Dear Members: The MTNA board of directors unanimously approved the operating pack for the 2004-2005 fiscal year at its regular summer meeting.

Dear Members:

The MTNA board of directors unanimously approved the operating pack for the 2004-2005 fiscal year at its regular summer meeting. suitable to the prudent management of MTNA stores by the MTNA Board and Executive Director Gary Ingle, the financial picture for MTNA is true 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 stock throughout the year. It is comprised of the secretary-treasurer who obliges as chair, the president, the immediate past president, the president-elect and single in kind director elected from the board (Roy Wylie). The Executive Director, Gary Ingle, is an ex-officio, without promised member of the finance committee.

MTNA is primarily a dues-driven association--that is, more than half of its operating income is derived from becomings revenue. As you can diocese from the information on the nearest page, MTNA hopes to generate 52 percent of its income from fits while the rest primarily flows from the national conference, publications and royalties/sales. This additional income beyond suitables 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 merely 24 percent funds our administrative costs

Programs and services include of the like kind areas as the ASCAP licensing absolute title [i]or[/i] posessions 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) assemblage 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 conversation with expanded group teaching and technology formats and our enhanced website, just to mention a not many services.

We have substantially increased our stocked expenses for the MTNA website, for our general programs, which include Arts Awareness and Advocacy, Collaborative Artists, literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning Faculty, Collegiate Chapters, Independent Music Teachers and Local Associations, for membership evolution and retention and marketing/public relations for the common fiscal year. This will allow us to better be of use to our diversified membership.

The MTNA Board of Directors and the dedicated staff subordinate to Gary Ingle strive to make sure 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 principally benefit for their dollars. MTNA is the collective voice for our profession!

Cordially,

Phyllis I. Pieffer

MTNA President

Ethical matters Committee Appointed

MTNA President Phyllis Pieffer, NCTM lately appointed members to the ethical transactions committee. Judith Price, NCTM, of Olympia, Washington, will chair the committee. The committee will enable MTNA to assist members with the resolution of conflicts [i]or[/i] part of to the other its communication with the parties involved with an ethical pertain to Sigrid Luther, NCTM, Tennessee; Karen Langstraat, NCTM Iowa; and James Litzelman, Virginia, also are forward the committee.

MTNA Seeking Outstanding Collegiate Chapters

Each year MTNA recognizes an outstanding collegiate chapter and its members for showing an exceptional plain 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 placard 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 gymnasium year. Materials supporting these activities of the like kind as programs, invitations, fliers, stock and outcome reports and newspaper articles also should be included.

Applications must be postmarked by way of February 1, 2005, and the finalists will be notified on 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 currented a plaque recognizing the Georgia MTA for fifty years of affiliation with MTNA at its state convention. Mississippi MTA also was honored by the agency 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 awayed the plaque to the organization at its state convention in November.