The meeting was called to order at 8:16 PM on February 3rd, 2026 by President Elizabeth Lachowicz.  This meeting was held via Zoom.

ROLL CALL

Present: Loretta Brooks, Jeff Canter, Marshal Chaifetz, Todd Dennison, Andrew Dunn, Sam Edelston, Paul Fisher, Doug Heacock, Jeff Jonas, Steve Humpreys, Elizabeth Lachowicz, John Mahon, Bob McNally, George Otto, Sandie Reilly, Tina Ross, Mark Schaffer, Robin Schaffer, Jean Scully, Pamela Zave 

Absent: None

Guests:  None

MOTIONS MADE

A motion to accept the minutes of the February 2026 monthly meeting was postponed.

A motion to adjourn was made at 10:01 PM and approved unanimously.

ADMINISTRATIVE OVERVIEW 

Secretary

February minutes are delayed and will be available prior to the April meeting. 

Treasurer

Jeff added to his written report that real numbers will appear up to two months in arrears in order to have complete information.  He has ordered new checks and secure pens.  There continue to be spearfishing attacks with phony invoices seeking payment.

NEW BUSINESS

David Massengill

Elizabeth reported that David Massengill was the victim of hacking and fraud and is being helped by a benefit by the Princeton Folk Music Society and a GoFundMe page.  An action item was suggested to add a blurb to the Newsletter. 

Vets Valor Project

Elizabeth asked Mark if he had an update on the request for funds for the Vets Valor Project.  Mark said no update but the date for the benefit concert has been set for Thursday, June 25th.

New Birthday Party Scam

Todd reported that he almost fell victim to a new scam where an email from a known friend is an invitation to a birthday party.  When he opened it up, it asked for his email address and then it wanted his gmail password.  He found that suspicious and followed up with the friend and the friend had fallen for the scam, which is how all of his friends got the “invitation”. 

OLD BUSINESS

Steve Humphreys

Steve has received clearance from his employer to be on the Board.  He is now reinstated to the Board.

BOT

Andrew and Sandie continued with last month’s discussion of adding the Big Orange Tarp to the Folk Project.  Questions were raised and answered, but in the end the motion was tabled again while Andrew and Sandie clarify the specifics of their request. 

COMMITTEE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Almost all committee chairs stood on their written reports.

Troubadour Staffing

Jean arrived on a Friday to find out that all of the tables had been taken to the new building for an upcoming fundraiser happening the next day.  Because of such conflicts, she decided to purchase 8 or 10 tables that will be labeled as ours and kept on our cart.  She also found out from Katie at MUUF that on April 24th there will be a big event in the new building which will take most of the parking spaces and will also be using the Terrace Room.  In the past, we have borrowed parking from the museum and ferried people to MUUF.  The discussion was to continue offline and Steve volunteered to be the liaison with MUUF on this issue.

Publicity and Web

Sam requested that reports to the Board be sent out earlier as they come in too late to be read before the meeting.

Future Planning

Bob reported that Robin has stepped down as co-chair for personal reasons.

Troubadour and Special Events

Mark said it is time to renew our membership in the Chamber of Commerce.  He is looking for more Board members to volunteer to learn our new concert accounting system.  There were questions about upcoming concerts and advance sales for the Songwriters Summit evening concert. 

MOVE TO ADJOURN

A motion to adjourn was made at, seconded and passed unanimously at 10:01 PM.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, April 7th at 8:15 PM on Zoom. 

Paul Fisher, Secretary

AGENDA

BIG ORANGE TARP

FUTURE PLANNING

HORSES SING NONE OF IT

MEMBERSHIP

NEWSLETTER

OPEN STAGE

PUBLICITY

STEVE HUMPHREYS

SOUND REINFORCEMENT

STREAMING TUESDAYS

SWINGIN' TERN

TROUBADOUR AND SPECIAL EVENTS

TROUBADOUR VOLUNTEERS