There was a quorum present (18 bands necessary; 29 bands present).

After the Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions, the first order of business
was to vote
on Proposal #1, changing the date of the AGM from the first quarter of the year
to the last
quarter, and associated language addressing payment of dues and such.

Proposal #1 passed. This means that there will be no AGM in February of 2007; it
will be in
the last quarter of 2007. A concern was raised to not have it on Veteran's Day
weekend
because of band commitments, and the Executive Committee will keep this in mind
when
choosing the date for 2007.

The housekeeping proposals passed unanimously. The proposal restricting judges
from
competing at games where they are also judging was withdrawn by its sponsor.

The proposal allowing the instructor to serve as the Pipe Major and the Drum
Sergeant
passed, with much discussion. (The bass cannot serve as instructor because the
instructor
cannot make up the minimum number of players, and one bass is the minimum.)

Officers elected are:
Vice President Jan Richey
Treasurer Scotty Dean
Sanctioning Secretary Elaine Hoffman
Solo Registrar Todd Brown

That's the overview; details will be in the minutes, which will be posted within
45 days.

Lise Nelson

A new "Judging Information" section has been created at WUSPBA.org. Select it
from the menu
at the upper left of each page. This new section includes a list of judges, and
information on
the Apprentice Adjudicator program as well as Adjudicator Certification
information.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

An updated list of piping and drumming judges has been posted.

Also a detailed schedule for workshops and meetings taking place at the
AGM/Special
Metting has been posted on the AGM page.

Andrew Lenz
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

The contest results for 2006 have been updated for solos.

New results include Dixon, Monterey, Longs Peak.

The Registrar is working on other results. The Highlands Ranch and Jackson still
need to be
updated. The Loch Lomond results are in the mail. Pleasanton is not ready for
posting as the
sheets did not have WUSPBA numbers, which prolongs processing. If you have any
questions
regarding solo results, please contact the Solo Registrar.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
(Webmaster elapsed time for results posting: 4.5 hours.)
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

There's a new MS Word file, revised today, available containing all the Special
Meeting/AGM
proposals. It's now available on the Annual General Meeting page.

Andrew Lenz, Jr.
WUSPBA Webmaster

A revised Bylaws Proposal has been posted to the AGM page at WUSPBA.org.
Primarily, it
addresses the due dates for membership fees, which under the previous version
would have
fallen in November instead of mid-January under the new revision. (Read it for
more details.)

Andrew Lenz
WUSPBA Webmaster

The Band Registrar has provided official results which are now posted on
WUSPBA.org.
Pomona results are partial for the time being, but will be later updated to be
complete.

Andrew Lenz Jr.
WUSPBA Webmaster

In preparation of the Special Meeting in November, text for a proposed band
instructor rule
change is now available on the Annual General Meeting page at WUSPBA.org.

Andrew Lenz
WUSPBA Webmaster

In preparation of the Special Meeting in November, several items have been
compiled: Duties
of offices up for election, Proposed bylaws changes, and Drum Major "Champions
of
Champions" committee proposal. These are now available on the AGM page at
WUSPBA.org.
(Click on the link in the menu at the left of the main page.)

Andrew Lenz, Jr.
WUSPBA Webmaster

Ken SUTHERLAND, not Ken Eller, will be presenting at the Special Meeting/AGM.

My mistake, apologies.

Jan Richey will be posting details of the workshops to the WUSPBA website when
she has
worked out the details with the presenters.

Regards,

Lise Nelson

Hi all--

Sorry, when I sent the Special Meeting notice to our webby, I incorrectly wrote
that it goes
from November 9 to 12.

It starts on November 10, not 9.

Friday night Nov. 10 at 7:00 is the games sponsor meeting.

Saturday morning Nov. 11 is the special meeting/AGM.

Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning are the workshops.

Hope to see you all there.

Regards,

Lise Nelson
WUSPBA Exec Sec

Ken Eller will join Bruce Gandy, Duncan Millar, and Liza and Davey MacAdam as
workshop
presenters at the WUSPBA Special Meeting/AGM in Las Vegas, November 10-12.

Regards,

Lise Nelson
WUSPBA Exec Sec

The contest results for 2006 have been updated for solos through the
Intermountain
Highland Festival (8/27). If you have any questions regarding solo results,
please contact the
Solo Registrar.

Andrew Lenz
WUSPBA Webmaster

Saturday morning November 11 is the Special Meeting called by the Executive
Committee
in response to strong membership interest at the February 2006 Annual General
Meeting.
The purpose is to change the bylaws regarding the date of the AGM, from the
first quarter
of the year to the last. You can read the February minutes, website
announcements, and
the newsletters for further details. Details will also be in the upcoming issue
of Words &
Music.

Assuming there is a quorum (please, everyone plan to attend, or this meeting
will be an
expensive waste of time), the Special Meeting will then become an AGM, the
second of
2006.

Assuming there is a quorum, and the date change passes, and this meeting thereby
becomes an AGM, we will also vote on any other proposed bylaws or contest rule
amendments. Also, the AGM scheduled for February 2007 and future years will be
moved
to a date in the last quarter of the year.

If you wish to propose any changes to bylaws or rules, please get them to the
Executive
Committee by September 22, in time to be reviewed and published 30 days before
the
AGM, as set forth in our bylaws.

Additional events for the weekend are: Games Sponsor meeting Friday night, and
workshops Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.

We will post further details about workshops in the next few days, but see the
previous
email and upcoming announcement on the website for the workshop presenters. It's
a
stellar lineup.

Additionally, if you have further questions or suggestions, please contact a
member of the
EC; email addresses are available at www.wuspba.org, under the Administration
tab.

Lise

(FYI, the meeting date has been posted on the website and this group since
March, and in
each newsletter since then.)

From Jan Richey:

-----------
Clarion Hotel and Suites Emerald Springs, 325 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
$89 both singles and doubles. Reservations need to be made by October 9.

Call the hotel directly  702-732-9100. Be sure to say you are attending the
WUSPBA
meeting.

The hotel has a shuttle from the airport.

Games Sponsor meeting will begin at 7 on Friday night. Special Meeting/AGM
begins at 9
am on Saturday.

Workshops begin Saturday afternoon and will be finished by noon on Sunday.

Workshop presenters are:
BRUCE GANDY - 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band
DUNCAN MILLAR -  Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
DAVEY McADAM - Prince Charles Grade I PB
LIZA McADAM Prince Charles Grade I PB
  -----------

See you all there!

Lise Nelson
Exec Sec

PS Please excuse if this is a duplicate, I thought I'd posted this earlier but
may not have. In
any case, I didn't include as much information in the earlier one.

From Jan Richey, WUSPBA VP:

---------
Clarion Hotel and Suites Emerald Springs, 325 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
$89 both singles and doubles

Call the hotel directly  702-732-9100. Be sure to say you are attending the
WUSPBA meeting.
Reservations need to be made by October 9

The hotel has a shuttle from the airport.

Meetings will begin at 7 on Friday night and 9 am on Saturday; workshops to be
finished by
noon on Sunday.
----------

See you all there!

Lise
Exec Sec

The Piping & Drumming Judges List has been updated and is available on the
Administration
page in both Excel and PDF formats.

Please direct any questions regarding its content to the Music Board.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

So far the Band Registrar (Jeff Mann) only has results from the following games:

Arizona Scottish Gathering and Highland Games,
Fort Collins Spring Indoor Bagpipe Competition,
Sacramento Valley Scottish Games and Gathering,
Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival,
Campbell Highland Games and Celtic Gathering,
Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games.

If you are involved with another past games that is not in the above list,
please take action to
provide band contest results.


Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

The Summer issue of Words & Music is at the printer!  For those members
requesting
electronic versions, the solo registrar sent the email with the link out on
6/27.  If you didn't
receive it please contact Elaine at solo-registrar@... to verify your
email address.  If
you'd like to receive the newsletter in soft copy vs. printed, send a note to
Elaine as well!

The contest results for 2006 on WUSPBA.org have been updated through Sterling
(6/5). If you
have any questions regarding results, please contact the Registrar.


Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

WUSPBA Adjudicator Seminar and Exams will be held on July 1, 2006 (8:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.)
at the Vista Masonic Hall in Vista, CA.

Exams will offered in: Band Piping & Solo Light Music Piping and also Band
Drumming & Solo
Drumming.

Seminars will be given on: Piping Exam Preparation, Music Writing, Score Sheet
Writing.

The announcement with full details is available for download from the news
section of the
home page at WUSPBA.org.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster

Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

RSPBA MAP tunes for Grade IV bands planning to compete in Scotland are available
for
download on the WUSPBA.org "Music" page in GIF, BWW and MIDI formats.

More information on the MAP program is available on WUSPBA.org's "ANAPBA News"
page.

Also a "QUESTION AND ANSWER INFORMATION NOTE" about MAP is available on the
RSPBA
site here om PDF format:
http://www.rspba.org/documents/MAPUpdateFeb06.pdf

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

Hi all--

RSPBA has given us permission to post the 14 2/4's that are the core of the new
MAP
(Musical Appreciation Program). I received them via email this morning and have
sent them
on to our webby, who will post them in the next day or so.

The settings are the simplest that RSPBA will allow in a MAP contest. Bands can
play more
complex settings if they wish, but nothing simpler. The idea behind the
simplified settings
is to encourage Grade IV bands to focus more on musical presentation and
ensemble, than
on complex technique.

A MAP contest consists of any two of these tunes played as a set in the morning
of the five
Scottish major contests, including the Worlds. The top 12 bands in each of 4A
and 4B then
advance to the regular QMM contest later in the day.

The MAP tunes may also be a part of the QMM.

FYI, RSPBA has no plans to develop drum settings for MAP tunes. The idea is that
PM and
LD work together to develop drum settings that enhance the pipe settings; again,
emphasizing the Musical Appreciation part of this new initiative.

Regards,

Lise Nelson
WUSPBA Executive Secretary

The contest results for 2006 has been updated and included Arizona Scottish
(corrected)
and Ft. Collins. If you have any questions regarding results, please contact the
appropriate
WUSPBA Registrar.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

Solo results from the Ft Collins Indoor and the Mesa Games are now posted to the
WUSPBA.org site.

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

The Solo Registrar is experiencing technical difficulties with her outbound
email ISP service
and will try to resolve as soon as possible.  Responses to some messages she's
received in
the last 2 weeks may be delayed.  Please recontact her at
solo-registrar@... if
you haven't heard back from an email request lately.

To all members:

The Executive Committee has called a Special Meeting of the Association for 11
November
2006, at the Clarion Emerald Springs in Las Vegas. (Workshops on 12 November.)

There are two reasons for this Special Meeting:

1. To change the bylaws to change the date of the Annual General Meeting to the
last
quarter of the year, rather than the first quarter. (Article V, #1 currently
reads, The annual
meeting of the Association shall be held during the first three months of the
calendar year.
)

2. Assuming the bylaws changes are passed, this November meeting will serve as
an AGM,
the second of 2006, and the February 07 AGM will be canceled, with the next AGM
taking
place in the last quarter of 2007.

Assuming the bylaws are changed and this does become a second AGM, all other
business
of the Association will also be transacted then, including other bylaws
proposals (which
will include all those mentioning any AGM date), contest rule proposals,
elections,
workshops, and so forth.

In order to effect these changes, there must be a quorum present to vote, so
PLEASE MAKE
YOUR PLANS NOW to attend the meeting. (Article V, #4: Quorum:  Representatives
from
one-third or more of the active and juvenile bands in good standing will
constitute a
quorum at any annual or special meeting.)

Further details will be disseminated as they become available.

Please see the minutes of the February AGM for some discussion of this issue,
posted in
the AGM section of wuspb.org.

Thank you--

LIse Nelson
Executive Secretary

A PDF file which includes information about the RSPBA MAP program for Grade IV
bands
planning to compete in Scotland is now available on our ANAPBA News page:
http://www.wuspba.org/anapba-news.html

Andrew
WUSPBA Webmaster
--
Andrew T. Lenz, Jr.
www.BagpipeJourney.com - Reference for Bagpipers
Santa Cruz, California U.S.A.

A reminder to all Grade IV WUSPBA bands: The new One Person, One Band
instructor rule passed at the 2006 AGM goes into effect May 5, 2006.

  From the Contest Rules, Part VII, h, ii:
One Person, One Band:
Grade IV bands may register, for the competition season, one piping
instructor and one drumming instructor from within the WUSPBA who is
also registered with another, higher-graded WUSPBA band. The
instructor(s) shall not be permitted to make up the minimum number of
pipers or drummers required for Grade IV competition. The instructor(s)
may not play the lead side drum, bass, or act as Pipe Major in
competition. A higher-grade band may have more than one piper or
drummer who serve as instructors of Grade IV bands. (Takes effect 90
days from the AGM, on May 5, 2006.)

The link to the electronic version of the Spring WUSPBA newsletter was
emailed over the weekend. If you signed up to receive it, but didn't
get the email, please contact the Solo Registrar. The current issue is
only available to current members of WUSPBA.