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Well, you’ve probably heard by now. In case you haven’t, Proposal #10 didn’t pass. We put a ton of effort into making this proposal and WGI was generous enough to let me present and defend the proposal in the advisory board meeting this past weekend in Chicago. Despite all the grassroots work we organized and a very passionate presentation and debate, the board ultimately decided (in quite a landslide) that it’s not best for the activity right now.

Without disclosing too much of the discussion that took place in the meeting, I will say that there are many who are passionate about what aging out means and the cyclical process of aging out and teaching. 

Interestingly enough, no other significant proposal was passed on the percussion side. I had a feeling prop 3, the proposal to allow staff members to use hand signals to adjust electronic levels, would be a slam dunk. But like Prop 10, there were many who felt differently and managed to make a good argument against the proposal. 

Ok, enough serious stuff. This is drumFunny. Not it-took-so-much-work-and-passion-and-even-though-it-didn’t-work-out-I-still-grew-as-an-individual-and-became-richer-for-the-experienceFunny. 

I was saving the above video for a special occasion. Ideally, the passing of Proposal 10. But I still think we earned this one, so enjoy.

Hey everyone. I’m flying up to Chicago this afternoon for the WGI Percussion Advisory Board Meetings (I can’t vote as I’m not on the advisory board, but at least I’ll be close to the action). This is the weekend the advisory board will vote on whether or not to remove the age limitation in Percussion Independent World. Just for clarification, even if it passes this weekend, it STILL has to go through the Board of Directors, which won’t happen until mid July. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click on the big obnoxious picture “10″ in the right column or at the top of this post.

If you want to keep up on the progress of the weekend (at least from my perspective) you can follow me at twitter.com/drumfunny

Thanks again to everyone for your support. I’m pumped to see how this weekend turns out!

-Chris

p.s. If anyone in the Chicago area wants to grab a beer, @drumfunny me

Proposal:
Proposal to Remove WGI’s Independent World Class Age Limit

Rationale:
Everyone involved in WGI shares a passion for the activity. Hard work and long hours make each season something very special, year after year. WGI Independent Percussion ensembles consistently innovate and push the activity, and all of its related art forms, at a growing rate. 

Yet despite all the activity does to foster growth and innovation in marching percussion, an age-out rule eliminates, every April without fail, one of the activity’s most valuable assets: experienced, passionate performers. (continued)

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