MINUTES OF THE Ygnacio Valley HS Athletic Boosters, Inc.

MEETING OF JANUARY 4, 2006

  A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC CORPORATION

  A general meeting of the YVHS Athletic Boosters, Inc. was held on January 4, 2006 at 7:08 p.m. in Concord, California for the purpose of a monthly meeting.  President, Stan Wilson, called the meeting to order.  The meeting was held in the Ygnacio Valley High School library.  Written notice of this meeting was sent via email and announced on the web site to all general members of record on the books of the corporation at such time and with such contents as required by the Bylaws of the corporation.

Attending the meeting was:

Marci Jones                                   Kellye Dykeman                     Gregg Syrovatka

Jim Davis                                      Julie Kaufman                         Cheryl Syrovatka

Don Morrison                               Stan Wilson                            Tris Carter

Mario Balestrieri                           Rob Kinnard                           Jim Carter

Seven out of eight board members were present, constituting a quorum of the full Board.

APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES

The minutes of the November 2, 2005 meeting were passed out to all board members (there was no December meeting).  The motion was made, seconded, and the vote approved the November minutes.

TREASURERÕS REPORT

Jim Davis submitted the TreasurerÕs Report as of January 4, 2006 (see attached).  He noted that of the balance in the account the following are committed funds: $20,000 Ð track equipment, $15,000 Ð football scoreboard, $1,500 Ð stadium seats, $12,000 Ð baseball loan.  The taxes for 2005 have been filed, and the records are ready for the audit.  The TreasurerÕs Report was approved unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS:

SITE COUNCIL Ð Julie Kaufman reported (notes from Karen Rosso):

  • Computer program update caused delay of French book order.  Spanish books arrived.  French should be any time.  WASC planning beginning.  Visit next school year.  Mr. France is in charge.  Site Council Bylaws will be reviewed at the next meeting.
  • Student Reports: Homecoming went well.  Spirit Week in December.  Jr. Prom will be at Canyon View in San Ramon, April 8th.  Clean Campus Committee will be doing recycling.
  • Faculty Council: Tardy sweeps working, false alarms down.  What is happening with sections and class averaging and librarian situation?
  • Curriculum: Kinsella training with SAIT funds.  Using pacing calendars and data analysis.
  • Looking into Career Integrated Academics Ð portfolio of business skills earned in high school.
  • ELAC met, good turn out.  Filled requirements.
  • Senior Projects discussed.

 

 

ESCRIP Ð Rob Kinnard reported that the Sept. deposit will be $668.98.  He renewed as many Safeway memberships as he was able to.  There are currently 265 Escrip members.

MEMBERSHIP Ð Kellye Dykeman reported that there is 1 new member.  Total membership = 93.

TEAM REPORT Ð

  • Very successful Fall Season Ð particularly BoyÕs Water Polo and Football.
  • BoyÕs Basketball record at 500.
  • GirlÕs Basketball record is just under 500.
  • GirlÕs Tennis has won 4 matches.
  • Soccer has seen great improvement in organization and respect within the league. All games will be played away due to ongoing field work.
  • Wrestling is participating in invitationals.  They beat Antioch Dec. 14th.

      TRACK/FIELD UPDATE Ð Work is progressing on the new track and field.  Mario Balestrieri reported that work was ahead of schedule before the rains came.  He confirmed that there will be a 12 ft. YVHS in the middle of the field, with blue end zones that say ÒWarriorsÓ in gold letters.

         UPDATE/ PLAYERS TRANSPORTATION FEE Ð Coaches took care of the unpaid balance for the transportation fee.

         KELLY KRAUSS/WEIGHT SCALES Ð No new information.

         SPIRIT WEAR Ð Sales have been very successful.  Approx. $1,700 in sales which = approx. $1,000 in profit.

         WEBSITE UPDATE Ð The soccer schedule has been put on the website.

NEW BUSINESS:

 

REQUESTS FOR FUNDING Ð Tris Carter requested $250 to purchase a 14 ft. pole for pole vaulting.  They are currently using AcalanesÕ equipment.  The $250 would be an advance against the $20,000 set aside for new track equipment once the new track is complete.  The board voted unanimously to approve the request.

 KELLY KRAUSS STIPEND Ð Kelly will be given $850 for winter season, and $850 for spring season.

FUNDRAISERS Ð Coach Ferguson is making arrangements for the Infineon Speedway fundraiser to earn money for baseball.  He also has an upcoming fundraiser at the Brenden Theater in Concord Ð Monday, Feb. 13th will be YV night at the movies.  It is for the 7 p.m. showing of the new Naval Academy movie.  Tickets will be $15 for entrance, including popcorn and soda.  There will be 400 tickets available, which would raise $4,000 for YV baseball.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS Ð No new board members.

CRAB FEED REPORT Ð Gregg Syrovatka reported that the next committee mtg. will be on Jan. 9th.  They will be stuffing envelopes to solicit donations.  He encouraged Board members to solicit donations from businesses that they use and go to regularly.  Ticket prices are $50 per person, but they will go up to $55 at some point in the near future.  It was reported that Yary Photography will donate 49Õers and Raiders team pictures for the silent auction.

ROUND TABLE:

High School Sports Focus will be at the school to make a presentation for Play of the Month.

Don Morrison informed the board that the baseball scoreboard now works.  It has bigger numbers and lights.  There is still some vandalism occurring occasionally at the baseball field. 

Jim Carter inquired regarding the talk of reconfiguring the league.  Mario is currently putting together a presentation in favor of reconfiguration.  If it happened, it would not be in effect next year, but possibly the year after.  The timing of a change is relative to the cycle of the NCS.

Jim also asked about the BoyÕs Water Polo BVAL Pennant.  Mario has it in his office and it will be hung in the gym in the near future.  

The next Athletic Booster meeting is scheduled for February 1st, at 7 p.m. in the YVHS Library. 

There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m.

Submitted by:

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Marci Jones

Secretary

January 31, 2006