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JOINT MEETING
DAVIS SCHOOLS ORCHESTRAL MUSIC ASSOCIATION
DAVIS JUNIOR HIGH ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS
MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 11, 2007

Present
Sharon Premzic, Co-Treasurer
Marian Bilheimer, Secretary
Amy Abramson, Co-Treasurer and back-up secretary
Lisa Nelson, Fund Raising
Pat Fyhrie,
Lani Fulcher, Survey Committee, Reporter, Workshops next year
Donna Moyer
Robert Chung, DSOMA treasurer, President HS Boosters
Michelle Reardon, President DSOMA
Debbie Finley, Field Trips, Concert Coord.
Kathy Rose
Marja Koivunen, Workshops, Outreach
Luis Mendoza
Janet Soto Mukai
Angelo Moreno, Orchestra Director
Hiram Jackson, Outreach

DSOMA and Boosters

Welcome and Introductions  (Michelle Reardon)

Joint Fundraising Policy subcommittee report  (Lisa, Amy, Michelle)
 
The Agreement between the High School and the Junior High School that merging the fundraising efforts has been difficult.   The name DSOMA is becoming more recognized in the community.   We all need to do fundraising for instrument costs.    Because of illness we were not able to have our meeting prior to this meeting, but we did agree that the Junior High committee will get a spreadsheet from DSOMA on the budget and spending, and how to merge the two.
 
Quartet compensation/credit
 
The question is how to compensate the quartets who play regularly?    Should all money flow into individual accounts?   In the past, the donations made at the Farmers Market made to quartets were to be used towards the DJHOB organization as a whole.    We looked at this and decided that each student should start banking a student account for field trips taken at the High School level.   We agreed to bank 25% of the 7th and 8th graders profits in their student accounts, and keep 75% for the DJHOB (I think… help me on this).    We agreed to bank 100% of donations/earnings to the student accounts for students in 9th – 12th grade.   Take the number of students in the group, and divide the money equally between them.

When chamber music is performed by the students, the “profits’ will be divided by the number of participants.  Jan Carmichael tracks the student accounts.  Any money left in a senior’s account is absorbed into the overall fund when they graduate.

DSOMA pays $140 for a Financial Report.  Their liability insurance is based on revenues and the least expensive estimate for this is $800.

Angelo and Michelle met with Mr. Robert Wennberg.  The Wennberg Foundation has ceased to exist and their $15,000 will transfer to DSOMA and be invested in a 10 mo. CD.

The Survey Committee consists of Joan Sallee, Lani Fulcher, Anne Costello, Michelle Reardon and Heidi Talbot.  The Committee is planning a meeting with Mr. Murphy to get approval for a letter to the focus group which will approve the survey prior to its dissemination to the public.  A letter will be written to the focus group describing the project. The survey will go to parents of students in grades 4, 5 and 6 and also to the students in grades 7, 8 and 9 who attended elementary school in Davis.  Amy recommended self-addressed envelopes and anonymous responses.   Michelle will ask the district to pay for the mailing to and from the responders.  The survey has been substantially revised per UC Davis experts’ suggestions.  It is 3 pages including the cover sheet. 

Boosters Meeting


The 11/09/06 minutes were approved.  It was agreed that each member is to bring their own copy of the minutes.

Hiram will email Angelo the schedule for the elementary schools’ concerts and Angelo will email the teachers.

Nine people have signed up to attend the January 20 workshop from 1 – 4:30.   Flyers have been distributed.  It has been advertised in the paper.  Marja has 40 T-shirts in blue and green.  The snack money is in the $1,000 budget.  Marja needs 5 helpers from 12 – 1:15, 1 from 2 – 3 and 2 from 4:30 – 5 for clean up. Only the advanced orchestra is invited to be teachers.  Emerson is booked and the custodian notified.  Marja would like a list of the advanced teachers from Angelo.  The music is ready.  There was discussion re the 2nd concert and it was agreed to keep in on the schedule until we see the turnout of the 1st one.

Hiram says that the incoming class is the same as last year.

Murphy sent an email stating that the JR. high Boundary change (to increase enrollment at Emerson) has been postponed a year.

Angelo passed out the 2007 calendar.

The advanced orchestra was invited by the Sacramento News and Review to participate in the Jammies at Mondavi on March 30 with a rehearsal on March 26.

Four principals have responded positively to our suggestion to play at their school.  The stages are small and maybe 20 musicians will fit.  Patwin is important.  There will be ½ hour of music, played twice if necessary.  Thursdays from 9 – 11 and 10 – 12:30 the other days are good times for Angelo to do these concerts.

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