AMEA Board

"Conference is Over...

Now What?!?!"

by Sally Miller, AMEA President

The AMEA State Music Conference is over and I would like to thank all who came. Thanks to all the AMEA Board members for putting on this exceptional conference. Putting together a conference is a lot of work, but to see it all come together into this year’s conference was exciting.

On Wednesday evening and Thursday, as I pick up the arriving clinicians, I got to see how excited they were to be in Alaska. Thursday evening at the “Meet and Greet” reception, we had a wonderful time reconnecting with old friends and meeting new members and some of the new future music teachers. The best excitement was seeing everyone arriving Friday morning to start the conference. Over the next two days, as I checked on sessions, I wished I could have stayed and sat in on all of them. Those who attended the conference participated in outstanding sessions presented by exceptional clinicians from Alaska, as well as some truly big name presenters from across the US. To the AMEA Board, I award an “Outstanding and Well Done” mark for this January 2008 conference.

If you did not attend this conference, you missed a wonderful opportunity! At the next AMEA board meeting, we will be reviewing this conference and will start the planning process for the 2010 conference. If you have any comments about this year’s conference or ideas for the next, please contact your Region Rep., or email me before the March 22, 10 AM meeting.

As I finish my term as AMEA President, the next major event is the elections for the new AMEA board positions. I am pleased to see three people running for the President-Elect position. The AMEA board is still looking to fill one open Region Representative positions (Reg. III South Elementary-Kenai). Can you help? Please email me if you have any questions or would like to serve in this opening. Best wishes to all during our busy concert and festival season. The daylight is getting longer and I have it on the best of information that it will start to get warmer. As the snow melts, sometime in the next 4 months, please keep warm!