02/24/2025 ABOB Minutes

Alton Band and Orchestra BuildersExecutive Board Meeting MinutesDate: February 24, 2025

Start: 6:08p @ AHS Orchestra room 

Attendance: Roger & Ruth Waggener, Jackie Ridgley, Jill Mitchell, Yvette Paris, Dawn Humphrey, Laura Plummer, Brad Donoho, Laura Hardin, Norah Sancamper, Deborah Gabriel, Chuck Willard, Blake Korte, Louise Haar-Chapman (zoom), Ed & Kathy Gray, Abbi Knoche

• Open/Additions to Agenda/Introductions @ 6:03pm

  • Nothing new

  
  

• Meeting Minutes

  • Accept as posted: Laura Plummer

    • 2nd: Yvette Paris

    • All in favor: pass

    
    
  
  

• Treasurer’s Report

  • Flowers for Gail Burjes

  • Payment for website

  • Stamps purchased

  • Copyright fee was paid

  • Paid for ISU trip

  • Virtual auction sponsorship

  • Henry Gabriel donated his Optimist gift to ABOB

  • Accept as Given: Jodi

    • 2nd: Brad

    • All in favor: pass

    
    
  
  

• Teachers Reports 

  • AHS Orchestra

    • The All-State Festival was great. Makayla Burns was able to join.

    • PIT orchestra starts tonight

    • Symphonic spring recital next week

    • ISU orchestra festival: Last week

      • ABOB paid bus and fee

      
      
    
    

  • AHS Band

    • All-State: 2 students

    • Drum Major auditions

      • Sam Caughran

      • Bella Paynic

      • Hailey Baum

      
      

    • Section leaders auditions will be coming out soon

    • Concert on March 6th in auditorium @ 7pm

    
    
  
  

• Solo & Ensemble March 8th

  • 900 kids from 24 local schools

  • Hosted here at AHS

  • Schedules are released

  
  

• Mattress fundraiser on March 22nd in the Commons

  • Made about $4000 last year

  • Contact list sent home with students

    • Text messages with phone numbers

    • Numbers dropped after event

    • Contest: bring in 10 names

    
    
  
  

• Audition lists for Symphonic

• PERCUSSION

  • Chocolate bars through

    • 115 boxes last year

    
    

  • Concert March 14, 2025

  
  

• AMS Orchestra

  • Solo & ensemble this weekend, march 1st

  • Stringsation: March 20th @ 7pm AHS Gym

  • Elementary : started signup for 6th

  • Band recruitment May 15th

    • Staggered open house

    • Students can try different instruments

    
    
  
  

• JAZZ BAND

  • March 21st

  • SIUE event

  
  

• AMS Band

  • No report

  
  

• Committee Reports

• Hospitality: Brad

  • Team is assembling

  
  

• Ways & Means: Michael

  • Taqueria Maya

    • Dine out Feb 18th at Taqueria Maya

    • March 18th at Taqueria Maya

    • Every 3rd Tuesday of the month

    
    

  • Perfect Pastry

    • February 18th through March 4th

    • Delivery March 19th

    • Order or Paypal donation (fix paypal link to add Perfect Pastry)

    
    

  • Olga’s

  
  

• Communications: Louise

  • Sending info out about Mattress stuff and Perfect Pastry

  
  

• Technology: Roger

  • Will work on the PayPal link for Perfect Pastry

  
  

• Craft Fair: Amy

  • Steady flow of sign-ups coming in

    • Online contracts

    • Online payments

    
    

  • Final totals are in:

    • Profit: $30,699.18

    
    

  • Cafeteria: Laura Hardin

    • Amy & Laura will connect with Food Service Management to discuss contract language

    
    
  
  

• Virtual Auction: Jodi

  • Zeffy

    • Online payment

    • Auction platform

      • Generates reports

      • Will get an email if someone outbids you

      
      
    
    

  • 44 businesses have donated

  • 100 baskets (75 assembled)

  • Possible mystery baskets

  • May need help with follow-up

    • Yvette will help

    
    

  • Need more donations–March 14th is DUE DATE

  
  

• Old Business

• New Business

  • ABOB has a Sam’s Club membership

    • Yvette has login information

    • Useful for Solo & Ensemble, Hospitality, etc

    
    
  
  

• Next Meeting— March 24, 2025

• Adjournment @  6:55pm

Respectfully submitted by Jill Mitchell, February 24, 2025