Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, 7:30pm
Attendees: Alex Welch, JJ Pearse, Christian Montes, Joy Hope, Erin Trampel; Staff: Ian Bradt, Lee Hartman, Jessie Riggins; Members: None
Acting Proxy: Alex Welch for Rameka Jennings, Christian Montes for Nathan Brown
Called to order at 7:30 pm.
Committee Reports
Fundraising, Rameka
Waiting on 2 local bids for shirts that we should have in the next couple of days.
Pride wants all members wearing branded items.
Marketing, Joy
ArtsKCGo listing posted for 20th Anniversary. ROI on MMJO $25 reached 1000+, 21 clicked all the way through.
Media list sent to Joy. Exploring Arts Partner Marketing with ClassicalKC
Membership, Rose
Charlie is going great with the Member spotlights which are short little videos. Some socials in the works.
Performance Opportunities, Rose and Steven
No report submitted.
Old Business
No old business
New Business
Duties for May Concert - Erin will take Box Office and be point-of-contact for FOH. Gavin, Charlie’s husband, will be asked. Christian will ask the LGBTQ work group to volunteer. Ask Cayle Downs. Reminder that we’ll owe 10% to Folly for merch if we sell.
Budget - Next month KCVALA for potential audit because of budget size.
Secretary, Steven
No report submitted.
Artistic Director, Lee
We’re sounding great. Kudos to the Mighty Mo Jazz Orchestra! Lots of stuff coming up including AIDS Walk on May 6, our 20th Anniversary concert on May 19, Pride stuff including the Parade, Booth, and Pride Night at the Royals. We received $5,000 for next season from NTDF. We need to get butts in seats now for the May 19 concert. Season 21 is almost programmed! We just need our fall date. Adam Yarbrough has offered his garden for ticketed garden party fundraiser targeting Fall 2023.
Assistant Artistic Director, Jessie
Congrats to the MMJO members on a FANTASTIC SHOW! Wow! Thanks for all of the extra hands we had on deck, you all made for smooth sailing. Looking forward to starting the Mighty Mo Swing Band! This is our “open to all” group, so please help encourage participants that may be interested. The Jazz Orchestra will be off while the Swing Band rehearses off and on through the summer.
Board Chair, Alex
The Royals contacted us about playing the Anthem and we have officially committed as of this morning. We have asked about inviting Choral Spectrum and/or the KC Women’s Chorus to join us. (Heartland Men’s Chorus has a dress rehearsal that night). Committee ask has been well received and people are volunteering.
Treasurer, Nathan
Report available upon request.
Business Operations, Ian
Reached out to Gem Theater for fall concert. 59 tickets sold for spring concert [let’s get 10X that]. Talked to St. Andrew’s regarding outdoor pops concert at HJ’s. Requesting another FOB for entrance. Lee requested reports from flipcause for emails to do e-blasts.
Jeanine, Librarian
Two members approached me to express interest in the Assistant Librarian position - Tyler (tyler.g.huntington@gmail.com) and Bea (Bea.k.reiter@gmail.com). They both have prior experience and I feel that either would be suitable, if they have bandwidth to commit. I’m not sure how best to proceed from here in terms of deciding between the two of them. Is there any information we should gather from them as a sort of informal interview?
Webmaster, Erin
Nothing to report.
