Aledo Athletic Booster Club Meeting1 March 2010 Present: Tim Buchanan, Craig Whisnand, Jennifer Lopez, Joe Breshears, Cody Kirkpatrick, Sandy Wooten, Alice Roberson, Brenda Cheatham, Sharon Scott, Martha Bronson, Mark Bronson, Allison Frank, Carol Roeme, Ruth Taylor, Rob Helms, Chris Bottoms, Tom Bottoms, Robert Cot, Martin Talley, Anita Gragan, Larry Grogan, Scott Pennington, Cathy Raines, Lisa Loftis, Greg Walker, Bruce Frantz, Troy Flinchbaugh, Marian Flinchbaugh, Michael Smith, Lynn Gromann. Secretary’s Report: Joe Breshears submitted for approval the minutes from the February 1,2010 meeting prepared by Allison Frank, as posted on the website. Alice Roberson motioned to approve. Craig Whisnand 2nd. Motion carried and the minutes were approved. Treasurer’s Report: Craig Whisnand presented the following Treasurer’s report: Craig Whisnand submitted for approval an adjustment amending the Treasurer’s Report in the February 1, 2010 Minutes. In the process of changing banks for all AABC accounts, two deposits had duplicate entries. An adjustment of -$7,898.90 was submitted. Allison Frank motioned to approve. Alice Roberson 2nd. Motion carried and balance was amended by unanimous vote. An NSF check for merchandise from January 2010 in the amount of $115.00 remained uncollected after numerous attempts to contact the writer of the check. Craig Whisnand submitted for approval that the check be destroyed and the balance due be written off. The motion was seconded by Joe Breshears and approved by unanimous vote. Craig Whisnand submitted for approval that the meetings be moved to the second Monday of each month. The bank statement is mailed from the bank on the 4th of each month. Moving the week of the meeting ensures a more comprehensive Treasurer’s Report. Brenda Cheatham motioned to approve. Alice Roberson 2nd. Motion carried and meeting week was changed by unanimous vote. Bank Reconciliation: | Amount | January Balance | $ 41,486.64 | Corrections to balance, duplicate deposit (2) | - $7,898.90 | Actual January Balance | $35,587.74 | February Deposits (3) | $2,024.00 | February Check written (19) | -$14,120.26 | Balance as of February 28,2010 | $21,491.48 | | | Major Fundraisers (year to date): | Amount | Program / Advertising | $ 0.00 | Memberships | $ 0.00 | Merchandise | $ 0.00 | Concessions | $ 0.00 | Soccer Tournament | $ 0.00 | Total | $ 0.00 |
Joe Breshears motioned to approve. Allison Frank 2nd. The motion carried and the Treasurer’s Report was approved as presented. President’s Report: Joe Breshears reported the following: A designer has been selected for the Spring program. Parent and business advertising would be due on March 15. In an effort to ensure that all parents had the opportunity to recognize their player in the program, the Executive Board has voted to reduce the price for full, half, and quarter page ads from $175 for a full page in 2009 to $90 in 2010. Half and quarter page ads will be $60 and $30 respectively. We are grateful for the support of Plains Capital Bank, who have agreed to sponsor the cover for this year’s program. The deadline for renewal of season tickets for the 2010 football season is April 7. The annual season ticket exchange, which is available only for season ticket holders who have renewed their tickets, is Saturday, April 10. On that date season ticket holders can exchange their tickets on a first come, first served basis. Ticket prices have gone up for the 2010 season.
VP of Fundraising Report: The Skeet Shoot Fundraiser has been delayed until next year. VP of Communications Report: No report VP of Team Relations Report: No report Athletic Director’s Report: Tim Buchanan was present and addressed the Booster Club. Tim reported that on November 3rd of 2009 voting was held on a Tax Ratification amendment. The amendment would not have increased the burden on taxpayers. The purpose of the election was to ask Aledo residents to move approximately 13 cents from INS tax rate to M&O tax rate. The result of the voting was 794 votes to accept the amendment and 1,039 against. It is not uncommon for a voter to see an increase in the funding and to choose NO without understanding the actual impact a NO vote would have on the community and the budget. As a result of the voting some very difficult decisions are going to have to be made by our school board. The options currently on the table are to either release 50+ AISD Personnel or to impose a 5% decrease in salaries across the board for employees of Aledo ISD and still reduce at least 15 personnel units. Tim informed the Booster club that either way our children were going to lose some very dedicated teachers and coaches. There is going to be another election this fall, not sure of date, to attempt to move the +/- 13 cents from the INS taxes rate to M&O tax rate. The results of the voting from the election in November only had 794 votes for the ratification. There are approximately 450 district employees so if the eligible voters and their spouses all vote we could have probably passed the TRE in '09. There are district employees who did not vote and it may cause them and/or other employees to lose their jobs. At this time we plan to open the ninth grade center but we will not hire additional staff. Some teachers and coaches will have to float back and forth between the high school and freshmen campus. It would have only taken 246 votes to keep all of our teachers and coaches employed. 246 people is a very small percentage of the number of involved parents we are lucky enough to have here in Aledo. When the election is held again, vote. Become informed and cast your vote. Let your family be counted. Committee Reports: · Membership – No report · Program – No report · Merchandise – No report · Middle School – No report Old Business: No Report New Business: No Report Team Reports – Aledo Middle School: No report Team Reports – Aledo High School: · Baseball – Team was rated #8 in the state in the preseason coaches’ poll, and is off to a good start. · Cheer – No report. · Soccer – Girls Varsity: 5-2-2, district 2-0-0 / Boys Varsity: 8-1-1, district 2-0-0 Won the Moritz Tournament. / First weekends tournaments were canceled. / JV Girls: 2-2-3 Won Second in Midlothian’s tournament / JV Boys: 2-2-1 / JV B Boys: 2-0-0 / JV B Girls: Their two games were canceled · Softball – No report. · Swim– Girls team: 43rd out of 52 teams. Kira Scholsberg was seeded 16th and finished 16th in the 100 breast. The girls 400 free relay was seeded 13th and finished 13th. Boys’ team: 47th out of 54 teams. Adam Brillo was seeded 10th in the 100 back with 54.55 and finished 13th with 56.33. The next meeting date will be Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the Field House classroom. Meeting Adjourned
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