Ohio Music Education Association District 10

Diana Wightman, Secretary-Treasurer

1275-A Pineview Trail                                                                                                                                         Phone:             740-973-2188

Newark, OH  43055                                                                                                                               E-mail: dwightman@roadrunner.com

 

 

District 10 Spring Meeting Minutes

            The Alcove Restaurant – Tuesday, April 29, 2008   Dinner 6:00, meeting

            President-Elect Mark Maxwell, presiding   32 members/spouses present

 

1.         Introductions

 

2.         Appreciation to Eileen Ruffing for chairing the event, and locating a last-minute site in which to hold it

            Dinner was received enthusiastically, and it was decided to continue to hold our spring meeting at

            The Alcove Restaurant.

 

Old Business

3.         Minutes from fall meetings (handout)

 

4.         Treasurer’s report (attached)

            *  JH S&E AE South site report not finalized

            *  Explanation of HS Large Group AE refunds

            *  JH Large Group status requiring 8 adjudicators (will likely not break even again)

 

5.         Report from State Board Meeting

            *  Redistricting – will be looked at again, but the involved districts will have input and the involved

                        districts will have the vote

            *  This month’s Triad (May/June) has an extensive article on redistricting process (p. 88)

 

New Business

6.         District Calendar dates for 08-09

            11/08               Honors Choir                                       Licking Valley   Jessica Myers

            11/22-23          Regional Orchestra                               Granville                       Vickie Capper

            12/2                 Honors Band rehearsals                        Mt. Vernon HS/MS      Gary McCutcheon

            12/06               Honors Band                                        Mt. Vernon Nazarene   John Packard (HS)

                                                                                                                                    Diana Wightman (MS)

            1/15                 OMEA State Conference Dinner          Columbus                     Dawn Anglin

            2/14                 HS S&E North                         TBA

                                    HS S&E South                         Granville                       John Krumm

            3/13-14            HS Band/Choir Lg Group North           West Holmes                Brian Dodd

                                    HS Band/Choir Lg Group South           Granville/Newark         Paul Jackson

            4/4 and 4/18     JH S&E (North & South will split dates)          

                                                North                                       Ontario             Mike Schwall

                                                South                                       Riverview                     Keith Watson

            4/28                 District X Spring Dinner Meeting           Alcove Restaurant        Eileen Ruffing

            5/1                   Creative Events Deadline

            5/8-9                JH Band/Choir                         Big Walnut                   Craig Porter

           

           

7.         2008-2009 District X Officer Contact information

                        President                      Mark Maxwell              Maxwell.mark@lexington.k12.oh.us

                        President-Elect Craig Porter                 cporter201@columbus.rr.com

                        Secretary-Treasurer      Diana Wightman           dwightman@roadrunner.com

                        District WebMaster      Lisa Huston                  lhuston@insight.rr.com

 

8.         Eileen Ruffing made a motion that the district should finance the purchase of a laptop and portable

                        printer for use by the district treasurer (since the old one, 6 years old, is no longer functional)

                        The motion was seconded by Richard Cooper, and passed by the membership.

 

9.         Gary McCutcheon brought packets of standardized audition materials for District High School Honors

                        Band applicants. Discussion followed:

            *          It was agreed that 2 students should continue to be guaranteed from each school.

            *          It was agreed that percussion applicants should have to audition on snare/timpani/mallets.

            *          Randy Lamb made a motion that the district should accept the packet of materials for audition

                        use, and that John Packard can “tweak” the list as necessary. The motion was seconded by

                        Randy Heidlebaugh, and passed by the membership.

 

10.       A concern was brought up regarding the quality of pianos at the H.S. S&E South Site. Discussion and

                        explanation followed that several of the pianos had to be found at the last minute, thereby not

                        being of the best quality. The concern will be relayed to Paul Jackson.

 

11.       A question was raised regarding the use of SmartMusic at Solo & Ensemble AE. Discussion followed,

                        and it was relayed that at the trial sites using SmartMusic, many problems have not yet been

                        worked out concerning the variables in equipment (some students performed to a laptop

                        speaker, others had extensive amplification devices) and practicality in the rooms (some rooms

                        did not have adequate electric plugs or extension cords.)

 

12.       Randy Lamb brought up the new application form for marching band local events that will be used this

                        fall. The new form requires a principal signature verifying school enrollment.

 

13.       Regarding 2009 District X JH S&E, because of the timing of spring breaks for many of the district’s

                        schools, it was decided that we should make use of the conflict date (4/18/09) for one of the

                        sites, leaving the other site to use the original date (4/4/09). Mark Maxwell will check with site

                        chairs Keith Watson and Mike Schwall to determine which site will use which date. Once the

                        dates/sites have been determined, directors should contact the chairs should they need to use a

                        different site than usual so that the chairs can plan for the number of adjudicators needed.

 

14.       It was pointed out that 2009 District X HS Large Group (3/13-14) will be the Saturday following OGT

                        week. OMEA will approve a director who elects to go out of district for that reason (the other

                        date is the previous weekend.)

 

15.       Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.