Band Parents Organization Meeting Minutes
October 14th, 2008

Attendance:
Bill Kagel, Sandhya Sharma, Fernando Apilado, Irene Madeiros, Aarti Sharma, Scot L. Johnson, Tracey Plovanic, Jonathan Barouch, Jasper Tran, Jessica Kuester, Allie Kagel, Gabe Madeiros, Donna Villados, Isela Diaz, Tess Apilado, Sridevi Ganti, Sylvia Sanders, Laurie Nogi, Renuka Apparao, Diana Palmon, John Hart, Ruth Diehn, Brandon Snyder, Aaron Apilado, Michelle Lloyd, Judy Caballeros, Jennie Mitchell, Richard F. Wong

Meeting called to order at 7:38pm.
Laurie moved to accept the minutes and seconded by Renuka . Minutes accepted by those in attendance.

Treasurer’s Report – Judy Caballeros
No Report for October
July Treasurer’s report- Judy Caballeros
Checking Balance as of September: $19,955.49 Savings is $3,767.09 Our Total is $23,772.58
Reimbursement
Mr. Wong- $344.05 for MB Shoes
Mr .Wong- $130.45 for Football truck rental
Mr. Wong- $99.80 for CG Shoes/poles
Jennie- $600.00 for CG/WW instructing
Scott R - $464.97 Cupertino truck rental
Sridevi- $44.22 Cupertino food
Sylvia - $150.00 propane tanks
Renuka - $95.67 Cupertino food
Rhonda - $169.65 Cupertino food
May - $34.79 Cupertino food
Vipin - $121.07 truck rental
Judy - $158.29 Cupertino
-$121.41 water
-$119.99 Newark water
 -$12.28 water
-$6.14 water
-$17.38 first aid kit
-$66.14 Band camp
-$ 5.84 4th of July
-$6.14 water
-$6.65 water

Motion to pay bills made by Laurie and seconded by Donna.

Membership Report – Diana/Renuka/Sridevi
Nothing to report

Publicity Report – Sylvia Sanders
Sylvia sent out an email about past events and also about today’s meeting.

Fundraising Report – Jennie/Brandon/Ruth/Diana
Catalogue- We have an opportunity to do a catalogue sale from We Care Coffee Company. The profits depend on how many items sold. We will move forward with this fundraiser around the time of Thanksgiving Break.
Sridevi mentioned maybe asking for donations or corporate matches on donations to the band.
We just finished the fundraising week fundraiser of snacks.
We made $136 at the Jack’s Fundraiser
We are going to do a Pizza Italia fundraiser soon.
We made $2,083.00 at the Festival of Arts this summer.

Director’s Report - See other Report

Upcoming:
Oct. 18th E.C Halloween Parade
Oct. 24th E.C Football pep band
Oct. 25th Foothill Competition
Nov. 1st Band Mini-camp
Nov. 7th CSUEB Instrumental Music Fest.
Nov. 8th Band Mini-Camp II
Nov. 11th Veteran’s Day Parade

Old Business
Hawaii- We are waiting for the Adventures America to get back to us about an updated schedule.

Food Committee - Donnalyn/Judy
Nothing to report

New Business
Ruth made a motion to keep the meeting in November on Nov. 11th and Laurie Seconded. Motion passed by those in attendance.
Band Apparel: We are looking at GTM sportswear that has a logo from the boosters that we would add American Eagles Marching Band to the front or back.
Jennie made a motion to order 72 jackets for $37.00 each at a total of $3000 to sell back to band student and parents and seconded by Diana.
The propane tanks we used for the Cupertino trip to cook food with did not work so Sylvia had to purchase 3 propane tanks in order to cook the food.
We need to purchase a fire extinguisher for future trips.
Scot motioned to buy an ABC fire extinguisher, seconded by Diana.
Laurie motions to send a letter out to parents for the donation of water seconded by Sylvia.

Student Forum
Nothing to report

Adjournment
Ruth moved to adjourn the meeting Brandon seconded. Motion passed by those in attendance. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm. Next meeting November 11th, 2008 at 7:30pm.