Band Parents Organization Meeting Minutes
June 9th, 2009

Attendance:
Bill Kagel, Jasper Tran, May Cachero, Allie Kagel, Kiara Smith, Miranda Lopez, Charles Cachero, Anthony Nunes, Sandhya Sharma, Peter Cunha, Fred Crosby, Galen Cook, Ruth Duncan, Chitra Lakshmi,
Cynthia Gomez, Adrian Gomez, Kishore Baskar, Charlene Young, Corina Barrogan, Mikail Crosby, Genevieve Santiago, Mielos Daniel, Baskar Chitravel

President Isela Diaz- present
Vice President Laurie Nogi- present
Secretary/Fundraising Jennie Mitchell-present
Treasurer Judy Caballeros- present
Membership/Fundraising Diana Palmon-present
Membership Renuka Apparao- present
Membership Sridevi Ganti- not present
Publicity Sylvia Sanders-present
Fundraising Brandon Snyder (student) - present
Fundraising Ruth Diehn- present
Fundraising Jennie Mitchell-present
AHS Administration Liaison Kathy Burgardt- present

New  Board
President: Diana Palmon
Vice President: vacant
Secretary: Jennie Mitchell
Treasurer: Judy Caballeros
Fundraising: Anthony Nunes
Membership Chairperson: Sandhya Sharma
Publicity: Sylvia Sanders
Not Executive Board:
Food Committee: Renuka Apparao, Judy Caballeros
Director Richard F. Wong- present


Meeting called to order at 8:28pm. Due to 9th grade presentation before the general meeting.
Motion to approve minutes from previous meeting made by Anthony and seconded by Fred.

Membership Report – Diana/Renuka/Sridevi
Diana talked to incoming parents about joining the music program and many said they could not because they had to choose between the band and the foreign language.
We are looking for people to man the booths at the maze day to gather funds for the music program.

Publicity Report –Sylvia
Judy sent an email with the pictures of the Jazz Band from last years Jazz Festival at Pacific Commons.

Fundraising Report – Jennie/Brandon/Ruth/Diana
We raised $200 at the Panda Express Fundraiser.
We made $115.26 at the BJ’s Fundraiser
Diana brought up that we can get lanyards that say American High School Band & sell them. Diana, Mr. Wong, Anthony and Judy will look into the details of the lanyards and not to exceed the price of $400. Motion made by Fred and seconded by Judy.
We will be having a table at the maze day promoting the music program.
Laurie will be putting a donation letter for water in the newsletter.
We need to advertise, e-scrip, One Cause and SHARES.
Charles mentioned doing a fundraiser at Habachi-San, a Japanese fast food restaurant on August 15th.
Judy wants to put pictures up on a website where students can purchase pictures online and we get some proceeds. Laurie asked is we would have to have a release form signed by parents in order for pictures to be purchased.  

Action item 1:
Diana Mr. Wong will work on the details to get lanyards, and the maximum price of $400.
Laurie and Anthony will work together to get volunteers for the Maze Day music table.

Director’s Report - See other Report
Upcoming:
June 19th Graduation
July 3rd July 4th parade reh,.
July 4th July 4th parade
July 10-13th USA Drum Major Camp
July 11-12th USA Band Leadership Camp
July 23-24th AHS Color Guard Camp
August 1-2nd Fremont Festival of the Arts
August 10-22nd Band Camp

Treasurer’s report- Judy Caballeros
Checking Balance as of May 1st: $18,432.51 Checking Balance as of May 30th: $14,737.29 Savings is $5,518.37 Our Total is $20,305.66

Reimbursements
Mr. Wong- $ 900.00 for Fremont Festival of Arts

Laurie made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report with corrections and pay the bills. Renuka seconded the motion, and it was approved by those in attendance.

AHS Administration Liaison-
No report

Old Business
Warm-ups/t-shirts-
We usually get a T-shirt with our field show theme on it, and we can also get a generic shirt for the band members.    

New Business
None

Student Forum:
Nothing to report

Fred moved to adjourn the meeting seconded by Allie. Motion passed by those in attendance. Meeting adjourned at 9:34 pm. The next meeting is September 8th, 2009 at 7:30pm.