South Anchorage Boys Basketball Booster Club

Fall Meeting Minutes – September 20th, 2011

Attendance: Matt Evans, Mary Gillett Kemper, Shawna Markquart, Ricky de Kaat, Robert Kemper, Juile and Howard Morris, Amy and John Vandervain, Brian and Dawn Kewan, Lee and Karen Hudson, Jeff Deitz, Gabby and Andrea Lujan, Dick Hobbs, Tanner Evans, Jack Hobbs, Kyle and Mark Rochon, Mark and Jamie Johnson, John Lorec, Bejean Page, Grant Marciniak, Brynie Stringer, Bobbi Jo Ellis, Taylor Nerland, Cliff Butcher

1. The meeting was called into session at 6:35pm

2. Old Business:

a.  The Executive Committee and Coaches were introduced to the new families interested in South Basketball.
b.  The current financial position of the club is $9,000.  Off-season fundraising earned $4,535.
c.  The Amended By Laws were addressed for the second meeting, and a vote in favor was motioned by Dick Hobbs, John Lorec seconded the motion.  The vote was unanomously in favor of amending the By-Laws as written 9/20/11.

3. New Business:

a. Fundraising for the 2011-2012 season was discussed.  The President discussed the importance of individual fundraising early.  The Varsity players are going to be responsible for fundraising $850 each, the JV and C-team players will be responsible for fundraising $250 each.  Several methods such as selling Club Memberships, Gymnasium Banners, Web Ads, as well as individual working for donations were discussed.

b.  The Booster Club's group fundraising was also discussed.  The Raffle, Concessions, and the Wolverine Winter Basketball Camp are the three main fundraisers during the season.

c.  For further explanations, the President pointed the group to the Website and the 2011-2012 Fundraising Policy.

d.  It was re-iterated that tryouts start November 28th and fundraising needs to be done by December 9th for JV/C-team and December 20th for Varsity.

e.  Volunteers were solicited for the following positions:

Concessions Committee Chair: ____________ Varsity
                                                  ____________  JV/C-team
Banquet Committee Chair: John Lorec
Raffle Coordinator:  Kate Matheson
Senior Night Coordinator: Bejean Page, Jamie Johnson
Wolverine Camp Assistant Director: ____________

f.  Donations were solicited for the following items:

Raffle Prizes
Video Camera
Rollable Cooler

5.  Coach Nerland addressed the group about getting involved and getting the fundraising done.  He also spoke about after school workouts from 2:15 to 3:00 Monday through Thursday, open gyms from 7:30-8:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays, and that Coach Cliff will be coaching one or two fall league teams.  Anyone interested in playing during fall league should see Coach Nerland.  Coach Nerland also asked for the use of someone's portable basketball hoop during open gyms.

6.The meeting was adjourned at 7:20pm.