AMSOV Newsletter and eNews Chair, Linda Stevens of Seattle, has created the first of four newsletters for this biennium. While a print version is sent to members in good standing (see categories listed in the article about Directory updates in the newsletter), we are pleased to provide an online version for all of our eNews subscribers.
 
Simply click ASMOV Winter Newsletter to view or print your own copy. You will need to download Adobe Reader if you don't have have it yet.
 
Highlights of the newsletter include reports from twenty six of our member orchestra volunteer groups on what they've been up to recently. Here's the place to search for ideas and inspiration. Contact information for the leaders of these groups can be found in the AMSOV Directory, which is sent to all members in good standing. You can also find contact information at the various orchestras' websites, which are all located at AMSOV Orchestras on the AMSOV website managed by Linda Hartman of Kansas City.

 
Conference Chair Helen Shaffer of Houston shares some of the delights awaiting you when you attend our 38th Biennial Conference on April 27-30, 2011 in Houston. Be sure to set those dates aside in your calendar and to begin budgeting funds for your volunteer group president to attend.
 
Past AMSOV president Isa Nelson of Seattle shares important information about how to value volunteers. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates (LAPA) share their five year strategic plan, and Kirk Kardcastle describes his joy in volunteering in an article entitled, The Growing Role of Men Supporting the Symphony.
 
I hope you will also enjoy my own article entitled, A Professional Volunteer Is Someone Who Gets Aggravated for Free.
 
Please feel free to forward this eNews to all the officers and board members of your volunteer group, as well as to any staff people you deem appropriate to share it with. There is also a convenient link for people to sign up to receive their own online mailings directly from us.
 
In these challenging times, our work on behalf of our orchestras is even more critically important than ever. We invite you to share your thought, ideas, challenges and successes with us. The more we share and learn from each other, the better able we will be to support our orchestras in an efficient and effective manner.
 
Wishing you every success in 2010,
Marjorie Saulson, AMSOV President

 

 

Seven key goals which guide the LA Phil:

1. Embrace Technology

2. Audience Development

3. Focused Fundraising

4. Community Outreach

5. Affiliate Volunteers/Philharmonic Orchestra Relationships

6. Membership Growth and Retentio

7. Volunteer Structure

Seattle City Council gave a heartwarming tribute to Music Director Gerard Schwarz, officially proclaiming September 24, 2009 "Gerard Schwarz Day"  in recognition of 25 years as Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Gerard Schwarz holds the longest tenure of any current music director of a major American orchestra.