Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Central Ohio Alumni Interest Group
Monthly Meeting Minutes
October 12, 2004 7:00 PM
Capital University Conservatory of Music – Room 201

Present:
Pres. Ryan Allen
V.P. Brian Beickelman
Tres. Sam Selvage
Dustin Grovemiller
Dustin Keith

Discussion of future meeting times
Low attendance at weeknight meetings
A weekend meeting time will be tried
10:00 AM Saturday mornings?
The next meeting will be on Saturday November 13 @ 10:00 AM – Location TBA
Subsequent meetings will be on the first Saturday of the Month at 10:00 AM
Saturday December 4th – 10:00 AM

Treasury
Alumni Dues are $25.00
4 brothers have paid
Please pay your dues ASAP
Checks payable to Sam Selvage until we set up a checking account
Dues can be mailed to Sam – email for his address.
We need to pay Derrick Danilson for the server space for our web site
Per the Province III bylaws and Wes if we pay our Province Dues we will have seats on the Province Council – this adds legitimacy to our group
We do not have a checking account yet
COAIG does not want to put an individual SSN on the account
Treasurer is working on getting an EIN # - essentially a SSN for businesses
Suggestion that the pres, VP, and treasurer should all be on the account
Suggestion that it be a dual signature account
Possibly only for dollar amounts over $100.00
COAIG will need a permanent address
Rather than changing it every year with the changing
of the president a P.O. Box can be acquired for $19 every 6 months
Treasurer exploring tax-exempt status with the IRS – for down the road
US tax code allows for fraternal organizations to apply for tax-exempt status
$150 non-refundable application fee
This would allow donations to be tax deductible
There is a $100 application fee to become an official PMA Alumni Association

Fundraising
Muskingum is doing Cedar Point work weekend the next two weekends
We may get a call from them asking for help the weekend of Oct 23rd
Although Ryan believes that this is unlikely after talking with their president
Talk of a restaurant fundraiser at Winter Workshop
May have problems since it is at Miami in Oxford
Maybe a COAIG run Poker Tournament
Dustin Grovemiller motions to explore the option of a COAIG E-bay garage sale
Sam seconds
Motion passes by unanimous voice vote
Vocal aka Singing Valentines are possible in February
Quartets
Soloist
Soloist + guitar

Epsilon Phi is putting together a high school band clinic
COAIG could assist them

Possible Ritual at Winter Workshop
WW is January 28-30, 2005

A possible free meeting place is available in the basement of the Ohio Theatre
Tom will check into it

Bi-monthly meeting schedule is proposed
1 formal meeting
1 informal social
Business can be discussed but it is mainly for socializing
Monday October 25 will be the next informal meeting
BW3’s in the Brewery District at 9:00 PM

Minutes taken by Vice President Brian Beickelman