Cheryl Salanty welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending.
Audrey Miller made a motion to approve the minutes dated February 7, 2012. Lisa Wettig seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
Becky Goodman was thanked for a wonderful newsletter.
Vicky Fisher was thanked again for a great Physicians’ Breakfast. Numerous complements have been received about the Breakfast.
Maribeth Wonson gave the Treasurer’s Report. The opening balance was $11,236. Checks paid and cleared were $3,751. Deposits totaled $4,023. The ending balance was $11,508. Maribeth also presented a financial analysis of the Physician’s Breakfast to assist with next year’s budgeting. Total cost of the Breakfast was $4,169. These costs were offset by student payments of $3,503, a contribution of $400 from the CISD CMA account and donations of $250. Also, Maribeth will investigate a letter from Wells Fargo about a check not clearing their account. According to her notes, the check was deposited and reflected in the CMA account.
Audrey Miller and Lisa Wettig led a discussion on the upcoming awards banquet. See their handout attached to these minutes.
Cheryl Salanty led a discussion on senior scholarships and ways to fund these scholarships. Cheryl moved that there would be 8 scholarships of $500 each awarded this year. Lisa Wettig seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
The executive board will meet soon to discuss the Booster Club organization membership and possibly establishing a fee to cover student activities; preparing a freshmen information packet for parents; and determining awards to be presented at the banquet. Cheryl Salanty will organize this meeting.
Becky Goodman is working to establish paypal online for CMA. Maribeth Wonson will assist with some banking information. Altaf Hussain raised the point that there would probably be a service fee to the depositer on these transactions.
The next Booster Club meeting is scheduled for April 10, 2012. Officers for next year will be elected then.
Catie Hendrickson reported that there will be a mentor/mentee meeting on April 25th. Mrs. Martin gave an update on the internships. All is going smoothly.
The following handout was distributed at the meeting: Banquet Update 3/20
- Invitations – Mimi Tran has done a fabulous job with these. They are being sent in the mail this week to administrators, teachers, and seniors only. Everyone else will receive an invitation on line and will respond online. Deadline for responses is April 15 for all monies and food choices. We will send new freshman invites out via email as soon as the list is finalized. Their deadline will be a bit later. Payments can be made by mail or at the booster club meeting 4/10.
- Registration – We will be working with Bindu Pullarkat on this soon to make sure all goes smoothly. She has great ideas!
- Auction – Audrey and Lisa are working on this and class baskets have been assigned. We just need students to contribute. They are due April 23rd. Here is the list:
- 1st block – Yashas Singri – Gift Card Tree
- 3rd block – Morgan Wilson – Barnes & Noble – Nook
- 5th block – Sneha Kalluri – Adrenaline basket
- 6th block – Vighnesh Nair – birthday basket
- 7th block – Ashesh Trivedi – Music basket
- Alisha Kahna – dorm room basket
- 8th black – Hayley Ryskoski – Movie night basket
- Food – We are working with Marsha at the Hilton on the menu that will include a chicken, meat, and vegetarian dish.
- Teacher Gifts and Flowers – Waiting on budget, but Carol Ireland will handle.
- Decorations – Lyn Flaherty is handling.
- Programs – Kathy Derevyanik and Shauna Newman have the template and are doing fine.
- Registration Envelopes and Name Tags – Catie Hendrickson is doing with a group of seniors.
- Slide Show – Stephanie Park is collecting pictures – please, email her with any.
- Photographer – Trusa Patel is providing a photographer to take candids and group shots throughout the evening. Pictures will be available on her website for $9.00 for a 4x6. She will also offer a cd of all photos for purchase. We are going to have a fun prop box for the kids to use with things like stethoscopes, doctor coats, glasses, frames, boas, etc. We will ask parents/students to send in fun items.
- Senior Boards – Becky Goodman and Clare Burns are working together to create these. They will be asking students to bring pictures and fill out the board forms.
