To the membership of IAJE-PA Unit,

As you have undoubtedly heard by now, our parent organization IAJE filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7. All of the implications of this move by the international board are still being sorted out, but having recently met with the PA Executive Board, I want to assure you that the Pennsylvania Unit is still in business and solvent and continuing to serve the membership. Your board is committed to jazz education and its mission to foster teaching at the highest levels.

Although we will not be receiving the rebates from your national dues, our treasury is healthy and we will continue to operate the many projects that we have taken on. These include such items as the scholarship program for All-State Jazz members, the All-State Jazz commissioning project and our continued collaboration with PMEA.

The coming months are going to prove a challenge as we wrestle with the changes this will bring, but with the dedication of the membership and executive board to jazz education, I know we will continue our mission.

Please feel free to contact me or any of your executive board if you have any questions. We will try to answer them as best we can.

Sincerely,

Dr. Stephen Clickard
President, IAJE-PA Unit