MHCB Board Meeting Minutes, 12-13-2018 MHCB Board of Directors Meeting December 13, 2018 Submitted by Cristina Baker Call to Order @ 8:29pm Attendance Board Members: Amanda Jakl, Roger Oram, Jessica Mess, Nicole Martino, Cristina Baker, Risa Wolfe Music Directors: Mike Lucas, Rick Mongrain Others: Bruce Thron-Weber Absent: Tim Hanna, Brian Smith, Foster Payne Approval of Agenda Roger Oram moved to approve the 12/13/18 agenda. Seconded. Approved unanimously. Approval of Minutes • 11/1/2018 Roger Oram moved to approve 11/1 minutes. Approved unanimously. Music Directors’ Reports Mike Lucas: Passed out music for the next concert. Board to consider: Might have issues for Red Rocks and Alameda High with construction. April 4th should be fine for Alameda. Might need to find new venues. Might need a new venue for June? Will need a narrator in June for the Copland concert band piece, Lincoln Portrait - considering possible candidates Rick Mongrain Happy holidays everything is going well Foster Payne: absent Officer Reports President–Amanda Jakl: Nothing to report Vice President–Roger Oram: Attempted to meet with representative from Red Rocks (Hill Baker - head of music dept. ) Still not successful to reach him. Talked with Mary Stremmel about website design. Website should be done soon. Updates will be completed soon. Secretary – Cristina Baker Connect with Bruce to confirm sos is completed Treasurer–Jess Mess: Brian Smith and Jessica Mess are now signers on bank account Scholarship Coordinator–Brian Smith: Absent Other Reports Operations Manager–Bruce Thron-Weber: Ending the year about $2k in the red. Will need to raise another 1-2K dollars next year. Still waiting on payments from concert venue New people coming in to join the band Bruce might not be here for April 4th concert; will need to coordinate help to fulfill his duties Will be advertising for new members Discussion Items Cloud Storage of Videos Google Drive $9.99/month for 1TB of space with 2T upgrade option for 19.99/month Drop Box 9.99/month for 1TB of space Find out what Athena is using for music drive Jessica Mess moved to use/purchase google drive. Approved unanimously. Concert Venue for April Looking at Alameda High School due to construction at RRCC Scholarships Applications Current application needs to have two questions changed Question about financial need and time donation to the band to get more specific and adding more detailed options Question on how they are willing to help with options to select based on a list created by the board Amanda to send the list out again for input. January Board Meeting Cristina Baker moved to move the board meeting from the 10th to the 17th. Seconded. Approved unanimously. Mike’s vision suggestions To be added to the January agenda Amanda to scan and send digital copy to board Edgewater concert $70 to print the music-Foster Payne submitted invoice for payment - Amanda to forward to Jessica Mess Turnout was not what we were expecting In future, do more research next time for venue with larger turnout Board Member Absent Tim hasn’t been coming to meetings Good standing means regularly attend meetings Amanda to have a discussion with Tim and move forward based on this discussion For the good of the cause Happy holidays and Happy New Year! Adjournment Nicole Martino moved to adjourn. Seconded and approved at 9pm
