Dear JECO Member,

I would like to thank you for supporting JECO in its first year as a charter member. The current board has been very, very busy getting JECO off the ground and would like to have this serve to let you know of our doings and to let you know what to expect in the near term future.

We now have a formal Board of Directors in place—thanks to both the individuals who have chosen to serve and to those of you that have unanimously voted them into place.  We are proud of the work we’ve done to make JECO a reality and to establish a good foundation for the organization. With the election of this board, we move into another phase where we will seek and implement a number of new initiatives that will help us better serve those interested in enjoying, performing and teaching of jazz in Ohio. The board members follow:

Name	Location	Area of Expertise	Sub Area
Brett Baker	Cleveland	HS Ed	Instrumental
Jeff Boehm	Findlay	College Prof	Mus Ed
Bill Burns	Dayton	Elem Ed	Gen Music
Edward Felson	Cincinnati	Mus Ind	Artists
Scott Garlock	Ashland	College Prof	Tbn/Improv
Mark Gridley	Heidleberg	College Prof	Jazz History
Linda Jackson	Greenwich	HS Ed	Vocal
Jeremy Long	Oxford	College Prof	JE/Sax
Al Maniscalco	Chicago	Music Industry	Sax
Jay Miglia	Columbus	College Prof	JE/Sax
Bev Montie	Cleveland	Music Industry	Artists
Mike Parkinson	Athens	College Prof	Jazz/Trumpet
Emily Plummer	Sparta	MS/HS Ed	Vocal/Gen
Judy Shafer	Columbus	Arts Admin	Integrating Arts
Kelly Shellhammer	Columbus	HS Ed	Instrumental
George Shernit	Millersburg	Music Industry	Jupiter Sax
Michael Shirtz	Columbus	College Prof	Vocal
Bradley Sowash	Columbus	Piano	Teacher Training

These individuals will soon occupy various committees and offices—please email us/them and let us know what/how you want us to precede. We truly are a grass roots organization still in its infancy, and one that is very much interested in providing you with the best organization that we can.

As part of our agreement with OMEA, JECO members can attend the OMEA conference without having to be members of OMEA for the 2010 and 2011 conventions. Therefore, JECO members can attend this annual soiree for the next two years at a savings of over $200 (it does bear mentioning that there is a $95 fee to attend the convention that all attendees must pay). The PDF for attending the convention as a JECO member is attached—please note that in order to receive this perk, you’ll need to pre-register.  We’d love to have as many of our members use this perk as possible, to not only visit with you, but to also have you participate in our annual meeting, Saturday, Jan. 30th at 9:45.  Other highlights from the convention include the JECO sponsored clinic by Jamey Aebersold, and the JECO Intercollegiate Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. David Morgan (YSU), featuring John Fedchock on trombone.  We hope to see you there at our booth!

Among our other activities include preparing articles for the Jazz focus TRIAD, where we’ll have five or so of our members preparing articles. We will continue to maintain a regular column in TRIAD; and as a member of JECO you are invited to write for us. Another perk of our membership is the 4-6 clinics that we provide for the OMEA convention—it’s not too early to start to think about next year—we’d welcome you sharing your thoughts/concerns and expertise in these ways.  We’ll also soon be awarding this year’s winner of the JECO sponsored OH. Jazz Hall of Fame (housed at Stanton’s in Columbus).

Our memberships will be due to be renewed as of the first of the year—please go to the website to renew—please note that we are going to be ridding ourselves shortly of our credit card—in our efforts to be good stewards w/ the money you invest in us as members, we cannot currently justify paying the exorbitant credit card fees we’ e been charged to simply have this benefit any longer.

Again, many thanks to all of you for entrusting and enabling us to get off to the great start that we have.

Best,

Scott Garlock

President, JECO

Ashland University

2010 OMEA Professional Conference Registration Form for JECO Members