7/18/13 - Meeting of the GridIron Club
Attendees : Bill Rosburg- Coach, Scott Reinard- President, John Noonan- VP/Fundraising Chair, Beth Omang- Treasurer, Michelle Rosburg- Secretary, Sandy Loeffler – Website Chair, Karen Lanners – Membership Chair, Sharon Cerjance – Communications Chair.
Reviewed chair positions, Fred Souza may be contacted by Bill. Seem to have the most fundamental and needed positions selected/filled. The Captain’s Parents will contribute to different activities and responsibilities throughout the season.
Apparel – Beth presented logos, we selected one for our use; she will bring several mocked up items to next week’s meeting. Would we want to consider a second logo with – CHAN FOOTBALL – also for kids etc.? There will be a website link for ordering apparel- but we’d like to introduce it at Blue & White night Aug. 22nd. Sandy indicated she has a tent cover that we could utilize this season- she used it for concessions for CAFA in previous years, etc. Figure out details of this and who will staff tent/sell product. There are approximately 400 kids in the Chan youth program, a lot of product to be sold potentially here.
Scott will provide the amended by-laws at next meeting.
Membership fee for GridIron -$25 for starting and going up
Window sticker for GridIron Members – Beth has contact who can do window stickers for us
**John has an excellent attorney for our use for any issues we need assistance with. He utilized him to get the 5013C info together and executed for us.
Filling Chair positions -is a major priority. We are all encouraged to approach others and we feel we havea high trust in one another and will discuss individual’s viability if/when necessary. Chad Hake, Sharon Cerjance, Michelle Schindler will be approached for Program Chair. Also Joe Leahu and Peter Kelly were felt to be good options for help with fundraising events, leading a specific actionable item.
Game day programs- there are 4 home games. We want to get a program produced and sellable along with apparel at these 4 games.
Apparel discussion - reviewed printout from Beth with several items for our use. Can we use Storm logo- must verify this. We want to ensure that we have a good t-shirt and sweatshirt design.Bob Larson is Beth’s contact, via previous business relationship, for apparel and is located in St. Michael, MN. Indicated 1 week turn time on product as we get going. He uses 3 primary vendors for apparel products. It was suggested that we put a business card into bags/purchases with GridIron Club info, website, etc. on it.
Logo design and decision – target date 7/18 to finalize
John requested receipts for preliminary funds he’s provided for the formation of the club. He and Scott both indicated that they would provide a sum to assist with opening the bank account, underway via Beth. This is to be kept a private matter not for public consumption. Need to develop a realistic budget: website $500, apparel outlay upfront, etc. Target fundraising amount $50K
All Football Funds - Bill should try to look into routing all monies paid to the football program directly to the GridIron club as of next year; not sure if this is possible. This removes the bureaucracy of use of funds through district reimbursement, etc.from the one agreed upon district fundraiser – Gold Card Sales.
Blue and White Night–August 22ndwill be the formal kickoff of GridIron Club to many community members and football families; brought up possibly getting an article put into the Villager after we are officially an active website to announce it and inform the community since things are starting to be heard as we discuss Chair members on board, etc.
Corporate Sponsorships- may be a hurdle at odds with the Booster Club. We will have to discuss what options are so as not to conflict here, though there may be enough interest to support both with no problem. What did Hockey do?
New activity tracking - Scott suggested using a working documents for tracking activities and accountability and this could ultimately take place of minutes potentially. Michelle and he will evaluate.
Booster Club announcement - Bill met with Terre Kemble to provide her news of the formation of the GridIron Club. She did not receive it well and was very defensive and protective of Booster. Scott offered to meet her and Dick Ungar will follow with her as well. Dick Ungar is a supporter of GridIron and has been and he will be clear with Terre about the fact that this takes nothing away from her, but rather is necessary with size school/program that football is and many other schools have a similar club.