President’s Report
Approved minutes from prior meeting.
Band Director Update
Handouts
- Band letterman jackets – orders are due by Friday 9/21. Should be in by early to mid Nov.
- One MILL FOR OUR Schools – 4 years ago, county approved 1 mill increase in property taxes for school programs. On Nov ballot, this is up for renewal. If its not passed, could impact middle and high school band programs in a big (bad) way. We would appreciate promotion of this. Encourage all to Vote YES.
- Open house for GHS was moved to Wednesday 9/19. If you attended this booster meeting, no need to come to band at open house. We will be discussing the same things.
- Student pickup – some students are not being picked up on time after practices and games. We feel obligated to stay until everyone is picked up. Please make sure you are here on time.
- Band homework. We ask them to practice 20 minutes per day outside of class. Need parents’ help. Students need to be working on things they can’t play, so if they sound good while practicing, they are practicing the wrong things!
- Dot books – several students were not prepared with their dot books today. Mr. P. will start sending folks home if they don’t have their dot books. Please remind your children.
- This week, send your students with water jugs and snacks. Some kids are not eating lunch. Need to fix that. We have had more problems with upperclassmen than ENACS this year. This is disturbing. The extra hour on Fridays will be a problem if kids aren’t properly hydrated and nourished.
- We have lots of shirts (polos, sweatshirts, etc.) available. Please order through Mr. Pirzer.
- Also, will be making other shirts available in the colors of the teams. All in attendance at booster meeting said they are interested in ordering (for students and parents), so he will be ordering many. More info to come on how to get these shirts once they are available.
- Next football game is Friday, Sept 21. It is also middle school night. We will have many middle schoolers in attendance. Ruth Dean will coordinate the making of goody bags for these kids. Please contact her if you are interested in helping. Her email is ruthie_dn@yahoo.com.
- Sept 28 game – against Eastside. We are the “away” team.
- Competition days Oct 13, 20, and 27.
- Students can take ACT on the 27th, if they want. We won’t be leaving for the competition until after ACT is done.
Treasurer’s report
As of today $3,800 balance … we are in the negative if we
count expenses incurred but not yet paid.
Fair share is in decent shape. Next $ due Sept 26, but anyone who would like to pay earlier
is more than welcomed to do so.
Fundraising
- BRAX Cups – Deliveries for 1st order are due in Sept 28. We can do a second order if we do it soon.
- Candle orders are due now.
- Recycle cans – need to find a spot for them at school, outside of the band room. Mr. P will see if he can secure a locked area outside. Can also save tabs. Cindy Mason will prepare an additional communication on this topic, so stay tuned for more info.
- Anna Fisher – will supply flyers if we refer people to go to H&R block … first time users will generate $25 donation which the band will receive next year.
- Today, 1st day of Gator Dockside fundraiser. Will send flyer out shortly. We encourage each band student to purchase 10 tickets at $6 each. Need to return $ or unused tickets by Sept 2__. This is a fair share fundraiser . … half of each ticket goes to the individual student’s fair share. Parents will work in kitchen, students will serve the food. Mr. Pirzer has a volunteer sign up sheet .
- Nadine Moretta asked if we would do spirit nights at restaurants that have been providing food for football games. Nadine will get some dates together and give them to Mr. Pirzer, who will communicate from that point.
- Ms. Palmer brought up the idea of doing a yard sale for indoor guard and percussion floors. Need a trailer to store goods. Mr. P offered one of the band trailers for this purpose after marching season. More to come on this topic
- SCRIP is a fundraiser that involves purchasing gift cards from many different vendors, and receiving a percentage of that gift card amount to go to the individual student’s fair share. Percentages vary, but as an example: if you buy a $100 gas card to Marathon, for example, and you get a 3% rate, $3.00 goes to your fair share. This could really add up if you typically buy gift cards for the holidays, or perhaps you have a major purchase at Home Depot or Lowes … you were going to spend the money anyway … why not get that extra credit to your fair share? There is a new form with updated vendors. Susie Hummel is working on getting the form and we will make it available as soon as it is ready.
- Gator Concessions – ice cream and italian ices have been added to the product offerings. This has made the booths much busier, and has resulted in higher profits. $50 per game per person (on average) is credited to fair share at the end of the season. Can work about 15 people per game. Will try to give everyone a chance. Have a lot more participation this year than last.
VP/ Volunteer Coordinator Report
- All is good.
- Need a successor, though.
Uniform Report
- Need some freshman parents to start learning the process.
- Will start the laying out/ reassembling the uniforms by section. Will communicate section assignments before next game. Thanks to all who volunteered this past weekend … many hands actually do make light work!
Other business
- Mr. Pirzer thanked everyone who helped with game last Thursday
- Thanks to Nadine for getting donated dinners for the entire season.
- Thanks to Roberta and the sweatshop gang for working very hard on the extra uniform pieces for this show.
- Thanks to props crew, and specifically to the Honeycutts and Tellers for coordinating the construction.Thanks to All.
Absenteeism is going ok … please try to give note in advance
for absences. No more Wednesday practices.
Next meeting: October 8, 2012
Meeting adjourned approximately 8:15 pm.
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