LWMTA Board Meeting

Tuesday March 25th, 2025, 10:30 AM

Location: zoom

Call to Order (10:31am), 

Attending: Kaitlin Mitchell, Makiko Meyer, Laurie Ketron, Nicole Kim, Stephanie Lee

Old Business

Financial Reports (Laurie Ketron)

Balance given in meeting. 

Announcements/New Business

MAP Expenses (Nicole Kim / Laurie Ketron)

The competition will go longer than budgeted – Laurie can cut additional checks when she gets back if needed. 

ASCAP (Stephanie Lee)

Kaitlin needs to send the Teacher’s Recital program to Stephanie, and Nicole needs to share the Competition program when she has it. 

Gifts for NW pianos and Cheri (Stephanie Lee)

Luke emailed Stephanie about giving Cheri a bottle of red wine for Cheri specifically. It will be $20, we agree that’s fine. 

501c3 Update (Stephanie Lee)

We’re almost there! We do owe the IRS a little bit of money, but not much. 

May Potluck Meeting at Satomi’s (Stephanie Lee)

Tuesday May 20th works for Satomi! 

Future Budget Plans (Stephanie Lee)

We have a lot of money, and we should spend more of it once our 501c3 business is done. 

Next Board Members Search (Stephanie Lee)

Kaitlin will be President next year, and Laurie will stay on as Treasurer. Stephanie is conferring with Jan Hazelton about taking over as Vice President. 

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Musical Passport Rule Changes (Makiko Meyer)

Makiko wants to make a stronger rule about music purchased online – if it was not purchased, it can’t be used. We agree that IMSLP should not be allowed either. We discuss MAP implications, too. 

Another Passport Matter: Right now there’s a vague rule that students participate for two years (gold or higher) for a medal, and four years for a trophy. Is it really fair for students who get three gold and one silver to not get a trophy? We discuss that having two judges might help and we can yield to the higher score. Kaitlin suggests that maybe we need to tell teachers that if they score someone silver, they need to explain why. 

WSMTA Conference (Stephanie Lee)

Stephanie got an email about how chapters can support the conference (Silent Auction, sponsoring a coffee break). We all decide that sponsoring a coffee break will be easiest. 

New Member (Laurie Ketron)

We had a new member join in January. Laurie will scan that and send it to us. (Beth Bricker, add to email list).

Next Board Meeting Schedule

We agree that this current board should meet one more time before the May Potluck to make sure we have everything read for the new board. Tuesday May 6th 10:30am. 

Meeting Adjourned (11:29am)

Respectfully submitted,

Kaitlin Mitchell

LWMTA Secretary