LOWELL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
June 2, 2010
PRESENT:
Don Bales, Patti McCormack, Joe Rodenbucher, Sue Scott, Amy Justevich
, Jen DeBoer , John Fenner, Jane Nelson,
Sam Gruszkowski, Roland Thomas, Gwen Perfetti, Eddie
– Sergeant at Arms
Absent: Donna Szafranski, Jan Savich,
Matt Felder
SECRETARY REPORT:
Minutes reviewed. Motion to
accept by Sue and seconded by Amy
Treasurers Report:
No Report due to Donna’s husband’s illness.
We are currently looking for someone
to fill this position. Donna is stepping down. Patti has
talked to Linda Pastuszak about taking on this position.
Patti is pretty certain that Linda will step up and take on this position.
Patti will confirm with Linda in the morning to make sure she is on
board. It is urgent that someone is appointed to this position.
Treasurers reports are state audited and it is very important to not
get behind with these reports. Donna will need to submit a letter
in writing of her resignation. Donna and Linda will need to meet
to help with the transition.
Donna is taking care of gaming license.
Steve has signed everything.
We need to get new officers on the bank account. Sue Scott will
take care of starting the paper work once the minutes are completed.
Winel update
– Donna sent an email with a rough draft of a letter she would like
to send to Mrs. Winel. Donna sent the letter to Sue and Jane.
They both agreed that the letter sounded good. Sue is going to
forward the email to Joe and he will sign it and send it
to Mrs. Winel by registered mail.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:
Senior Athletic Banquet was May 23rd.
There were many positive comments about the event. Some negative
comments made about the banquet were that some athletes felt they did
not get the recognition they felt they deserved. Others felt the banquet
was too long. Don explained that this program is about establishing
a legacy in our school. We agreed that the students don’t quite
understand this yet. We agreed that this banquet is important.
All in all it is a great program that will continue. Things will be
kept the same for the next school year, but will consider making some
changes if there is a team inducted.
Physical Night is set for Wed. (Girls)
June 9 and Thur. (Boys) June 10 – to start at 4:15. Tom Magurany
(Walgreens Manager) is donating urine strips. Gwen will pick up
strips. Gwen is all set to go, has nurses lined up and volunteers,
but will work on getting additional volunteers. We discussed the importance
of keeping on schedule and keep things moving. Patti
will print the All Sport Passes and get them to Gwen for her to give
to the nurses. Passes are for nurses only, not other volunteers.
Fall programs:
John Fenner suggested adding some
additional information to the programs such as records broken and other
interesting information about the players/team. For example
– most tackles during season, touchdowns, etc. We need a historian
who will research this information.
Currently we have enough 3 sport medals
– enough for this year due to ordering in large quantity a couple
years back. We can expect an expense for the upcoming year
so we can purchase additional medals.
Items submitted for approval:
Boys basketball uniforms
$1,650.00 - motion to accept by Sam seconded by Sue
Fall 50/50 chairperson
– Sue Scott
Kay Sampson Golf Outing:
Course is confirmed and set for Friday,
July 30th. Price is the same as last
year with $36.50 a golfer. Jane and Herb are working on getting
prizes and give-a-ways. Par3 Golf will sponsor
a hole. Flyers and sponsor letters have been sent out.
We need to decide on a drop off location for desserts since the school
is closed on Fridays. Amy and Sue suggested donating some
items from concession stand. There are some left over items such
as pop, water, etc that could be used for the golf outing.
We need someone to step up and plan is this event for next year.
We need to schedule workers.
Patti will sponsor a hole in one which will be a $20,000 car.
There will be 3 additional hole in ones with various prizes. Can
we set up additional shots for the hole in one for $10.00 a shot?
If so, will a disclaimer be necessary? Also, every golfer will
get a $50.00 certificate to use. Patti will get the information
to Herb. He will read it over, sign, and Patti will send in check.
Concessions:
There currently is a strike with the
bricklayers/Teamsters which is affecting the completion of the stand.
The completion date has been pushed back from July 5th
to July 21st.
There are still negotiations taking place between the Band Boosters
and the Athletic Boosters. Patti had
an informal meeting with Andrew and did some informal negotiations regarding
the concession stands. There will be consistency of products between
the two stands - Same prices and sizes. For example if one
stand is selling a burger for $2, the other stand can’t sell a BBQ
sandwich for $1. Andrew told Patti that they need about $5,000
to meet their needs. They want a working relationship. They
are not being greedy. Patti will put together a formal proposal
to give to Andrew for him to discuss with the
Band Boosters.
There are also concerns about going
to fountain pop. We get a rebate on cases of pop and we cannot
get a rebate on the pop in a box. Need to look at the numbers
and compare to see which would be more profitable. Also, pop in
the box cannot be stored in a warm building. Delivery is only
on Wednesday.
5MileRun/Walk:
Athletic Website to include a page for Cal Strider race information. There will be online registration. Still working on a logo for the shirts and brochures. Amy suggested getting some students to design the logo. The price for a cotton shirt is approximately $4.90 which includes 2 colors on front and 1 color on back. Need about 500 shirts. Need to shop around for the best deal. Awards will cost approximately $1,000. Need to decide who will receive the awards – medals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd? Finishers ribbons? Age group winners?
Carrie Austgen wanted to change the
race to Saturday. We all agreed that race will stay on Sunday.
We expect a better turn out on Sunday. The Kouts race is on Aug.
28th. They will put brochures in their
bags to help advertise for this race. We are still in
need of sponsors. Looking for someone to head up sponsorship.
Joe has sponsorship letter and will email it to us.
Reserved seating/Parking for football games:
We agreed that reserved seating for
varsity football games would cost $150.00 per person which included
a reserved seat with a back and reserved parking spot. Or $200.00
for 2 reserved seats with one reserved parking spot. The cost
for the seat backs is $35.00. This would be for Varsity games
only and would be located on the south side of the Inferno Alliance.
Amy suggested instead of seat backs, to give out bleacher chairs.
Could Marketing Solutions could do a logo for the chairs? Many
agreed that the chairs were a good idea. This could be a year
to pilot this idea/promotion. This is also a promotion to get
more Booster members. Reserved
seating/parking would be offered to Booster members first. We
are not prepared at this point to promote this at Physicals Night.
But we will need to finalize details and
start promoting in July.
Jane will notify Booster members that
their membership needs to be renewed.
Dollars for Devils:
Things to discuss at July meeting
– ticket sales, future chair and form committee.
Need to discuss fall start dates at
July meeting.
2010-2011 Athletic Fee will remain
at $35.00 per student per sport.
Red Gold Ketchup Sportsmanship awarded
$2,000 to our Athletic Department
New Business:
We are getting a trademark on our
logo. We will get a 10% kickback. This will definitely add
up.
Jen asked to purchase small recorder to use during the Booster meetings.
Motion to accept by Sue and seconded
by Sam
Upcoming News:
Booster Club Meeting: Wednesday,
July 14th at 6:30
Meeting Adjourned:
Motion to adjourn by John and seconded
by Roland