent and Child share an account. 

Jacqui will tell CHARMS to reset all student emails in the near future.

We will announce this in the BAND APP. Remember to check your child’s email. You can then set up your own password. There is a 24 hour window to do this! You can add all information so that you get emails and text messages. Both CHARMS and new handbook are located on the band website. When CHARMS set-up email is sent to you, you will need to meet with your child and have them open up their email so that you can set up the account. The BAND APP will tell you all of the information that you need. 

Please be patient with the LHSGB Board Members. We are not perfect and we are not paid for our positions. Please be patient with us. We will get through it. 

Question about fundraisers…why are they all presented together? There was a glitch with one of the fundraisers. We try to do pickups for fundraisers together so that we are not running to get them on many days in the month. 

Jeanette-Treasurer

 The treasurer also uses CHARMS to track debits/credits of the band. We will have more details in the future as we get used to the CHARMS system. We plan on being very transparent with band funds and Quota. Jeanette will look into fundraiser checks that have not been deposited into our account as of yet. 

We are not using Venmo because we have to pay taxes on it. PayPal is the same. We are looking at the CHARMS program to see if we can do payments without being taxed. 

Director-Mr. Frank

Parent asked why initial $500 payment is nonrefundable. Mr. Frank stated that we owe funds on certain due dates to the travel company. This is why the initial money paid for by the students is nonrefundable. Now, if an emergency comes up, we will check the contract with the company to see if a refund can be given. We are trying to get the band parents to pay for the trip because not all money was collected for past trips. We do not want to repeat history where people did not pay for their trip. We want to make sure that we are taking care of everything on our end. We need a commitment and a follow-through for the trip. If you paid for half of a trip, we cannot let you get on the bus if it is not fully paid. And…we cannot give money back to students if they decide not to go after making payments. You can pay with a credit card via CHARMS for the trip in the future. On any given payment date…you need to have money in your quota account to cover the payments for the trip. If a child fundraised a certain amount for the trip, then their parent wrote a check to cover the unpaid portion of the trip, then the student fundraised and made back the portion that they wrote a check for…they  will get a refund for the amount that they paid with a check. Only fundraised money will be carried over for the next year. Money paid by check will be refunded at end of year.

Trip payments can be made ahead of time. We cannot accept credit cards right now. We are trying hard to get it up and running with CHARMS. The trip falls at the same time as the All-States Festival. Some kids are concerned about making States and not being able to go on the trip. We will take care of the kids who are chosen to go to States. Mr. Frank will check with travel agency to see if it is easier to take kids off a trip roster or add them on.

We have not selected a date for the Fair Share to be paid. We will get back to you. 

Please send all checks to the PO Box. Do not hand them to the directors. It was asked that the check due dates coincide with the band meetings. Payment plan dates will not be changed. Just bring checks to the meeting and they will be recorded. 

Kids are working very hard! We are pleased! Orchestra is coming up next week! Choir students are welcome on the trip as well.

Week one of school–We work on a rotating schedule. Orchestra/Choir meet at same time, same block. Monday starts band. Instruments are not needed on Monday. Orchestra meets on Tuesday. Please bring instrument. Band starts 7 AM rehearsals on Wednesday and they meet everyday until the end of the season. When we have a day off…those days do not count as part of the rotation. Saturday is our first football game. We are traveling to Allentown. Report time is 4:45 on Saturday. We load buses at 5:15 and leave at 5:30. Students must be in full uniform. Kickoff is at 7 PM. Your children are part of the organization that night. Please let the band be the band. We do not want parents hovering and bringing their kids food, etc. Please let the kids do their job during the game. You will see them during their 3rd quarter snack break. 

I apologize for the error about lunch today. I owned my mistake and provided students with a pizza lunch. Thanks for understanding. Thank you for your patience with uniforms as well. Meg has been helping us with uniforms. We are thankful for her help. There were so many things that Ruth did for this organization that we did not know about. It is a learning curve. We will get it done. Thank you for your patience! Our student leaders have made things run smoothly and have done a fantastic job!

Please wear a white t-shirt or band t-shirt to the game on Saturday. 

If you want to take your child home after the game, we need a note in advance and we need to see a parental unit pick up the child from us directly. Be sure to get your child’s instrument on the instrument truck before you take them home from the game. 

Please do not use the athletic lot to drop off/pick up your child before/after games. 

Mr. Lennox-Director

There is a Google Calendar that parents can access. You must have Google Calendar…not any other type of calendar. The calendar is for performances and major events only. It only has the most important items on it. Individual rehearsals will not be on the Google Calendar. It would just be too much! Anna Lazewski and I run the social media of the band. Please follow us! We display pictures after every game, performance, practice, etc. Please let us know if you see anything that you do not understand. Social media is important because professional performances that we may partake in look at the social media presence of a band when they consider inviting them to perform. 

First Company–We meet every Monday. We are doing four concerts this year. We are doing concerts for the middle school students. First day of school…First Company arrives 6:45 AM to play for the freshman as they enter the school. Band members are to wear band shirts and dress casual. Freshman do not participate in this event.

Instrument cleanliness is important. I do a lot of the repairs of instruments. Please do not buy instruments on Amazon. I will help you buy a good instrument. Just reach out. If your child is a reed player…they need an entire box of reeds. Do not buy them on Amazon. If instruments are older, upgrading just a mouthpiece can do wonders. If your child has been playing since 4th grade, they need to upgrade their mouthpiece. I try to take care of the instrumental part of the program. I can teach a child how to clean their instrument. Do not use abrasive cleaners on an instrument. Motor oil should not be used on an instrument.

Nikki-Secretary

Apri 2022 Minutes approved by Sue Testa and Wendy Leap.

Tina-President

Be sure to come out to the car wash this Saturday! Please sign up to help at the car wash. Our Band Senate is amazing! They are doing a great job leading the band and planning fun activities for the students. Also, thank you to anyone who brought in cereal and milk for Decades Day last week! If you need us…just reach out!

Moving forward…meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM.

Adjourn

LHSGBOPC
General Meeting
June 13, 2022

Attendance (Executive Board):  Allen Frank, William Lennox, 

Julie Wydrzynski, Tina Martucci, Colleen Weaver, Cory Dailey, Nikki Giannaras, Jacqui Fortsch

Mr. Frank/Band Director

Mr. Lennox/Assistant Band Director

Mrs. Wydrinski/Choral Director

Spring Trip Meeting

Thank you for coming out tonight! We appreciate your attendance! We will be talking to you tonight about the Spring Music Trip. This is an informational meeting to inform parents about the trip and payment options.

*Band Families…please use the QR Code to join the LHSGB BAND APP.

*Trip is to Norfolk, VA–April 19-23, 2023.

*Travel is by bus. We will visit the Battleship Wisconsin, go on a dinner cruise, visit Busch Gardens, visit the Nauticus Maritime Discovery Center, perform in the NATO Fest Parade of the Nations, visit the International Village, the Virginia Military Tattoo, Virginia Beach, and perform in adjudicated performances for Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Choir.

*Price is $1,500 per student. 

*Cost includes travel by charter bus, hotel, sight-seeing, Busch Gardens, all meals, all gratuities for drivers and tour guides, transportation of musical gear, and trip insurance.

*Our goal is to allow each student to travel on the trip and not have to bring any money along–except to purchase souvenirs.

*We have arranged three different payment plans for families to consider. They are listed on the handout. The payment plans allow us to pay the bills of the trip. Payments have to be in on time in order for us to pay the trip bills. 

*Fair Share ($150) will be paid in the spring. 

*Trip insurance is included with the price of the trip. 

*Trip may be paid in full.

*Cory Dailey spoke about fundraisers. We will do as many as we possibly can in order to give the students ample opportunity to raise money for the trip. Let us know if you have any fundraiser ideas and we will try to make it happen. 

*Thank you for coming tonight! Please read over the band performance calendar that was handed out earlier tonight.

Adjourn!

The LHSGBOPC is once again selling Matey’s American Pizza Co. Gourmet Frozen Pizzas to raise funds to offset costs for a trip to Virginia to participate in competitions and parades. See the sale page for more details.

LHSGBOPC
General Meeting
April 19, 2022

Attendance (Executive Board):  Allen Frank, William Lennox, Tina Martucci, Meg Evans Gartley, Colleen Weaver, Cory Dailey, Nikki Giannaras

Attendance via Zoom: 

Danielle Frank, John Huie, Tina Piscitello, Sandra Gichiengo, Craig Baenziger, Clair Berry

President/Tina-

*The concert was excellent and a huge success! Thank you to all of the parents who helped with the concerts! We appreciate all of your hard work!

*The minutes from the April 12, 2022 meeting are on the screen for the parents to view that are attending via Zoom.

*Minutes were passed. First–Deena/Second–Christian

VP/Cory-

*Thank you so very much to all of the people that attended the meeting and helped with the concert.

VP/Meg-

 *We need parents to run the WaWa fundraiser and the Matey’s Pizza fundraiser.

Deena Aguiar volunteered to run the Matey’s Pizza fundraiser. We are looking to run  a cheese fundraiser before the end of the school year. We are looking at delivery dates.

*If your student is a senior and has money in their account…the money can stay and roll into the general fund, you can request a refund by sending a request in writing/email by May 15th, or you can transfer it to another student as long as there is not a gap in years. A written/email request must be made to the VP of Accounts and Treasurer by May 15th. Money will be transferred in June. Checks will go out the first week in June.

*Voting will take place tonight.

Treasurer/Colleen-

*Treasurer’s Report was available at meeting and via Zoom.

Nominations Committee/Voting-

*People in attendance were informed that Sue Testa will no longer be running for the position of President.

*The slate needs to be accepted the way it is. A motion was made to accept the nominees by Sue Testa-First/Joe Testa-Second.

*The slate of nominees has been passed.

President-Tina Martucci

VP of Volunteers-Cory Dailey

VP of Student Accounts-Jacqui Fortsch

Secretary-Nikki Giannaras

At Lange-Greg MacGill and Stacy Gabrielle

Director/Mr. Lennox

*First Company will be playing for the 100th Celebration on June 5th.

Director/Mr. Frank-

*I just want to take the time to say thank you for a very successful concert weekend. The kids stepped up and did a heck of a great job! Thank you to everyone for all that they did. Thank you so very much!

*This Friday at 7 PM–Orchestra/Choir Concert. The Evening of the Arts will take place 5:30-7:00 PM that night. Arts will be showcased. Come early and check it out!

*Dress Rehearsal for Friday’s concert is after school 2:30-5:30 on Thursday. This allows kids to go to College Planning Night. Concert is formal dress.

*Saturday morning-10:15 report time-Cops & Kids with Broughal. First Co. in uniform. Meet at Greenway.

*May 6 at 8 PM–Orchestra Pops Concert–Dress rehearsal the night before.

*The Hotel Bethlehem is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year as well!

The Jazz Band will be performing for this event on May 28th. Other parts of the band may be there as well. 

*June 5th–100th Celebration of Liberty High School. It will be a jam-packed day!

There will be building tours. 11:00-First Co. will play. Ceremony takes place at 12:00. All parts of the band will present. There will be lots of celebrating, speeches, etc. That afternoon at 3:00 PM, the alumni band and other parts of the band will play in the stadium. 

*Orchestra does perform at graduation…even seniors. June 6-7 are rehearsals. June 8 is graduation in the BASD stadium. 

*Tomorrow night is a jazz Big Band rehearsal at LHS. Kids are invited to attend. 

*Summer Band Camp starts August 8, 2022. Sectionals will occur throughout the summer. Please try not to take a vacation during summer band. It is hard to get the band ready when kids are missing for a week. Thank you!

Adjourn.

LHSGBOPC
Board Meeting
12/14/2021

In attendance…Tina Martucci, Meg Evans-Gartley, Cory Daily, Colleen Weaver, Nikki Giannaras,  Allen Frank, and William Lennox

Tina (President):

Welcome everyone!

Congrats! We made it to December! Happy Holidays! The minutes for tonight are online. Please feel free to view them. Please

Nikki (Secretary):

Last month’s band minutes are on the website. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 

Cory (VP-Volunteers):

*Red Hot Chili Pipers tickets will be available soon. They will be $25. The date is March 10, 2022. 

Meg (VP-Fundraising):

*The accounts were not updated for the beginning of December. We will be updating this week coming up. There are no more fundraisers until the start of the New Year. 

Colleen (Treasurer):

*Any questions with the treasurer’s report? No questions.

Mrs. Zettlemoyer (Band Seamstress):

• Hello! I am getting everything ready for the concert this weekend. 

Mr. Frank (Band Director):

*Hello! Just a few schedule items…

*Orchestra/Choir Dress Rehearsal is this Thursday night from 5-8 PM.

*Concert is Friday–7 PM and Sunday–2 PM. If you want tickets…there are 9 left for Friday and there are a few left for Sunday as well. This concert is about 1 hour and 1o minutes long.

*Nitschmann’s Concert was great…Broughal’s concert and NE as well. We went to them. 

*Many students auditioned for District Band and Orchestra. Scoring is done. Results are not yet in. I will notify students if they made it. District Band and Orchestra Festival will happen in January. Easton is hosting District Band. Catasauqua is hosting District Orchestra. Both festivals are local, in person, and multiple days.

*Athletics are District 11. Music is District 10. 

*We are joining our colleagues and having some of our kids participate in Northampton County Band. We are allotted 26 students to participate because of our school size. A letter will be going out to students who we are inviting to participate. Concert is March 19th. This is something new for us. We are excited! 

*We are going to have January Workshops where we meet with certain parts of the band in order to give kids an opportunity to participate in Master Classes with clinicians. We want to give the kids the opportunity to grow. 

*Jazz Band–We will allow anyone that would like to participate to sign up…even if it is not a traditional Jazz Band instrument. 

We are going to practice every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 AM. We will allow everyone to participate and learn the music and scales. We will start in January.

*January 8 is the 100 years of LHS Basketball. Pep Band will participate. Pep Band is optional. We have kids sign up to be sure that we can play. Please have your children sign up. 

*8th Grade Band Auditions will be during finals week. 

*We have a great jump start on the Spring Concert! We have been working hard!

*Two student teachers were with us. They have moved on to bigger and better things. 

*Question–Is there going to be a 2022 band trip. Administration said that we could start looking around. We are researching smaller venues to play and travel. Ideally, a Spring 2023 trip would be an ideal scenario. We are looking at a few smaller trips and parades.

*Question–Any chance of Macy’s Day Parade? There may be a chance. We will see. 

*Thank you for all you do…and thank you for your kids! They are working hard! Thank you for making this year what it was! We are all in this together. Looking forward to what the future holds.

Mr. Lennox (Assistant Band Directions):

*Send me your email and I will add you to the Music Google Classroom. It will go to spam first…so look for it. 

*Last night, First Company recorded a program for Dr. Roy featuring PA Bands and Music Programs. We will be somewhere in the 8 hour video! We played one piece that will be shared on Social Media.

*I am taking a few students to Merrywood College for a music visit. I opened it up to First Co. students first. More information will follow. 

Tina (President):

*Next meeting will be January 11th! Thanks for coming out tonight!

LHSGBOPC
General Meeting
2/8/2022

In attendance…Tina Martucci, Cory Daily, Nikki Giannaras, Colleen Weaver, Meg Evans-Gartley, Allen Frank, Bill Lennox

Zoom Attendance:  Nicole Huie, Darla Hepner, Tina Piscitello, Elanor Mayer, Christian Evans-Gartley, Sandra Gichiengos, Sharon Nieves

Tina (President)

*Welcome everyone! Minutes are being transcribed and will be on the website soon. Mrs. Z is loved and missed. She was a wonderful person that did so much for the band. The band parent association/students/parents sent a huge flower arrangement to the funeral to honor Mrs. Z.

*The final invoice that is owed to Mrs. Z will be mailed to her family.

*Please make sure that your child’s uniform fits correctly for the concert. If your child needs to be refitted, please let us know. 

Meg (Vice President

*Online quota was updated. You can sign up for an online account. Call Meg with questions. 

*Current fundraisers…

WaWa 

Grocery Cards

Gertrude Hawk Candy

*Egypt Star Bakery is not doing the faschnacht fundraisers anymore. Many bakers were called. No one is doing it. 

*The Bylaws Committee met last week. We met and talked about the bylaws–potential changes and discussion. Information on how to nominate someone for a position will be in the newsletter this week. The committee consists of:

Sue Testa

Julie Bailey

Shelley Hever

Stacey Mowrer

Nicole Huie

Colleen (Treasurer)

*Treasurer’s Report displayed on screen for Zoom attendees.

*Any questions concerning the Treasurer’s Report? 

Q). What is the charge for United Offset? (Giant Gift cards)

Mr. Frank (Director)

*Red Hot Chili Pipers–Drums, Pipers, Highland Dancers will participate. Members of the Chili Pipers will be coming to Liberty to train the kids. March 2 (full day) and March 3. They will be back on March 10 to rehearse as well. More details to follow.

*March 12–Parade of Shamrocks Parade (Students must march this parade!) Stepoff is 1:00 PM. Parade is same route as Halloween Parade. 

*Middle School auditions were held last week. Our band for next year is set. Our numbers will be the same as this year. The concern is about quality, not the number of students in the band. 

*I loved working at Nitschmann last week! It was fun working with the kids. It would be a great transition for the students if we did this every year with the middle school students. . 

*Students are participating in the County Band Concert this year. Rehearsals are taking place. Concert will be at Easton on March 19th at 7PM. Two hundred students from throughout the county play in the final concert.

*Jazz Band has been up and running. We have started getting requests about performances. We are not doing big, competitive festivals this year. We are putting things together this year. 

Our goal is to get any student who wants to be a part of the jazz band to start playing.

We are looking for performance activities for them. 

*We are using the early morning slot to hold sectionals with the students. Traditionally, we call in the entire band/orchestra for practice. This year we are meeting with groups. 

*Spring Concert–The concert will be held inside! Seating capacity still needs to be figured out. We want things to be as normal as possible. Concert week is very busy! The week of the concert…Tuesday/Thursday are the dress rehearsals (6-9 PM). All students must attend. 

*This has been quite a week. This is the first time that we will not have a Mrs. Z report. Your children were wonderful when we told them. All of the kids knew how important she was to all of us. Having to tell your kids about Mrs. Z’s death was one of the hardest things that I had to do. Saturday’s procession was quite wonderful. Many students came to honor Mrs. Z. Even if you could not be there, that is ok. Mr. Z called Saturday night to tell me how special your kids are to their family. Mr. Z  plans on coming in to talk to the students in the future. The pipers did a fantastic job! A big thank you to the parents who dropped off and waited for the students. The family sentall of you a very big thank you. We will move forward…but we will never forget her.

Thank you.

Mr. Lennox (Assistant Director)

*Marine Band will be here on Friday to talk to the students. They will talk to them about how to musically prepare for different types of musical concerts. They will be playing and answering questions. It is for the full band and orchestra. It will be during first block. 

*You can still join the calendar subscription. Let Mr. Lennox know if you need help. 

*If you ask a question on social media, it is better to email the band directors directly to get a response. Answering band specific questions over social media is not favorable. 

Adjourn

LHSGBOPC 

General Meeting

March 8, 2022

Attendance:  Allen Frank, William Lennox, Meg Evans Gartley, Colleen Weaver, Tina Martucci, Nikki Giannaras, Cory Dailey

President/Tina

*Minutes are on the website.

*A Band App reminder was sent out to inform students that they need to try on their uniforms. Meg will be taking care of the alterations.

VP/Meg

• Ongoing Fundraisers–WaWa Coupons, Gertrude Hawk Candies
• Upcoming Fundraisers–Spring Flowers, Matey’s, Spring Flowers, Grocery Gift Cards 

VP/Cory

*A Google Form will be sent out for volunteers for the concert.

Treasurer/Colleen

*Report was on the piano. Please feel free to grab one. Any questions?

Band Director/Mr. Frank

*Red Hot Chili Pipers…

11:00-Rehearsal during the day at LHS

4:45-Report to State Theater

5:00-Sound Check

7:15-Dress and final talk down

7:30-Showtime

*Friday and Saturday–Region Band 

*Parade of Shamrocks–Saturday-Report 12:30 @6th Ave. & Broad Street

1:00-Parade Begins/Division 3

In the event of inclement weather…the parade will move to Sunday.

*The Sound of Music

*LHSGB Concert Week/April 4-9

Monday, 4/4@5:30-7-First Co and Pipes

Tuesday, 4/5 @6-9 PM-Full Dress Rehearsal–no uniforms

Wednesday, 4/6-Load in (selected students)

Thursday, 4/7@6-9 PM–Full Run Dress Rehearsal

Friday, April 8@8 PM-Spring Concert

Saturday, April 9@8 PM-Spring Concert

*Concert Tickets–Preorder tickets that you want to purchase on a Google Form. It will be on Schoology. Things will open later next week. Send money in to receive tickets. Tickets are $10 each. There is no profit made on the concert. 

*Stu Warmington and Captain Renny will be here during that week. We are very excited! There will be a percussion sectional for incoming students while Stu is here. Captain Renny will work on mace work and uniforms.

 *Other dates to note…

*The Sound of Music–March 21-26

*April 22-Spring Choir/Orchestra Concert

*May 6-Orchestra Pops Concert

*May 7-Liberty 100th Celebration (First Co. Plays)

*May 15-Alumni Band Concert

*June 5-Liberty 100th Anniversary Alumni Concert (First Co./Pipes/Alumni Band/Alumni Choir)

*Early morning time slot will be used for sectionals, groups, etc. 

Band Director/Mr. Lennox

*The calendar app was being updated…so stay tuned if you want to join.

*Nominating Committee–Are there any nominations from the floor? (None)

Nominations will be running this week. If you were nominated, you will receive a call this week. Voting will be done in April after the April meeting. There may be a change in voting once the Bylaws Committee finishes their review. 

*Student Senate-(Student Senior Parents)…Please encourage your child to fill-out the slideshow information form!!!

*We may want to think about selling commemorative coins with the LHS Logo on them for $8 apiece. 

LHSGBOPC 

Special Meeting-By laws review

April 12, 2022

ZOOM Meeting

Attendance (Executive Board):  Allen Frank, William Lennox, Tina Martucci, Meg Evans Gartley, Colleen Weaver, Cory Dailey, Nikki Giannaras

Attendance: Sue & Joe Testa, Deena Aguiar, Danielle Frank, Amy Lisson, Clair Berry, Stacy Gabrielle, Nicole Lockhart, Craig Baenziger, Karen McLaughlin, Christian Evans Gartley, Tina Piscitello, Eleanor Mayer, Lyn Williams, Nicole and John Huie, Sandra Gichiengo

VP/Meg

*Meg presided over ByLaws Meeting. Presented Powerpoint with corrections and changes to By laws. 

*After presenting…there were no questions from the audience.

*Motion to Vote (Sue Testa)-Second (Danielle Frank).

*Poll sent out to Board and General Membership. 

*Members voted.

*Results– YES (100%) to Syntax/Grammar Changes and Yes (100%) to Article VII Nominations and Elections Corrections.  

Questions:

*What are the requirements for an At-Large Member?

They bring in fiscal funds, attend at least 5 meetings/events throughout the year, and support the band. They have a 2-year term and they can be voted to continue in that position. Current At-Large Members are…Jason Applegate, Greg McGill, Craig Baenziger, and Deena Aguiar. At least two At-Large Members need to be parents. The Directors and Executive Committee reach out to At-Large Members and inform them as to what is needed to support the organization and students. Commitment is sometimes greater during a trip year. 

*The next step is updating the By laws. They will then be posted on the website.

*The changes take effect immediately.

Voting

*Bios and photographs of each person that is running for office will be sent out tonight after the meeting. Elections will take place during next week’s regularly scheduled meeting. It will be a majority vote. The meeting will be in-person and via Zoom. Voting will take place via Google Form for both venues. In-person voting will also be offered a paper ballot.