Meeting called to order at 7:34 PM.
OFFICERS
A. President – Christian Shoemaker. Music Ed, saxophone. Graduating sometime in the next five years!
B. VP – Michelle Snyder. Music Ed. From Stark. Not here tonight – rehearsal.
C. Secretary – Mallory Sajewski. Music Performance, oboe. Graduating August 2011.
D. Treasurer – Bethany Briggs. Music Ed, horn. Student teaching Spring 2012.
E. Sergeant at Arms – Courtney Banta. Music Ed, voice.
F. Historian – Cara McGuinness. Music Ed, flute. Student teaching Spring 2012.
ADVISORS
A. Dr. Patricia Grutzmacher
B. Dr. Craig Resta – join the Facebook fan page for his tie! J
RECRUITING
A. How do we make OCMEA more meaningful? Right now people see going to conference as the only benefit.
B. Think about this over the summer so that we can start off strong in the fall! Email Christian any and all ideas!
C. More activities – speakers, reading bands, rush events, etc.
D. OCMEA/OMEA is longer lasting – it doesn’t stop at age 22.
E. Christian and Cara can recruit during Marching Band.
F. Instill more excitement to make people WANT to be here. We technically have about fifty members, yet only six or so come to meetings regularly. We need to intrigue all of our members!
G. It’s not money… the cost of being in one of the Greek organizations could cover 3-4 of our members.
H. Make ourselves into a service organization – work contest at a school, etc. Even if the idea of OCMEA doesn’t appeal, the idea of service should.
I. We don’t have many choral majors because of ACDA. Courtney will hopefully help us in that department!
J. We got an award for membership growth! Cara will make copies to hang around MSP, and frame the original to hang.
K. Other groups have traditions and history, but we don’t. Cara is making a scrapbook and will talk to Marcus Neiman about traditions because he’s Historian of OMEA.
FUNDRAISING
A. Unless we get another lucky break, we have to pay our own way to conference.
B. Give us any and all ideas!!
T-SHIRTS
A. We have 9 orders, but we need 25
B. Courtney will take some order forms to Stark.
C. Invest a little to make a little. Go ahead and buy all 25 and sell the rest right away in the fall. Wear them to generate more interest!
D. Christian will deposit the money into the account and then take the orders to Kent Outfitters.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
A. Working with Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and Delta Omicron
B. Coordinate with them – DO will be pretty willing because almost the entire Exec Board is in OCMEA. TBS and KKY are busier though, and the new President of TBS isn’t even a music major, so it may be more difficult to work with those two organizations.
C. One combined meeting each semester?
D. Yay Reading Band – our first collaborative effort.
E. Joint fundraiser with DO? We’re both getting back on our feet.
READING BAND
A. Big hit!
B. KKY helped stuff and clean out folders, and TBS provided a lot of people.
C. There were even people not affiliated with any organization!
D. 1 reading band each semester?
2010-2011 MEETINGS
A. One business meeting and one activity each month
B. Think of guest speakers – Jim Dowdy? Mr. Curfman? Chas?
C. Get the schedule out ASAP!!
D. Facebook events!
ACTIVITIES
A. September – Open house with food again (big hit last year!)
B. October – Guest speaker (Cara will ask Mr. Neiman)
C. November – Reading Band (more interest later because of conducting classes)
D. December – Caroling/playing at nursing homes
E. January – Conference
F. February – TBD
G. March – Help at a school’s contest
H. April – TBD
Meeting adjourned at 8:12 PM.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
A Fair well.
Greetings Everyone!
This past year has been really enjoyable for me. When I first arrived at Kent State University, I never thought I would ever join a student organization, let alone be the leader of one. This is my final official message as president of the KSU Chapter of OCMEA.
Whilst in my office, the one thing I wanted to always do was to have an event when all the student organisations worked together to better music. Last night, that dream finally came true with the first all student ran reading band. I have the photos up on Facebook, and hope to have a few up on the blog later this afternoon.
It is my hope that OCMEA continues to work with all the other organizations in the School of Music. It is my hope that last night's reading band is just the beginning of a long partnership between all of the groups. It is also my hope that the chapter will continue to grow and get involved in more activities as a whole.
I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues for pushing me through this semester. There hasn't been one person who hasn't been there to help when I asked for it. You are all wonderful people and musicians.
I will be around for another year, so if you ever need a friend, do not be afraid to say hi!
Thank you all again for a WONDERFUL experience,
John
This past year has been really enjoyable for me. When I first arrived at Kent State University, I never thought I would ever join a student organization, let alone be the leader of one. This is my final official message as president of the KSU Chapter of OCMEA.
Whilst in my office, the one thing I wanted to always do was to have an event when all the student organisations worked together to better music. Last night, that dream finally came true with the first all student ran reading band. I have the photos up on Facebook, and hope to have a few up on the blog later this afternoon.
It is my hope that OCMEA continues to work with all the other organizations in the School of Music. It is my hope that last night's reading band is just the beginning of a long partnership between all of the groups. It is also my hope that the chapter will continue to grow and get involved in more activities as a whole.
I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues for pushing me through this semester. There hasn't been one person who hasn't been there to help when I asked for it. You are all wonderful people and musicians.
I will be around for another year, so if you ever need a friend, do not be afraid to say hi!
Thank you all again for a WONDERFUL experience,
John
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Meeting Minutes 4/14/2010
Meeting called to order at 7:34.
READING BAND
A. John is waiting to hear from the Greek organizations - he needs a meeting with those presidents.
B. He'll start a list of instrumentation needed and fill it in as we have people confirm.
C. Room - try for E112.
SHIRTS
A. We're now accepting checks!
B. The deadline is coming up, so get your money in!!
C. Use the bulletin board, and get a huge poster up.
D. Copies of order forms on stands before band.
E. Revised forms - due on the 28th by the Reading Band.
F. After the 28th, no more ordrs will be taken until the fall.
ELECTIONS
A. Christian is the only one retained for next year.
B. Only 5-6 people have come to more than one meeting this year - why should those who obviously don't care have a vote? If they don't show up, they don't care.
C. Mass email to listserve to email letters of intent to Dr. Grutzmacher, Dr. Resta, Christian, and John.
D. Those four people will meet, discuss, and make the decision. Given the lack of interest, it makes sense.
E. It's better to have four experienced points of view, rather than fifty points of view that don't care.
F. Not even half of the people who went to convention have ever come to a meeting.
G. Eric is not running again - Mallory and Cara intend to. Bethany Briggs will also run.
H. Contact Stark people coming up - Michelle, Cindy, Robert, and Courtney. Mchelle and Courtney are for sure interested.
I. Motion to have all people nterested in running for office email a letter of intent to John, Christian, Dr. Grutzmacher, and Dr. Resta by a deadline they decide upon by Cara.
J. Seconded by Jess Stover.
K. Friendly amendment to have letters emailed by April 26th by Mallory.
L. Seconded by Jess Stover.
M. Friendly amendment accepted.
N. Motion carries.
O. Officer selection meeting is April 28th at 1:00.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Cara - Mario Kart tournament Friday, April 23rd at 7:30 PM
B. John - Join American Brass!
C. Next meeting will be May 5th at 7:30 PM and will be run by Christian.
ADJOURNMENT
A. Motion to Adjourn by Jess.
B. Seconded by Cara.
C. Meeting adjourned at 8:08 PM.
READING BAND
A. John is waiting to hear from the Greek organizations - he needs a meeting with those presidents.
B. He'll start a list of instrumentation needed and fill it in as we have people confirm.
C. Room - try for E112.
SHIRTS
A. We're now accepting checks!
B. The deadline is coming up, so get your money in!!
C. Use the bulletin board, and get a huge poster up.
D. Copies of order forms on stands before band.
E. Revised forms - due on the 28th by the Reading Band.
F. After the 28th, no more ordrs will be taken until the fall.
ELECTIONS
A. Christian is the only one retained for next year.
B. Only 5-6 people have come to more than one meeting this year - why should those who obviously don't care have a vote? If they don't show up, they don't care.
C. Mass email to listserve to email letters of intent to Dr. Grutzmacher, Dr. Resta, Christian, and John.
D. Those four people will meet, discuss, and make the decision. Given the lack of interest, it makes sense.
E. It's better to have four experienced points of view, rather than fifty points of view that don't care.
F. Not even half of the people who went to convention have ever come to a meeting.
G. Eric is not running again - Mallory and Cara intend to. Bethany Briggs will also run.
H. Contact Stark people coming up - Michelle, Cindy, Robert, and Courtney. Mchelle and Courtney are for sure interested.
I. Motion to have all people nterested in running for office email a letter of intent to John, Christian, Dr. Grutzmacher, and Dr. Resta by a deadline they decide upon by Cara.
J. Seconded by Jess Stover.
K. Friendly amendment to have letters emailed by April 26th by Mallory.
L. Seconded by Jess Stover.
M. Friendly amendment accepted.
N. Motion carries.
O. Officer selection meeting is April 28th at 1:00.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Cara - Mario Kart tournament Friday, April 23rd at 7:30 PM
B. John - Join American Brass!
C. Next meeting will be May 5th at 7:30 PM and will be run by Christian.
ADJOURNMENT
A. Motion to Adjourn by Jess.
B. Seconded by Cara.
C. Meeting adjourned at 8:08 PM.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Room is TBA. Hope to see you all there!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
OCMEA BLOG V2
Hey Everyone,
I have changed the blog template to a new "flashier" look. I think is is more effective and will work better in the long run!
I hope you all like it!
Thanks,
John
Meeting Minutes 3/17/2010
MOVIE NIGHT
A. Mr. Holland’s Opus
B. Wednesday, March 24th
C. 8PM – Move to 7PM?
D. Dr. Ayling’s party room – within walking distance
E. Dr. Grutzmacher will send out an email over the listserve
F. Cara will make a poster board and flyers to advertise.
CONSTITUTION
A. Mallory will have the changes typed up by this weekend
ELECTIONS FOR 2010-2011
A. Christian may be bowing out as President because he has too much other stuff going on.
B. The President has to be willing to motivate and get the job done when no one else will.
C. We have a lot of members, but they’re not active.
D. If we need a new President, John could remain President for the fall semester to train the new person, and then they could take over in the spring when John is student teaching.
E. Dr. Resta asked if we could just appoint people due to the lack of active membership – we could, as long as people accept their appointment.
F. We have some strong people coming up from Stark – Michelle Snyder, Cindy, Courtney Banta. We wouldn’t want them to be President right away, but they could definitely get involved with an officer position. John will talk to them.
G. We took an informal poll to see who present would be interested in each position.
H. President – Christian?, John, Cara
I. President Elect – Amber, Cara
J. Secretary – Mallory
K. Treasurer – No expressed interest
L. Parliamentarian – Eric
FUTURE
A. The recent changes to the Constitution are taking us in a new direction.
B. Solo and Ensemble should be a service project, not just something for observation hours.
C. Plan our December service project now – collect toys, adopt a family, serve food at a homeless shelter, etc.
PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR
A. Open house, meetings, presentations, etc.
B. Take pictures at movie night!
C. Post some on our bulletin board.
D. Follow through!
E. Cara will print them.
OCMEA SHIRTS
A. Everybody in attendance must sell eight shirts by next week.
B. $10 a piece
C. There is one in the display case in the School of Music office window.
D. Push this because we need money!
READING BAND
A. Reading new music on OCMEA contest lists
B. Student conductors
C. Volunteer musicians from service organizations
SCHOOL OF MUSIC DANCE
A. Fell through
INCREASING MEMBERSHIP
A. We’ve still taken leaps and bounds from last year.
B. Why don’t we have active members?
C. Non-music majors – go to the College of Education
D. Big rush party with all of the other organizations?
E. One combined meeting with all of the service organizations a semester?
F. What about ACDA? All of their members should also be part of OCMEA.
G. Research – Why are other OCMEA chapters successful? What are they doing that’s working, and how can we translate that into a plan for our chapter?
H. Extend personal invitations?
I. We’re more behind the scenes
J. TBS Letters Thursdays – have OCMEA t-shirt days?
K. Info meeting at band camp along with Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma?
L. The other groups here are more elite – they have the option of saying no
M. We’re never going to be like our competing groups – we have a different mission.
N. Creating our own identity
O. Everyone present was assigned two universities. They must find out everything that they can about their assigned chapters and email Mallory their findings within a week.
P. Cara – Akron, Cincinnati
Q. Eric – Ohio University, Miami
R. John – OSU, Capital, Cleveland State
S. Amber – Dayton, Cedarville
T. Mallory – Baldwin-Wallace, Bowling Green
U. We need a solid core of 20-25 people who come to meetings.
MEETING SCHEDULE
A. Plan only two meetings a semester – mid-September and mid-November
B. Make these significant meetings that we have 4-5 weeks to build up!
C. If there are only two, people will try harder to be there
D. Officers would meet more frequently
E. Open them up to nonmembers?
GRANT MONEY
A. Becoming a student organization – Mallory will look into it.
B. It costs money to get money? Maximum $300?
C. If we get money, we could offer 50% subsidies to the first 20 members, for example, making cost of membership $15 rather than $30.
A. Mr. Holland’s Opus
B. Wednesday, March 24th
C. 8PM – Move to 7PM?
D. Dr. Ayling’s party room – within walking distance
E. Dr. Grutzmacher will send out an email over the listserve
F. Cara will make a poster board and flyers to advertise.
CONSTITUTION
A. Mallory will have the changes typed up by this weekend
ELECTIONS FOR 2010-2011
A. Christian may be bowing out as President because he has too much other stuff going on.
B. The President has to be willing to motivate and get the job done when no one else will.
C. We have a lot of members, but they’re not active.
D. If we need a new President, John could remain President for the fall semester to train the new person, and then they could take over in the spring when John is student teaching.
E. Dr. Resta asked if we could just appoint people due to the lack of active membership – we could, as long as people accept their appointment.
F. We have some strong people coming up from Stark – Michelle Snyder, Cindy, Courtney Banta. We wouldn’t want them to be President right away, but they could definitely get involved with an officer position. John will talk to them.
G. We took an informal poll to see who present would be interested in each position.
H. President – Christian?, John, Cara
I. President Elect – Amber, Cara
J. Secretary – Mallory
K. Treasurer – No expressed interest
L. Parliamentarian – Eric
FUTURE
A. The recent changes to the Constitution are taking us in a new direction.
B. Solo and Ensemble should be a service project, not just something for observation hours.
C. Plan our December service project now – collect toys, adopt a family, serve food at a homeless shelter, etc.
PICTURES FROM THIS YEAR
A. Open house, meetings, presentations, etc.
B. Take pictures at movie night!
C. Post some on our bulletin board.
D. Follow through!
E. Cara will print them.
OCMEA SHIRTS
A. Everybody in attendance must sell eight shirts by next week.
B. $10 a piece
C. There is one in the display case in the School of Music office window.
D. Push this because we need money!
READING BAND
A. Reading new music on OCMEA contest lists
B. Student conductors
C. Volunteer musicians from service organizations
SCHOOL OF MUSIC DANCE
A. Fell through
INCREASING MEMBERSHIP
A. We’ve still taken leaps and bounds from last year.
B. Why don’t we have active members?
C. Non-music majors – go to the College of Education
D. Big rush party with all of the other organizations?
E. One combined meeting with all of the service organizations a semester?
F. What about ACDA? All of their members should also be part of OCMEA.
G. Research – Why are other OCMEA chapters successful? What are they doing that’s working, and how can we translate that into a plan for our chapter?
H. Extend personal invitations?
I. We’re more behind the scenes
J. TBS Letters Thursdays – have OCMEA t-shirt days?
K. Info meeting at band camp along with Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma?
L. The other groups here are more elite – they have the option of saying no
M. We’re never going to be like our competing groups – we have a different mission.
N. Creating our own identity
O. Everyone present was assigned two universities. They must find out everything that they can about their assigned chapters and email Mallory their findings within a week.
P. Cara – Akron, Cincinnati
Q. Eric – Ohio University, Miami
R. John – OSU, Capital, Cleveland State
S. Amber – Dayton, Cedarville
T. Mallory – Baldwin-Wallace, Bowling Green
U. We need a solid core of 20-25 people who come to meetings.
MEETING SCHEDULE
A. Plan only two meetings a semester – mid-September and mid-November
B. Make these significant meetings that we have 4-5 weeks to build up!
C. If there are only two, people will try harder to be there
D. Officers would meet more frequently
E. Open them up to nonmembers?
GRANT MONEY
A. Becoming a student organization – Mallory will look into it.
B. It costs money to get money? Maximum $300?
C. If we get money, we could offer 50% subsidies to the first 20 members, for example, making cost of membership $15 rather than $30.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
OCMEA PARTY TOMORROW!!!
Come celebrate our membership growth award from MENC!
| Date: | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 |
| Time: | 7:30pm - 10:00pm |
| Location: | Dr. Ayling’s House: 524 Overlook Drive |
We will be watching Mr. Holland’s Opus, playing pool and ping-pong, and just hanging out!
Pizza will be provided. Please bring munchies and drinks to share!
Pizza will be provided. Please bring munchies and drinks to share!
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