MINUTES
WHS BAND BOOSTERS MEETING
22 January 2009
The January meeting of the
WHS Band Boosters was held on Thursday, 22 January, at 7:00 pm in the Band
Room. This was rescheduled from Thursday, January 15th as the county
had a snow day.
DirectorÕs Roar: Vivian Laxton
gave the DirectorÕs Roar because Ms. Neal was required to be at All County
practice.
Vivian reported that Disney
practices have started on TuesdayÕs and ThursdayÕs from 4-5:30 pm until the
trip. Ms. Neal is aware that students have sports, jobs, etc. and is asking
that students see her for schedule conflicts and may adjust the time of
practice if needed. She plans on going down to Disney well rehearsed and ready
for competition.
She also asked that anyone
that has questions about Disney to please write them or e-mail them to her and
she will get them to Frank and return the answers to you.
Vivian reported that the
efforts in starting a Pep Band were not happening. Many students expressed an
interest in starting the band but only 3 students showed to last MondayÕs
practice. Ms. Neal has made the
coaches and administration aware that it will not happen this year but she is
willing to try again at a later time. Her request is that the student needs to
be committed and it must not conflict with grades or studies.
Vivian also reported that the
Concert Band date has changed to May 26th, the day after Memorial
Day. The Choir Concert is May 22nd, at 7 pm.
AdministrationÕs Report: Assistant
Principle, Mr. Mark Smith was not able to attend our meeting. There was no Admin. Report this month, it was mentioned that
the new officers need to include him on our e-mail list so he will continue to
be invited to our meetings.
PresidentÕs Report: Vivian Laxton informed us
that the school would allow the Booster to set a table up during the Freshman
Orientation night, Thursday February 5th to sell our handmade crafts
and spirit wear. Kris Woolley,
Stephanie Balzer and Sonia Hernandez will staff the
table.
In Ms. NealÕs absence a brief
reminder of the Disney trip dates, practices and due dates for the balance of
the money were noted. Also, anyone
wanting to know the balance in their studentÕs accounts should e-mail Mark
Smith or Lucy Rivera. $150 is due
1/23/09 and the final payment due on 2/20/09. We are still in need of someone to drive
the equipment truck to Disney. It
was noted that our ÒcartÓ will need a tune-up if we are taking it on the trip.
Finally, families going to Disney that have not contacted Frank Leizear from Global Travel and would like to arrange
tickets, accommodations or extended their stay should do so as soon as
possible. His number is (301)570-0800.
Vivian also told the group
that Meda Day agreed to be the Booster Publicity
Chairperson and offered to give Meda all the contacts
she had to help her in the position.
SecretaryÕs Report: The
minutes from the December meeting were distributed and accepted with no
changes.
TreasureÕs Report: Lucy Rivera the new Treasurer was unable attend as
her daughter was receiving the MLK award that night. Vivian reported that she spoke with her
on the phone and that they will be setting a date to transfer all material over
to her. Mark Smith stated that the
budget for the 2009 Ð 2010 season is in the works.
Budget as of December 2008 was distributed. Betsy Kobbe
asked for a detail of expenses for the Breakfast, Mark said he had it on his
computer and would show her at the end of the meeting.
Committee Reports:
Ways and Means: Betsy Kobbe gave the Ways and Means Report.
Breakfast with Santa Betsy asked for ideas and changes for the next
breakfast. It was suggested that we
remind the guests that the picture is included in ticket price and that the
pictures should be taken first before they eat so we have time to print the
photos and get them to our guests before they leave. We seemed to have a large
number of photos left behind. Betsy
also asked that in our shopping travels if we come across clearance items for
the workshop to please pick them up. We are finding that the company we use for
the workshop is getting very expensive.
Glory Days receipts
yielded $118
Joe CorbiÕs The band sold 123 pieces, the kids made $5 on cookies and $5.75 on pizza
kits, pick-up is 1/27 at 5:30
Cookbook is
in the works we need 200 recipes to get started, please send recipes to Meda Day at MDay@fredco-md.net
by February 5th. Kris
Woolley stated that Tara has started a Face Book group for family, friends and
alumni of the band and has had over 120 requests so far she will have this put
on the site.
Registration Night February 5th Main Lobby we need help and donations of spirit
wear
Wolfgang Candy
is the next fund raiser, sell dates 2/9-2/20 delivery on 3/18
Breakfast with the Easter Bunny is on April 4th we need help with the egg
hunt and candy donations
Concessions we
still need help for the following dates; 1/27, 2/2, 2/3, 2/6, 2/9, 2/17, 2/24;
we seem to have the same 4-5 kids there each night. Please e-mail Betsy to let her know if
you can help so not everyone shows up on the same night.
Yard Sale is
May 16th we are waiting on approval to sell spaces by
administration. Donna Rothlauf will chair this.
Jr. Fire Company Raffle Kris Woolley will lead this. This is in conjunction with Wal-Mart and
ChildrenÕs Miracle Network and we will have tickets by the next meeting to sell
and more details. The drawing will be on July 12th for Wal-Mart gift
cards. Kris did speak with VP Mark Smith and agreed that parents must sell the
tickets.
Dance Recital
June 12-14? We still need a chairperson
Car Wash June
date TBA, need chairperson
Tag Days for 2009 tentative dates August 29th and September 12th
Good Search.com a web browser Kris Woolley to look into and set up
Baker Park 2009 Season Betsy has information
Old Business: (none)
New Business:
Motion was made by Jane Follweiler to make it mandatory for students to be required
to help with at least one concession night, motion seconded by Debbie Auwarter. Motion passed.
Betsy also asked about the
concession being responsible to provide the coaches with water, Debbie Auwarter, previous chair, stated that we were only donating
water to the refs and not coaches. Vivian will follow up with the athletics
boosters and Mr. Smith
The next meeting will be held
Thursday, February 12th at 7:00 pm in the Band Room
Meeting Adjourned at 8:50