Alton Band and Orchestra Builders
Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Date: March 26, 2025

Start: 6:01  @ AHS Orchestra room 

Attendance: Roger & Ruth Waggener, Jackie Ridgley, Louise Haar-Chapman, Jason Chapman, Kristi Futhey, Brad Donoho, Deborah Gabriel,  Katie Young, Jodi Baum, Dawn Humphrey, Blake Korte, Chuck Willard, Jill Mitchell, Mark Hilgert, Sally Pierce, Yvette Paris, Ed & Cathy Gray

• Open/Additions to Agenda/Introductions @ 6:01pm
• Meeting Minutes

• Treasurer’s Report
  • Virtual Auction sponsorships: $3,500 and growing
  • $185 profit on contest concessions
  • Pastry money came in
  • ABOB and Dunlope scholarships will be paid out within a few weeks
  • Reimbursements for contest paid out
  • First payment for the Drill for M100 paid
  • Jazz Combo paid as donation to ABOB $600
  • Brad: move to accept
  • Louis: 2nd to accept
  • Motion passed by all

• Teachers Reports 
  • AHS Orchestra
    • Pit going well
    • Symphonic rehearsals are good
    • Stringsation was good as well
      • QR code as a program instead of paper handouts

• AHS Band
  • Section leader auditions on Wednesday for M100, will announce on Friday
  • Music for All festival in O’Fallon on April 12th
    • Rehearsal on April 8th
  • M100 percussion auditions & clinics
• AMS Orchestra
  • Stringsation
    • Went very smoothly
    • Elementary
  • Schumann
    • Music in the Park
      • May 8th: competition
      • May 9th: Six Flags
  • Coffee Concert
    • May 2nd
    • Donations coming in
    • Volunteers are set
• AMS Band

• Committee Reports

• Hospitality: Brad
  • Parents: underclassmen to help serve cake
• Ways & Means: Michael
  • Taqueria Maya
    • Check owed for February and March
    • Doing another one TOMORROW
    • April 15th is set again
  • Fundraising ideas:
    • Rummage sale–District stuff and/or families
      • Sell tables/space
• Communications: Louise
  • Posting about Virtual Auction
• Technology: Roger
  • Nothing at the moment
• Craft Fair: Amy
  • Nothing at the moment
• Virtual Auction
  • 203 lots in the auction + a few more
  • Kristi Futhey has helped Jodi
  • Begins Thursday, March 27th @ 4pm- Saturday, March 29th @ 7pm
  • Auction link sent out this week
  • Korte has kids coming on Sunday for pickup in the Band Room

• Old Business
  • nothing
• New Business
  • Nominations for officers
    • Need Technology and President
      • Bring nominations in April
      • Vote in May
      • Send out 
  • Drone for M100 practices: Willard said yes, as long as it is charged
• Next Meeting— April 28, 2025
• Adjournment @ 6:22pm—submitted by Jill Mitchell @ 6:25pm