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| From: Bob Coant, rcoant@twcny.rr.com President, Ancient Harmonious Society of Woodshedders, Inc. RE: AHSOW News, 9/26/06 INdy Was INcredible! Fellow AHSOWers, First, may I apologize for the lateness of this report. I have had an incredibly busy schedule since coming back from Indianapolis. I work two full-time jobs in addition to all of the volunteer work I do so my plate is quite full. I have to say a great big THANK YOU for an INcredible convention in INdy. Before we give you the Indy membership totals, I want to bring you up to speed on some board news. The first is the result of the 2006-07 AHSOW nominations. As you all know, young Patrick McAlexander was nominated and elected to the position of VP Public Relations and Promotion replacing longtime VP, Earle Holt. Speaking of Earle, please join me in saying a great, big thanks to him for his years of fantastic service to AHSOW. Earle’s wife has been ailing and he felt it necessary to step down to attend her needs. Earle, thank you and please give our best to your wife from all of us. I heard from three AHSOW members who were concerned about Patrick being such a young board member. It was then that I decided to seek legal advice from our attorney, Ted Black. It was Ted’s opinion that it might be best that Patrick not serve at this time because as a board member, he does have a budget and would have to disperse funds from his position. Being under the age of 18, it would be in the best interest of AHSOW to ask Patrick to step down. I did just that. I asked for Patrick’s resignation which I got and asked him to PLEASE consider this position when he becomes 18 years old. After receiving Patrick’s resignation, I appointed John Fabian of Fulton, NY to accept the position of VP PR & Promotion. John accepted. Now, onto the membership stats. The following gentlemen are the 21 new members to AHSOW as of the Indianapolis convention: Bill Hotter 316669 All 4 parts Christchurch, New Zealand David Rabe 200657 T, L, Br Kiel WI Bruce Richardson 300938 All 4 Parts Herscher IL Al Drouin 129438 All 4 Parts Grass Valley CA Niclas Kaese SNOBS All 4 Parts Helsingborg, Sweden Kristian Persson SNOBS All 4 Parts Rudebokstr Lund, Sweden Mike Kelly 217671 All 4 Parts Laurel MD Dan Clark 157039 All 4 Parts Gering NE Farnsley Peters 268120 All 4 Parts Nokomis FL Roger Rattan 295723 T, L, Bs Madison WI Paul Huffert 127414 All 4 Parts Point Lookout NY Andy McCann 106897 T, L, Bs Windsor ON Dan Casamatta 245879 T, L, Br Grand Rapids MI Glenn Mills 183826 All 4 Parts Libertyville IL Don Hadden 103275 T, Br Decatur IL Kevin Meboe 286926 All 4 Parts Bellevue WA Adrian Leontovich 234496 All 4 Parts Seattle WA Aaron King 308207 T, L, Bs Bothell WA Jamie Peterson 115799 All 4 Parts Snohomish WA Steve Hardy 170082 All 4 Parts Coon Rapids MN Doug Peterson 124717 All 4 Parts St. Peter MN Please welcome the following 6 reinstated members back into the fold: John Gronski 176562 Mike Louque 230661 Gerald Krumbholz 167538 Ken Zahrt 217912 Marty Chirgwin 124599 Gary Texeira 188129 The following 6 members became 4 Part singers in Indy: Gaylord Miller 103858 qualified on Bs, now all 4 parts Ken Wantuck 194784 qualified on T, now all 4 parts Dave Mittelstadt 108123 qualified on T, now all 4 parts Gary Drown 154544 qualified on Bs, now all 4 parts Dick Hess 128411 qualified on Bs, now all 4 parts Darrell Egertson 161210 qualified on Br, now all 4 parts The Indianapolis convention did not produce as many new members as we usually qualify but this convention produced many more FOUR PART singers than in the past. This means we have lots more opportunities to sing with more men during the coming year(s). The minutes of the Board of Directors meeting and of the General Membership meeting can be found here. I want to send special thanks to Glenn Schilberg, Toban Dvoretzky, Ken Wheeler, John Fisher and everyone who helped out man the AHSOW room in Indianapolis. Also, thank you to everyone who stopped by to either qualify, reinstate their membership, sing an old song or just to say hello. One of my highlights was seeing and hearing young Patrick McAlexander and 1948 chanp Tom Palamone, Sr. (Pittsburghers) singing for about an hour straight. Woodshedding bridges the ages!  Looking forward to seeing you all in Albuquerque, NM in January. Be sure to make the AHSOW room part of your week. We’d LOVE to see you and bust some old ones! Bob Coant, AHSOW President ANCIENT HARMONIOUS SOCIETY OF WOODSHEDDERS, INC. Bob Coant, Pres. rcoant@twcny.rr.com Previous news. |
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