Executive Board Meeting Minutes - February 24, 2020

ABOB Members in attendance:

Ruth Waggoner, Roger Waggoner, Laura Plummer, Alyssa Overmann, Ed Gray, Cindy Kirbach, Laura Shansey, Jill Mitchell, Tonya Duke, Dave Fritz, Paula Fritz, Lindsey Wolfford.

Meeting called to order shortly after 7:00 p.m. (I wasn’t in the room then so don’t have the specific time - DH).

Treasurer’s Report -

• Craft fair profit slightly higher than projected

• Still need to pay band camp stipend to Overmann (Plummer motion, Paula 2nd)

• Treasurer’s Report accepted (Paula Fritz motion, Jill 2nd)

Teacher Reports -

• HS Orch - Spring Recital, Stringsation upcoming;  All State was great experience

• HS Band - Fletcher Leonard All State honors

• Winterguard going to Edwardsville on 3/8

• HS Winter Band Concert (NOT solo & ensemble concert anymore)

• On Casmir Pulaski Day, Bands of America clinic at O’Fallon

• AHS Musical - April 23-26, reserved seats

• At AMS, Schumann Chamber performance at SSP was big success

• 8th Grade Six Flags trip the day before Coffee Concert

Hospitality - 

• Nothing for now

Communications - 

• Nothing for now but will need to tag team it going forward

Technology - 

• Continued improvements to website

Ways & Means -

• $985 sales on Red Lobster Dine Out night so $95ish profit for ABOB

Trivia Night - 

• Nothing for now.

Craft Fair -

• Need new signs;  they are worn and would like to phase out wooden soldier

• New contract is up on the website

Dinner Auction -

• Doors at 5:30, Dinner at 7 (LCCC Hatheway Gallery)

• Deadline is 3/5.

• Have received gift cards to Halpin, Ruth Chris, New Frontier, Alton Refrigeration

• Bennington autographed goalie mask!

• Flat screen TV donated by Alton Refrigeration

• Final push for tickets and donations

Spring Vendor Fair -

• Pig on a Wing onboard and giving ABOB 10% of sales

• Tonya has volunteers to plug in some spots

• Need 6 people on doors (3 per shift) and a few parking people

• Ed Gray handling printing of menus for contract packets and for at doors

• Cathy Gray will print envelopes for vendor food orders

• We need Jill in the office for the whole day to oversee operations

Old Business

• Nothing outstanding.

New Business

• ABOB Scholarship recipients selected tonight: Audrey Neace (Dunlope), Norah Hardin (full), Finnley Stevenson (half), Fletcher Leonard (full), Isaiah Christner (half).

• Halpin wants prepayment for Solo & Ensemble rental pianos ($225 credit on repair?)

Next Meeting will be March 23, 2020 at 7:00.

Adjourned at 7:51 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Dawn Humphrey