President Sue Engle called the meeting to order at 6:50pm. Present were Liz Nardone, Andy Inzenga, Marilyn Decker, Tim Anderson, Vicki Marbacher, Eric Kobb, Jennifer Ramsey, Sue Engle, and Carol Bridges.
The meeting began with a review of all the Booster Logos submitted by the students. Members present at the meeting voted and Jamie Jacques, a sixth grade student won the contest. It was decided to announce the winner in the morning announcements and to have Mr. O'Malley present Jamie with her prize. We will take a picture of this to submit to the local newspapers and post on the Web page.
A decision was made to cancel the December Music Boosters meeting. The next meeting is set for Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 6:30pm.
Vicki Marbacher gave the Treasurer's report. The current balance is $558.14. The October 29th bake sale earned $241.00. The results of the Burger King Cashola were not yet available. The Treasurer spent $91.55 for new checks and $25.00 for the logo contest prize. Vicki priced cash boxes at Staples. Liz Nardone suggested she could get a better price at W.B. Mason. Liz will purchase the cash box if she finds a better price.
A discussion on having raffle drawings at the concerts was tabled. Eric Kobb said that Mr. O'Malley needs to get approval for this from the district office.
Tim Anderson reported that the High School Music Boosters are not a 501-c3 organization. He asked if they would consider joining forces with our group. They are discussing this option. Tim is also looking into other possible ways we can piggyback with another organization that already has 501-c3 status. He will also look into starting the paperwork to get our own organization into this status, as it is a long process. Marilyn Decker stated that she would share information based on what the Great Bay Youth Orchestra recently went through as they recently got their 501-c3 status.
Tim also reported on a web site entitled www.impactauction.org. This site helps not-for-profit organizations raise money. Everyone is to check into this web site for further discussion.
Sue passed out a written protocol for the bake sales for the concerts. We will make permanent posters with prices listed. Sue Engle and Liz Nardone will work on getting baked goods and parent volunteers for the 6th grade chorus concert on Dec. 3rd . Sue and Diana Collinge will work the bake sale. Andy Inzenga will work on getting 4 parents and 20 dozen baked goods for the 7th and 8th grade chorus concert on Dec. 4th. Liz Nardone will work that bake sale. There was a discussion on how to keep the drinks cool before the bake sale. It was decided to use the teacher's room refrigerator.
Another check for $105.00 (7 lessons at $15.00 per lesson) was approved for continuing music lessons scholarship.
There was discussion on the Little Caesars' Pizza Sale. Sue booked us for a start date of January 5th. Orders will be due back on January 16th. Final orders are due to the company on January 27th with delivery on January 30th. Andy suggested that a presentation be given to the band and chorus to get the kids excited to sell the pizza. Andy and Eric will coordinate this on January 5th. There was also a discussion on using prizes as a motivation to get the sales up. We discussed giving individual prizes and also doing a pizza party to the class that has the highest percentage of sales. Andy, Eric and Jennifer will figure out the prizes.
Another suggestion was made to try to raise funds by holding a similar event to the Burger King Cashola at a nice restaurant.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm.