Warren Mott Booster Club Minutes
January 26, 2009
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Brian White
Leslie Fountain made a motion to approve the agenda after moving Bowling & Baseball to just before comments. Renee Lewandowski seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Jamie Dunn made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 17, 2008, meeting. Renee Lewandowski seconded the motion. Motion passed.
The Booster checking account is currently at $27,789.83. Mary Guthrie made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report. Renee Lewandowski seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Bill extended his thanks to the all parents who have helped at Mott sporting events.
Helen is currently on a leave of absence. She is on the “Biggest Loser” on Tuesday nights (pink team). We wish her well.
Ron Grobbel is currently trying to update the site after the passwords have been reset.
Texas Hold-em will be March 16 – March 18, 2009. Shifts will be 5:00 pm to 2:00 pm.
Maryanne reported that Boosters has 108 families in membership.
Wendy thanked everyone who has helped at the various concessions. She still needs help at girl’s basketball games and wrestling matches. There will be a league meet on 2/13 & 2/14/09, help is still needed. Boy’s basketball concessions are being run by the Band Boosters. They are using the popcorn machine and paying the Boosters for supplies.
Mr. Martin announced that a student, Matt Wagner won 1st place in a shared $61,000 award to be split with CPC from Samsung. Each school will receive $30,500 worth of Samsung hardware & software. Matt also won a laptop computer for himself.
Alumni will be contacted to provide Warren Mott graduate directory information. The school does not profit from this directory. This is purely for directory information.
Mr. Martin encouraged all parents to view the art gallery in the hallways. The gallery displays former and current staff and students who have done work professionally in the art field. It is an impressive display.
Feedback was requested regarding the phone fan out that was used during the last snow day. The majority were notified. One parent stated that they had received numerous calls.
Athletic Director – Mr. Noble
Mr. Noble thanked the Booster club for all their help.
The Varsity Boys
basketball currently has a 9-1 record.
Girls basketball had a rough
start, however have won 4 of their last 5 games are in second place. Wrestling’s record is 2-2-2. Swimming
is 3-1 and is tied for 1st place.
Tomorrow will be the last home meet at 6:00 pm. The team has broken 3 school records and is
sending team members to state and regional competition. Cheer
team won their competition this weekend and are currently in 2nd
place. Varsity Bowling won tonight. Hockey is in their second year of
existence. They have won both conference
games recently and are very competitive.
Snowcoming – Signup sheets went around for help with refreshments, coat room and decorating. The decorating will begin at 8:00 am on Saturday. All are welcome to attend. Leadership & Mr. Mutschler coordinate the event. Boosters would like more communication with leadership; Mr. Martin will follow up with Mr. Mutschler. The students will enter through north house. The coat room will be in the gym (like at homecoming) instead of the media center. The theme is “Rock Star”.
The Biology Department has requested $1500 for help in purchasing microslide viewers so all students would be able to see the same side at the same time. Mary Guthrie made a motion to give the Biology Department a sum between $1500-2000 for the microslide viewers. Gail Salyers seconded the motion. Motion passed.
The swim team has requested $2000 for supplies (paddles, fins, kickboards, bags and parkas). Both the boys & girls teams have increased in numbers. Mr. Noble stated he bought new lane lines this year and doesn’t have additional funds for these supplies. Mary Guthrie made a motion to give the swim team $2500. Brian Toggweiler seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Girl’s basketball is requesting 25 shooter/warm up shirts for JV & Freshman. Shirts were recently purchased for Varsity. They have fundraised half the cost and are asking the remaining. Jamie Dunn moved to support half the cost of the 25 shooter shirts. Renee Lewandowski seconded. Motion passed.
Boy’s baseball – Mr. Maloney requested support for video software for filming players to help them adjust their skill (of a total cost of $3500). Bill Carr moved to give $1500 towards the purchase of the software. Jeanette Kinaya seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Bowling – Patty Kovac requested $1000 which is ½ of what has been spent this year for tournaments (regional and state). This is a club team and not supported by the district. There is a fundraiser on 2/21/09. Boy’s record is 2-1; Girls is 0-3. Renee Lewandowski moved to give $1000 to the bowling team. Jamie Dunn seconded. Motion passed.
Judy Hurt reported that the dates in 2009 for Texas Hold ‘em are March 16-18 (5:00 pm to 2:00 am), April 16-22, and May 18-20.
Brian White reported that there are no updates yet on revising the bylaws.
Wrestling – Toys 4 Tots raised approximately $1000. The youth program has about 140 kids involved.
Bowling fundraiser – 135 people filled Universal. 1st county champion since the 70’s (Salyers)
Lacrosse team fundraiser is at Big Boys at Moravian on 2/2/09 with tips and 10% of proceeds to the team.
Girls basketball doing well.
Hockey – Senior night this Saturday at 4:00 pm at Hazel Park (home rink).
Boys basketball – Varsity 9-1; JV 4-4; Freshman 7-2. Snowcoming dance team will be at the varsity game on 2/6/09.
Swimming – Several students have qualified for regional & state. There are several new swimmers this year who are having fun.
Comments and Suggestions
Next Wednesday starts the fundraiser at Little Caesars for the senior all night party (ANP). By showing a Mott ID, they will get a Hot & Ready Pizza, Crazy Bread & Sauce for $7.00 or Deep Dish Hot & Ready, Crazy Bread & Sauce for $9.00. 10% of sales will go towards the ANP.
The next meeting will be 2-23-09.
Tom Egan made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m.