Music Committee Minutes

April 8, 2003

Members of the committee:
Rex Siegfried, Nancy Bonner, Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Michele Glover, Kristine Bendixen, Erica Kelley

Opening: Rex Musical Quotes

Check-in: All

Old Business

Piano Status: Sostenuto pedal is fixed on the Steinway
Lindeman will be tuned 4/14 and we will get a quote to fix it from Bruce Lindley.
We will get the truck and cover for the RE Grand on 4/9
Rex will write a letter to the Board of Trustees to ask permission to auction off the Pace Piano in upstairs RE Building.
Rex will talk to Barbara to see if there are specific needs for pianos in RE now.

Evaluation Committee will meet in May; Rex is to set up meeting time.
Tenebrae Rehearsal on 4/14 Service is 8:00PM on Good Friday the 18th of April
June 14th Coffee House: Jennifer will play with her group. Erica will draft an invitation to musicians and poets for the Servetan and Bulletin. Jennifer will work on PR. Entrance will be by donations and/or desserts to get in. Rex will get fundraiser application to the
Board of Trustees
Volunteer recognition is June 7th. $50.00 is identified for this purpose
Internet Web Page: We have given our minutes to Andrew and the Music
page will have an archive of our Music Committee minutes.

New Business

Piano Appraisal Insurance increase: previously appraised at $12,000, but we need a new appraisal/ Rex will ask Ken Marts if he will give us a written appraisal. The lindeman also should be appraised and insured as well as the Baldwin spinet.

Restricted accounts: Rex has talked with John Tyburski and we can change the names of the accounts if we want to. A piano Depreciation fund, given $20.00 /month for 15 years should yield $3,500 for a piano rebuild. There will also be money in the Endowment fund from the interest earned on the money earmarked for the performing arts.

Piano Accompanist: We discussed the repercussions of paying the Sunday Piano Accompanist. Do we need W-2 forms etc.. We should check with Karen to see if she is interested in being the Accompanist year round. Rex and Erica are to put together a letter to let the Board of Trustees know that, though we presently are being well cared for by two wonderful volunteer for Sunday Service Accompanist, there may come a time in the
future when this is not the case. We need to be prepared for that time.

Thomas Rheingans: Rex Talked with Tami (MSUUF Business Manager) about rental/use of MSUUF for rehearsals. It was indicated that if the Music Committee sponsored the event that Thom has proposed, we would not need to pay rent. There was much discussion, and it was agreed that Erica would let Thom know that we would try this, but that the Rent was being waved only for the next two months, and that after that time, we would reevaluate the situation. Donations received from these open rehearsals will go to the Music Restricted funds.

Budget: Rex printed out a draft Budget for 2003-2004, We will submit an increase in Piano maintenance, request $150.00 for a Chimes Depreciation Fund, and a CPI increases for Choir Accompanist.

Current Tasks

Sunday Book update
Hymns Need Hymns for 5/22 and 6/1

Featured Musicians

Accompanist

Choir Talk: none

Future Task

UUMN Convention is in San Antonio Texas August 5-10, 2003. We had
discussion on sending a representative to this conference. Approximate
expense is $860.00. Rex is to write the Board of Trustees a request for
money from budget item for conferences.
Jobs for next meeting:

Open and Close

Note Taker

Bin:

Closing: Rex