Band Parents Organization Meeting Minutes
December 9th, 2008


Attendance:
Bill Kagel, Allie Kagel, Jasper Tran, Miranda Lopez, Fernando Apilado, Tess Apilado

President Isela Diaz-present
Vice President Laurie Nogi- present
Secretary/Fundraising Jennie Mitchell-present
Treasurer Judy Caballeros-not present
Membership/Fundraising Diana Palmon-present
Membership Renuka Apparao- present
Membership Sridevi Ganti- present
Publicity Sylvia Sanders-present
Fundraising Brandon Snyder (student)-not present
Fundraising Ruth Diehn-not present
Director Richard F. Wong- present

Meeting called to order at 7:35pm.
Diana motions to accept the minutes with amendment that we do not have an administration liaison, from the previous month and seconded by Sridevi.

Treasurer’s report-
Report postponed until January

Reimbursement
Mr. Wong- $1,942.80 for We Care Coffee Fundraiser
Jennie- $600.00 for CG/WW instructing
Diana- $ 12.51 for postage for sample jackets

Membership Report – Diana/Renuka/Sridevi
Nothing to report

Publicity Report –Sylvia
Sylvia will be putting information about the Winter Concert in the Argus, as well as the Boosters yahoo group.

Fundraising Report – Jennie/Brandon/Ruth/Diana
We CARE Coffee Fundraiser- We will receive the items ordered the week of December 15th. We made aprox $1,295.20
E-scrip- We have an e-scrip account set up, which allows us to register our credit/debit cards and when we buy using those cards we earn money towards our band account. Go to escrip.com, 500020574 is our ID number.
SchoolPop is now known as OneCause, but we still have the link on the website, you can register your credit cards and debit cards and a portion of the sales will go to the band and you can track your child’s progress.

We made approx. $170.00 at our Pizza Italia Fundraiser.

Director’s Report - See other Report
Upcoming:
Dec. 18th Winter Concert
Jan 6, 2009 GBB Pep Band
Jan 9th BBB Pep Band
Jan 12th Honor Band
Jan 13th BPO Mtg
Jan 15th GBB Pep Band

Old Business
Phone Tree- we have permission to use the schools phone tree to send out messages to the school population.
Band Jackets- The jackets should get here by December 10th
Hawaii- We will be going Tuesday-Friday instead of Wednesday-Saturday

New Business
Winter Concert- Laurie motioned to raise the fee for the concert from $5.00 to $7.00 for general admission, and $3.00 for kids 5 and under and seconded by Sridevi.
Jennie suggested that we do without the tables for the audience since we will serve the desserts at the end, and that will give us more room for the audience.
We need volunteers to help set up the tables that will hold up the desserts.

We will also sell water and do the 50/50 raffle.

Food Committee
Renuka volunteered to head the food committee.

Student Forum:
Nothing to report

Diana moved to adjourn the meeting Bill seconded. Motion passed by those in attendance. Meeting adjourned at 8:37 pm. Next meeting January 13th, 2009 at 7:30pm.


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