Maine Motif Issue 1, Vol. II (Fall, 2017) | Page 10

will cover chaperones who are not members of NAfME.  In order to safeguard our students the board is going to require those who chaperone to have been fingerprinted.  This makes ed. tech’s and fellow educators eligible.   Policy work is underway on this issue and we will publish the information for all to see very soon. Upon approval from the membership the part time executive director position was advertised and interviews were held in August.  I am excited to introduce our new executive director Beth Labrie.  Beth was the choral director at Edward Little High School for almost twenty years. Beth has owned a small business and most recently has been working in catering. All the these experiences give her skills to not only understand how our festivals and teaching jobs work but how the business community works as well. We are excited to work with Beth. Sam Moore-Young will be working with Beth during the school year to ease the transition. Many thanks to Sam for her endless energy and efforts for MMEA! In the weeks to come emails to [email protected] will go to Beth. Beth will be updating forms and portions of the website in the next few weeks and she will soon be accepting payment request forms. The jobs that she is taking on should stream line things for our organization which will allow us to build a stronger foundation for the next 100 years! There are many positions that will be opening on the board with the new term limits in place. Currently we are in need of an advocacy chair, this position involves a meeting once a month via computer with colleagues around the country.  Then you are asked to share what you have learned with membership and strategize for how we can better advocate in here in Maine for the betterment of music education.  If you are interested please contact me, Sue Barre @ [email protected].