Rockaway Rockets Football Boosters

Meeting Minutes

March 20, 2013

Members Present: Susanne Jackson, Gwen Novack, Lisa Cafone, Beth Cicchetti, Carolyn Crossan, Cheryl Iuliani, Lisa Miller, Lissa Busel, Chris Kovacs, Jill Head, Jill Gallagher, Jill Frendo, Gaby Ohlsen, Christina Bavaro, Rosemarie Papasavas

Call to Order /
  • Meeting Called to Order at 7:39PM

Committee Reports /
  • Fundraising –Lisa Miller
  • 2013 Event – Comedy Night
  • Lisa contacting Brick 46. Will also check Rockaway River Barn, Sideline Diner & Lounge
  • Looking into getting percentage of comedy ticket price back to program as well as percentage of food ordered
  • Football Mania
  • Will keep master list of ticket numbers and what families they were issued to
  • Will activate all tickets
  • Stubs need to be returned. If winning stubs returned, check will be made out and sent to name on stub. If not returned, check will be made out and mailed to family that ticket number was issued to.
  • Apparel –Jill Gallagher
  • Carolyn has Cheer apparel samples already
  • Jill meeting with Holly next week to discus new apparel offers
  • 50 more string bags ordered and received
  • Choosing umbrella to order. Not necessary to price to make a profit from it
  • Event Committee – Need Chairperson
  • Pep Rally – Date TBD
  • Flag SuperBowl – Tentatively Wed. 10/23 (may move up by 1 week)
  • Flag Graduation Bowl – Tentatively Sat. 10/26 (may move up by 1 week)
  • Team Mom Committee – Gwen Novack
  • Upper Division Coordinator – most booster members are in Upper Division. This will be shared among them.
  • Lower Division Coordinator – Jill Frendo
  • Cheer Coordinator – Chris Kovacs
  • Flag Coordinator – OPEN – Gwen recruiting some friends
  • Announcers/Booth Committee – Back to Football Coaches
  • Yearbook Committee – Lorraine Melhorn
  • Will have a “pre-order” sheet at sign-ups in order to gauge interest and determine ordering volume
  • Free 32 character graffiti ad with registration. Additional lines cost $10
  • Give to Varsity. Determine cost for rest.
  • Pictures – Lissa Busel
  • Bassetti Photography – 2 nights
  • Lower division one night, Upper division one night
  • Need football and cheer at each level together for sponsorship plaques
  • August 21 and 22 – Copeland New Gym
  • Concession – Gwen Novack
  • Ordering – Meredith Dutko
  • Trying to set up ordering through smartphones
  • Scheduling – times will be assigned
  • Looking into using Signup Genius for scheduling
  • Need someone to man snack stand at Dwyer for August
  • Sponsorships
  • Corporate Sponsors (Manus Gallagher) Local Sponsors (Damon Kirschner)
  • Platinum - $20K – Scoreboard
  • Gold - $3000 – Games
  • Silver - $1000 – Teams
  • Bronze – Flag teams
  • Rocket Fan Sponsors – Banners
  • ¼, ½, full page, and graffiti ads
  • Varsity Dinner – Cheryl Iuliani
  • December 6th at Skylands (contract signed)
  • DJ contracted
  • Need to ensure sound for DVD/Slide show is better
  • Awards – Chris Kovacs
  • Continue with no awards night
  • Awards distributed to team moms to hand out at individual level end of year parties
  • Varsity football and cheer should have awards handed out at the dinner
  • Sign Ups
  • April 9th, 6:30-8:30 at Dwyer (need to ad this date to the Rockets landing page online)
  • Fliers being distributed to schools
  • 6 Signs
  • Susanne – KDM, corner of Meriden
  • Gwen – Fleetwood, White Meadow Lake
  • Lissa – corner of Art & Mt. Pleasant
  • Carolyn – Circle Drive
  • Have notaries

Meeting Adjourned /
  • 9:05PM

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @ TBD.

Respectfully submitted,

Lisa Cafone