CHS Music Boosters Meeting Minutes

October 4, 2007

 

Attendees 

Tony Caracciolo, Debbie Ruark, Moe Ruark, Suzanne Reamer, Judy Bushey, John Bushey, Martin Vrzak, Paul Kwiatkowski, Maureen Stewart, Jennifer Wise, Isabel Tejero, and Susan Stephey.

 

Call to Order

  • The Music Boosters meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Tony Caracciolo.

 

Treasurer’s Report

  • Debbie Ruark presented the budget. The current budget for the 2007-2008 school year is $49,100. As of October 3rd, the to-date income is $26,098.45 and the to-date expense is 21,866.76. The Vera Bradley Bingo held on September 21st raised approximately $5,000 and the Knight of Reckoning Show on September 29th raised approximately $5,000.   We are about halfway to raising the funds for this year’s budget. The budget was motioned to be approved by Suzanne Reamer and seconded by Moe Ruark.

 

Music Boosters President’s Report

  • Tony Caracciolo plans to meet with Drew Cockley, CHS Principal, with regards to school protocol for scheduling an audit prior to a change in the treasurer position in early spring. This is standard business practice.
  • Music Booster Board nominations will be taken in March/April with potential voting in April/May of 2008. Please consider volunteering for one of these positions – It’s All About The Kids! More information will follow regarding the available positions.
  • THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who worked and made the Knight of Reckoning show a successful event. The Knight of Reckoning show had the best volunteer turn out to date. Thanks Jim for a job well done. Volunteers are still needed for our upcoming USSBA Championship show on October 20th. If you are able to help, please contact Jim Kelley at jkelley.02@comcast.net.
  • The trip to Dover, DE has been approved by Drew Cockley. All chaperones will need to have volunteer training that requires a background check. More information regarding the TOB Atlantic Coast Championship at Delaware State University in Dover will be forthcoming.

 

Music Director’s Report

  • Derrick Askew was not present at the Music Booster meeting.

 

Ways and Means Committee

  • GL Scrip card program. POC is Suzanne Reamer. This is a great idea for upcoming holidays and birthdays. A list of all participating businesses is available at www.glscrip.com. Suzanne’s e-mail is suzo@dellmail.com.
  • Escrip program.  Register any of the following cards (Grocery loyalty cards (Safeway Bonus card), Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and debit/ATM cards) with Escrip and a portion of every purchase will be credited to the Century Music Booster Inc account.  Encourage friends and family to select Century Music Boosters Inc to receive the credit. Cards must be renewed before November 1st. To register as a new user or renew visit www.escrip.com.
  • Visitourmall.com. Please checkout “visitourmall.com” for convenient online shopping. A percentage of every purchase made through this website is deposited into the Music Boosters account. Simply go to “visitourmall.com”, click “Find Group”, scroll to and click on “Century High School Music Boosters”, and start shopping! Or visit the mall through the Century Knights home webpage at www.knightsmusic.org.
  • GoodSearch.com. Please checkout the search engine www.goodsearch.com/. Once you select “Century High School Music Boosters (Sykesville, MD)” every search done earns our organization $0.01. This is a Yahoo-based search engine. The amount raised to date on GoodSearch is $26.09 through September.
  • PDP.CORP.  This is a new and historically successful fundraiser for other groups at Century. For 2%-3%, this company will create a donation request letter, cover postage, and track all incoming funds. Each student in the music program will be asked to provide 5 to 10 addresses of relatives, friends, or companies you have done business with in the past. The potential income from this fundraiser if everyone participates is quite impressive. More information to follow.

 

Marching Band

  • Sponsored Show. USSBA is scheduled for October 20th.  Everyone’s participation will be needed for these events to be successful. All volunteers must be “volunteered trained”. Please see the CCPS school website for volunteer training locations and times. Jim Kelley is our Show Coordinator and is in the process of contacting volunteers. If you are able to help or have ideas/suggestions for the show, please contact Jim Kelley at jkelley.02@comcast.net.
  • Performance Status. As of this morning, October 6th, Century is in 4th place for Group II in TOB.  Our best start ever. In the USSBA circuit, we finished first in our division at the Westminster show on September 15th and received the highest score of all Group I and II bands. Additionally, for our group we were awarded best color guard, music and visual performance caption awards.

 

Adjournment

  • Moe Ruark motioned to adjourn at 8:45 p.m. and John Bushey seconded.

 

Next Booster Meeting

  • November 1, 2007 at 7:30 in the band room.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Stephey

Secretary

October 6, 2007