03/26/25: ABOB Meeting Minutes

Alton Band and Orchestra BuildersExecutive Board Meeting MinutesDate: March 26, 2025

Start: 6:01  @ AHS Orchestra room 

Attendance: Roger & Ruth Waggener, Jackie Ridgley, Louise Haar-Chapman, Jason Chapman, Kristi Futhey, Brad Donoho, Deborah Gabriel,  Katie Young, Jodi Baum, Dawn Humphrey, Blake Korte, Chuck Willard, Jill Mitchell, Mark Hilgert, Sally Pierce, Yvette Paris, Ed & Cathy Gray

• Open/Additions to Agenda/Introductions @ 6:01pm

• Meeting Minutes

• Treasurer’s Report

  • Virtual Auction sponsorships: $3,500 and growing

  • $185 profit on contest concessions

  • Pastry money came in

  • ABOB and Dunlope scholarships will be paid out within a few weeks

  • Reimbursements for contest paid out

  • First payment for the Drill for M100 paid

  • Jazz Combo paid as donation to ABOB $600

  • Brad: move to accept

  • Louis: 2nd to accept

  • Motion passed by all

  
  

• Teachers Reports 

  • AHS Orchestra

    • Pit going well

    • Symphonic rehearsals are good

    • Stringsation was good as well

      • QR code as a program instead of paper handouts

      
      
    
    
  
  

• AHS Band

  • Section leader auditions on Wednesday for M100, will announce on Friday

  • Music for All festival in O’Fallon on April 12th

    • Rehearsal on April 8th

    
    

  • M100 percussion auditions & clinics

  
  

• AMS Orchestra

  • Stringsation

    • Went very smoothly

    • Elementary

    
    

  • Schumann

    • Music in the Park

      • May 8th: competition

      • May 9th: Six Flags

      
      
    
    

  • Coffee Concert

    • May 2nd

    • Donations coming in

    • Volunteers are set

    
    
  
  

• AMS Band

• Committee Reports

• Hospitality: Brad

  • Parents: underclassmen to help serve cake

  
  

• Ways & Means: Michael

  • Taqueria Maya

    • Check owed for February and March

    • Doing another one TOMORROW

    • April 15th is set again

    
    

  • Fundraising ideas:

    • Rummage sale–District stuff and/or families

      • Sell tables/space

      
      
    
    
  
  

• Communications: Louise

  • Posting about Virtual Auction

  
  

• Technology: Roger

  • Nothing at the moment

  
  

• Craft Fair: Amy

  • Nothing at the moment

  
  

• Virtual Auction

  • 203 lots in the auction + a few more

  • Kristi Futhey has helped Jodi

  • Begins Thursday, March 27th @ 4pm- Saturday, March 29th @ 7pm

  • Auction link sent out this week

  • Korte has kids coming on Sunday for pickup in the Band Room

  
  

• Old Business

  • nothing

  
  

• New Business

  • Nominations for officers

    • Need Technology and President

      • Bring nominations in April

      • Vote in May

      • Send out 

      
      
    
    

  • Drone for M100 practices: Willard said yes, as long as it is charged

  
  

• Next Meeting— April 28, 2025

• Adjournment @ 6:22pm—submitted by Jill Mitchell @ 6:25pm