MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF DECEMBER 1, 2004
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A general meeting of the YVHS
Athletic Boosters, Inc. was held on December 1, 2004 at 7:09 p.m. in
Attending the meeting was:
Stan Wilson Cathy Wayne Kellye Dykeman
Marci Jones
Linda Wiley Rob Kinnard Doug Wayne
Debbie Vaticano Julie Kaufman Kelly Krauss
Tammy Espland
Ten out of eleven board members were present, which constitutes a quorum of the full board.
The minutes of the November meeting were passed out to all board members. The motion was made, seconded, and the vote approved the November minutes as submitted.
Linda Wiley passed out the Treasurer’s Report as of December 1, 2004. The Treasurer’s Report was reviewed and approved.
OLD BUSINESS
SITE COUNCIL – Julie Kaufman reported that the council discussed the new Site Plan for Single Student Achievement. There was a review of the cell phone policy. Also, there have been some reports of teachers letting students out early at the end of the day. There will be some investigation into this problem. It was reported that the printers in the computer lab are not working. It is unclear exactly what the problem is. Julie will update the committee as more information is available. The Holiday Concert is scheduled for December 9th at 7:30 p.m. The Junior Prom is scheduled for April 30th, 2005. The council discussed the TAP funds that the teachers were supposed to receive last year. Each teacher was told they would be given $300, however, some teachers never got the money. Caroline Plath is looking into this issue.
A representative from the City
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MEMBERSHIP – One new basketball membership.
CRAB FEED UPDATE – Tammy Esplund reported for the Crab Feed Committee. They are in need of a Chairman for the Donation Committee. They will be organizing and sending teams out to solicit donations in January. The committee has moved the location of the Silent Auction items from the front rooms to the back bar area. This will allow more space and ability to have more people working as cashiers. There will be speakers in the extra eating rooms so that everyone can hear the live auction. They are working on posters/flyers to advertise at the basketball games.
TEAM REPORT – Mario Balestrieri reported that the Fall Sports Awards Night took place on 11/30/04. There was very positive feedback on the event, particularly regarding the slide show put together by Doug and Cathy Wayne. Mr. Balestrieri reported that the Varsity Boy’s Basketball team is 2-1; the Varsity Girl’s Basketball team is 3-0. Boy’s soccer is undefeated, and Girl’s soccer is 1-0. They will be participating in the upcoming Tri-Valley Classic Tournament.
TRACK/FIELD MEETING – Cathy Wayne reported on the meeting that was held with the architect and the district representative. There was an additional $500,000 allocated to the new track project, however, the original estimate of cost was low. With this additional funding there is enough to complete the new all-weather track, an upgraded grass field, a 4-foot fence around the track, and an 8-foot fence around the entire area. Work was originally scheduled to begin on April 1st, but is delayed until June 1st, 2005.
NEW SCOREBOARD – All plans are in place to erect a new scoreboard in conjunction with the track project. Jeff McDaniels from the District will oversee the project. The Athletic Boosters will give the District a $20,000 check immediately as a show of good faith that the Boosters are financially committed to this project. The Booster will request copies of itemized invoices as the work is done.
PRESENTATION BY KELLY KRAUSS -- Kelly Krauss gave an in depth presentation about the Sports Medicine Program at YVHS. She offered information and answered questions so that the Boosters would be better informed regarding exactly how the program functions, her responsibilities as the teacher and as an athletic trainer, and the benefit to the athletes and coaches. She was requesting a stipend from the Boosters to compensate her for the extra time and commitment that are required from her to keep the program running. She asked for the position of Athletic Trainer to be officially created and supported. The Board voted unanimously to pay Ms. Krauss an $850 stipend for the 2004/2005 winter sports season, and another $850 stipend for the 2005 spring sports season. The Board voted unanimously to make this an ongoing budget item, with the exact dollar amount to be re-evaluated each year.
REQUESTS FOR FUNDING – There were no requests from any coaches.
Mario Balestrieri made a request that the Athletic Boosters reimburse Jim Grace $1640.00. Mr. Grace wrote a personal check to pay a bill to Team Sport Source, which had been incurred by last year’s wrestling team. This bill had remained unpaid for a lengthy period of time. To maintain a positive relationship between YVHS and this vendor, Mr. Grace paid the outstanding balance himself. There was concern and frustration expressed by the Board members regarding the mismanagement of the wresting funds by the coaches, and the lack of consequences or effort to fundraise to cover the costs incurred. Equipment was given to members of the wrestling team, however, the money owed for the equipment was never collected from some of the team members. In addition, there are funds that are owed to YVHS by other schools for participating in our wrestling tournament last year that were never collected. These funds would go directly to the Athletic Boosters as they are collected, which would offset the amount reimbursed to Jim Grace. Mr. Balestrieri has already received checks in the amount of $375 (which will be given to the Boosters) towards the amount owed to the school, and he will actively pursue collecting the balance remaining. The Board unanimously approved the reimbursement of Jim Grace for $1640.00
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
2005-2006 – Board members were encouraged to start thinking
about how to recruit new board members for 2005-2006 school year.
Linda Wiley announced that she is resigning from her position as Treasurer for the Athletic Boosters. Linda’s son, Shane, was accosted by another student on campus and struck in the head. Because he defended himself against this other student, he is being blamed equally for the altercation and was suspended from school. He is also suspended from participating in any extracurricular activities for 45 school days. This means he will not be eligible to participate in some of the “senior” activities, or play baseball this spring. Due to this seemingly unfair and inappropriate response from the administration at YV where Linda has given so much volunteer time and effort to improve the school, as well as increasing demands in her work schedule, she is resigning from her position on the Board.
Cathy Wayne is taking a leave of absence for a few months, starting in January 2005. Doug Wayne was nominated as Vice President, and the Board unanimously approved.
The next Athletic Booster meeting is scheduled for January 5th at 7 p.m. in the YVHS Library.
There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 9:11 p.m.
Submitted by:
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Marci Jones
Secretary
January 3, 2005