Band Parents Organization Meeting

September 14th, 2004

 

Meeting started at 7:36pm

Attendance: Rita Carson, Donna Villados, Kathy Butler, Anne Damron, Richard F. Wong, Isela Diaz, Arielle Diaz, Jewel Conover, David Carson, Courtney Kerr, Dorothy Kerr, Denise Gavello, Din Miguel, Debbie Donaldson, Daria Yudin,  Raymond Basillio, Anthony Nunes, Jessie Yin, Jenn Mahan, Agnes Santos, Ronneal Santos, Linda Rusch, Chuck Rusch, Julia Damron, Tracy Mooney, Mitos Delrosario, Martha Tuma, Susan Young, Lucy Nevarez, Jennie Mitchell, Dereck Quock, Walter Fields, Karen Conover, Dorothy Orlandi, Crista Orlandi, Mitos Del Rosario, & Alec Del Rosario

 

Minutes from previous meeting. Anne Damron moved to accept the minutes as read, Isela Diaz seconded. Motion passed by those in attendance.

 

Treasurer’s Report –Kathy Butler

See other report. Current balance in checking is: $16,412.75. Savings is: $2,719.58. We approved reimbursements to Rita Carson for $52.38, and $429.04. Reimbursements approved to Anthony Nunes for $561.31.  We also approved to pay the bills from Mr. Wong for $781.11 & $713.75. Motion to pay by Isela Diaz and seconded by Anne Damron.

Apparel sales for band camp were $621.50.

Jennie, Jewel and Daria and Ray volunteered to put out a table for selling apparel at the Back to School Night on September 23rd.  We will sell seat cushions , t-shirts and left over candy.

 

Membership Report

We had sign up sheets at the BBQ. The sign up sheets will be brought to the future meetings.

 

Publicity Report

The pep band was on the local channel for the past football game High School Sports Focus on KICU channel 36.

 

Fundraising Report

We just did the Fun Company fundraiser on September 11th and we made $2,350. We did two of these events over the summer.

The parade-a-thon sheets were given out to the band for Newark Days.  They are due September 15th.

We have a Pizza Italia fundraiser on Monday September 20th.

We are considering a Cold Stone ice cream fundraiser. The parents would have to work 5-8pm.

Our next fundraiser is a discount card sale, and they will be for local businesses. A week later we will do the Traditions catalog sale.

Nick Conover brought up that Amazon.com has a set up like SchoolPop. 

The Jazz Dinner Dance may be on April 16th 2005. The location has yet to be finalized.  There will be a Jazz Dinner Dance only meeting sometime next month. Lucy and Dorothy volunteered to go to Smart and Final and Albertsons to ask for future donations of food or supplies. Debbie Donaldson has started making a quilt to donate to our cause. We will have raffle tickets for the quilt. They will be  $1 a ticket or 6 for $5.  We will need help marketing the quilt. A thought is to sell sponsorship or advertising.

 

Director’s Report – Richard F. Wong

August 9-21                                          Daily                                AHS Band Camp (not overnight)                                AHS

Sept. 4                                Sat.                                Morning                                Fremont Football League Parade                                WHS

Sept. 9                                Th                                6-10pm                                E.C. Football Pep Band                                TAK

Sept. 11                                Sat.                                Day                                Fun Company Fundraiser                                Santa Cruz

 

Upcoming

Sept. 18                                Sat.                                Morning                                Newark Days Parade                                Newark

Sept. 24                                Fri.                                6-10pm                                Football Field Show                                TAK

Oct. 2                                Sat.                                Day/Eve.                                San Jose State High School Band Day                                San Jose

Oct. 2                                Sat.                                Eve.                                Homecoming Football                                TAK

Oct. 9                                Sat.                                All Day                                Cupertino Tournament of Bands                                Cupertino

 

Old Business

Band camp BBQ – Was a big success.

We inventoried the band parent cabinet.

 

New Business

9/18 Newark Days Parade- we have squirt bottles

9/24 Football field show- rent truck, load time 5pm

10/2- HS Band day SJSU- time, food, rent truck

10/2- Homecoming Field show

10/9 Cupertino- all day, rent truck, bus

 

Band trip checklist has price comparison for food cost. Dorothy volunteered to go compare prices at local grocery stores.

A motion is made to go ahead with the food donation letter. Isela motions to do the first trip. Karen Conover 2nd.

Donna volunteered to bring all recycling from all trips to the recycle center for extra money.

Daria will find out from the Fremont swim school about donating their vehicle for local events.

Anne Damrom moved to adjourn the meeting and Isela Diaz seconded Meeting adjourned at 8:54 pm