Houston Aeros Booster Club
Minutes for 3/16/04
A
Board of Directors meeting of the Houston Aeros Booster Club was held on
Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Patrenella’s Ristorante Italiano. President Ivan
Kusjanovic, Secretary Erika Kusjanovic, Treasurer Kevin Kelly, all five
Directors (Helen Brown, Tom Huber, Dale Humphrey, Melanie Ogren, and Mark
Strace), Webmaster Patrick Humphrey, Table Chair Barbara Pride, Sergeant At
Arms Joel Konkel and Scrapbook Chair Jean Strace were present. A quorum being present, the meeting was
called to order at 7:00pm.
Kevin Kelly, Ivan Kusjanovic, and Melanie Ogren, directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc., agreed by consensus to reinstate Helen Brown, Tom Huber, Dale Humphrey, Melanie Ogren, and Mark Strace as directors on the Board of Directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc.
The Directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc. agreed by consensus to reinstate John Shaw as past-president director on the Board of Directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc.
The Directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc. agreed by consensus to reinstate Ivan Kusjanovic as President, Al Whitney as Vice President, Kevin Kelly as Treasurer, Tom Huber as Assistant Treasurer, and Erika Kusjanovic as Secretary of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc.
The Directors of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc. agreed by consensus to reinstate Jean Strace as Scrapbook Chair, Patrick Humphrey as Webmaster, Sharilyn Prideaux as Newsletter Editor, Joel Konkel as Sergeant At Arms, Barbara Pride as Booster Club Table Chair, Erika Kusjanovic as Membership Chair, Tom Huber as Activity Chair and Melanie Ogren and Mark Strace as Charities Co-chairs of the Houston Hockey Booster Club Inc.
The Booster Club Appreciation banquet was held on Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at the Warwick Hotel. Ticket sales offset the hotel, players’ gifts, and awards. The Booster Club made a profit of $49.00. Auction proceeds totaled approximately $2,700.00 and were completed donated to Kids Unlimited. Many thanks to Melanie Ogren, Mark Strace and their committee for a job well done.
Melanie Ogren, Tom Huber, and Erika Kusjanovic have added their signatures to the checking account signature card.
Minutes for the February Board meeting and general meeting need to be distributed by email.
A link to the AHL Booster Club Convention www.ahlbcc.com needs to be added to the web site. Those interested in attending the convention will need to email their name, home address, and email address to the convention coordinator in order to receive the registration packet. It will be held in September 2004 in Worchester, MA.
The Secretary will send thank you cards to the other AHL Booster Clubs that sent us Christmas and congratulatory cards. The thank you cards will provide our new P.O. Box address.
After the banquet, the Board discovered that Jason Beckett, not Chris Bala, worked with Jeff Hoggan to organize the teddy bear charity drive. By consensus, the Board agreed to pay for another James Domengeaux award for Jason Beckett and present it to him at a practice with a sincere apology.
The Board would like to thank Barbara Pride and her committee on a job well done manning the Booster Club Table. All table shifts during the playoffs are still open.
Helen Brown will contact Matt Shaw to see if we can do a final Feed the Team for this season.
The Board suggested polling the general membership’s interest in having a spring picnic in mid-April or early May. The Board further would like to find out if the membership would like the picnic to be fundraiser event for charity. Maybe the Aeros Staff can be of assistance if the membership decides on a fundraiser. Tom Huber will look further into this possibility.
Melanie Ogren made a motion to plan and implement a Feed the Aeros Office event as a thank you. There is a conference room in the Aeros office where food can be set up so that each office employee could participate. Tom Huber seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Tom Huber made a motion to appoint Melanie Ogren in charge of this event and set up a committee to help her. Ivan Kusjanovic seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
The Board decided to volunteer to sell the “Jersey Off Their Backs” scratch off tickets at the Booster Club Table. Barbara Pride will set up procedures to ensure accountability for sales.
The following were suggestions for next year’s booster club.
· Invite the players’ wives to a booster club event such as a meeting, fall luncheon, etc.
· Provide players and their wives with Houston information packets upon their arrival.
· Have a Feed the Team event and invite children from Kids Unlimited to attend.
· At the next board meeting, decide a plan of action should the league go on strike.
· Offer our service to the Aeros Charities. We could assist with all charity events by advertising to our general membership and to the general public at the table and on our web site.
· Offer our service to the Aeros Front Office. We could talk to groups prior to games and hand out our Hockey 101 information.
· At the beginning of the season, inform the general membership of all meeting dates for the season. Locations can be TBA. All meetings would be subject to change.
· Offer the players’ wives a babysitting service for certain events.
The Board agreed by consensus to organize a meeting between Luke from Kids Unlimited and the Aeros coaches and players after a practice. Luke drew the picture that was on the place mats at the banquet. The Board would like to arrange for Luke to receive his signed jersey from the team, and Luke would like to present his framed picture to the team.
Mark Strace made a motion that the Booster Club send a letter to the Aeros organization notifying them of five points of contact for events and communication between the Booster Club and the Houston Aeros. The five points of contact should be President Ivan Kusjanovic, Secretary Erika Kusjanovic, Charity Co-Chair Melanie Ogren, Activity Chair Tom Huber, and Table Chair Barbara Pride. Ivan Kusjanovic seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. The Board further suggested that once the Aeros schedule has been released the new board should meet with the Aeros Front Office to introduce the new board members and points of contact, layout general membership meeting dates, banquet date, etc.
The Board decided by consensus to start advertising the upcoming elections for the 2004-2005 Booster Club Board of Directors. An email explaining the positions available and qualifications should be sent to the general membership. This information should also be available at the table and on the web site. Anyone interested in running for a position should contact John Shaw, chair of the nominating committee, or any of John’s committee members. The Board agreed by consensus that the Membership Chair should serve on the nominating committee. The Board agreed by consensus that anyone joining the Booster Club from today forward cannot vote in the upcoming election, and their membership dues will be applied to the 2004-2005 season.
The next general meeting will be either Monday, April 5th or Monday, April 12th, 2004, at 7pm at SRO’s at Northwest Mall. Sandy Kirk will confirm the date this Thursday. Rick Bronwell will be the guest speaker.
Meeting
was adjourned at 8:25pm.