President’seAPresident Column

This has been a busy spring for OMEA. After a successful 2009 Conference and All-State, many members attended the first All-NW conference organized by Bruce Caldwell, David Weathered, and volunteer members of WMEA. I, for one, found the interest sessions to be of the highest caliber and the All-NW conference, as a whole, to be the best in my memory. Many thanks go out to the Washington folks who made All-NW such a success.

OMEA is now in the process of selecting a new executive director to replace our current executive manager, Mark Jones, who will be leaving OMEA at the end of June.

We hope to find just the right person to help lead our organization forward as we face tough economic times and rapidly changing technologies. Be sure to log onto the website at www.oregonmusic.org in June to be introduced to our new executive director. Serving with me on the selection committee are Steve Zielke, Debbie Glaze, Jeff Simmons, and Pat Vandehey.

A web development committee is working hard on structuring improvements to the OMEA website. In June, you’ll be able to see many changes in the website, which will be redesigned to make its use more user friendly.

When you see the revised website, I hope you’ll take a moment to let our new executive director know your thoughts on its function and appearance so we can continue to make improvements to better serve you.