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UWABA meeting December 12, 2007

Called to order at 8:06 pm

Present are

Mary Ann Thompson

Renee Ballard

Tommy Reddicks

Jerry Peterson

KirstenFranke
JoynFeldhaus

Went right to officer nominations:

Nomination for Secretary discussed but moved to later…

Mary Ann nominated Megan for Treasurer

Seconded – Tommy(Megan's proxy to Tommy)

Kristen nominates Tommy for President

Mary Ann seconds

Jerry Peterson nominated for secretary – Tommy

Kirsten – second

Asked for anyone for VP Renee B. says yes

Kirsten asks what it entails.

Tommy nominates Renee. Seconded.

Jerry – voted in Secretary

Megan – voted in Treasurer

Renee – voted in Vice President

Tommy – voted in President

Joyn, Mary Annand Kirsten: Members at Large

Jerry Petersen arrivesto call

Megan missing no Tr.report yet

Financials are goodin general

Tommy no old business

Rae no old business

Kirsten no old business

Tommy - Number jackets sold. Kirsten not sure.

UWABA parade photo made it in alumni issue.

Megan arrives

The next event April 19, 2008 at 7:30pm.

Joyn arrives

Joyn old business…thought Homecoming was great

Despite all obstacles for homecoming: it still went off well.

Back to alumni concert event April 19, 2008 at 7:30pm.

Who is coming for April

    Joyn coming in April

    Jerry is coming

    Mary Anne is coming

    Tommy coming

    Kirsten coming

    Rae coming

Whoever registered through website will be contacted

Number has grown into the teens now.

Get mailing ready by mid January

Joyn will write letter.

Spring concert harder draw – people are busy, especially for music teachers.

Joyn would like to make tangible donation to UW to show were a real organization.

Donate to scholarship

Donate instruments

Need to keep Dr. Belser informed

If people want to make big donation, has to go through Alumni house?

Tommy will research with Robby and Dr. B

Kirsten suggest new t-shirts or Tommy suggest more jackets.

Tommy and Kirsten will get some more information for next meeting.

No other new business

8:40 pm meeting adjourned.

UWABA Phone conference meeting from September 25th, 2007

Approved minutes as posted to the web site.

Officer reports:

- the homecoming truck is all set up, he will call a few days ahead to confirm times and ticket needs

- Jerry has set up a 6-pack group to play at the Air Force game on the 20th of Oct. Asked Tommy if he would need a game ticket and Tommy said that he could come for the gig, but would have to return home to do some major pattootie kissing prior to an out of town trip.

- nothing to report

- The parade application is finished, will pick up the 2 game tickets this week, decorations and candy/jerky to throw from the float have been purchased. We should be well within our stated budget of $250 that was to include the gift for the Belser's, float decorations and tickets for the truck driver. We have over $500 in our account currently.

OLD BUSINESS

    • Up for election? Tommy, Jerry, Justin, Kirsten

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Members Present: Tommy Reddicks, Jerry Elliot, Megan Hannemen, Justin White,
Kirsten Franke. Joyn Feldhaus proxied absentee vote to Tommy as did Bill Hoyt. Renee Smoot not present. Chris Taylor not present.

The meeting was called to order at 8:08pm by President Tommy Reddicks.
Minutes from January conference call read
Megan moves to accept as read. Jerry accepts. Motion passes.
President: Nada
VP: Nada
Megan: Still have $500 in the bank
Member at Large (Kirsten): Nada

Old biz Spring Wind Ensemble went very well: 8 alums in attendance
(double attendance from 2006 concert).

New Business:
UW Homecoming is October 12th and 13th, 2007

Action items:
Megan volunteers to draft letter to Alumni with Homecoming info.
We'll keep it generic, give Tommy's info, to get ahead of things.
New Alumni Jackets / We'll see how much interest the info letter generates
before we place the order

Jerry makes motion to allocate up to $250 for Homecoming gifts for Belsers,
Truck driver(plaque, gift certificate and football tickets), and goodies to
throw from the float. Justin seconds. Motion passes

Either Tommy or Justin will contactd Dooley Oil –
need to confirm they are donating the use of the truck for the parade.
Gotta line up KKPsi & TBS for homecoming morning breakfast

Tommy will have Rene talk to Belser ---Email so that Belser invites all
Seniors to Belser's Party the eve of Homecoming
Kirsten will check on hats shirts for Alumni in attendence

Upcoming Elections:
Who's up for election? Tommy, Jerry, Justin.

Justin moved that we adjourn the meeting at 8:42pm.
Kirsten seconded.UWABA Meeting


January 23rd, 2007

Members present:
Tommy Reddicks
Justin White
Renee
Megan
Jerry
Bill

Meeting Called to Order at: 8:04pm

Previous meeting notes read
Motion to accept:
Second: Everyone

Officer’s reports/ Old business

MOTION
Tommy moves that Megan remain in the office of Treasurer
Motion passes

Tommy’s report:
Need to gear up for the Spring Concert
Revamp the website with help of Renee’s sister

VP report (Jerry)
No new activity on the six pack band, but would like to make the Air Force game happen again.
Writing a few arrangements

Treasury Megan’s report:
$528.33 in the bank account
Spent approximately $250 on homecoming
Brought in approximately $213
10 jackets left

Secretary Justin’s report
No report

Renee’s report (Member at Large)
Working on website with her Sister
Wind Ensemble concert will be Saturday, April 14th
Rehearsal will be at 3pm; performance is at 7:30pm

Old business
Call campaign was a painful flop; UW is the only entity allowed to solicit alumni. They agreed to make calls for us, but then the person in charge left things unknown. Now we need a new connection: back to square one. Renee will try to work her local mojo.
Also, rumor ran though the AD that we were soliciting money from alumni.
Plan is to use Robbie at the Alumni House and try again.

New business

Christ taylor to become new UW Liason

Jerry on look out for playing gigs in the area.
Wind Ensemble April is main initiative near term.
Renee/Tommy - drafting letter to Alumni to generate more interest in the April concert.
Jerry’s new email: jkelliopt12@msn.com
Bill’s alternative email: jhoyt@wyoming.com

Justin moves to adjourn
Megan: second
Motion passes
Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm

UWABA Meeting
Oct. 13th, 2006

UWABA Annual HOMECOMING Meeting
The meeting was called to order rather loudly at 8:11pm
by President Reddicks. There was no old business.

New Business:
Big push to get people here next year; encouraged everyone to contact
alums that they know and help get the attendance numbers up.

Dooley Oil – are donating the use of the truck for the parade.
Have a plaque, gift certificate and football tickets for them as a thank you.
They have expressed interest is being our truck on an annual basis.
Dr. Belser & Myra were showered with Thank You gifts in appreciation
of their undying support of UWABA over the years.
Business cards with the website address were distributed.

Elections:
The seats held by Joyn, Megan & Bill are up for election.
Nominations from the floor were taken:
Joyn, Megan, Bill, Renee, Jeff and Chris Taylor.
Sara moved and Joyn seconded to close nominations.
Voting was done via official UWABA ballots
– additional ballots will be accepted at the morning rehearsal
and then counted before the game.
Filling the 3 spots for the next two years are: Megan, Joyn and Renee.
Dues are a suggested donation of $15 and can be paid to Megan.
We still have jackets left from last year and they are $30.
These can also be purchased from Megan.

Sara moved and Jerry seconded that we adjourn the meeting at 8:45pm
Respectfully submitted,
Megan Hanneman
Treasurer


UWABA Meeting
March 7th, 2006

Members present:
Tommy Reddicks
Justin White
Renee
Kirsten
Mary-Ann
Joyn
Megan
Jerry

Meeting Called to Order at: 8:09pm

Previous meeting notes read
Motion to accept: Joyn
Second: Everyone

Officer’s reports/ Old business

Tommy’s report: Spring Concert, phone drive

VP report (Jerry)
“Bone to pick”
Songs finished; sent to Belser; no word back
Propose play all six songs at homecoming
Tommy proposes more attempts to try to get Belser’s buy in (Tommy’s ball)

Jerry has not had input or pictures regarding homecoming site.

Tommy asked John and Justin to send photos and stories to Jerry for Alumni webpage
Joyn promised to have stories and or photos to Jerry by the end of the week

Megan’s report:
$984.97 in the account

Justin’s report
New office; No report

Joyn’s report
He has info for Renee regarding dinner/Altitudes/Wind Ensemble weekend.
Belser interested in joining and having party/reception after
Restaurant needs 2 weeks notice regarding final count: “That is bulls$!#.”

Renee’s report
Wind Ensemble details regarding rehearsal times/logistics/etc.
April 8th or 9th: 11 participants so far, but still need more
New business

Website
Tommy going to play with background colors
Questions raised over donation part of the page
Cost/hassle/fee: Tommy going to change site.
Renee: Bob working on linking web page to Alumni house and undergrad band

Wind Ensemble Concert
Times for weekend

Joyn moves first official function of weekend to start at 1pm
Jerry 2nd
Pass

Justin moves to amend Joyn’s motion to 10am.
Renee second
Joyn moves that Justin %#^& (no second)
Justin’s motion passes

Joyn moves to keep phone work to 2 hours: 10am to noon
Jerry second
Motion passes

1pm rehearsal Sunday

Action items for next meeting:
Tommy – Belser re Jerry’s music
Kirsten, Justin, Joyn: photos and stories for site
Tommy/Renee to confirm party at Belser’s for the 8th
Check check books for Jerry
Tommy and Joyn will check on Bylaws re: “Board” or “Board of Directors”
Renee will find out what pieces at concert
Jerry will check with Limon folks re Concert attendance
Joyn will check with Altitude
Tommy to organize details re: phone-a-thon

Joyn: motion to adjourn
Justin: second
Motion passes
Meeting adjourned at 9:02pm

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UWABA QUARTERLY MTG 12/11/05

Mtg called to order at 8:10

Tommy Justin Renee Megan Jerry Jonathan in attendance

Minutes read and accepted

Minutes for meeting to be posted on future web page.

Officer reports given:

Thoro is off of and Megan is on the checking account Mary Ann 987.87 in the account Motion by Tommy, Seconded by Joyn: Refund Jerry for initial jacket purchase- 420.00 Motion passed

MAL(Jerry) – no response given so far for history of band, no progress. Jerry will continue to work on as info comes in.

Chris Taylor “maybe” interested in starting a group in Salt Lake City

Renee – Sunday 9 April is Wind Ensemble concert if we want to play

Unfinished business- placing Justin into an office- Justin placed into Secretary.

New Officer positions are as follows:

Jerry is VP, Jonathan is MAL, Kirstin is MAL, Tom is President,

“We have a board again”

Confusion of “Board” and “Board of Directors” in the By Laws Tommy and Jonathan will investigate the situation and report

Jerry is arranging a song “Powder River” for the 6-Pack. Hopefully will be unveiled this spring. Go Jerry, you rock.

New Business-

Alumni List is out and will be placed on the “WAYN” Sight

Spring Concert- Jonathan/Tommy will lead getting people to play in the concert- via mailer/email/whatever options

For concert- possible rehearsal on Saturday at 4:30, dinner to follow.

Concert call at 2:15 and show at 3pm

Jonathan and Renee will check on dinner location reservations.

Meeting adjourned at 9:06 p.m.

Next Meeting March 5th, 2006, 8PM MST.





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