On 16 December 2000 the first meeting of the Society was held, in the Society's office at the Bohuslav Martinu Institute in Prague. The agenda of the meeting included discussion of matters fundamental for the Society's functioning. One of the points was approval of membership dues needed to establish a financial basis for the organization. Membership dues include a subscription to three issues of The Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter and a compact disc from the annual Bohuslav Martinu Festival in Prague, both including postage.
Organizations receive ten copies of each issue and two compact discs.
For members from the Czech Republic we give the equivalent in crowns reflecting the current exchange rate. Please pay these amounts via the postal money order form which we are sending with this issue. Some members already paid their dues in December while attending the Martinu Festival in Prague. We thank them. Another point in the agenda pertained to a request for a contribution from the Bohuslav Martinu Foundation for production of The Bohuslav Martinu Newsletter .