Eastside Chapter,  WSMTA General Meeting

April 24th, 2006

President Carol Hibbard opened the meeting at 10:00. The minutes of the March meeting were approved.

Treasurer’s Report The treasurer’s report was presented by Egle Peller. An attachment is included with this report.

Teacher Referral The teacher referral sheet was passed around.

Library Report Sherry Owen announced that since there is no meeting until September, teachers who check out library materials today should contact her to return materials during the summer.

Membership Chris Lee reported there is no new member this month.

Nominating Committee Gladys Bath reported that the committee is continuing to search the vice-president candidate. A basket was passed around for teachers to make nomination. Julie Howe nominated Yunbo Cassady as vice-president. Yunbo responded that she will need time to think about it. Carol said since the next vice-president only has one year to prepare the president position, she is willing to stay in the president position for an extra year if the vice-president needs more time.

Correspondence Report Donna Sams announced that Nancy Drake is recovering very well. Yunbo Cassady announced Sammi Martin hurt her knees. A get well card will be sent to Sammi

WSMTA Distrct VP Presentation Kaycee Groom announced State Conference is coming on June 26^th. Cost waivers are still available. May 15^th is the due date for conference registration discount. October 14^th is the district conference. Some interactive workshops are still looked for. This year, the District Competition will have vocal competition. The 2007 MTNA Conference will be in Toronto. The Pedagogy Friday is looking for students recording and asking teachers’ help.

Scholarship Competition Report Carol Hibbard thanked Nicole Kim and Nancy Jang for taking great care of this job. She also thanked for teachers’ participation and help. Nicole Kim announced the competition ended nicely. The chapter received a very positive comment from the judges about hospitality and students’ quality. Nicole also thanked teachers, students and parents’ participation and Rose Hill Presbyterian Church’s help. The competition result is available on the website. Martha Annin award was broken down to three awards. $300 will be given to the first place and $100 to the second and the third place.

Scholarship Concert Selina Chu announced that our year 2006 scholarship concert will be performed by Paul Robert on the first weekend of November. His workshop will be on Saturday last afternoon.

Other Business Carol Hibbard reminded teachers to renew the membership. Renewal deadline for inclusion in Yearbook is July 15^th. Donna Bender announced that the Steinway Society invited Dr. Peter Mack to perform in Meydenbauer on June 4^th. A master class will be given the day before the concert. The students will be picked by Dr. Mack based on the repertoire.

Program Jennifer Li announced that today’s program will be presented byCassandra Carr. The topic is “Creating an Annual Strategic Plan for Each Student”.

Meeting adjourned at 10:10am

Respectfully submitted,

Paiyu Jessica Chiu, recording secretary