Huntingtown High School Athletic Booster Club
The purpose of The Booster Club is to support and promote all formal sport activities of Huntingtown High School athletic programs; to encourage and recognize high scholastic achievement, sportsmanship and character; to contribute to the morale, spirit and enthusiasm of the student body and the community; and provide a vehicle for positive involvement by the community with the school.
2009 General Membership Meeting Minutes
HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC BOOSTER
CLUB MINUTES
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
JANUARY 12, 2009
Attendees: Jenny Barrett, Trey Sirman, Jason Harlowe, Michelle Jacobsen, Karen Merewitz, Warren Rice, Kathy Kady, J.T. Kady, Candace Wingfield, Jimmy Bare
Jenny Barrett called the meeting to order at
7:03 p.m. The minutes from the December 8, 2008 meeting were
approved
Principal’s Report: Trey Sirman filled in for Mr. Weber. Mr. Weber is going to set up a meeting between George Lee, Warren Rice and himself to go over final details on the well and irrigation system. Drilling of the well was postponed but should be started by the end of this week or early next week. Winter sports have been going well.
Athletic Director’s Report: The winter sports’ teams have been doing well. Boys’ basketball is 7-1 and playing at Calvert tonight. Girls’ basketball is 6-0 and playing Calvert at home tonight. Wrestling is 2-0 in SMAC and finished second in the South River Tournament. Boys’ swimming is 4-0 and the girls are 2-2. There is a new web site which has updated results and schedules. There is a link for it on the school website. Ernie Fletcher, a 10th grader who plays football and basketball, was badly injured in a car accident. There has been an account set up at Sun Trust Bank for donations for the family. The teams are looking into the possibility of holding a fund raiser.
The concession stand is low on hot dogs. Jenny Barrett says that Ken Redding was going to purchase hot dogs and anything else needed and submit a receipt for reimbursement.
Jason suggested that the Booster Club send flowers to Bill Goddard’s wife since she is in the hospital. Jenny Barrett said that she would take care of this.
President’s Report: Jenny Barrett filled in
for Bill Goddard as was unable to attend due to a family
illness. Bill has updated the by-laws, and they will be reviewed
at the February meeting
Treasurer’s Report: Starting balance for
December 2008 was $64,352.80. Total revenues were $5,696.20
($362.25 from market Day, $510 from membership, $2402.90 from
concessions, and $2457.05 from spirit wear). Total expenses were
$3558.91 ($542.90 for concessions and $3016.01 for spirit wear)
Committee Reports
Membership: There are 143 family members, 68 lifetime members and 23 members. There are still issues with the cards. Family member cards are given to the students. Jimmy Bare asked if ice hockey had 100% membership and Kathy Kady said that she would check on that.
Concessions: Jenny Barrett is no longer able
to chair the concessions committee and Marie who was assisting
is ill so there is a need to find somebody who can run this. It
was suggested that Lana Lark be asked if she would be able to do
this. Jenny Barrett said that she would call her
Scholarship: Kathy Kady has the list of
members who said that they would help with the committee.
Applications should be in the guidance office soon if they
aren’t already there. Any senior who has a family member who
belongs to the booster club is eligible
Fund Raising: Charlotte Ray is doing a great
job with fund raising. Bill forwarded an e-mail with dates for
future sales so people should look at this and try to help when
they can. Market Day is open for April, May and June. No sports
team volunteered for next month so the Best Buddies Club is
assisting
Team Reps
Indoor Track: The girls’ team finished third and the boys’ team finished fourth at the Calvert County Invitational held on 9 January. School records were set by Mercedes Jackson in the girls’ 300m, by Andrew McLean in the boys; 3200m, by the girls’ 4 x 400 relay team, and by the girls’ 4 x 800 relay team. Overall the team has set 10 new school records over the course of the season. The remaining meets are the SMAC Championships on 24 January, Regionals on 3 February and the State Meet on 17 Feb.
Hockey: The team is in 1st place
in its division with 10 points. Their only league loss was to
Northern early in the season. They finish the season with
Northern on 6 February. All games are in Waldorf and they hope
to get some fans over there. They played in the Purple Puck
Tournament over the holidays finishing 1-2. They beat St. Albans
but lost to Gonzaga and Queen Anne’s. They are still trying to
work with the board of education to get the team officially
recognized but have no new information on this
Wrestling: Peter Athens placed first at the
South River Tournament and was named most outstanding wrestler
New Business
Should the booster club do something to help
Ernie Fletcher’s family. It was decided that the club should
help the sports’ teams with fund raising events they hold
The next meeting is scheduled for Monday
February 9, 2009 at 7 p.m. in the HHS media center
The meeting was adjourned at 7:34 p.m
Respectfully Submitted, Michelle Jacobsen
HUNTINGTOWN HIGH
SCHOOL
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
FEBRUARY 9, 2009
HHS MEDIA CENTER
Attendees: Judi Jones, Debbie
Bertolaccini, Jason Harlow, Kathy Kady, JT Kady, Bill Goddard,
Jenny Barrett, Trey Sirman, Warren Rice, Michelle Jacobsen
Bill Goddard called the meeting to order at
7:00 p.m. The minutes from the January 12, 2009 meeting
were approved.
Principal’s Report: Trey
Sirman filled in for Mr. Weber. Ernie Fletcher has been
moved to a rehab center and should be coming home this week.
Coach Smith and Coach Franks are working on arranging fund
raisers for the Fletcher family. They hope to have
speakers come in but are still working to figure out whether or
not they can have it at the school. Mr. Weber has also
sent out an e-mail to the staff to try to raise money for the
family. The equipment for drilling the well is now set up.
There is a meeting scheduled for Thursday February 12 with
Mr. Weber, Warren Rice and George Leah to review
responsibilities for the the equipment that has to be acquired.
Valerie from food services at the Board of Health should be
contacted to find out what changes need to be made to the
concession stands to bring them up to code. Trey says that
he will contact her.
Athletic Director’s Report:
Next week is the last week of the regular season for the winter
sports. Playoffs begin on February 27 for girls’ and boys’
basketball. The SMAC wrestling tournament is next
week. Tryouts for spring sports begin February 28.
Games for spring sports begin March 20. Boys’ varsity
basketball and girls’ varsity and J.V. basketball beat Northern
on Friday. Boys’ J.V. and freshmen basketball lost.
The concession stand grossed $1123 on Friday.
President’s Report: There
has been good press coverage for the school over the past month.
The meeting with the school and George Leah to talk about the
installation of the well will be held on Thursday. That
should bring this project to a close. Increasing
membership is a big priority for this year. We need to
have as many members as possible. The changes in the state
budget will be tough on the county so the booster club needs to
have as much revenue as possible to provide any possible support
for the athletic programs. Bill has e-mailed the elected
members of the school board to inform them of the lack of
response from the Board of Education on the issue of the hockey
team. Bill will be dealing with the school board in the
future instead of the Board of Education. School Board
member Bill Chambers is a big supporter of hockey. Bill
has invited the school board members to come in one at a time
and give a presentation on their vision of the future of
athletics in Calvert County. The decision on the hockey
should be made by the first week in March. The fund
raising committee put together a care package of spirit wear
items that was sent to Ernie Fletcher.
Treasurer’s Report:
Starting balance for January 2009 was $66,490.09. Total
revenues were $6,454.37 ($256.65 from Market Day, $425.00 from
membership, $4323.22 from concessions, and $1,749.50 from spirit
wear). Total Expenses were $7,986.14 ($1,039.16 for
concessions, $163.13 for market day, and $6,589.47 for spirit
wear), The ending balance for the month of January was
$62,258.32. There was a large expense for spirit wear this
month as all of the invoices were in for the items that will be
sold in the future.
Committee Reports
Membership: There are 237
total members-68 Life members, 146 Family members and 23
members. Membership applications are still trickling in.
There don’t seem to be a lot of new members in the winter.
How to get new members was discussed. Warren Rice
discussed the need for good team reps who are willing to follow
up with team parents.
Debbie Bertolaccini said that parents are
often involved in many ways, such as working at meets and
providing food and drinks, even if they aren’t booster club
members. Booster club membership is often driven by the
coaches so there needs to be coach involvement. Swim team
has the highest membership percentage of the winter sports at
78%. One way to increase membership would be to send out
an e-mail to incoming families so that they could see the
booster club information early on. Judi Coyle has
suggested starting a junior booster club.
Fund Raising: There will
be new spirit wear items available including pajama bottoms.
The committee is reaching out to the middle schools to sell
spirit wear. Market Day is today.
Scholarship: Applications
are in the guidance office and are due 3/16/09.
Teacher/coach recommendations are due by 4/3/09.
Applications will be distributed to the judging panel by 4/17/09
and scores are due back to the committee chair by 4/24/09.
Interviews will be held on 5/8/09 and the winners will be
announced at the Senior Awards Assembly.
Field: Warren still has a
copy of the proposal from 9/2007 in case there is any
question of who is responsible for what costs. The booster
club commitment was for the construction of the pump house and
the portable irrigation system. At that time the estimated
cost was $22,000 and there is $30,000 budgeted to cover this.
Rick Weber still has the information on the irrigation system
though the price may have changed. After the well project
is finished Mr. Weber was planning on looking at the fields and
seeing what projects need to be done. Bill Goddard would
like to have a field committee involved in this but has to find
someone who can chair it. Kathy Kady asked in the athletic
director should be in charge of the fields since they belong to
the school. Bill said that the committee would work with
the school reps.
Team Reps
Indoor Track: The girls’ team
finished fourth at the SMAC Championships and boys’ team
finished fifth. Both teams finished fourth at the regional
meets. Muraad Pope was the regional champion in the shot
put. He advanced to the state meet along with Aaron
Jenkins in the hurdles, the 4 x 400 relay team and the 4 x
800 relay team. For the girls, Mercedes Jackson, 55 m,
Cynthia Snyder, hurdles, Jamila Holt, shot put, Ebony Holloway,
high jump, and the 4 x 400 relay team, all advanced to the state
meet. The state meet will be held on February 17.
Swimming: The boys
finished second and the girls eighth in the SMAC meet. The
girls their best season ever.
Hockey: The team is doing
well. They beat Northern 7-2. They have a game
tonight.
Wrestling: Advanced to the
regional duels. They will wrestle Oxen Hill next Wed. at
La Plata.
Boys’ Basketball: Beat
Northern. Have a busy week with three games. They
play Thomas Stone, Lackey, and Patuxent this week.
New Business
The booster clubs provides money ($25
per person for regionals and $40 per person for states) for
regional and state champions (both team and individual) for the
purchase of an item recognizing this accomplishment.
However, there has been a problem with the coaches timeliness in
taking care of this and invoices have been received well after
the championship. Bill Goddard has refused to pay one
invoice that recently came in when the championship was last
year. Spring sports would have difficulty providing this
information before the end of the school year as the
championships aren’t held until the end of May or early June.
Michelle Jacobsen suggested that the money be carried over to
the next year’s budget. Since the number of team members
would be known the expense to the booster club would also be
know.
Bill Goddard motioned that the money for
regional and state champions be provided only to teams which
have a 70% or higher membership in the booster club. JT
Kady seconded the motion. Kathy Kady said that the
recognition should be for the kids and it shouldn’t matter
whether their families belong to the club. Trey Sirman
asked what the purpose of providing this money-is it to
recognize the athletes or to increase membership.
The motion was brought to a vote and the nays
carried. The motion was defeated.
Bill Goddard motioned that $1000 be provided
to Operation Graduation. JT Kady seconded it. The
motion passed unanimously.
Concessions: There has not been a
volunteer to take over the running of the concessions stands.
The team reps are supposed to e-mail Bill a spread sheet with
what needs to be ordered after each event but this is not
happening. Therefore, it is very difficult to keep the
concession stands stocked. There is a girls’ basketball
game tonight and no water and only a minimal amount of sodas
since nobody sent the information after the boys’ game on
Friday. Dee Byrne came from the girls’ basketball game to
complain about the lack of drinks and food to sell. She
said that she is willing to call Royal Vending if needed to get
drinks to the concession stand. Bill Goddard said that
calling Royal wasn’t the problem, he will do that. The
problem is the lack of information from the teams. Trey
Sirman said that he would call Thomas Stone and apologize for
this. Bill will send out an e-mail informing people that
if there is not a volunteer to run the concessions committee
that the concession stands will have to be closed down.
The next meeting will be Monday March 9, 2009
at 7:00 p.m. in the HHS media center.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michelle Jacobsen
HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MARCH 9, 2009
HHS MEDIA CENTER
Attendees: Rita Deugwillo, Dee Byrne, Joann Dahle,
Vicki Ganley, Janet McDonald, Warren Rice, Michael Brooks,
Stephanie Brechbiel, Bill Goddard, Beth Abbott, Raffaele
Simpson, Stuart Mclean, Jerry Gerdes, Nancy Gerdes, Jason
Harlow, Rick Weber, Randy Fink, Lana Lark, Candace Wingfield,
Valerie Harrington, Michelle Jacobsen
Bill Goddard called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m.
The minutes of the February 9, 2009 meeting were approved.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT: Mr. Weber
reported that there has been a lot of progress on the well.
The Health Department will be here on Wednesday morning at 10:30
to inspect the concession stands to see if they meet standards.
He still does not know the final amount of the budget so does
not know how much money will be available for athletics.
He does not get a lot of discretionary money to spend for
athletics. Most of the athletic budget is for the coaches’
stipends and for the transportation. Winter sports are all
finished and are in the midst of awards’ nights. The
spring season tryouts began with snow. There is a good
turnout for the spring season sports.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball both made it to the
semi-finals of the regionals. This is the furthest the
girls’ team has advanced in the history of the school.
In swimming, Thomas Morgan was the state champion in the
backstroke and the boys’ 200 m relay team was also state
champion with a state record.
Wrestling finished second in the SMAC Meet. Remember
to check League Minder (www.digitalsport.com) for results and
scheduling. Each team has its own home page and the
coaches can use it to post messages. You can also sign up
to receive e-mail announcements of game postponements. The
school pays $400 for two years for this service so they want to
use it as much as possible. The first and second all SMAC
teams for the winter sports will be determined tonight and
confirmed next week. Spring sports begin their first games
the week of March 20. Jason will be placing an order of
the coaches’ shirts. If anyone would like to order them,
let him know the size. The cost is $25. He will not
be ordering extras. If the booster club wants to order
some to sell, let him know. Ernie Fletcher was at the game
the other night and is in good spirits. The coaches are
still working on a fund raiser, but this will later after the
cost of the equipment that he needs is know.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: School Board
member Bill Chambers was going to come tonight to share his
ideas on the future of athletics in Calvert County, but he had a
family emergency. He hopes to make it to next month’s
meeting. Bill Goddard has also spoken to the other new
school board members and they would also like to come and share
their ideas with us. There was a meeting on the well with
George Leah, Warren Rice and Mr. Weber. Bill thanked the
winter sports reps and coaches for all of their hard work.
He apologized to the girls’ basketball team for leaving them
with an unstocked concession stand for one of their games.
Bill has heard from old members who have left the area and
liked receiving the team updates. The new concessions
committee chair is Stephanie Brechbiel. Spring team reps
need to work with Stephanie to help manage the concession
stands. A copy of the new draft of the by-laws has been
e-mailed to all members. The updates bring the by-laws in
line with how things are actually running. Are still
awaiting the answer from the Board of Education on whether or
not the hockey team can be recognized by the school. It
should be coming in the next week. There has been great press in
the local papers. Next month, nominations will be taken
for vice-president and treasurer. This will get the
election process back in line with the by-laws. Bill hopes
that Jenny Barrett and Beth Abbott will stay on in their present
positions.
TREASURER’S REPORT: The starting
balance for the month of February was $65, 258.32. Total
revenues were $8,510.32 (Market Day $178.20, Membership $5,
Concessions $3400.02, and Spirit Wear $4847). Total
expenses were $4553.51 ($1,027.69 for concessions, $128.33 for
market Day, $1025.43 for miscellaneous items-donation to
Operation Graduation, and $372.06 for Spirit Wear). The
ending balance for the month of February 2009 was $69.215.03.
Committee Reports
Membership: There were no new
members this month.
Fund Raising: Charlotte and her
assistants are at the school a lot to sell spirit wear. They
have a new spring line. The most recent items are on the
booster club web site. Rick Weber has contacted the Giant
to see if there are any arrangements for the school to receive
funds for the items they are selling that say Huntingtown
Hurricanes since the tags say that part of the profits go to the
school. He did not get a real answer from Giant.
Concessions: The Health
Department inspection will give a sense of what needs to be done
for the concession stands so that they meet standards.
Business Sponsorship: Businesses
aren’t interested right now.
Scholarship: The issue of
increasing the amount of the scholarship was raised. Dr.
Brooks stated that this issue has been addressed in the past but
that increasing the amount would mean decreasing the number of
recipients. In the past the number of recipients has been
increased because it was very difficult to choose between many
of the applicants.
Public Relations: The web site
if fully updated. Dr. Brooks has addressed all of the
difficulties that have been brought to his attention.
Still needs the all-SMAC teams from the fall and will also need
the winter list when it is available. If the school is
using the digital sports web sports for home pages for the team,
may be able for the booster club web site to be just that
instead of a HHS athletics web site.
Field: The well is dug.
Warren had the meeting with the CCPS and there were no changes
in what the booster club is expected to pay for. Still
need to determine how to most effectively use the wells.
The pipes still need to be laid and portals put in place on the
fields. There will be full irrigation to all of the fields
with different portals where the portable irrigation system can
be hooked up. Bids have been requested for the irrigation
system and the portals. The cost to the booster club
should not exceed the $30,000 budgeted.
The only possible hold up to finishing this process would
be if the cost is too high for the parts still to be completed
and that seems unlikely. The companies that submitted bids
when this started are being contacted to see if they want to
submit bids this time around.
Dave Boudon (Prince George’s County soil conservation
director) is working with George Leah to provide references for
the system. Thanks to Warren for all of his hard work
through the duration of this project. Thanks also for
Karen Merewitz who brought in Dave Bourdon to help. Bill
is still looking for someone to chair the field committee which
will work on what can be done to improve the conditions of the
fields now that the irrigation system is in place and how to pay
for these improvements.
Team Reps
Indoor Track: Mercedes
Jackson finished second in the girls’ 55 m dash at the state
meet and Aaron Jenkins finished sixth in the boys’ 55 meter
hurdles at the state meet.
Hockey: Finished the year at
14-7. They lost in the finals of the Frederick Tournament.
Finished 1-3 at the Fort Dupont Tournament playing against very
high level competition.
The team was 8-2 in the Southern Division of the MSHL and
were the Southern Champions. They lost in the regional
finals to Easton. 4 out of 18 athletes received
honors for having a grade point average over 3.5. 11 out
of the 18 members were named academic all-stars. The
2 seniors on the team were named to the senior all star team.
The hockey club thanks the booster club for all of the support
given.
Bill Goddard stated that the hockey club receives no
financial support from the booster club. All they are
looking for is to be recognized.
Boys’ Basketball: Finished 17-7.
Won the Christmas Tournament. Beat Crossland in the
regional quarterfinals 59-57 before losing to Friendly in the
regional semi-finals. Robbie Deyermond was the top scorer
and Dellone Holland set a school record for the most made
3-pointers. The school will be sponsoring summer camps.
Girls’ Basketball: Had there
best season ever. They won three games in the playoffs
before losing to Great Mills. The j.v. team’s final record
was 16-3.
Old Business
Bill Goddard has e-mailed Jason Harlow the process for
requesting the recognition awards for regional and state
champions. This way money can be placed in the next year’s
budget if the purchase is not completed by the end of the school
year.
Candace Wingfield asked about the status of the tennis
court bleachers. Jason Harlow reported that they should be
put together tomorrow.
New Business
Need to determine if the recognition awards for the
2008 boy’s outdoor track team will be paid for. Bill
Goddard refused to pay for them because the invoice was received
during the next school year. Stuart McLean motioned that
the items should be paid for by the booster club. This was
seconded. Coach Harrington stated that she met with the
team in early June and ordered the items. She received the
invoice in early October and that was turned in to the office.
She agreed to having the money taken out of the track account
since the booster club would reimburse the team, but this did
not happen. Nancy Gerdes stated that in the past these
items were often paid for a year after the event. The
money is in the budget for these items and the booster club has
an obligation to pay. Dr. Brooks stated that the idea is
to celebrate the athlete and the club should fulfill its
promises. The club can carry over the amount from one
year’s budget to the next since the amount needed would be
known by the end of the school year. Mr. Weber stated that
it is a good idea to have a process for this in the future since
it has been difficult in the past to get some coaches to decide
what the team wants to order.
The motion to pay for the track team’s recognition item
passed unanimously. The invoice will be forwarded to Beth
Abbott so that the team account can be reimbursed.
New information on spring teams should be forwarded to Dr.
Brooks so that he can keep the web site updated. E-mail
small numbers photos to him. If you have a large number of
photos please but them on a disc.
The lacrosse team rep asked if people needed to rejoin for
each sport and whether or not the membership still comes with
free entries to the events. People don’t need to rejoin.
Family and regular memberships are good for one school year.
The family membership comes with five free admissions to regular
season events. She will receive a list of who is already a
member once the team rosters are finalized and forwarded to the
booster club.
Dee Byrne asked whether the booster club would be involved
with the concession stands for the baseball and softball teams.
They will still run their own stands. She asked in the
overhang could be moved down to the baseball and softball areas
to provide cover. Rick Weber said that he is not sure that
there is enough space to fit it down there. Dee also asked
if it was also possible to knock down the wall between the
outdoor concession stand and the adjoining storage space to give
more room. This had been discussed in the past and can’t
be done because there are wires in the wall.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
The next meeting will be held on Monday April 13 at 7:00
p.m. in the HHS Media Center.
Respectfully submitted, Michelle Jacobsen
HUNTINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB MEETING
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MAY 12, 2009
HHS MEDIA CENTER
Attendees: Bill Goddard, Jenny
Barrett, Rick Weber, Michelle Jacobsen, Jason
Harlow, Bruce Supanick, Page Ellwood, Leila Tomer, Bob Lavoie,
Kathleen Cirillo, Sally Anderson, Janet McDonald, Rich Cirillo,
Stephanie Brechbiel, Barbara Fink, Kathy Kady, J.T. Kady,
Warren Rice
Bill Goddard called the meeting to
order at 7:04 p.m. The minutes of the April 13, 2009
meeting were approved.
Principal’s Report:
The senior awards program will be on May 28. The names for
the booster club scholarship have been submitted. The
underclassmen award night will be on June 9. The school
will be going to the one hour lunch next year.
Athletic Director’s Report:
Softball plays Great Mills tomorrow night and if they win they
will play Northern on Friday for the regional championship.
The boys’ lacrosse team won the SMAC championship but lost to
Severna park in the regional tournament. The girls’
lacrosse team beat Chopticon. They also lost to Severna
Park in the regional tournament.
After further research into sprigging
the field this does not appear to be a good year to do this.
In order to do this correctly the field needs to be regraded and
drainage issues would need to be addressed. The cost
of grading the field is approximately $12,000 to $16,000.
This would greatly increase the cost. A field committee
needs to be created to look at long term plans for the fields
now that we have irrigation. The stadium field and
baseball and softball fields will now have more water pressure
for irrigation. At this time there could be spot
filling and leveling of the football field but this is not a
long term solution.
The school still doesn’t have the
budget for next year. Jason is still waiting to get
information on the cost of several items so feels that it would
be better to wait until June to go through the coaches’
requests.
President’s Report:
Bill will be stepping down at the end of this school year, and
Jenny Barrett will be serving out the rest of his term. He
thanks everyone for all of the support they have given him.
Mr. Weber said that he would forward the coaches’ requests to
Bill shortly so that the executive board can look at the
requests prior to the next meeting.
Treasurer’s Report:
Starting balance for April 2009 was $65,761.69. Total
revenues were $3,029.59($335.09 from Market Day, $35 from
membership, $1,255.50 from concessions, and $1,404.00 from
spirit wear). Total expenses were $5,093.92($1,905.20 for
concessions, $242.52 for Market Day, $160.00 for sport programs,
and $2,786.20 for spirit wear). The ending balance for
April 2009 was
$63,697.37.
Committee Reports
Membership: There
are 249 members. There were 8 new lifetime members this
year. Kathy will add there names to the plaque.
Kathy will continue to work with membership but needs someone
new to start to take over the committee.
Concessions:
Stephanie has purchased two new grills. They just need to
be put together. What should be done with the old grills?
Jason will check and see if the baseball or softball team wants
them so that they can use them during their games. If they
aren’t interested Stephanie will bring proposals from other
interested parties next month.
Public Relations:
Looking into companies which could take over the web site in the
future. Kathy Kady suggested that we check and see if
there are any classes in the school that could take care of it.
Mr. Weber said that there is often problems with keeping the
sites updated if students are in charge.
Field: The
pump house is built. The electrical wires have been run
and the electrical panel is in place. There are two
possible irrigation system models and they have gone to the
engineer for approval. Piping still needs to be laid and
the portals dug. Warren is not optimistic that the last
steps to the process will be completed in time for the system to
be used this summer to irrigate the fields. Dave Bourdon
says that the rest of the process can be completed in 30 days.
Nobody has expressed and interesting
chairing a field committee. Mr. Weber stated that Trey or
Jason could chair the committee. The school has done a lot
of research into the fields and can give us a long term plan.
The issue now is implementing a plan. They just need a
liaison from the booster club because the booster club will need
to help with funding in order to make any improvements to the
field. Sally Anderson said that she would bring this up at
the football parents’ meeting to see if any of them are
interested.
Kathleen Cirillo asked if we can talk
to the board to see if we can put the money they are spending on
the fields to better use. Mr. Weber stated that anything
that we get out of the board will be a bonus.
Team Reps
Golf: The golf team would like
the booster club to be a sponsor for the yearly golf
tournament they hold as a fund raiser. The booster
club has always been a sponsor in the past. A motion was
made for the booster club to be a sponsor which would cost $300.
The motion was approved. The tournament was held in April
and made $5,700. This money is used to pay for golf fees
and uniforms. They had $4,500 in community sponsors.
Baseball: The team finished
12-1-1. The varsity was seeded first in the regional
tournament but lost to Northern. The J.V. finished 8-6.
Track: The girls’ team finished
10-2 and were third at the SMAC meet. Mercedes Jackson was
the SMAC champion in the 100 meter dash. The boys’ team
finished11-1 and were fourth at the SMAC meet. Muraad Pope
was SMAC champion in the discus. The regional meet will be
held on Thursday May 14 and Saturday May 16 at Westlake.
Concession Stands: In the process
of getting the required work done so that the concession stands
are up to code. Picnic tables were purchased from the
career center and put under the overhang so people have
somewhere to sit and eat.
New Business:
Football Concessions: The band
wants to know if they can still participate at the football
concessions. They can. Varsity football parents need
to work the concession stand before and after the game and at
halftime.
Market Day: Any team that is
interested in getting dates for Market Day needs to talk to
Karen Merewitz.
FBLA: FBLA sent a letter
requestion sponsorship for 6 students who had made it to
nationals. A motion was made to donate $50 per student and
the motions was seconded. Kathleen Cirillo said that it
would start a bad precedent to give money for non-sport related
causes. A vote was taken and the nays had it so the
motion was denied.
Election of officers: There were
no new nominations for the offices of vice-president and
treasurer.
Last month Janet Cratty was nominated
for vice president and Beth Abbott was nominated for treasurer.
Nominations were closed and a vote was taken. Janet Cratty
was elected vice president and Beth Abbot was elected treasurer.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:16 p.m.
The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on June 8, 2009 in the HHS
media center.
Respectfully Submitted, Michelle
Jacobsen