NACUSAsf meeting Wednesday, August 25, 2004, at
Attending: Herb Gellis
(President), Nancy Bloomer Deussen (Vice-President),
Anne Baldwin (Treasurer), Joanne Carey (Secretary), Dale Victorine,
Lori Griswold, Ken Takara, Sondra Clark, Anne Baldwin, Owen Lee and John Beeman.
Meeting called to order at
Treasurer’s
Report: Anne Baldwin
Anne reported a mistake in last month’s report of our assets. At
the end of the fiscal year
Report from the
National Advisory Council August e-mail meeting: Herb Gellis
and Nancy Bloomer-Deussen, liaisons to the National
Association Meetings
Herb related that a new Treasurer had been chosen who he feels has
an impressive record from his extensive experience at a high-tech company. It
is hoped that the National records will be streamlined and Anne will finally be
able to find out who has paid dues each year.
Herb reported that there might be two new positions at the
National level: Grants Coordinator and Publicity Coordinator. We also discussed
recommendations for surplus funds that turn up at the
New terms for
the
Remaining
concert dates in PAAC for this season, as listed on our season card, are
John brought up the topic of incorporating tickets into our
admissions procedures. The pros and cons of having tickets were discussed. On
the positive side, we can give comp tickets to reviewers or others who we want
to come to our concerts and we can give them as perks. We also might in the
future sell them through the Lucie Stern Box Office.
Ken pointed out the tickets are a hook to get people to come to our concerts.
On the negative side, Anne was worried about calculating advance tickets.
John Beeman moved to start using tickets.
Herb offered to be in charge of printing them. We decided to offer
one comp ticket to each member of the orchestra.
We previously decided to advertise in the Metro Weekly. Herb will
place ads for our concerts for each of the two weeks just prior to the concert.
Ads for the upcoming SFCCO concert will cost $50 total for two ad placements because
of the SVAC deal. Subsequent concerts will cost $70 for two ad placements.
John inquired whether we should get our own domain, instead of
operating under Herb’s umbrella. Herb said he could set up a site for us at the
cost of $85 a year using the same web hosting company he uses for his
publishing company. After some discussion of other topics, Owen moved to have
our own website, NACUSA.org for $85 a year. Anne seconded the motion, which
passed unanimously.
Staff for our
SFCCO concert in September:
Tickets: Anne
Refreshments:
Sale of Scores and
CD’s: Sondra and Gordon will be in charge
Collection of
patron contact information: This item
was discussed at length. In addition to our guest laptop, which Herb manages
and which we encourage people to enter their contact info, it has been
suggested that we offer a regular bound guest book as well for those who are
computer shy. Anne said she would look for an attractive guest book.
We also discussed fundraising possibilities at the concert. These
include putting a sign just past the ticket table asking for tax-deductible
donations for this special concert. To collect these donations we will provide
envelopes, slipped into each program, to receive donations along with optional
contact information. Anne offered to buy envelopes for tax-deductible
donations.
John announced that he has to leave early for a board meeting of
the SFCCO, of which he is a member. Before leaving he informed us that he had
hired two violinists from the San Jose Symphony. He said that they were both
very good. John also requested that Herb send out an agenda via e-mail before
each meeting and would like the topic of expanding membership to be included in
the future.
Many of those present requested to know the program order. Owen
said he would press Mark on this, to decide and let everyone know.
At this juncture, Dale related that Steve Ettinger
would play violin in the concert but will have to miss the 1st
rehearsal.
Because
our first Composers Concert is so early this season, we need to move up the
submission deadline. The new deadline for both of these concerts is
The
submission deadline for the June 4th CPE Concert is February 21st.
The mailing meeting for that concert is set for Wednesday may 11th.
_____Asked
Sondra is her sister would be a permanent member of CPE?
We
have been paying CPE musicians each $250 for each concert, except the pianist,
who has been paid $300 per concert because of the extra work he does. We raised
both of these scales to $350 for regular CPE players and $400 for the pianist.
We are all hoping that Miles will be able to continue playing our concerts.
Owen suggested that we consider a mini, or reduced player, concert for November 2005. This concert would use fewer players, perhaps 2 or 3, and would concentrate on a single instrument that we don’t always have available such as the guitar, harp, bassoon, harpsichord or other favorite. Many in the group are already interested in writing for guitar and since we have already made good contact through Tom with the South Bay Guitar Society, we are thinking this would be a good choice for our first mini-concert. A member of this group, Jerry Snyder, has agreed to present a class for us on writing idiomatically for the guitar. Upon finding out that he is primarily a jazz guitarist, we would like to find out whether he has experience with classical music. In addition, we are requesting another player to join him in presenting this class, providing us with different viewpoints and ideas. Herb will try to schedule a Saturday morning class in late October or early November.
New Business
Next summer we will package our season brochure with our first
concert together in a #11 envelope to save money on postage.
Meeting was adjourned at