CSA Assembly Meeting Minutes

Friday April 13, 2007 Bishop Hall C119

Meeting Called to Order at 4:02 pm

Guest Speaker-Dr. Doyle
-Thank you so much for the funding to bring Roshanne Etezady and Kristin Kuster here!!
-If you or anyone you know is interested in driving to Syracuse to pick them up please let Dr. Doyle know
-The concert and pre-lecture will be webcasted via banddirector.com
-If you are interested in being on a panel to ask the composers questions or if you’d like to submit questions, e-mail Dr. Doyle at doylebk@potsdam.edu

Officer Reports
President-Jamie Stroffolino
-Student Gift Committee is selling magnets as a fundraiser to improve Lehman Park, they say SUNY Potsdam and have a bear paw on them
-Student Gift Week-4/23-tables will be set up in the union, the commons and the greenery
-If you are interested in volunteering to sit at the tables please let us know, we need your help!!!!

Vice President-David Cotter
No Report

Secretary-Alexandria Belinsky
No Report

Treasurer-Christina DeFrancisco
Balances
Administration-$88.00
Publicity-$94.70
Supplies-$140.00
Programming-$1,879.45
Comp and Tours-$205.00
YCA-$100.00

Asst. Treasurer-Julie Lundemo
-SGA
-Our budget was approved
-We split YCA and Programming and we got our phone line back

Public Relations-Kyle Pogemiller
No Report

Old Business
None

New Business
Funding Requests
1. Bass Studio-Programming
–Bring in Joe Quarington to give a masterclass (4 students) and a lecture on the art of tuning the bass in 5ths
-April 23rd from 3-5pm
-Recommend $400 for the artist fee
Vote:23-0-1
Passes!!

Open Forum
1. Applied Music Fee
2. Crane Prom is NOT happening
3. Stands have been missing from practice rooms and rehearsal rooms, if you or someone you know has taken stands out of Crane please tell them to return them
4. Cloth on top of the pianos are nice because they don’t scratch the pianos, can we get them for every room??-Yes, we will talk to Dean Solomon about it.

Announcements
-Congrats to Phi Mu Alpha for a wonderful musicale this past Sunday
-Congrats to Sigma Alpha Iota for a great musicale this past Saturday
-Congrats to the Latin Ensemble for a great gig this past Friday
-Congrats to Jonathan Shmuel for a great 10 minute recital this past Monday
-Congrats to Liz Remizowski for a great hour recital this past Saturday
-Congrats to the Jazz Sextet for a great gig this past Tuesday
-Congrats to the Clarinet Choir for a great concert this past Sunday
-Congrats to the Contemporary Music Ensemble for a great concert this past Tuesday
-Wind Ensemble Concert is Wednesday Night at 7:30pm in Hosmer
-Congrats to Jamie Stroffolino for a great recital this past Monday
-Choir Concert is Thursday at 7:30pm

Meeting Adjourned at 4:29pm


Friday April 6, 2007-Wakefield Recital Hall Meeting Called to order at 4:03pm


Guest Speaker-Dean Alan Solomon

A committee has been discussing implementing a $250 applied music fee (per semester) for students enrolled in applied music (studio). Costs for getting qualified adjunct teachers to teach here have risen. If each student enrolled in applied music pays this fee the Dean will have more money to assist students with travel expenses and guest artist expenses since CSA cannot always give full funding that studios request.


Office Reports
President-Jamie Stroffolino
-Congrats to the new E-Board!!
-CPS-2 confirmed artists for next year are Rockappella and Canadian Brass!!
-Spoke to Kathy Olsen about artists for next year
-Grad Finale is next week 4/11 from 8-11am. Graduates can pick up their caps and gowns and other graduation stuff.
-Pointercounts will be singing


Vice President-David Cotter>
-Thanks to everyone who voted in the election
-CSA will be receiving a new computer for the office
-Check the website, the minutes will be posted


Secretary-Alexandria Belinsky
No Report


Treasurer-Christina DeFrancisco
Balances
Administration-$130.40
Publicity-$94.70
Programming-$2,579.45
YCA-$100
Supplies-$140
Comp and Tours-$205


Asst. Treasurer-Julie Lundemo
-SGA Picnic is May 1st
-TESA Conference
-Different Kinds of Minds, for more information contact Julie
-8/21-8/23-Student Leadership Conference, e-mail csa@potsdam.edu if you are interested in attending


Public Relations-Kyle Pogemiller
-Congrats to the new SGA E-Board
-“Crane Prom” info will be posted so look for information!!


Old Business
None

New Business
Funding Requests
1. Musical Studies-Programming
-Bring in Roshanne Etezady and Kristin Kuster to work with the Crane Wind Ensemble on 2 pieces that they will be performing on April 18th.
-A web cast will be done through banddirector.com of the concert as well as a pre-concert lecture with the composers and students from the ensemble, which the Dean is paying for
-Professors are providing lodging
-Requesting $500 for travel expenses
Vote:28-0-0
PASSES

2. Saxophone Studio
-Wanted to bring in the Masato Kumoi Saxophone Quartet
-Funding was rejected due to the amount of money the Saxophone Studio has already received this year

3. Percussion Studio
-Wanted to bring in artist, Rob Bridge
-Funding Requests was rejected because the event happened before funding was voted on

4. Percussion Studio-Programming
-Bring in Tony Verdoerosa to give a masterclass a lecture to percussion and music business students
-Request $200 for artist fee
Vote:28-0-0
PASSES

Open Forum
Jamie-Crane Prom-what do you and your studios think?? Ask them!!!
-We will be making a less intimidating name for this event
-YCA Artist for next year? Do we want it?
-General Consensus-Mesh YCA line with Programming line so we can get more artists to give recitals and masterclasses

Budget
2006-2007 Budget was $22,900
We requested a budget for $28,000
SGAs recommendation was $23,300
-Increase in Programming by $400
-Increase in Comp and Tours by $500
-Dropped our phone line
-As of right now our Budget has been tabled so if you want to receive more money go to the SGA Meeting Thursday at 5pm!!!

Announcements
None
Meeting Adjourned at 5:02pm

Friday March 16, 2007

Meeting Called to Order at 4:03pm



Guest Speakers-SGA/CSA Officer Canidates


Comptroller

Leanne Merrill
Gretchen Thomas

Secretary

Lisa Nastravido
Hannah Mikado

President

Vita ?
Kate Beechner
Brian Elcessor

CSA Canidates



President

Ellen Moody
Brian Wegmann

VP

Kyle Pogemiller

Secretary

Jamie Bergman
Kristin Davis

Asst. Treasurer (2 year position)

Mallory Emrich
Deb Vitanza

CPublic Relations

Danielle McMullen
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Officer Reports

President-Jamie Stroffolino
--Petitions, Letters of Intent and Pictures are due next week if you still want to run
-Attendance to meetings has been extremely bad so if you don’t want to be here then please elect someone else from your studio that wants to
-Dean Solomon will be talking to studio teachers on this subject


Vice President-David Cotter
--The Grey House Performing Arts Directory is available for FREE in Sisson Hall. It contains the numbers for all important music people nation wide
-The Racquette published an article about how SGA has been voting wrong, therefore we have been voting wrong as well. Please read it! Ask David or Megan Weber with any questions you may have


Secretary-Alexandria Belinsky
-No Report

Treasurer-Christina DeFrancisco
--The Budget Meeting went well
Balances
Administration-$130.40
Publicity-$94.70
Programming-$2,579.45
YCA-$0
Supplies-$140
Comp and Tours-$230


Asst. Treasurer-Julie Lundemo
SGA Report
-Vote in the SGA Elections-they are on BEARPaws this year!!!
-Also, PLEASE vote to make the student activity fee mandatory, if it is not we lose ALL funding!!!

Public Relations-Kyle Pogemiller
-He-Submit articles to Kyle to include in the student teacher newsletter

Old Business
None

New Business
Funding Requests
-MTNA National Conference for 4 people
-Recommend $100 for ½ of registration for each person ($25 per person)
Vote: 29-0-0

Open Forum
-PLEASE VOTE!!!!!!
-Please come to the meetings!!
-Please bring back your prom dresses to donate to the community for one night!
-The Piano dept has already found destroyed pianos, please be careful!
-How do we encourage students to not put things on the pianos?
------->Put shelves in the practice rooms
------->Put tables in the practice rooms
------->Coatracks

-Jamie Stroffolino-If you have any questions at all about anything please come see one of the E-Board members!!

Announcements
-Sean Hoglund’s recital was this past weekend, congratulate him if you see him!
-David’s Cotter's Recital is Monday at 7pm in Snell
-Giovanni Mera and his Guitar Quartet performed this weekend, congratulate them if you see them
-ACDA, thank you for money!
-SGA Primaries are April 2nd and elections are April 5th
-Congratulations to the Chamber Competition Winners
-Congratulations to everyone involved in the Opera
-Ms. Unger has a recital on April 2nd

CSA Assembly Meeting Minutes
Friday March 9, 2007

Meeting Called to Order at 4:01pm

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Officer Reports

President-Jamie Stroffolino
-Relay for Life was a success and we raised over $250 -Elections are coming up soon-see the person who is in the position you are interested in!! -Petitions for elections will be handed out the week before Spring Break

Vice President-David Cotter
-No Report

Secretary-Alexandria Belinsky
-Thanks to everyone who helped out with Audition Day, it was a huge success!!! -Thank you for participating in the e-mail vote of those who did (only about half) all funding requests passed and the MENC funding is going back into Comp and Tours because they did not use the funding

Treasurer-Christina DeFrancisco
--Tell your friends to show up to the meetings and to participate in e-mail votes!!!! -Budget was this weekend it was successful!!! Balances Administration-$130.40
Publicity-$94.70
Programming-$2,779.45
YCA-$130
Supplies-$140
Comp and Tours-$230


Asst. Treasurer-Julie Lundemo
SGA Report
-Guest Speaker came in about donating prom dresses for teens up here since there are lack of stores to buy dresses. Contracts will be signed and they only need the dresses for one day. So think about bringing up your prom dresses when you go home!! -SGA Elections are coming up-speak to SGA Officers

Public Relations-Kyle Pogemiller
-He will be writing letters to all the student teachers telling them what’s been happening here -E-Mail csa@potsdam.edu if you have any articles or things you would like to contribute!

Old Business
None

New Business
none

Open Forum
-Jessie Valejo-where does money go to that comes from Supplies? -Money to buy ink for our printer and office supplies
-Leanne Merril-She is on Budget Committee so it is important to give the E-Board your suggestions!!
-Jamie Stroffolino-If you have any questions at all about anything please come see one of the E-Board members!!

Announcements
--MENC had a guest speaker come and it was very well received…thank you to all who came!
-Dr. Kirk had a recital and it went well….congratulate her in the hallway when or if you see her!
-Alex Hurd was here and that was very successful
-Dr. Woy’s Recital went very well so congratulate hi
m if you see him! -Burton Kaplan was here and that went off very well. Thanks to everyone who helped and participated/attended
-Dr. Rubio’s Recital went well congratulate him if you see him
-Thank you to everyone who attended the YCA Artist Concert!!

CSA Assembly Meeting Minutes
Friday February 23, 2007

Meeting Called to Order at 4:02pm

Guest Speaker-Catherine Ott from MENC
Become a member of MENC!! It’s $28 online at www.menc.org. If you were involved in Tri-M or NYSSMA in High School then you should definitely join MENC. MENC is the nation’s biggest music education organization so all education majors should become members. In March Jerry Bramo will be coming up to speak about using pop culture in the classroom so check that out. Also the All-Eastern Conference is being held in Hartford, CT from March 8-11. If you have any questions contact Cathie Ott.

Officer Reports

President-Jamie Stroffolino
-CSA’s Relay for Life Team will be pairing with Lehman South’s team. Tell your studios to sign up if they’re interested!!! The website is: http://www.acsevents.org/faf/home/default.asp

Vice President-David Cotter
-Thanks to Jessie Valejo who helped with getting the website up!! Tell your studios to visit the website. The address is http://www2.potsdam.edu/csa/.

Secretary-Alexandria Belinsky
-Audition Day is Saturday March 3rd so please sign up outside the office if you are interested in tour guiding. Also, tell your studio members to sign up if they are interested!!

Treasurer-Christina DeFrancisco
-Thanks to everyone who helped with Darfur! The Benefit Concert is Saturday at 7:30pm in Snell.
-We submitted our Budget Proposal for the 2007-08 school year. This year we were given $22,900 from SGA. For next year we are requesting $28,400. The breakdown will be posted outside the office.
Balances
Administration-$300
Publicity-$97
Comp and Tours-$645.11
Programming-$3,379.45
YCA-$2800
Supplies-$140

Asst. Treasurer-Julie Lundemo
-Took over for Christina in SGA this past week
SGA Report-Health costs will be going up next year by $4.50 because of inflation. Student Success Center will be sponsoring bus trips to Syracuse and Buffalo for Spring Break so sign up if you need a ride home!!

Public Relations-Kyle Pogemiller
No Report

Old Business
None

New Business
Funding Request-Percussion Studio-Dan Gleason
-Bring in Matt Savage who is an alum of Crane to give a 2 day Masterclass on marching with drums and drum circles.
-Recommend $200 for artist fee

Vote: 27-0-1
PASSES!!

Open Forum
-Check out Darfur if you don’t know what it is. It will open your eyes to what’s happening in the world.
-Elections are coming up after Spring Break so start thinking about a position you might want to have next year.

Announcements
-CSO Concert Thursday at 7:30pm in Hosmer featuring concerto competition winner Lindsay Paul on Harp!
-MTO is looking for a production staff for “Fiddler on the Roof”. If you are interested contact David Cotter, Brian Franco, Ciara Picard, Anna Wentlent or Matt Funigello
-YCA Artist will be here on Monday 3.5. You voted for them to come and we’re paying him A LOT of money so go to his concert!!

Meeting adjourned at 4:22pm