Houston Aeros Booster Club
Minutes for 1/14/04
A
Board of Directors meeting of the Houston Aeros
Booster Club was held on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at Tortuga
Cantina, Woodlake location. President Ivan Kusjanovic, Vice President Al
Whitney, Secretary Erika Kusjanovic, Treasurer Kevin Kelly, Past President John
Shaw, all five Directors (Helen Brown, Tom Huber, Dale Humphrey, Melanie Ogren, and Mark Strace),
Webmaster Patrick Humphrey, Table Chair Barbara Pride, Editorial Chair Sharilyn Prideaux, and Sergeant
At Arms Joel Konkel were present. A quorum being
present, the meeting was called to order at 7:00pm.
The
Treasurer’s report showed a balance on hand of $ 6,839.04.
David
Ryan, Esquire modified the incorporation papers to three director signatures
instead of four. The papers were filed
on Monday, January 12, 2004. The club
should receive the papers back from the state within two weeks.
A motion was made to appoint Tom Huber Activities Chair. Various board members seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
The
booster club has an application for the AHL Booster Club Convention. The application states that the club has to
be a member of the Council of Clubs in order to receive special rates at the
convention. Ivan Kusjanovic received
conflicting information from the AHL Booster Club Convention contact. There is no membership per say. Ivan will try to follow up with the contact
to get clarification.
The
next “Feed the Team” event may be Saturday, April 3, 2004. Helen Brown is waiting on a confirmation of
this date.
Al
Whitney found a database program for around $50.00 to maintain the club
records. He also found someone willing
to donate a used laptop. He will forward
his findings to Ivan Kusjanovic.
Committee
chairs needing a list of members interested in their committee should contact
the secretary.
Table
Chair Barbara Pride will contact David Arias to request a new banner for the
table.
Melanie
Ogren has received verbal confirmation from Sandy Kirk
for Tuesday, March 2, 2004, as the date for the end of the year Banquet.
Melanie will get written confirmation from Sandy by Monday, January 19,
2004. The Warwick Hotel is holding that
date for the club. The committee has
received some auction items, and is working on acquiring more items. Mark Strace spoke
with Sandra Hymmer, Executive Director of Kids
Unlimited. Kids Unlimited will hold a
board meeting on Saturday, January 24, 2004.
Sandra will push to have Kids Unlimited be our designated charity and
for more interaction between the two entities, not just the banquet.
Stephanie
Hayes did receive the hockey stick she won at a general meeting. Ivan Kusjanovic left Tom Stallings a message
to acquire the two hockey sticks Erika Kusjanovic won at two general
meetings. One of those sticks is to be
donated to the banquet auction.
Sheltering
Arms received the donated items. A check
for the $500 donation from the booster club will be signed tonight and will be
delivered to Sheltering Arms as soon as possible.
The
four elected officers will meet at Compass Bank on Saturday, January 24, 2004,
at 10am to sign signature cards for the new checking account.
Articles
for the next newsletter need to be submitted to Sharilyn
Prideaux by
Thirty-seven
members have paid for the Saturday, January 17, 2004, bus trip to watch the
Houston Aeros versus the San Antonio Rampage. The tickets have been purchased and will be
distributed on the bus. Patrick Humphrey
will email pick up times and locations to those attending the event. There are still spaces available on the bus
for any members that have not paid.
These members should contact Tom Huber to arrange purchasing tickets.
The
Booster Club is helping send children to the Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 11am
game. Donations, in the amount of $7.00,
will send one child to that game. Checks
should be made payable to Houston Aeros
Charities. Tickets for that day’s game
may also be donated. Sharilyn
Prideaux will create a donation box and a flyer for
the table. Patrick Humphrey will email
the details to the general membership. Sharilyn Prideaux made a motion
for the booster club to donate 10 tickets ($70.00) to the Houston Aeros Charities for this event. Al Whitney seconded the motion. The motion
was unanimously approved.
With
the recent vacancy of the Membership Chair, a motion was made to appoint Erika
Kusjanovic temporary Membership Chair.
Various board members seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously
approved. Various board members
suggested the club should start polling the general membership for anyone
interested in chairing a committee next year.
Kevin
Kelly made a motion to purchase Quickbooks to
maintain financial records for the booster club. The cost would be $299.00 plus sales
tax. A discussion followed, and the
board reached a consensus that Quickbooks was favored
over Quicken. Various board members
seconded the motion. The motion was
unanimously approved.
Tom
Huber made a motion to allow the Scrapbook committee to spend up to $100 on a
new scrapbook. Various board members
seconded the motion. The motion was
unanimously approved.
Ivan
Kusjanovic suggested that the benefits for membership should be reviewed for
next year. The Aerodrome currently does not have Aeros
merchandise available. More perks should be added, such as a discount at Hockey
Stop in Tomball.
Ivan
Kusjanovic distributed the Texas Wildcatters Booster Club Membership
Application. He suggested that the
Membership Committee use it as a guide to revise next year’s Houston Aeros Booster Club Membership Application.
Meeting
was adjourned at 8:10pm.