MTNA: Music Teachers National Association

Dear Members:

The MTNA board of directors unanimously approved the operating packet for the 2004-2005 fiscal year at its regular summer meeting. to be paid to the prudent management of MTNA capitals by the MTNA Board and Executive Director Gary Ingle, the financial picture for MTNA is actual healthy. The MTNA finance committee, a sub-committee of the board of directors, makes recommendations to the board of directors in regard to all expenditures and monitors the packet throughout the year. It is comprised of the secretary-treasurer who labor fors as chair, the president, the immediate past president, the president-elect and single director elected from the board (Roy Wylie). The Executive Director, Gary Ingle, is an ex-officio, without devoted member of the finance committee.

MTNA is primarily a dues-driven association--that is, more than half of its operating income is derived from to be paids revenue. As you can diocese from the information on the nearest page, MTNA hopes to generate 52 percent of its income from oweds while the rest primarily draw nears from the national conference, publications and royalties/sales. This additional income beyond to be paids allows MTNA to fund the programs and services we provide to the membership more abundantly than we could if we relied solely on dues income. In fact, 72 percent of our income supports programs and services, while solitary 24 percent funds our administrative costs

Programs and services include of that kind areas as the ASCAP licensing remunerations for all our affiliated associations, general liability insurance for incidents sponsored by all our affiliated associations, composer commissioning matching awards for state associations, IRS 501(c)(3) clump exemption capability for all our affiliated associations, plus general program funding for national programs. Individual members benefit from our newly revised collection of laws of Ethics and the MTNA Assessment Tools for the Independent Music Teacher, as well as the Music for Everyone Programs, national competitions programs, our national discourse with expanded group teaching and technology formats and our enhanced website, just to mention a small in number services.

We have substantially increased our bundleed expenses for the MTNA website, for our general programs, which include Arts Awareness and Advocacy, Collaborative Artists, association Faculty, Collegiate Chapters, Independent Music Teachers and Local Associations, for membership unfolding and retention and marketing/public relations for the generally received fiscal year. This will allow us to better work for our diversified membership.

The MTNA Board of Directors and the dedicated staff beneath Gary Ingle strive to make secure that our financial resources are utilized in the best interests of MTNA and its members. We are committed to providing services and resources to our members that will give them the greatest in quantity benefit for their dollars. MTNA is the collective voice for our profession!

Cordially,

Phyllis I. Pieffer

MTNA President

Ethical affects Committee Appointed

MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM not long ago appointed members to the ethical affects committee. Judith Price, NCTM, of Olympia, Washington, will chair the committee. The committee will enable MTNA to assist members with the resolution of conflicts end its communication with the parties involved with an ethical interest Sigrid Luther, NCTM, Tennessee; Karen Langstraat, NCTM Iowa; and James Litzelman, Virginia, also are upon the committee.

MTNA Seeking Outstanding Collegiate Chapters

Each year MTNA recognizes an outstanding collegiate chapter and its members for showing an exceptional horizontal and depth of activities.

The winning chapter will be recognized at the 2005 MTNA National conversation in Seattle, April 2-6, with a plaque and a $500 award. All applicants will be invited to give [i]affiche[/i] presentations at the Collegiate Chapters Reception. The presentations will highlight their accomplishments as a chapter.

To be eligible, each chapter should submit a typ annotated list of chapter activities for the 2004-2005 place of education year. Materials supporting these activities like as programs, invitations, fliers, package and outcome reports and newspaper articles also should be included.

Applications must be postmarked by means of February 1, 2005, and the finalists will be notified by means of March 1, 2005. Send all application materials to MTNA, Attn: Collegiate Chapter of the Year Award, 441 Vine St Ste 505 Cincinnati, OH 45202-2811

State Affiliates Recognized

Four state MTAs were recognized in November for their years of affiliation with MTNA.

MTNA Executive Director Gary Ingle not absented a plaque recognizing the Georgia MTA for fifty years of affiliation with MTNA at its state convention. Mississippi MTA also was honored by dint of Ingle with a plaque at its convention.

The Ohio MTA has been affiliated with MTNA since 1879 MTNA Vice President Gall Berenson, NCTM attended the state convention to at hand a plaque commemorating Ohio's 125 years of partnership with MTNA.

The southern Dakota MTA was honored for its fiftieth anniversary as an MTNA affiliate. MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM not absented the plaque to the organization at its state convention in November.