PRE-MEETING CLINIC
Amy Bradley presented a hands-on workshop Ten Tips to Help Your Clarinet Section. Handouts and clarinets were provided by Amy who led the directors through step-by-step directions on everything from instrument assembly to alternate fingerings.

Item 1 - CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Acting Chairman Keith Stark called the meeting to order at 9:45 am at Riverview High School. A special welcome was issued to our new member Ron Parish

Item 2 - ROLL CALL
Those in attendance were:

Those absent include

Item 3 - READING OF PREVIOUS MINUTES
The membership was asked of there were any changes or corrections to the minutes of the last meeting. There were no corrections so the minutes stand as written.

Item 4 - TREASURE'S REPORT
The treasurer reported the balance of District 11 Funds to be $13,172.75 as of January 18, 2002. Motion (Champagne/Bruce)To accept this report.

Item 5 - READING OF COMMUNICATIONS There were no communications to be read.

Item 6 - UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Classification Proposal from District 13 was defeated as written. Suggestions for changes to the proposal are being taken into consideration and a new proposal is expected to be presented at the next board meeting.

There is a motion to change some aspects of the State Concert Band Festival. These changes would mean that a 15 - 25 minute clinic would be given to each performing band in lieu of sight reading. Members are encouraged to review the proposal on page 9 in the December issue of The Florida Bandmaster and to be prepared to discuss it at the next district meeting.

Item - 7 COMMITTEE REPORTS There were no committee reports.

Item - 8 NEW BUSINESS
JAZZ SCHEDULE - Motion (A. Bradley/Jarvis) ALL jazz bands perform on Friday, February 15 between the hours of 4-9:30 pm at Manatee High School. PASSED
A concern was expressed about Sarasota County''s requirement that forms for out-of-county travel be completed at least 30 days in advance. Cindy Lippert, Fine Arts Coordinator from Sarasota County, will expedite field trip requests for this date change.

SOLO & ENSEMBLE - Friday, February 15, S&E will be held at Manatee High School. Saturday, February 16, S&E will be held at Electa Lee Middle School.

RECORDING - Festival recording will be done by Greg Nielsen of Foot Note Productions. The recording fee is $25 per band. Additional CDs may be ordered in advance for $5 each if payment is received before your performance. The fee for additional CDs is $7.50 after the performance. (See attached order form for more information)

STUDENT CONDUCTORS - Directors with student conductors are reminded to check page 7 in the December issue of The Florida Bandmaster for selections.

DISTRICT FESTIVAL DATES AND LOCATIONS -
Senior High District Festival is March 15 and 16 at Lakewood Ranch High School.
Middle School District Festival is April 13 at Southeast High School.

SPECIAL REQUEST - Motion (Schaer/Bruce) Sarasota Middle School Band be permitted to attend Concert Festival for comments only. PASSED

Item - 9 SOUTH STATE CONCERT FESTIVAL
April 24-27, 2002 at Cypress Lakes Center for the Arts in Fort Myers

Item - 10 SELECTION OF DISTRICT FESTIVAL DATES FOR 2002-03
Motion (A. Bradley/Bruce) to accept the following dates for Music Performance Assessments for next year:
Marching Festival - October 26
Solo and Ensemble Festival - February 14 & 15
High School Concert Festival - 1st choice March 7 & 8, 2nd choice March 14 & 15
Middle School Concert Festival - April 12
PASSED

Item - 11 NOMINATIONS FOR ADJUDICATORS There were no nominations.

Item - 12 NOMINATIONS FOR CLINICIANS FOR ALL-STATE BANDS There were no nominations.

Item - 13 PROPOSALS TO EXECUTIVE BOARD
HONORS JAZZ COMBO - Motion (Carrier/Forsythe) to add an All-State Honors Jazz Combo to the FBA list of performing groups.
Rationale: This would enable a larger number (a more equal percentage) of jazz band students to participate.

MARCHING MUSIC ASSESSMENT - Motion (Santana/Bush) that bands not be permitted to use the same musical selection(s) that were used for FBA Marching Music Assessment the previous year.
Rationale: Since more emphasis has been placed on music performance at marching festival (two of the four required judges are for music performance) we feel more emphasis should be placed on the selection of music. Although we strongly believe that directors should still be permitted to select the music that suits their needs, we do not feel that it is in the best interest of students of Florida or the reputation of the Florida Bandmasters Association to permit directors to use the same piece(s) two years in a row.

Item - 14 GOOD OF THE ASSOCIATION
FBA SUMMER CONVENTION - will be held July 11 - 13 at the Altamonte Hilton.

RIVERVIEW HS SOUSA CONCERT - 7:30 PM Friday, February 1 at the SHS auditorium (see Dave Naumann for tickets).

PERFORMING ARTS HALL - at North Port High School is now open.

Item - 15 NEXT DISTRICT MEETING
Saturday, May 11, 2002 at North Port HS. The pre-meeting clinic will begin at 9:00 AM and arrangements will be made for interested directors to play golf at the conclusion of the meeting (contact Scott Forsythe or Owen Bradley for details).

Item - 16 ADJOURNMENT
Motion (Bruce/O.Bradley) PASSED

Respectfully submitted,
Mary Santana
Secretary Elect