| President’s
Corner
 The
times they are a-changin’. I’m happy to bring you the first all-web issue
of Music Notes. We hope you like receiving it this way; it allows AMPPR
to trim postage and production costs, enabling us to assess future options.
If you want a printed copy, use the PDF version, and you should be able
to print it out all formatted and ready to read on paper. If you have any
problems or concerns about the change from a mailed Music Notes
to a web-based one, please contact us at AMPPR info@amppr.org.
We’re
still coming down from the exhilarating experience of MPC 40 in Savannah.
The city was charming, spring was blooming, the cargo ships were huge!
and the food was delicious. We celebrated AMPPR’s 40th anniversary in style,
with lots of balloons, special events and prizes, impromptu dancing, and
an elaborate dessert bedecked with a solid chocolate microphone.
Our
sincere thanks to all our sponsors and exhibitors at MPC 40. Without the
help of sponsorships and exhibitors, we could not have conferences. We
are very grateful for the continued interest of record companies, syndicators,
and other businesses who feel as strongly as we do about the importance
of Music Personnel Conferences to bring together so many people who work
in public radio every day to bring music to the world.
Work
is underway on our next conference, MPC 41 in San Diego, February 5-8,
2003. We’ve started an MPC 41 page on our web site, which you can find
by setting your browser to http://amppr.org and clicking on the MPC 41
San Diego link. If you have suggestions for sessions, speakers, performances,
or exhibitors that you would like to have on the agenda, please let us
know.
Our
Board of Directors has changed somewhat. We elected three new Board members,
Dave Glerum of WMFE, Raymond Jones of WHRO, and Tony Hanover of KCSN; reelected
one, Chris Kohtz of MPR; and appointed two officers from the Board, Karen
Walker as Vice President and Jon Kaufmann-Kennel as Secretary. Thanks to
our members for voting in Savannah to keep our Board active and vital.
We
also made headway during the conference at our Strategic Planning Session,
chaired by Bob Goldfarb. An article about our discussions appears in this
issue of Music Notes. Our intent is to work toward making AMPPR even more
of a driving force in public radio in the future; and that session helped
us to focus our efforts on ways to help stations maintain and improve music
presentation, to find ways to increase AMPPR’s visibility in the industry,
and to promote music as a viable format on public radio.
Please
stay in contact with us. Your opinions about what we do are very important.
You can participate by using the AMPPR Listserv, sending us email from
our web site, and registering to attend conferences. Let us know what you
think, how you feel, and what you would like to have happen—in AMPPR and
in public radio.
Best
wishes to you all.
Beverley Ervine
AMPPR President
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