Welcome to the Southeast Region Blog!



Welcome to the Southeast Region Blog!


Greetings to all members in the Southeast Region of the American Guild of Organists. I hope that this blog can be an easy way for us to keep in touch. Please contact me for news and events from your chapter that should be included. I'm happy to spread the word! Scroll to the bottom of the page for the regional events calendar.


Best wishes for a wonderful 2015-2016 season.


Laura


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Savannah Chapter to host competition

The Savannah Chapter announces a local competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. The event will be held on March 12, 2011, at First Baptist Church.

For more information, please contact the competition coordinator, Timothy Hall at: thall107@aol.com

Jackson Chapter to host competition

The Jackson, Mississippi, chapter has announced a local competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. The competition will be held on March, 26, 2011, at St. Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson.

For more information, please contact the competition coordinator, Donald Messer at: dmesser@stjjax.org

Jacksonville Chapter to host competition

The Jacksonville, Florida, chapter will host a local competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists on March 26, 2011, at Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church.

For more details, please contact the competition coordinator, Zach Klobnak at: zklobnak@gmail.com

Friday, October 22, 2010

National Council meets in Baltimore . . .

Your Region IV Councillor was on the road once again . . . this time to attend National Council meetings in Baltimore from Friday, October 8 thru Monday, October 11.

The meetings on Friday and Saturday meeting were led by Dennis Elwell, Councillor for Conventions. In attendance were all regional councillors and convention coordinators for the 2013 (yes, 2013!) regionals. Tony Roof, coordinator for the 2013 regional convention in Columbia, South Carolina, joined me as Elwell and members of CORC (Committee on Regional Conventions) outlined the convention guidelines. Thanks to the Columbia chapter for hosting in 2013!!

On Saturday afternoon, councillors from the nine regions met. On Sunday afternoon, the rest of the national council joined us for a discussion of the Long Range Planning survey. (You'll be pleased to know that, yes, your participation in the survey matters!)

Monday was spent getting down to business (i.e., motions, votes, and the like!) What items are most interesting? Well, here is my rundown of the the 'top six topics of interest at the National Council Meeting':

6: Approval of Houston as the host site for the 2016 national convention
5: Approval of a variety of POE code of conduct documents
4: Approval of Boston as the host site for the 2014 national convention
3: Approval of the budget for the 2012 national convention in Nashville
   (Go Region IV!!)
2: Implementation of national dues collection, hopefully, by the next dues cycle. We may have a bit of a learning curve here, but I think it is a move in the right direction!
1: After a weekend of meetings, confirmation that all members of the National Council are committed to the mission of the guild.

We each, in our own way, are vital parts of this organization that we call the American Guild of Organists. Let me know if there are things that I, as councillor of Region IV, can do to assist you!

Atlanta Chapter to host competition

The Atlanta chapter will host a local competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists on March 4, 2011 at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.

For more information, please contact competition coordinator Nicole Marane at: nicolem@prumc.org

Winston-Salem to host competition

Winston-Salem will host a local competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists at Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem. The competition will be held on April 2, 2011. 

For more information, please contact the competition coordinator, Scott Carpenter at: ohswscarp@triad.rr.com 

East Carolina Chapter to host competition

The East Carolina Chapter announces a local chapter competition of the AGO/Quimby Regional Competition for Young Organists. The competition will be held on March 12, 2011, at First United Methodist Church, Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
For more information, please contact competition coordinator Casey Whaley at: casey.whaley@live.com