The meeting was called to order at 8:16PM on June 3rd, by President Elizabeth Lachowicz.  This meeting was held via Zoom.

ROLL CALL

Present: Mike Agranoff, Loretta Brooks, Jeff Canter, Christine DeLeon, Sam Edelston, Paul Fisher, Doug Heacock, Jeff Jonas, Allan Kugel, Elizabeth Lachowicz, John Mahon, Sandie Reilly, Mark Schaffer, Robin Schaffer and Pamela Zave

Absent: : Todd Dennison, Bob McNally, George Otto, Tina Ross, Jean Scully 

Guests: None

MOTIONS MADE

• The minutes of the June2025 monthly meeting were approved unanimously.

• A motion to adjourn was made at 9:01 PM and approved unanimously.

ADMINISTRATIVE OVERVIEW 

• Secretary

  • A motion was entered by Jeff Canter, seconded by Jeff Jonas, to accept the minutes of the June 2025 meeting.    

    • It was approved unanimously.

• Treasurer

  • Jeff reported that he re-ran the May reports and it looks like there are still some numbers missing.

    • He will work on it.

  • Jeff also wanted to show his appreciation of the people who work the doors at our events, often dealing with interesting exceptions and a lot of different people, while collecting the money and welcoming attendees.

NEW  BUSINESS

• None

OLD BUSINESS

• None

COMMITTEE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS 

Sound Reinforcement

• John stood on his report but added that he visited Swingin’ Tern to analyze their PA system and found that it is in very good shape.

  • Jeff Canter responded to John’s written report and offered to help with any needed repairs.

  • Mike reported that he finds the sound at Swingin’ Tern to be the best it has ever been.

    • John agreed.

  • Mike also noted intermittent issues with sound due to bad microphone cables.

    • John said nothing failed while he was there but the fix would be simple.

    • Doug said Greg from the Tern Sound Committee suggested the new cable.

  • Doug also spoke about getting a wireless mic so callers can call from the dance floor when needed.

    • John currently is using his personal equipment when this is requested.

• Elizabeth reported that she shared a good picture of the Sound Crew at the Rock and Roll Night show.

  • It was included in the movie that went out afterwards. 

Publicity/Web

• Sam wanted to mostly stand on his report but added that he needed to speak with the Treasurer about how to handle on-demand printed orders for the history book that would come from lulu.com.

  • Sam and Jeff J. agreed to take it offline.

  • Jeff added that 100 books were printed and an invoice was received.

    • Books were received by Mark Schaffer

  • On-demand printing will be separate for online sales.

    • A link will be placed on our website.

• A dozen books were offered at the Rock Concert and sold out immediately.

• Mark was bringing more to the picnic.

• Doug asked for books to be sold at Swingin’ Tern

• Mark reported that John and Lauren moved our website to a new server with few issues.

  • Lauren also got us a discount on the service for being a non-profit.

Swingin’ Tern

• Doug stood on his report but added that they had their first cash-positive month of the year.

• He also asked again for books to be sold at Tern on July 19th.

• He also thanked Mike for sponsoring the dance (it will be free to dancers).  

  • This will improve book sales .

Special Events and Troubadour

• Mark stood on us report but added the two regular shows in June were great.

Horses Sing None of It

• Sandie reported that there was nothing to report.

Future Planning

• Robin stood on her report.

LAST MINUTE DISCUSSIONS

• Fourth of July Picnic and integrating new audience members

  • Elizabeth promoted the picnic and encouraged all to come.

  • Mike gave a status on early sign-ups for the Birthday Show.

  • Mark raised the issue of inviting non-members to events and asked that the Board consider it as a way to integrate new attendees.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting  proper was adjourned at  09:01  PM. Next month’s meeting is August 5th, at 8:15 PM, via Zoom. 

Submitted by Paul Fisher

TREASURER

OPEN STAGE

PUBLICITY

SOUND REINFORCEMENT

STREAMING CONCERTS

FUTURE PLANNING