The 2010–2011 academic year marks Wisconsin Music Educators Association’s 50th year of operation. To celebrate this milestone, WMEA officers andmembers have set a goal of $500,000 in contributions, pledges, or planned gifts to reinvest in the Wisconsin Center for Music Education and support the 50th Anniversary Celebration. Through this unique facility, WMEA serves music teachers, students and community members with diverse music education programs and resources, and makes most of these available statewide through distance learning.
Do WMEA members make up a significant portion of your client base? If so, WMEA invites you to help celebrate
our past by joining us in providing for our future. Consider a tax-deductible gift of $500 to the 50th Anniversary Commemoration Fund. When you help WMEA meet the ever-changing needs of Wisconsin’s music educators, you ensure that your client base has access to the best in professional development for years to come.
WMEA 50th Anniversary Commemoration Sponsors
Organizations contributing $500 or more to the commemoration fund will be considered Sponsors and acknowledged in the following ways:
Sponsors will be authorized to use the WMEA 50th Anniversary Commemoration Sponsor logo and the words “WMEA 50th Anniversary Commemoration Sponsor” in their own advertising promotions.
Sponsors will receive a 5% discount off published exhibit rates, which may be combined with the Early Bird Discount for a total of 10%.
Sponsors will be provided and authorized to use the 2009 Wisconsin State Music Conference attendee mailing list two months prior to the event, and provided the 2010 attendee mailing list within a month after the 2010 event. The lists are for one time use, and additional sorts within the lists mentioned will be provided at no additional charge on request.
Sponsors will be acknowledged on signage at the entrance to the main exhibit hall at the Wisconsin State Music Conference.
Sponsors who exhibit at the Wisconsin State Music Conference will be differentiated on the show floor with floor labeling graphics in the aisle outside their booths and with distinctively colored pipe and drape.
Sponsors will be invited to and recognized at all events commemorating the 50th Anniversary. These events include, but are not limited to, The Presidents' Reception held in Madison the Wednesday of the Wisconsin State Music Conference, and a breakfast honoring past WMEA Presidents to be held during the Wisconsin State Music Conference.
Sponsors will be mentioned by WMEA in press releases related to the 50th Anniversary.
Sponsors will receive a 180x150 pixel banner advertisement on the 50th Anniversary Commemorative page on the WMEA web site and on the Wisconsin State Music Conference Attendee Registration web site. Banners will link to the URL of the sponsor’s choosing.
The printed program for the 2010 Wisconsin State Music Conference will be expanded to include a historical perspective of the history and accomplishments of the last 50 years, making it an important resource to our membership long after the conference itself. Sponsors will receive contextual recognition in the Wisconsin State Music Conference printed program. They will also receive the inclusion of their logos and the Commemorative Anniversary Sponsor logo adjacent to their exhibitor listing.
Sponsors, and the ways in which their contributions have enabled the commemoration will be acknowledged in the September 2010 issue of Wisconsin School Musician.
