Band Parents Organization Meeting
April 12th 2005



Attendance:
Debbie Donaldson, Donna Villados, Rita Carson, Karen Conover, Isela Diaz, Lucy Nevarez , Denise Gavello, Nick Conover, Jewel Conover, Jessie Yin, David Carson, Dereck Quock, Ray Basilio, Anthony Nunes, Shane Fields, Jennie Mitchell, Kathy Butler, Debbie Donaldson, Anne Damron, Julia Damron,Dorothy Kerr, Richard F. Wong.


Corrections:
Denise/Isela – Denise motioned, Isela Seconded & Denise Motioned and Nick Seconded the Treasurer’s report.


Denise motioned to accept the minutes and Isela seconded.


Treasurer’s Report- Kathy Butler
Current balance in checking is: $ 17,221.68. Savings is $2,723.64. Our Total is: $19,995.32.
Reimbursements:
Rita for $64.04 for the Jazz Dinner Dance.
Jessie for $608.20 for the Jazz Dinner Dance for decorations.
Richard Wong for $160.02 for awards.
Cheryl Luchsinger for $54.13 for cost of quilting.





We received a donation from Grad Night for $50.00 for the Eiffel Tower from the Jazz Dinner Dance.
We received $50.0 for raffle ticket sales.

We donated $1000 to the FEF for the After school Band program.

Request $250 for the Cupertino TOB entry fee.

Denise motioned and Anne seconded approved to pay the bills.
Isela motioned to accept the report as read and Karen seconded.


Membership Report- Karen Conover
We will collect names, address and phone numbers for potential future band members.



Publicity Report- Anne Damron
The publicity worked for the Jazz Dinner Dance.
Publicity for Aida worked as most shows were sold out.
Anne suggested putting out wood board advertisements in front of the marquee like they do for the musical.
Jewel suggested using a voice recording to call homes and advertise concerts and events we put on.

Fundraising Report- Anthony Nunes
We have gotten phone calls from the Fun Company but most of the dates were for during the school day.
We still have not heard anything back from Chevy’s.
We deposited $1, from the fundraising week.
We should make
We received a check from a teacher with compliments to the music program.
We received _ of the amount of donation for $350 for the Holy Spirit parade, and will receive the other $350 at the parade on Sunday.
Rita made a paper for people to suggest ideas for fundraising for next year.
This week is music in the schools week on KDFC radio and we could win $1000 for our program.
Directors Report- See other Report

Old Business
Mar 1, Wed.- Letters sent out to Costco for donations for JDD and Dreyers Ice Cream for final concert request granted- need to contact to arrange pick up.
Storage Unit for band supplies, props, ect.
Costco gave us $25 and we will use it for dessert.
Dreyers gave us certificates.
New Business
Band camp dates-
Possibly August 14^th for one week. For two weeks we would start the week of the 8^th. We will be updated as the time comes closer.
FEF telethon will be April 19, 20, 21st we need as many volunteers as possible for it. The location is at Oliver Jackson real estate at the Charter Square Albertsons.
Next month we will be electing new executive members.
Motion to adjourn Lucy and Isela seconded.

Meeting adjourned 8:19 pm. Next meeting May 10^th 2005 at 7:30 pm, Executive at 7:00pm.



Jazz Dinner Dance
It was suggested to look into securing a place for the Jazz Dinner Dance so we can start advertising now.
A tentative date is March 25^th 2006.
There are more venues we could look into. The city rents out many community centers for a good price for not-for-profit groups. We are looking into securing a hall that can hold up too 250 people.
We need to find out when the crab feed is before we set the date for sure.