IBMA World of Bluegrass - Associations/Organizations Inquiry
This fall at the annual IBMA Business Conference (Raleigh, NC – September 29-October 2) we are offering an Associations Track. This session is currently scheduled for Wednesday, October 1 from...
View ArticleAre we walking the talk?
The International Bluegrass Music Associationwww.ibma.org/about IBMA is the trade association that connects and educates bluegrass professionals, empowers the bluegrass community, and encourages...
View ArticleBYLAWS | EMAIL SENT TO IBMA
BYLAWS | EMAIL SENT TO IBMATo: 'derzon@verizon.net'; 'smarother@fuse.net'; 'marianadauld@pacbell.net'; 'ben@bensurratt.com'; 'drybranchone@earthlink.net'Subject: BYLAWSIf you had not already seen,...
View ArticleBluegrass Today | Community Code of Conduct
Bluegrass Today Community Code of ConductThis forum has been created so that you can exchange ideas, converse and meet with others who share a common interest in a safe environment.Every community has...
View ArticleIBMA For Professionals
This is a post I was working on, and was going to send it out this morning, but I had a doctor’s appointment and now can’t send it to the IBMA Google Group so I am sending it here. It was a response...
View ArticleAnother view and how can we hear from artists?
Recently the IBMA forum was suspended, and some of the folks who posted there moved over here with their comments. I was against the suspension; I wrote the Bd. and asked them to "give us one...
View ArticleWhy Are You Not Commenting on forums?
There have been a couple of different threads which have touched on the lack of participation in these forums.I was wondering if there is a way that those reading these forums could speak up and let us...
View ArticleIBMA List shut down!
Until Dec. 14th. So please come here to view your thoughts on IBMA and it's future. Politeness would be good. If nothing else, we have learned from IBMA & the L what can be destruction and what can...
View ArticleLet's Envision the IBMA We Want
Rather than focusing on all that has or may have gone wrong in recent months, I propose putting our energy into describing what we might want IBMA to be. Or, expressed otherwise, how can IBMA change in...
View ArticleAntioxidant Food For Thought | Move The IBMA Office To Owensboro
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||Antioxidant Food For Thought http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntioxidantThis series of posts is basically for brainstorming. I have neither thought these concepts or ideas...
View ArticleAntioxidant Food For Thought | Make Board Chair Executive Director
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||Antioxidant Food For Thoughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntioxidantThis series of posts is basically for brainstorming. I have neither thought these concepts or ideas...
View ArticleAntioxidant Food For Thought | Move The IBMA Office To Raleigh
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||Antioxidant Food For Thought http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntioxidantThis series of posts is basically for brainstorming. I have neither thought these concepts or ideas...
View ArticleSome Outstanding Features of The Bluegrass Today Forum
Some Outstanding Features of The Bluegrass Today ForumThe software platform Bluegrass Today uses for its forums is much more full featured and easy to use than a passing glance would indicate.The...
View ArticleTemporary Suspension of IBMA Members Google Group
Temporary Suspension of IBMA Members Google Grouphttps://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/ibma-membersDate: December 9, 2014 at 12:21 PM ESTFrom: Nancy Cardwell Subject: [IBMA Members] temporary...
View ArticleNew Board Members: Selection and Preparation of Future Board Members
With the crisis with the IBMA leadership, the selection of future board members becomes more important this year that at any time since our organization's formation. At this point, for the first time...
View ArticleAntioxidant Food For Thought | Add Three Board Members from Raleigh
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||Antioxidant Food For Thoughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntioxidantThis series of posts is basically for brainstorming. I have neither thought these concepts or ideas...
View ArticleRaleigh 2015 - it's Wide Open Now!
Howdy Folks. I sent the two attached documents to the board as a "plan" to go forward with the 2015 events in Raleigh. There are many "names" I've used and talk to most of those folks. I figured I'd...
View ArticleImportant Articles | IBMA
LINKS TO KEY ARTICLESIBMA in Need of New Ethics & Conflict of Interest PoliciesCybergrass, December 2, 2014http://www.cybergrass.com/node/4231Walking The TalkBluegrass Today, December 1,...
View ArticleGrammys
For those voting members of NARAS, the Grammy ballots will be mailed out on December 17th. I like their wording: “ It’s your privilege and responsibility to determine who, among your peers, deserves...
View ArticleIBMA Google Group back, but not really.
After being shut down for 13 days while a committee was formed and a Code of Conduct created for the IBMA google group, it reopened on December 23rd and posted the new guidelines which, in part, simply...
View ArticleSo, am I a member or not?
About a month ago, I renewed my IBMA membership. I dropped it about 4 years ago, but decided it was time to rejoin, after all the recent controversy. So, I paid my dues (voting member) and received a...
View ArticleApathy + Kumbaya =
If the board was willing to listen to the membership, if the membership was willing to speak to the board, we would not be here on the verge of a membership revolt or a potential disintegration of...
View ArticleBroadcasting of 2015 IBMA awards
Is there any information on when the 2015 IBMA awards will be televised? I would love to see it. Great performances, jokes and memories are always good to see. I loved seeing the 2014 awards show.
View ArticleIBMA Raleigh 2015
Kudos to the IBMA, PineCone, the city of Raleigh and anyone else involved with the staging and execution of this year's World of Bluegrass for salvaging the weekend from the weather. Yes, the hurricane...
View ArticleSammy Shelor has a new band!
Did anyone see Sammy Shelor at IBMA with Big Virginia Sky? Where has this group been all my life? You can tell he has a lot of fun with them. I had the pleasure of stopping by their booth and talking...
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