Northeast High School Athletic Boosters

Meeting called to order

Minutes were approved Unanimously

Reports:

Treasurer: By Carrie as of 9/20/22

Boosters: 31,697.02

Teams: 44,463.00

The following members were voted in as members at large:

a.      Laura Ross

b.      Tara Otten

c.       Kristie Barnes

d.      George Lawrence

e.      Kristen Mrozek

Members at large must attend meetings and can handle cash in concessions per bylaws

Fundraising

1)      Football Cookie Dough (OCT 31)

2)      Boys Soccer Restaurant Night (SEPT 28); OCT 7 and OCT 10

3)      Field Hockey Purse Bingo (OCT 15)

*Reiterated that boosters get 10% of every fundraiser that earns more than $1K

*Fence Signs -- $500 for 1 year; $850 for 2 years

Booster Fundraiser Paint Night: NOV 2^nd – Green Turtle $45 *GT will give us 20% of entrees all day

Concessions:

*Need additional volunteers so we can operate

*We will be open for OCT 16 Fall Fest (Trunk Or Treat)

AD Notes: (Melissa Leak In for Ken Miller)

*Will provide list of seniors for fall senior nights

*Also said she would provide comprehensive list of varsity sports that still need announcers for the year

Upcoming Events:

Senior Nights:

Girls/Boys Soccer – OCT 6

Field Hockey – OCT 18

Volleyball – OCT 20

Football/golf/cheer/tennis, band, x-county – OCT 28

*Posters are $50 – Boosters will pay $25/Athlete will pay $25

DENA Bowl – OCT 28

Tickets will be sold the week before the game and game will sell out quickly

We will have food trucks – Looking at 3 + Kona Ice

*According to football coach – JV game may be moved to Thursday to keep crowds down.

*We will have a breast cancer awareness table at the venue

*We will have towel give away for first 650 students

Fall Fest – OCT 16

Boosters will have concessions open and potentially a trunk

Team feedback:

Field Hockey – Lakeshore Night on OCT 11

*Boosters will provide free hotdogs to lakeshore field hockey

Football – Baltimore TD Club – DEC 10 (1 game)

Meeting Adjourned 7:37

Jim East and John Mrozek were presented awards by president

Meeting called to order

Minutes were approved Unanimously

Reports: 

Treasurer: By Carrie as of 10/11/22

Boosters: 43,969.00

Teams: 37,108.54

*We have $3,200 in outstanding payouts from Booster fund

*We have processed more credit cards transactions in SEPT 2022 than all of 2021.

We are at 45% Credit Card and 55% cash transactions with trends moving more toward credit card.

*Paint Night sold out in 8 hours – Goal is to make $1K 

*VOTE: Board discussed possibility of purchasing Point of Sale system for concessions. Members recommended we get a second POS system

*We are buying two systems for $799 each.

Fundraising

Active Fund raisers: Field Hockey (Bingo); Football (Cookie dough and Dena Bowl Shirts)*

*There is an issue with Web site link for Banners

*Cheer is planning on Bingo in NOV

Concessions:

*We had inspection on OCT 17

*We are enforcing rule that no students under 16 are authorized in the snack shack

*During busier events (DENA Bowl) Carlie will assign volunteers specific stations

*IT is now policy that Boosters will not allow students to Cash App volunteers directly to pay for items

*You do not have to be a booster member to volunteer in the concession stand

*SEC asked for recommendations on getting more volunteers in concessions.

* Field Hockey brought up sports covering for opposite sports – e.g. wrestling and Basketball cover each other’s sports

AD Notes: (Chris Dyke in for Ken Miller)

*Football, Field Hockey and Girls Soccer will host girl playoff games

*Field Hockey and Girls Soccer week of OCT 26

*Football either NOV 4 or 5

*Tickets for Dena Bowl expected to go on sale 24^th of OCT – 3K tickets expected to be sold

Upcoming Events:

Senior Nights: 

Field Hockey – OCT 18

Volleyball – OCT 20

Football/golf/cheer/tennis, band, x-county – OCT 28

*Posters are $50 – Boosters will pay $25/Athlete will pay $25

*WE were also asked to see what we could do for JROTC/Band

*Clarissa discussed getting cups for names in fence.

DENA Bowl/Senior Night – OCT 28

*Need Banners and players names from coaches ASAP

*Idea is to put posters up in individual sections around the stadium.

DENA BOWL: 

*Parents will show up at noon to begin set up

Kristen Mrozek and Amy East were presented awards by president

General Meeting Adjourned 7:57

Special Session brought together at 8 p.m.

Coach Dyke asked for $1,400 advanced from wrestling fund for practice gear.

Wrestling will have at least two fundraisers to pay for events and will also be sponsoring JV rodeo and youth events through the season

*We expect several youth wrestling events March – Stress on Concessions.

Board gave Coach Dyke until DEC 31 to pay back money.

Special Session adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

*After event: Kristie Barnes voluntarily resigned as a Board Member effective OCT 12, 2022