A MESSAGE
FROM THE ATOS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
After much thought and discussion the
ATOS Executive Committee has recommended to the full ATOS Board of
Directors the establishment of a full-time paid administrator for our
organization. The ATOS Board of Directors has voted to create this
position. It will start, dependent on adequate funding, on September 1,
2008.
This position will be financed through
fund raising efforts. Funding will not come from the operating budget of
the organization.
Your board members believe that, to
insure the future of ATOS, the time has come to raise the management of
our organization to a more professional level. A central figure, empowered
to run the organization’s day-to-day operations, is the most efficient
means by which to make our organization grow and prosper.
We can no longer continue to operate with
a fully volunteer slate of officers and board members. The workload is too
great. Like many other preservation organizations, ATOS must have a full
time person responsible for day-to-day operations with an eye on the “big
picture”.
The new administrator will be responsible
for five major areas:
 | Fundraising-Our organization must be better
funded in order to carry out its mission of the preservation, promotion,
and presentation of the theatre pipe organ. ATOS must develop programs
to promote young organists as well as generate public interest in our
beloved instrument. Both programs and publicity are expensive. Corporate
funding and grants could provide the necessary funding along with
monetary gifts from our current membership. The administrator would
pursue these funding sources along with others that become available. |
| Marketing and Promotions-This person will
be responsible for developing programs and ideas that will broaden the
reach and recognition of ATOS as the dominant organization that promotes
theatre organ as an art form that includes education, broadcasting, more
exposure via the Web, recording, and use of other media and outlets. |
| Sponsorships-The new administrator will
seek sponsorship of various ATOS programs and activities. |
| Increasing Membership-A full time
administrator will devote much time and effort developing workable
programs that would make membership in ATOS more attractive to the
general public. Through new programs and an extended outreach program,
he or she will “spread the word” about our organization. |
| Public Relations-A full time administrator
would personify and be the face of the American Theatre Organ Society
and give both a professional and personal touch to our message. He or
she would meet with various groups, organizations, and charitable funds
to promote theatre organ and its tangential activities and act as a
“clearinghouse” for new ideas that would help publicize our cause. |
The ATOS Board of Directors is confident that
the creation of this administrative position will bring new life to ATOS
and help revitalize our organization.
