Minutes March 16, 2022 COTMD
Present:
Dianne
Virginia
Marguerite
Bob
John
Karl (new member, see below)
The
meeting began with the treasurers report, which was provided by
Virginia, per info from Victor. The report was essentially "no change
since last board meeting".
No one had read the previous minutes, so those were not approved, and that will be handled at the next meeting.
John
reported on his visit to the CMFA (Columbia music festival association)
space. Although the spaces are more suitable then they were before,
John thinks they are still problematic. The visit was prompted by
information from Karl Smith, who was also invited to attend this board
meeting, and agreed to do so. This resulted in a drawn out discussion
of the space, and the advantages of an in town dance venue. Karl
pointed out that John's notion of "sound leakage" from other Saturday
events was not a real problem, as otherwise other users would have
encountered this issue. It was agreed that John and Karl would visit
the facility on several Saturday evenings (as time and schedules permit)
to see what Saturday nights are actually like at the CMFA space.
Karl
seems motivated to try and make a central Columbia venue a possibility,
and was offered (and accepted) an invitation to join our board. The
board voted formally to accept him as a new at large board member.
John
pointed out that for the "best" (for us) room in the CMFA facility to
be reasonably workable, it ought to have the following:
1. A pair of
powered speakers and a small mixing board that are permanently
attached/assigned and wired into that room. (We need only add mics and
cables)
2. Some kind of sound treatment on the two short walls of the room (behind band, and back of hall) to eliminate echo.
3. A real "sprung" floor.
John
said that if typical Saturday nights do not have audio bleed problems
from other events (per Karl's report that this is not a real problem
based on his understanding) then he would be willing to discuss
possibility that CMFA might put proper sound system and/or echo
treatment in the chosen room, with labor help and advice from COTMD.
We
then discussed the "when should we open back up" issue. After
discussing the current covid outlook, we, as a board, formally voted to
attempt to have a dance at Susan's Lexington facility (with option to
shift it to another venue if appropriate) on the third Saturday of
August 2022. Marguerite will research band/caller possibilities for
that date.
In light of rapidly changing covid considerations, we
also decided to have our next meeting fairly soon. So the next meeting
is scheduled for Wednesday April 20 (so as to avoid a meeting while
everyone is finishing up their taxes).
The meeting was adjourned.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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