BOOSTER CLUB MEETING MINUTES

May 4, 2009

Meeting called to Order at 7:00 by Obie Galindo

Opened in Prayer by Obie Galindo

Officers in attendance:   - Obie Galindo – Athletic Director, Page Porter - Treasurer Nanette Hintz – Secretary, Webmaster – Todd Ivory

In attendance: Board Member Jeff Maas, Al Minter, Lisa Galindo 

Presidents Address: Mr. Netter was absent due to illness. Obie stepped in as acting president for the evening.

Secretary Report: No changes to April Minutes

 

Treasury Report:  Beginning Balance of $4596.11. = $702 paid out to Mavericks.  $1366. deposited from Mavericks and Snack Bar.  Ending Balance of $5260.11.  Still pending: Out to Varsity Girls Basketball for camp $510, out to Mascot $500, Reimbursement from Staples $250.

 

Website Report: Todd has received some new photos from a few different people.  Hopefully everyone will visit and check them out.  Todd brought up once again the idea of selling advertising space on the site but we did not explore it…again!

 

OLD BUSINESS:

A.     Golf Team Shirts.  Page has had quite the time trying to collect the scratcher cards.  Obie says the team has received a sponsorship from CIF and that money will go towards the shirt invoice.  The amount of the purchase was around $500 and the CIF check is $275.  To recap the situation: Golf Team ordered and received new uniform shirts at the beginning of this season under the idea that they had a sponsor to pay the complete bill but the sponsor fell through and the team came to the Boosters to pay for the shirts.  It is the athletic department’s uniform policy that new uniforms will be ordered every 4 or 5 years.  Boosters sponsored new uniforms in 2007.  Without breaking policy the Boosters were trying to help the Golf Team raise the money for the shirts through the scratcher booklets.  Parents are not asked to pay or pitch in for uniforms since that would mean they ‘own’ the uniforms at the end of the season and we would have to start all over every sport, every season, every year.

B.     Scratchers:  

1.  Page is still trying to collect on a few booklets.

2. We had decided to require each athlete to collect at least $30 and stated this in a flyer that was handed out with the booklets.  Instead of this being a minimum, Page believes it became the goal. 

3.  Nanette did not include on the flyer that it was necessary to return the booklet as well as the minimum amount of money.  Most athletes came to the office with less than $30 and no booklet.

4.  We purchased the 42 cards for $700.

5.  Golf collected approximately $200 and Track brought in $310.  Athletes returned 19 booklets untouched and 15 booklets partially scratched.  The other 8 booklets were not returned.

6.  Coach Obie will be having his football team do the scratcher fundraiser this summer to help purchase new uniforms.

C.      Mavericks Game:  Once again, having the early am game hurt the sale of tickets and the date being the day before Easter AS WELL as school having Spring Vacation the five days before the game lead to poor sales.  We believe as a group that this is too much of a good and fun opportunity for the boys to think of not doing it again.  We will be mindful of dates and vacations to take complete advantage of this again next year.  After paying for the team and coaches we collected $312 to cover the $702

D.    Snack Bar: 

1.        Repairs and Security:  School took care of the expense to repair and add added security.  Thank you Inland Volt for the added security and advertisement of security through stickers and signs.

2.       Volunteers:  Ending the year on a very good note.  Thank you to all the volunteers including non-athletes and non-athletic parents and teachers.  Thank you also to CSF for all of the volunteering during the baseball/softball season.  The last three home games are covered but we will be looking for help on payoff games once we have the dates.

3.       Over Stock/End of the year overage:  We will be keeping the snack bar together through the end of June to have it open during the Softball Camp June 22 thru June 26 4:00pm to 7:30pm.  Nanette will close it up after that and handle any excess items at that time.

E.  Officers:  Jeff Maas has stepped forward to fill the office of president for the next 2 year term.  Nanette has a parent interested in the communications officer position but will need to confirm.  New officers will take charge in the June 09 meeting.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

A.        Car Wash:  Last summer we missed the opportunity but we will work on it earlier this summer and get it done.  A date will be chosen and presented at the June meeting.  We had a lot of talk about different ways to run and put together a car wash to include: washing cars after school in traffic circle, washing cars during church services, raffling professional washes, as well as locations and dates.

B.        An Idea to replace the wreathe sales:  Put up a donated tree and sell sponsored ornaments with the donors names on them.  An idea to discuss when we put together a fund raising projection for 09-10 in June and July.

C.        Another Idea to fund raise with: Buy a Ball.  As you have seen in the grocery stores and improvement stores, the rows and rows of clovers or hearts with the name of the sponsor on it for a $1 or $2.  A suggestion was to sell footballs, volleyballs and running shoes and pit the fall teams against each other to sell the most.  They could line the gym walls or the school hallways.  This will be revisited with specifics in June and July.

D.       Yet another new idea: A Sports Item Registry.  This could have a home on our website.  It should include the wants and needs of each team, coaches and players.  This list would include items for all sponsors from a $1 for a chin strap to $20,000. for a weight room.  It would be set up as a list that can be updated often and sorted through by people wishing to help in a very specific way.  All donors, if they wished, would be listed on a sign or banner on the fields and/or snack bars.  This could be a way for people to feel they helped with a specific need and gain some recognition for their contributions.  This idea was met with much energy.  Obie will start asking coaches to compile a list of team’s wants and needs.  Obie will then get with Todd and work on getting this Registry on the website.  All people wishing to purchase an item for a team will then need to contact Page to arrange purchase and money exchange.  Obie and Todd will bring a report to the June meeting with progress made.

E.        Little League Softball Camp to support the football team’s need for new uniforms is set for June 22 thru 26, daily 4pm to 7:30pm except for the 26th which is all day, at the VVCS Softball field.  Cost is $50 per athlete, sign up in the VVCS office.  This will be open to ages 7 to 12. 

1.  Coach Galindo asked if the Boosters could help out in buying lunch for the girls on Saturdays all day session.  Without a number of athletes attending, this item was tabled until the June meeting at which time we can decide on what help the Boosters can offer.

F.   Spring Sports Awards:

1.   The date has been changed to avoid baseball and softball playoff games.  It is now to be held on June 1st. 

2.   Page and Nanette will get the Scholar Awards together and ready to present. 

3.   Mr. Netter and Mr. Maas should hand these out and use it as an opportunity to introduce the new president. 

4.   Nanette revisited the new Varsity Club Award with Obie and the requirements to receive it.  Obie will make the list of athletes.  The patches are already in hand.

5.   This would be another great opportunity to advertise the website and the club.  Nanette will make up some cards to pass out to all attending with website address, meeting dates and contact info.  She will also recruit some athletes to pass them out.

G.   June Meeting:  Because the Spring Sports Awards now falls on the first Monday of the month, the meeting will be moved to the 2nd Monday, June 8th in the Fireside room at 7:00pm.

 

OPEN FORUM:

A.          Athletic Director Obie Galindo has been invited to attend a conference in April 2010 for Athletic Directors.  It will take place in Reno .  He would like to know if the Booster Club would help him attend by paying for the $125.00 conference fee.  A deadline is not known at this time.  Discussion followed but went way-word and no decision to pay or not was made.  (this secretary will put this item on the list to go over again in the next meeting.  Sorry Obie!)

B.          Al Minter: Mr. Minter came to this meeting with a bucket full of fresh ideas.  We would like to thank him for his interest in the Booster Club and for coming forward with suggestions.  Most of these ideas are mentioned in the body of these minutes.  Mr. Minter’s final comment of the evening was to ask if the Boosters had a time table as to how things get accomplished.  The answer was that we have for the past two years put together a schedule of fundraisers and events for the school calendar year starting with suggestions and some research at the June meeting.  In that meeting we will look over where we have been and where we need to go.  We have then decided on our ‘year calendar’ in the July meeting.  Thank you again Mr. Minter for attending the meeting and we hope to see you regularly!

C.           Girls Varsity Basketball Team:  The team is trying to raise money on to pay for summer activities/tournaments/camps.  Their first event is a Pancake Breakfast on May 16th 8am to 10am at the AppleBees on Amargosa Rd.   It is a buffet breakfast with the team waiting and bussing tables.  Tickets are available from any Varsity Girls Player at the ticket price of $10  (tickets available at the door also)  For more information you can email hintz4@yahoo.com  

Calendar items for the next month: See the Booster Website for details on playoff game dates, times and directions.  Spring Sports Awards – June 1st

 

*Next meeting – June 8, 2009, 7:00pm in the Fireside Room.

 

Obie Galindo – adjourned meeting at 8:30pm

 

Minutes submitted May 7, 2009

Nanette Hintz, Secretary