Triangle DJ Association Minutes

Date:

July 12, 2006

Location:

Olive Garden, Cary

Members in Attendance:

Ron Smith, John Carter, Christie Cook, Drew Ludlow, Peter Krumenacker, Bill Smith, Jeff Simpson, Joe Bunn, Ross Merle, Tracy Telenko.

Treasurers report
Balance 490.23

Website - Bill asked Tracy to investigate a members only forum to post excellent discussions about the Friday weddings Brian brought up. He felt that email is a tough place to do this at, and the members only format (hidden away from prying eyes andd brides) would be a great palce to have those types of discussions.
Bill suggested Start.proDJ.com to be a great place to emulate this. Tracy will look into the TDJA web hosting agent that all ready has the bridal forum.

Forever Bridal show August 20th 1-5 (That's Sunday)
John W, DO NOT BOOK A SHOW!!

Action Items for this expo:

• Ron Smith - Coordinate TDJA booth space with Dom
• Christy & Joe - get a schedule together for booth coverage
• Bill Smith - Will provide Sound, and operate with John Carter

New member prospect Mike Morse
Bill is going to make sure he gets a packet for membership, and simultaneously, investigating to see if moving the meeting DAY to something that still works for all of us PLUS MIKE if everyone decides to accept his application for membership once filled out. It is the understanding is that he cannot ever do Wednesday, and that the association is not constiutuionally tied to Wednesdays based on the straw vote.

Next meeting date: Sep 13, 2006.
Proposed meeting place - Marriott in Durham - John Williford action item is to procure a presentation by the facility to the TDJA, we would provide our own catering (chinese pizza etc.)

Letter to Forever Bridal sent.
This is what was sent:

Bill Smith, 2006 President Triangle DJ Association 107 Vashon Court Cary, NC 27513

To: Forever Bridal Attn Dom Digiralamo 4525 Falls of the Neuse Rd st 500 Raleigh, NC 27609 Dear Dom, As the current president of the Triangle DJ association, I wanted to personally thank you and your team for the wonderful support you've shown our organization as we conclude our 3rd year. The impact that we are having grows each and every day, and support by Forever Bridal has been an integral part of that. We hope that you've enjoyed the quality of support from our various members during the past year. We plan to continue that in the future. I wanted to also thank you for the even handed way in which you handled the incident at the April show with Complete Music. We share your concerns about evoking the right stance at these shows, and we feel that the interference by their representative certainly was a step in the wrong direction. We as a group have discussed how to handle future issues regarding this, and would like your input as to any additional steps that might be needed prior to the upcoming show to prevent a repeat occurrence. I can assure you that in our "pitch" as the TDJA, we are not stating to any prospective bride that she shouldn’t consider Complete, as may have been alleged. We have asked prospective clients to consider the list of professionals on our flyer as a place to start to look for their entertainment. We hope that you understand our concerns and are willing to work with us to prevent any such situation at all future shows. Thanks for all your support, and please let me know what we can do to help in the success of the shows. Thanks for all your support, and please let me know what we can do to help in the success of the shows. Bill Smith 919 481 4290/ Cell 919 604 2850