SFTDC Meeting Minutes

June 4th, 2017

  1. Review Minutes from Previous meeting
  2. 2017 Board Members
  3. President: Tom Elia
  4. Vice President: Wendy Lutz
  5. Secretary: Micole Tucker
  6. Treasurer : Jim Walker
  7. Activities Director: Mary Ann Sabo
  8. Sponsorship Director: Tara Mey
  9. Financial Report
  10. Full details upon request
  11. Ending balance as of May 31, 2017 - $17,274.40
  12. Sponsorships
  13. TaraMey
  14. She has been reaching out to past sponsors. A few of them have committed again for this season and she will be following up with the rest that she has not heard from over the next few weeks.
  15. We are looking for additional sponsors so if anyone has any ideas or know of a company that they think would be interested please contact Tara.
  16. Tara and Wendy met with Bubba to discuss the sponsorship announcements during the games. They also discussed coordinating with the band so that he won’t be announcing sponsorship ads while they are playing.
  17. Sherry is working on program ads
  18. Steeler Nation
  19. MaryAnn Sabo
  20. All tickets have been distributed. It is each athlete’s responsibility to sell their allotted tickets.
  21. Moe’s and Buffalo Wild Wings have agreed to allow the boys to take their tickets to their locations to sell Steeler Nation tickets.
  22. Once days and times have been confirmed the information will be along and there will be an opportunity for the boys to sign up for a shift.
  23. Concession Stand Update
  24. Don’t forget to go onto the football website and sign up to volunteer for the concession stand. There are still plenty of spots that need to be filled for all our home games.
  25. Coach Rossi Update
  26. Mini Camp completed
  27. 73 rostered players at the end of camp
  28. 7 on 7 went well
  29. An email will go out with roster of who will be going to next 7 on 7
  30. Workouts begin June 12th both for skill and lineman. Refer to website for times.
  31. June 22 & 23 is Toledo trip. Roster will be emailed out for the players that will be attending.
  32. Coach chose a leadership team made of up of 2 boys from each grade. They will spearhead community service projects for the entire team to be involved in.
  33. Every player will be given a green shirt and white shirt. They are to wear those to the summer workouts. The freshman will also be given a pair of green shorts to be worn to the practices. The rest of the boys will be given the opportunity to purchase the green shorts.
  34. There are a few boys working on creating a shirt in honor of Coach Yost. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and has started treatments. He will still be coaching as much as he can this season.
  35. If parents have not signed up for REMIND please do so. It is an easy way to get reminders and changes that are made by coach.
  36. Still finalizing a date for the Dad’s picnic (similar to last year) and potentially may have mom’s picnic as well.
  37. There are 5 freshman games scheduled. They are usually held on Mondays. The roster for those games will include freshman and some sophomores and are sent out prior to each game.
  38. Game Day Announcer
  39. The 2017 Lions game day announcer will be Bubba Snider.
  40. Picture Day is scheduled for August 11th.
  41. If the weather is bad on that day we will reschedule. There is not a rain date at this time.
  42. Next Meeting is July 9th – 7PM @SF Giant Eagle - 2nd floor conference room.