LVJBS October 2025
Members’ Meeting (virtual) Minutes
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Meeting Start: 7:00 PM
Location: Virtual
Attendees: Jessica G., Jess P., Angela C., Haley S.
Item1: President’s Report (Jessica G.):
“October is here! This month has us with 2026 Officer Nominations. Then, acceptance of the Nominations (in November), & 2026 Officer Elections (in December)!”
A. Ad-Partnerships updates:
*BBLV: Nothing new.
*(Angela) Ad-Partnering with other venues—email was sent to Virgin Hotel & Mandalay Bay. Still no email response from either venue.
Angela left voice message with Executive Assistant at Mandalay Bay.
Made contact with Virgin Casino. They provided contact information for the Director of Entertainment, Beej Ryan. Angela to follow up.
B. Quarterly event with the SandDollar LV: The Q3 event was a success with ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT ORCHESTRA’, Saturday, Sept. 20th. Our profit was $225.
C. Still sharing the word about the GRATEFUL SHRED gig (October 12th). Mike Henry (w/ the SwanDive LV) is giving the LVJBS 5 tickets. (8 PM, $25/adv., $30/door).
● Liani offered to share the word on Wild Apricot and Juke House
C. 2026 Officer Elections – October 26th is the deadline to submit nominations via the GoogleForm, created by Jessica G. (form to go out to email list by 10/13/25.
Item 2: Vice President’s Report(Jessica P.):
- Jessica G. sent Jess P. & Angela C. the promised Spreadsheet to add the LVJBS/non-LVJBS monthly events to. Hoping this would alleviate any double duty and help Angela to copy/paste into the meeting’s minutes each month.
- New potential venue Gray Witch in Henderson. Same owners of Fat Cat and Red Dwarf.
Item 3: TREASURER’S REPORT (Paige – absent):
● 2025 DUES/Member updates
Dues are now $10/month (having to be paid for the month on or before the ‘first Tuesday’ of each month) to participate in any timed-lotteries, etc.
● Raffle items had: Leather purse, Rasta backpack, Wooden Plaque: ‘One Show at a Time’
● Rise Festival: $920 raised with the comp-ticket donations.
Item 4: SECRETARY’S REPORT (Angela: absent):
- Jessica G. sent the agenda.
Item 5: MAYOR’S REPORT (Haley S.):
COLOR: Orange
PRODUCTION REPORT(Greg – absent):
● 4Q mentions: Moksha is booked. Jessica spoke with Jeremy about the Igloo/Miracle on Spring Mtn. event. (Unknown if it will be indoors or outdoors. More info TBD.)
● Greg sent message to Garage Mahall to see if Dec. 13th could work for our Holidaze Party & then, will look into hiring the entertainment. (2nd option: Bonfire Bar & Grill) update since meeting: Matt and Diana replied yes, but need to confirm with Richard. Still waiting for response.
● Shambala contacted Haley expressing interest in a Dec. 13th gig. (Dan Stein contact person.)
Past inquiries:
● RAININ’ MOONSHINE contacted us after the Shakedown Vegas shows. They are interested in a future Garage Mahall show (Contact person: Michael Schneider)
● The Soul Juice Band wants to have an LVJBS gig soon. They mentioned wanting to play Garage Mahall. (Contact person: David Tatlock) (*Group thinks this might make for a great LVJBS Holidaze Party!) Jessica discussed price with Tiffany. They requested $1500. Our previous budget was $1000. (Reminded him of potential tax deduction. Jessica/Greg to follow up.)
OPEN FLOOR (all):
*Website update: We have had assistance from Zack H. (Jessica’s Colleague). He donated his time to our non-profit/write it off. We offered to buy him dinner when we get the tutorial on its use. Hoping the Zeffy QR code can be transferred onto Google Website for ease. (Jessica shared an overview of the site. Mr. Zack is able to assist Monday, 10/13, after 5pm, on a GoogleMeet to answer specific questions. Angela, Jessica G, Haley, & Paige are available.) Liani & Greg invited, as well.
● Collecting payments on new website – considering Square-Up, Stripe. Jessica to follow up with Paige.
*Thanks to those who helped at the last Adopt-A-Highway meet up: Sunday, Sept. 21st (Jessica G., Paige T., & Janet S.)
*LVJBS Memorial Tree (Sunset Park Drum-Circle Gathering). The mentioned ‘Save-the-Date’ of Sunday, October 19th was shared with JFree. We need to make the plan (time? 4:20 PM?) *Jessica made a save-the-date post on Facebook. Jessica to connect with JFree.
Meeting adjourned: 8:11 PM
Next Meeting: Tuesday,November 4th
Location: (Virtual for Officers/Committee Heads)