Warren Mott Booster Club Minutes
February 23, 2009
Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Brian White
Leslie Fountain made a motion to approve the agenda after removing Biology Supplies $3000.00; adding Rental of Liberty Park to Girls Soccer, and adding Lacrosse to New Business. Trudy Osos seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Mary Guthrie made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 26, 2009 meeting with the following corrections: Under Sports Liaisons/Wrestling – The youth program has about 40 (not 140) kids involved. And move 1st county champion (Salyers) since the 80’s (not 70’s) to Wrestling from Bowling. Sandy Stevens seconded the motion. Motion passed.
The Booster checking account is currently at $27,769.94. Approximately $6000-7000 is allocated but not spent. Mary Guthrie made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report. Sandy Stevens seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Bill extended his thanks to the all parents who have helped at Mott sporting events this winter season.
Helen is currently on a leave of absence. She is on the “Biggest Loser” on Tuesday nights (pink team). She arrived home yesterday with a grand welcome from the Warren Mott band, cheerleaders, booster parents, students and family. The auxiliary gym had become a sea of pink! We wish her good luck in her remaining weeks on the show.
Ron Grobbel was unable to attend the meeting however sent the following:
The website http://www.warrenmottboosters.com/ is up and running – login and passwords have finally been given to him. He updated the site last month. Check it out – Ron welcomes comments and looks for information to post. This years meeting schedule is posted as well as past meeting minutes. Please make sure the all night party information is correct. A few bugs are still being worked on but should be resolved soon.
Texas Hold-em will be March 16 – March 18, 2009. Shifts will be 5:00 pm to 2:00 pm. A signup sheet was set out.
Maryanne reported that she is using a different email account and it seems to be working well.
Wendy thanked everyone who has helped at the various concessions. She will need help with the spring sports. If anyone is interested in helping, please let a board member know.
Mr. Martin stated that Kathy Kaltreider, the counseling clerk in south house, passed away on Thursday. Viewing was today and the memorial is tomorrow. A donation will be made by the Booster club to the “Kathy Kaltreider Scholarship”.
A blood drive is being run by leadership tomorrow, February 24, 2009. It begins at 7:00 AM. The times will be noted on the marquee.
February 28, 2009, will be the 1st semester All A Breakfast.
March 4, 2009 is the NHS induction at 7:00 PM in the annex.
March 10, 2009 will be ACT testing for all 11th grade students. 11th grade students are required to be in attendance. Only 11th grade students will be in attendance. On March 11th & 12th, 11th grade students report at normal time. At 11:25 AM, classes start for remaining students (4th hour class). The buses will be on a 4 hour delay.
Stacy Byle, Asst. Principal at Cromie, lost her husband on Thursday to a fatal snowmobile accident. Stacy used to be an elementary teacher at Harwood prior to becoming an Asst. Principal.
Athletic Director – Mr. Noble
Mr. Noble thanked the Booster club for all their help. The winter sports are winding down.
The Girls basketball is currently in 1st place. If they win tonight and tomorrow, they will be MAC champs.
The Varsity Boys basketball currently has a 15-2 record. They face Marysville twice in the next couple weeks. They are currently tied with Warren Mott for 1st place. This is the best record in school history. If they win the championship, it will be the first time in Warren Mott history.
In Wrestling, Dan Salyers and Kyle Gray qualified for regionals.
Swimming is 7-2 and is the division champs. This is the 1st time since 1999.
Cheer team placed 6th at regionals and 2nd in conference.
Hockey is in their second year of existence. They have a 6-9 record.
Bowling record was Boys 5-5 and girls 4-6.
Spring sports tryouts can begin March 9th. Informational meetings have already started. We will need help with tickets/concessions for the regional track meet (May 15th) and County meet (May 22nd).
Coach Wooster is leaving as football coach and will be coaching at Wayne State University as Tight End Coach. He will continue teaching at Warren Mott.
Basketball parent night will be March 6th. Noble will notify Julie Sroka the number of flowers needed. Julie will notify Shelley Asbury regarding the flowers.
New By-law regarding 501c3 – Grissom had to go to the Sterling Heights City Council regarding their licensing for Texas Hold ‘em. They had to change their by-laws to state that they would plan to always be a 501c3 organization. We will add this to our by-laws.
Girls Soccer Sports Bags & Rental of Liberty Park – Rocky thanked the Boosters for the support in the past and appreciated the change in the proposal. Sports bags are approximately $1200 – 1400.00. He is asking for 50% of the cost, not to exceed $600. The second request is for 50% of the cost to rent the indoor arena for tryouts at Liberty Park. Last year, they had asked for ½ the sports bags and new warm-ups for Varsity & JV and 1 set of bags. This year they are requesting a second set of bags which will be given to Varsity, and last year’s bags will go to JV. Trudy Osos moved to allocate money for the soccer bags not to exceed $600.00. Carl Oberndorfer seconded the motion. Motion passed. Mary Guthrie moved to give $230.00 (of $460.00 total cost) for the rental of Liberty Park. Carl Oberndorfer seconded. The motion passed.
Social Studies requested $750.00 for Elmo and scan disk. The history classes would use it and would affect 150 students. Currently the school has an Elmo in the distance learning lab. Carl Oberndorfer made a motion to purchase an elmo for the school for $750.00. Mary Guthrie seconded. Motion passed.
Physics Day – Ms. Stone had requested $1700.00 for 2 buses for Physics day by NASA at Cedar Point for her physics students. The total cost is $1900. She had applied for a grant to defray the cost, but was denied. Last year we paid for 1 bus at $950.00. Gail Salyers moved to spend $1000.00 for buses. Mary Guthrie seconded. Motion passed.
MAC Lanyards are given to the teams who win MAC championships. We currently only have about 2 dozen lanyards left. Julie ordered more lanyards through Corporate Game for $550.00. Donna Kiely moved to spend $550.00 for the lanyards. Patti Dunn seconded. Motion passed.
LaCrosse – Donna Kiely thanked the booster club for considering her request on short notice. This is the 3rd year for the team. They are requesting $175.00 to replace some of the jerseys/shorts that have been torn, need new sizes, etc. She is also requesting $130.00 for new game balls. Cousino has paid for new score boards ($100.00). She is also requesting assistance in purchasing a complete set of jerseys with number only (no name) for $1100.00. Fundraisers have been short this year due to economic times. Mary Guthrie moved to approve $305.00 for replacement of jerseys/shorts and game balls. Trudy Osos seconded. Motion passed. Bill Carr moved to approve $600.00 for new white jerseys if Cousino matches the $600.00. Judy Hart seconded. Motion passed.
Brian White reported that there are no updates yet on revising the bylaws.
Comments and Suggestions
Tom Egan made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Bill Carr seconded. The motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 8:19 p.m.