Anderson Men’s Basketball Booster Club Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Coach’s Report
Coach Pittsford thanked booster club members for hospitality, tournaments, away game meals, etc. All of our help really makes their jobs easier and other coaches and referees like coming to Anderson
Budget Update
Holly Newman discussed the budget and what is currently in our account. Might need to think about local teams to bring price of Anderson Classic down, or raise ticket prices. Stephen Ramsey’s wife passed away and we would like to contribute to them. Holly will look into what contribution we could make in Paula Ramsey’s honor – thinking about something for the dyslexia program in AISD. We will vote at our next meeting.
Coach’s Report
Freshman Uniforms- although the new shorts were supposed to be reversible (blue/white) they only sent us Blue Shorts- Coach will order white ones to match through Justin, then move on to a different vendor. Next year we will get district money for uniforms so we will buy new Varsity uniforms and pass the others down. We would like to buy new travel gear for Varsity and J.V. - a ¾ zip pull over with pants. Screen print on left chest. Coach would like to upgrade every level. Vote- Mary Trautman moved that we dip into the carry over budget to pay for the uniforms. All in favor- motion passed.
The next big thing is part of a weight room renewal—another Vertimax. Football bought two- Coach Rhoades is asking us to purchase one. We already have it in the budget so we don’t have to vote on it. Weight room: wants- two speed ladders, new Bungies-need 8 for resistance training against the wall, Bands ( for hip strength) . We want to provide the best functional strength training program to help prevent injuries.
Travel bags: we’d like to buy new bags for all teams. Medium Nike Brazilli. We need 65. Still within our equipment budget, so once again, we don’t need a vote.
Everything equipment related still fits within the budget so we don’t need to vote. All were in agreement to purchase the equipment.
Corporate Sponsorship Update
Just two new sponsors this year—the rest are long time. Try to frequent our sponsors and let them know that we’re with Anderson Basketball.
We’ll need TEN new families to contact the graduating seniors’ sponsors to ask if they’ll continue to sponsor. Gym signs are hung for Calendar Year. We don’t have to print new signs every year, just get the sponsors to ‘re-sponsor’.
The gym will most likely be painted this summer, so the signs will need to be taken down, and put back up after.
Anderson Classic Wrap Up
The tournament brought in a loss. It was suggested we don’t order t-shirts next year. We would like to have a total of 8 teams. The Australian team that came this year, won’t be able to come next year, so we’ll need three new teams. It was suggested we raise the cost of tickets to help defray the cost. Coach would like to continue hosting the tournament, as it allows our team to play very talented teams early in the season.
End of Season Banquet
Karen Tarantolo and Debra Ellsworth submitted options for dates and location. We voted to use First Presbyterian on either Monday, March 23rd or Thursday, March 26th. Coach prefers the Monday option. Suggested dates have been checked against baseball schedule, and will be double checked against Lacrosse schedule.
All players’ meals are covered. Parents will buy tickets. Motion was made by Gail Mitchell to move $ from Programs ( George Ross donated this) into Banquet to cover as much cost as possible- all in favor. Motion passed.
Spirit Ideas for Remaining Home Games
White Out the Maroons. Please wear white shirts to the game against the Austin High Maroons on Tuesday, February 10th. Announcements will be made in the Pep Rally on Friday, via the Runnin’ Trojans yahoo group, and Trojan Times. Posters will be hung throughout the school.
There will also be something ‘special’ planned for the Westlake game, but that will be announced later through the yahoo group, so it doesn’t leak out to Westlake.
New Business
Sign up for new volunteer positions next year.
Play-off games- We’ll need additional money for player meals for away games
Meeting was adjourned at 7:26 pm