Dear bored ones,
For the 2019-2020 season, we will need a waterphone (about $500 - or borrow
one?). The percussion needs to be inventoried and replace whatever might be
missing from the standard (heads, mallets, Latin perc., etc.). I think that
the plexiglass covers should (or could) come out of this? This might be a
good time to revisit the topic of owning instruments (Bassoon and Oboe in
particular). Previous boards have struggled with this but I think we should
keep trying to find a reasonable solution to our ongoing saga.
I wish to acknowledge all the work that Mike, Jessica, Jimmy, Karina and the
rest of you have put into this. As dysfunctional as we may seem sometimes,
this is by far the best community group board that I have ever seen. You are
dedicated to the mission and are indispensable to making ACWE a living being
(so-to-speak).
RL
Mike - I sent this via my personal account. I hope it makes it through.
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Subject: [acweboard] Re: City of Austin Allocation
Only thing I would like to do is have some sort of festival for the spring
of 2019 for the animals program. Robert, Jared, and I talked about some fun
things that we can put on so I'm not quite sure how much money is allocated
for concerts and venues but I would like to at least budget some money for
this Festival
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Subject: [acweboard] City of Austin Allocation
Hi All
We have been allocated $14,951 for our City of Austin Cultural Contract.
That is a small increase from what we received last year. We will soon need
to submit a revised budget. Unless anyone has other thoughts, we will
probably submit a budget roughly the same as last year. Some things to
consider:
-Do we anticipate having the business manger hired this fiscal year?
-Are we still planning to buy a trailer this fiscal year?
-With no assistant conductor, we will need to put $500 toward something
else.
-We likely won't be doing more acoustic upgrades. Do we plan to buy some
more percussion or other equipment? Last year we spent just under $3000 on
percussion equipment and the new podium. We spent about $3300 on the
acoustic work. All of that money was matching funds, so we can put it
toward pretty much anything we want this year. We could put it toward the
trailer.
Alexis, I will go over this stuff with you at some point soon. Maybe
Tuesday rehearsal.
I heard reports about a decrease in arts funding available this year. Also,
more applicants were eligible for funding. Some applicants were looking at
cuts from the previous year, including extreme cuts in some cases. I
understand the city pulled in money from other sources as well as did some
tinkering with the funding formula. Not sure how most fared, but we ended
up better than I would have expected.
mike