2020 Annual Meeting
Thursday January 30, 2020
Called to order at 7:55 pm
Introduction of board members up for election.
Rameka Jennings
Alex Welch
Grace Diebolt
Voting 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Christian Montes, Board Chair
Welcoming statements
Call for volunteers for upcoming events and board meetings and committees
Nathan Brown, Treasurer
Financial documentation available upon request.
Staff is paid monthly stipends as agreed.
Donation drives have been successful in the past year.
Remember to use smile.amazon.com when shopping on Amazon.
Facebook campaigns come through Network for Good. They send a check but do not tell us who donated. The person who created the Facebook donation drive will have that list, so please send it to tresaurer@freedomband.com.
Lee Hartman, Artistic Director
“Ya’ll can play”
Jem performance location for all season
October 25, 2020 for the fall concert - Opposites attract
December 12, 2020(Saturday night) for Christmas concert - Slay rides old and new
February 28, 2021 for WWI Concert - Chamber music from Germany before and after WWI
May 2, 2021 (Sunday) for Spring concert - Massive Light, Soloist concert
Saturday concerts are evening concerts, Sunday are at 3:00 pm.
MMEA performance application has been submitted.
Season 18 season is teamed around Dualities.
Joe Duncan, Mighty Mo
Season 10 for Mighty Mo
Season based on Kansas City and local flavor tunes
Joe would like to increase the number of performances
Fundraisers, Rose Show, Seasonal Concert, Fringe Festival on the books so far.
Rehearsals Thursday 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm during concert band season, two hour rehearsals during off season
Matthew N, John Sims Endowment
Named after the founder of the first gay choir and band.
The organization is growing and becoming more able to make larger scale grants and donations
Jessie Riggins, LGBA
The LGBA website will soon have a membership area for member band resources
Conference will be in July in Portland, Oregon
LGBA is rebranding to a more inclusive name. There are four names that are being voted on by the board. The final name will be voted on in Portland
Ian Brandt, Business Operations Manager
Manages the business contracts and organization
Christian Montes, Bylaws
There are over 400 changes, many are grammatical but some are substantive. The board asks that the membership reviews the changes before the vote.
If there are any changes you feel need made contact Ian Brandt or Christian Montes before the vote.
Voting Results
New board members are elected.
Outgoing members: Jessie Riggins, David Deatherage and Liz Murray
Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.
