Rouse Baseball Booster Club General Meeting

September 6, 2016 @ 7:00 PM

The meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM by Scott Mount. A quorum was established.

Scott introduced the members of the Executive Board to those present. Scott Mount is the President (), Kyle Ward is the Vice President (), Joe Dominguez is the Treasurer (), Ray Southard is the Concessions Manager (), and Neva Kani is the Secretary ().

Scott thanked the executive board from the 2015-2016 school year. The booster club needs volunteers to help with committees. The goals of the RHS Baseball Booster Club are to support the program and the players.

COMMITTEES:

  • Fundraising – Tina Driggers ()
  • We have 6-7 fundraisers that we are trying to get done for this year.
  • One of those is the beater car for Homecoming (Kelly Thomas has secured this).
  • Another is working concessions during the homecoming game on 10/21.
  • We need volunteers to help with all of our fundraising projects.
  • Blockhouse Creek has a project for us to do for fundraising (Kyle Ward helping to facilitate details).
  • Social Media – Jaime Caro ()
  • Has created a facebook page ( and a twitter account ( We plan to use them to promote our sponsors as well as keep everyone informed regarding things that are happening for the baseball program.
  • Spirit wear – Jennifer Hooper )
  • Putting together some designs for Coach to approve. Once approved, will be available.
  • Field Maintenance / Baseball Operations – Mark Hooper ()
  • We use GameCube to broadcast games. Also, volunteers to announce at each game is needed.
  • Other committees:
  • Membership – Neva Kani
  • Website – Keith and Stacy Foreman
  • Sponsorships
  • Banquet – Kyle and Pam Ward
  • Banquet will be held at same location as last year.
  • Historian
  • Pre-Game Meals
  • Team Communication
  • Varsity
  • JV1
  • JV2
  • Summer / Fall Baseball – Chris Kani
  • Nominating Committee

BYLAWS:Changes to the bylaws proposed for discussion and vote at the October 2016 meeting:

  • ARTICLE 1, SECTION II – FISCAL YEAR AND BUSINESS YEAR
  • Current wording:
  • “The fiscal year and business year of the organization shall begin June 1 and shall end on May 31 of the following year.”
  • Proposed wording:
  • “The fiscal year and business year of the organization shall begin July 1 and shall end on June 30 of the following year.”
  • ARTICLE III, SECTION IV – TERMS
  • Current wording:
  • “The term of the office for all Executive Officers shall be one year, beginning June 1st and ending on May 31stof the following year.”
  • Proposed wording:
  • “The term of the office for all Executive Officers shall be one year, beginning July 1st and ending on June 30thof the following year.”
  • ATTACHMENT A: ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL BOOSTER CLUB – REQUEST FOR FUNDS
  • Current wording:
  • References Paul Cochran as head baseball coach.
  • Proposed wording:
  • Replace “Paul Cochran” with “RHS Head Baseball Coach”.

Coach Krempin spoke to the members. Current players in the baseball class are working on strength and conditioning, as well as sprinting. He has encouraged the players to come up with a design for their caps. His assistant coaches for this school year are LaPaglia, Moore, and Driskill. His top 3 requests from the booster club are 1) more tunnel space needed, 2) jugs machine (1 or 2 more), and 3) hummer machine. The booster club is working to get pricing for the equipment, as well as approval from LISD for the tunnel space.

Other things talked about were playing the school song after the games, guidelines for announcing in the Spring, setting up the website to accept online payments.

Next meeting will be at 7:00 PM and the day of the week was discussed between Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Meeting adjourned at 8:07 PM.