Fair Lawn Friends of Music Board Meeting

A meeting was held on Tuesday, November 10th in the Fair Lawn High School Cafeteria.  The meeting was called to order at 7:40 pm by the President Lisa Ahrendt.

Mrs. Lucas announced that the honors orchestra class was approved by the Board of Education effective for the 2010-2011 school year.   The audition process will begin in the spring.  There is a small chamber performance scheduled for November 12th for the incoming eighth grade orientation.  The winter concert is scheduled for December 15th and the Fair Lawn High School will be performing at the middle school on December 18th.

Jorge Vacquez announced that there is a football home game on November 14th.  The Marching Band and Colorguard will perform.  He also stated that the Band and Colorguard did a great job at Nationals.  They scored in 13th place out of 20 schools.

Kathy Echevarria stated that the Rescue Squad allowed us to use the giant light for practice at night.  She proposed that we give them a nominal donation  as a Thank You.    She also mentioned that Patty purchased a first aid kit for Mr. Kafer.

JoAnn LeGrand said that we only have 47 paid memberships out of about 150 families. 
We discussed options to try to increase membership.

The scholarship program was discussed in length.  The FLFOM distributes a minimum of three equivalent scholarships and then whatever is left is divided.  In order to qualify, the child’s parents must be in enrolled in FLFOM and the child must meet the tagging requirements.  We discussed changing how the determination of funds for the scholarships is given out.  Lisa Ahrendt will review the bylaws and this topic will be on the agenda for the December meeting.

Russ Mensch discussed that he does a Thank You in the Community News for all of our sponsors (including the Rescue Squad).    He said that we received a generous donation from Two Guys Pizza and Grill of pizza that fed the children one night  The owner of this business is willing to continue donations of food.  We discussed other possible fundraisers in which we could utilize this donation of food.  Russ also mentioned that a preview of the band and colorguard going to Nationals ran on NJ12. 

The Band Dinner at the Fair Lawn Athletic Club is scheduled for November 11th.  142 people are scheduled to attend. 

Lisa Ahrendt mentioned that the website is better.

The next bake sale is scheduled for November 19th (early dismissal).  The woodwinds are sponsoring this sale.  Last month’s bake sale earned a profit of $187.

Alice Weisser stated that we earned $560 in profit from the Giants Raffle.

Robin Leavy stated that we earned $680 in profit from the Giovanni’s night out.

The clothing drive is scheduled for November 14th.

Tag days are scheduled for December 4 – December 6.  Sign up forms are available.  Locations for tagging have been established.  Robin Leavy is looking for someone to assist in the Tag Days for the spring.

There will be a concession table at the winter concert on December 15th. 

The meeting adjourned at 8:52 pm.  The next Board Meeting will be on December 8th at 7:30 pm.