Annual Membership Meeting 2005
In attendance:
Frank Buczolich (Board President), Rance Fawbush (Board Vice President), Tim Johnson (Board Secretary), Janice Clevenger (Board Treasurer), Susan Anderson (Board Member), Phil Addison (Board Member), Allen Pease (Promotions), Sara Johnson (Webmaster), Russell McGee, Ben Aldred, Amanda Baker, Julian Livingston, and Robert Wagner.
Frank, as President of the Board of Directors, opened the meeting by introducing Monroe County Civic Theater to the group, explaining the purpose and mission of our group, and inviting everyone to establish or renew their official membership by paying the $1 membership fee. He also mentioned the major development of the year: We have made our first serious attempt at public relations and fundraising, thanks to Allen Pease. A part of that was the Sasha Sings Dinah fundraiser (the same week as the annual meeting). Frank indicated that one of the Civic Theater's goals was going to be to encourage continuity, to try to get actors and crew members to stay with us longer rather than just doing one show and moving on.
Elections:
Tim nominated Phil; Allen seconded. Tim nominated Rance; Susan seconded. Phil nominated Janice; Tim seconded. Susan nominated Ben; Frank seconded. Robert nominated Amanda; Tim seconded. All nominees accepted their nominations. As the number of nominees did not exceed the number of open seats on the Board, and each nominee received at least one vote, the nominees were considered elected.
Treasurer’s Annual Report:
General expenses:
$ 960.00 Clemens Storage
180.00 HoosierNet (Web hosting)
35.00 Fourth Street Festival
372.60 Fundraising expenses
50.00 BAAC Membership
10.00 Bounced check (not ours!)
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$1607.60 Total General Expenses
General income:
$ 14.00 Memberships
320.00 Donations
500.00 Corporate Sponsorships
113.00 Pizza Queen concession sales
50.00 Costume sale
60.00 T-shirt sales
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$1057.00 Total General Income
Directors' Symposium IX:
-$ 972.00 Expenses
+ 519.00 Ticket Sales
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-$ 453.00 Total
Engaged (Joint Production with the John Waldron Arts Center):
-$ 280.72 Expenses
+ 280.72 Reimbursement of Expenses
+ 536.00 50% of Ticket Sales
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+$ 536.00 Total
Taming of the Shrew:
-$ 233.98 Expenses
+ 250.00 Event Sponsorship
+ 602.82 Donations
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+$ 618.84 Total
Macbeth:
-$ 201.43 Expenses
+ 250.00 Event Sponsorship
+ 562.22 Donations
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+$ 611.79 Total
Summary:
$ 626.62 Beginning Balance
1309.32 Ending Balance
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$ 682.70 Net Gain for 2004
Phil moved to accept the report; Susan seconded. Ayes were unanimous.
Webmaster’s Annual Report:
The Web site had 87,168 in the 2004 calendar year, averaging about 7200 hits per month. Also, the Civic Theater opened a new store using the CafePress service which allows us to create products for the public to buy to support us without incurring any up-front expense.
Secretary’s Annual Report:
Tim noted that our brand-new newsletter, Applause, contains all information which would normally have been in the Secretary's Annual Report.Tim moved to adjourn; Phil seconded. Ayes were unanimous.