Intermountain Acoustic Musician, Volume 13 Number 1, January 1996

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The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association P.O. Box 520521 Salt Lake City, Utah 84152 A non-profit organization January 1996 Volume 13 No. 1 Board of Trustees Lonnie Hockett Rick Stayner Jody Stewart-Browning Bangs Tapscott Sharon Mitchell Mark Neihart David Norton Tony Polychronis Scott Iverson Jana Lauer Lance LeValley Gillian Tufts Dieter Wachtel Jo Wilson Steve Wesson Pam Poulson General Officers Kevin McCusker, president phone: [phone] David Norton, vice president Gillian Tufts, secretary Jack Dahl, treasurer Concert production: Tony Polychronis 801/532-5218 Pam Poulson, Membership Coordinator For membership or activity information, call: 801/468-7664 • e-mail address: [e-mail] Web Site: http://www.xmission.com/-iama/ Messages picked up daily Magazine staff Charlotte Bell, editor Carla Eskelsen, associate editor David Eskelsen, editorial advisor Charlotte 801/355-2617 Carla or Dave: 801/451-7076 Business manager: Bangs T. Mailing: Sharon Mitchell Distribution: Lonnie Hockett Printing: Gordon's CopyPrint Contributors to this issue: Carla Eskelsen, Kevin McCusker, David Norton, Larry Pattis, Tony Polychronis, Bangs Tapscott, Wendy Weirick. Intermountain Acoustic Musician is pub­lished monthly by the Intermountain Acoustic Music Association, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the pre~ervati~n, furtherance and spread of acoustiC mus1c, including bluegrass, British Isles, folk, old­time and related musical forms. Deadlines: 15th-of the month prior to publication. Articles may be submitted by mail or e-mail to the editor: 981 South Lincoln, SLC, UT 841 05 iama [e-mail] Display Advertising: $6.50 per column inch. For info, call Bangs: 801/277-7704 For classified ads or calendar items, call or e-mail Carla: 801/451-7076 [e-mail] Member, International Bluegrass Music Association -and- Folk Alliance, the North American folk music and dance alliance L-------------------------------~ Notes fron1 the President ... Notes from the Board The lAMA board of directors met on December 11, 1995. The attendance was refreshingly high and we covered several important issues that are summarized here. Musical Diversity Committee lAMA's goal is to promote and sup­port acoustic music in all forms. This can be accomplished by several means, in­cluding articles for the magazine, an­nouncements and creation of flyers for events, and production of concerts. In looking back through the magazine and concert lineups for the last several months, it would appear that we are doing well to achieve diversity. To en­sure that we achieve excellence in this regard, I have asked three board mem­bers to form a musical diversity commit­tee. If you have an area of musical inter­est that we can support, please contact one ofthe following: J. Scott Iverson, Mark Neihart or Jana Lauer. The Magazine Several individuals have worked extremely hard to maintain the quality of the magazine and to get it out on time. We have reviewed all of the steps in­volved where we might have some con­trol. These include deadlines for writers, delivery to the printer, a two-day turn­around at the print shop, atta~hing mail­ing labels and delivery to the postal ser­vice. Once the magazines are delivered to the US Postal Service for first class delivery, we are somewhat at their mercy. Sometimes it's one day for delivery and sometimes it's four. I have asked each of the Board mem­bers to be responsible for one article for the magazine during the year. We are always in need of articles, and we wel­come any contributions from the reader­ship at large. Relationship between lAMA and per­forming artists The Board had a lengthy d~scussion regarding our relationships with both local and visiting artists. This is a dy­namic process, and will require ongoing review and scrutiny. I am going to distill down our current position. We are com­mitted to strong support of the artists. It 2 Intermountain Acoustic MusJcJan, January 1996 is not our desire to turn a large profit at the expense of our performers. On the other hand, we provide a venue, support staff, advertising, ticket production and staff product sales tables. In return for these services, the organization receives a modest fee. We use this fee to produce other concerts. Since some concerts lose money, we need a reserve fund. There was disagreement among the board members whether we should take 10% of product sales. For now, the Board voted to maintain this policy, but it will be subject to ongoing review. Elsewhere in this column, I have made public our financial status, and I concluded that we have supported our visiting artists to the best of our ability. New Board Member Pam Poulson, who has dutifully managed the lAMA mailing list, was elected as a board member. Welcome. Pam is a real idea person, and has also volunteered to help manage a new mail­ing list database that will be used to send concert announcements. Thanks A special heartfelt thanks to all of the volunteers and performers who made the fundraising concert such a success. We are using the music to build bridges. Kevin McCusker, lAMA president State of the Union Address: The Financial Status of lAMA I have obtained a financial summary from our new treasurer, Jack I. Dahl, and have summarized it. This is a nreport to the shareholders of lAMA." Our current annual operating budget is about $60,000. For the year of 1995: Income: Dues Concert Tickets Magazine Advertising Donations Sales at concerts Total Tangible assets (computer, scanner, printer) cont. on page 3 $ 6,443 38,433 7,545 3,692 504 $ 4,422