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April CBC Minutes
March CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
President Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. on March 12, 2007.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Elsie Holz, Mel Anderson, Audrey Hubble, Nikki Rakowitz, Carissa Shirley, Carolyn Griffit, Jacque Eckart,Angie Curtis, Erika Turner, Bonnie Messmer, & Anita Hurla
New Business:
State AAU Meet in April:
We discussed preparations for the upcoming state meet in April.
Medals:
waiting on teams to send in entries before ordering. We are expecting between 325 to 350 gymnasts.
Goodie Bags:
use what we have at gym, red and black
someone to be in charge of handing out goody bags
adults to get t-shirts ready
t-shirt colors??? blue, green, purple were discussed
Tentative meet schedule:
Level 2 morning
Level 3 afternoon
Level 4 evening
Level 5 and up on Sunday
March in:
Are we going to have the girls march in or not??
Use cut out waves for team name if they march in.
Sign up sheets:
Dez Renner will be making sign up sheets
Stacy is sending a note home to parents with the options on when you would like to help out during the meet.
Parents can either bring the form back in, or email Bonnie.
Concessions:
Concessions for state meet will be handled by Mel Anderson, Jill Miller, and Erika Turner. Elsie Holz will be checking on cinnamon rolls from Alma for 50 cents a piece. Mel talked to Vern at Dyers about the chips. We also talked about each level donating items for the concessions -- snack mix, cookies, brownies, sloppy joes, etc. and possibly doing meals, sloppy joe, chips, and drink for a set amount. Items discussed for concessions-- string cheese sticks, nachos with cheese, pretzels with cheese, popcorn, go-gurt, hot dogs, sloppy joes, candy, chili, pop, coffee, water, gatorade, buns, and condiments. Popcorn popper donated by school.
Larry Holz will check on money bags, Angie will supply the money box.
Brian Divine will coordinate with the Coke represenative on event pricing for Coke products.
Coaches Hospitality Room:
Parents will be asked to donate items for the coaches hospitality room. In an effort to organize the donations each level will be asked to bring certain items. (See below)
Level 2- baked goods
Level 3- bring 24 pack of water
Level 4- pop for hospitality room, 1 - 6 pack Diet Coke, Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper, or Sprite
Level 5 and up-baked goods, minimum of a dozen-- packaged in two in ziplock bags-- cookies, puppy chow, brownies, etc.
Have baked goods to school between 4pm-8pm Friday night before the meet.
Equipment:
In charge of when moving--
Beam: Brian Divine
Vault: John Lonker will pick up the vault and runway from GYM Plus the Friday before the meet.
Floor: Tim Ekart
Bars: Doug Griffith (Brian is making floor brackets to stabalize the bars at the Middle School.
Also need to talk to Mrs. Jennings about taking the equipment thru the back doors at the Middle School. Everyone can start helping move equipment into the Middle School after all the students are gone.
Shirts:
We will go with GTM for shirts, Stacy suggested shirts for booster club members also, ocean blue was suggested as the color.
Decorations:
Angie has placed an order for decorations.
Vendors:
We will be putting the vendors by the glass trophy cases:
Ms June assistant-- they will have sweatshirts, leos,shorts, shirts
Flowers: We dicided not to have flowers.
Pictures: US Photo, already scheduled for the meet.
USAG State
goody bags
tiki torches to walk in with
Meeting adjourned 8:30 p. m.
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February CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
President Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. on February 12, 2007.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Elsie Holz, Mel Anderson, Angie Curtis, Erika Turner
New Business:
State Meet in April
We discussed preparations for the upcoming state meet in April.
Concessions
Concessions for state meet will be handled by Mel Anderson, Jill Miller, and Erika Turner. Elsie Holz will be checking on cinnamon rolls from Alma for 50 cents a piece. Mel talked to Vern at Dyers about the chips. We also talked about each level donating items for the concessions -- snack mix, cookies, brownies, sloppy joes, etc. and possibly doing meals, sloppy joe, chips, and drink for a set amount. Items discussed for concessions-- string cheese sticks, nachos with cheese, pretzels with cheese, popcorn, go-gurt, hot dogs, sloppy joes, candy, chili, pop, coffee, water, gatorade, buns, and condiments. Popcorn popper donated by school. Larry Holz will check on money bags, Angie will supply the money box.
Equipment:
In charge of when moving--
Beam: Brian Divine
Vault: John Lonker
Floor: Tim Ekart
Bars: Doug Griffith
We will be using Manhattan's runway and vault.
Shirts:
We will go with GTM for shirts, Stacy suggested shirts for booster club members also, ocean blue was suggested as the color.
Decorations:
Angie will be in charge of the decorations: talk to T-Shane Roberts about balloons. Jon Curtis may be making an octopus for the awards stand. And also putting an octopus seal on the trophies.
Vendors:
We will be putting the vendors by the glass trophy cases:
Leos: Ms. June
Jewelry:
Flowers: Lady in Alma, we would like them in a sleeve with greenery
Pictures: US Photo, already scheduled for the meet
Need to talk to KGDC about vendors.
Meet Theme:
FINALLY came up with a theme for the state meet: SEA OF DREAMS
Meeting adjourned 8:45 p. m.
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January CBC Minutes
November CBC Minutes
October CBC Minutes
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Officers elections were held at this meeting:
Stacy Divine, President
Melody Anderson, Vice-President
Erika Turner, Secretary
Angie Curtis, Treasurer
Carolyn Griffitt, Reporter
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September CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M. on Sept 18, 2006.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Carolyn Griffitt, Mel Anderson, Jacque Ekart, Jill Miller, Carissa Shirley, Erika Turner, Elsie Holz, Audrey Hubbell, Bonnie Messmer, Brian Divine, Angie Curtis and Desiree Renner.
Treasurers Report:
The CATTS Booster Club has a balance of approximately $2,300.00 in the bank, with outstanding bills of around $1,500.00. The outstanding bill is from the leo order for Nationals this year. The bill was not correct and Angie is waiting for a corrected statement. This will leave a balance of around $800.00 in the account. The annual Red Wheel Fund Raiser is currently in process. We may need to visit the possibility of having another fund raiser if the proceeds that we receive from the Red Wheel fund raiser is not enough for the booster club to pay for the coaches meet expenses for this years competition.
An overview of last years coaches meet expenses are as follows:
USAG (8 meets) $4,100.00
AAU (5 meets and Nationals) $3,200.00
Total 2005 meet expenses $7,300.00
Old Business
Red Wheel Fundraiser
The Red Wheel orders are due Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Angie said that she would accept orders until Friday, September 22nd at the very latest.
New Business
Competition team Parents Meeting
A decision was made to hold the meeting September 30, 2006 from 12:00 1:00. The meeting will be held at CATTS. Angie mentioned that the first meet that CATTS will attend will be held December 9-10th at Gage, in Blue Springs, MO.
State AAU Meet
CATTS will be hosting the State AAU meet that will be held April 27-29th. Mark your calendars. Some discussion was held on getting some bar supports made for the uneven bars for when we hold the meet. Angie will check with Paul about what we need to do to get some supports made for the April state meet.
Sponsorship Campaign
The Sponsorship Campaign is coming up. Area businesses sponsor CATTS, by giving donations to the Booster Club. The donations received from the campaign fund the annual awards given to those that attend CATTS, as well as to purchase team t-shirts for the competitive team members. A committee was put together to work on the brochures for the campaign. They will review, update and approve the brochure that will be used for this years campaign. Mel Anderson volunteered to chair the committee. Other members include Erika Turner, Carissa Shirley, and Elsie Holz. The brochures will be sent to area businesses in October with a deadline of mid November to have them returned.
AAU Nationals 2007
The AAU Nationals for 2007 are set to be held in Tampa Florida July 2-8th, 2007. This is a conflict for our coaches as well several team members that live in Wamego. Unless the dates of the competition changes, CATTS will not be attending AAU Nationals in 2007. Angie is going to check with the Missouri Valley AAU Association to see if we can request that they move the competition. Angie will let us know if there are any changes in the dates.
Window Clings and CATTS shirts
The booster club is going to check into placing an order for window clings and CATTS shirts. It has been quite some time since we have ordered shirts and window clings. We have had a lot of new members that have been inquiring about getting the items ordered. All present agreed that we need to order new shirts and window clings. Information will be gathered and distributed to the parents.
Next Meeting
Next meeting will be Oct. 16, 2006, at 6:30 P.M. Meeting adjourned 8:45 p.m.
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April CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. on April 17, 2006.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Brian Divine, Desiree Renner, Carolyn Griffitt, Mel Anderson, Mary, Bonnie Messmer, Audrey Hubbell, Tim Ekart
Treasurers Report:
$3,471.27, with $592.00 yet to be collected
Old Business
None
New Business
CATTS Classic Meet Results
The meet was a fundraising success, with a net profit of $8,404.50. The profits are split equally between the Booster Club and CATTS gymnastics. The earnings from concessions were much less than anticipated ($340.00). The group agreed that next year the Booster Club will handle concessions on their own. We received very positive feedback from the participating gyms.
The group discussed considerations for next years meet:
Stacy recommended that 1 parent be in charge of overall operations on the day of the meet.
Stacy proposed that in planning the meet, 2 parents be responsible for concessions and at least one parent be in charge of each station (hospitality room, awards distribution, judges tables, admissions, set-up, and tear-down).
Stacy also suggested that when meet sign-up sheets are distributed to our girls, the forms should also include work commitment and contact information for the parents to fill out.
Mel proposed that t-shirts for goodie bags should be available at least a week before the meet, so that a quality check and accurate inventory can be taken before the bags are stuffed.
Brian proposed that we build our own bar standards for next year.
Tim suggested that one person per apparatus be responsible for knowing how to set-up and tear-down the equipment.
Mel noted that we need to make sure the computers that control the air conditioner at the Middle School be turned on for the day of the meet.
Stacy observed that we need better control over the money boxes, and that we collect and count excess money from each station throughout the day.
The group agreed that it would be helpful to have a way of identifying parent workers via t-shirts, name tags, or aprons.
Next year we would request that parents donate pop and water to the coaches and judges hospitality room.
Fundraising for Nationals
Parents Night Out
The group decided to host a Parents Night Out, profits to be split between the families that help plan and work the activity:
May 12, from 7-10 p.m. at the gym.
Cost is $15 per child
Ages K 5th grade
We will provide structured activities, snack, and drink
We will require pre-registration and pre-payment. Deadline will be May 5
Limit the number of kids to the first 100.
A special planning meeting will be held on April 24, at 6 p.m.
Gambinos Pizza Profit Share
Caroline proposed we contact Gambinos about having a fundraiser night in the restaurant. Caroline will talk to the owner about this idea.
Next Meeting
Next meeting will be Sept. 18, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. Meeting adjourned 8:45 p.m.
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March CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
President Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Erika Turner, Charla Adcock, Melody Anderson, Des Renner, Carolyn Griffitt, Rita Gregory, Audrey Hubbell, Bonnie Messmer, Pam Black, Brian Divine, & Tim Eckart
Treasurer's Report: Not available
Old Business:
CATTS Meet April 2006
Trailers: Check with Wilsons and Reed Co. Griffitts have 1 trailer.
Programs: Bonnie will print programs at Century Business Systems. Will charge $1.00 for them at the admissions gate.
Admissions: $5.00 adults, $3.00 school age kids, 5 and under free
Hospitality Room: Des Renner
Set Up: Meet at the gym at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 7 to begin setup.
Next Meeting
Next meeting will be April 17, 2006 at 7 p.m. Meeting Adjourned 8:15 p.m.
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February CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
Brian Divine called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. on February 13, 2006.
Attendance:
Brian Divine, Desiree Renner, and Rita Gregory. Carolyn Griffitt arrived at 7:25 p.m. Tim Eckart arrived at 7:45 p.m.
Treasurers Report:
Current balance is $3,176.65.
Old Business
CATTS Classic Meet-April 8, 2006
Bars: We will borrow a set of bars from the gym in Lincoln, NE and a vault from Gymnastics Plus
Trailers: Carolyn, Chair (Brooks Yamaha, Mark Wilson, Lonkers, Griffitts)
Sound System: Stacy
Work Schedule: Des will post a sign-up sheet when we have information regarding sessions
Concessions: Dossie Langford will handle all of it
Decorations: CATTS colors, balloons
Goody Bags: Angie and Michelle will come up with things for goody bags
T-Shirts: Work with Kathy Johnson to develop a new design
Judges: Angie will make contact with judges
Programs: Rita will make from the scoring program; will be scoresheet only
Sponsorship Campaign
There will not be a banner this year.
Fundraising Ideas
Ideas discussed for fundraising included: Pampered Chef, Tupperware, Friendship House Cookie Dough, Pizza Hut Discount Cards, Little Caesars, Gambinos, WBA Concessions. Also a Parents Night Out, cut off at 5th grade, and raise the price of admission.
New Business
CATTS Vehicle Stickers
Des will post a form at the gym for parents that want to order vehicle stickers.
Next Meeting
Next meeting will be March 13, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned 8:00 p.m.
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January CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
President Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. on January 9, 2006.
Attendance:
Stacie Divine, Carolyn Griffitt, Pam Black, Desiree Renner, Rita Gregory, Audrey Hubbell, Charla Adcock, Nikki Rakowitz, and Bonnie Messmer.
Treasurer's Report:
Treasurer's report was unavailable.
Old Business
Wall of Fame
Audrey Hubbell reported on information she obtained from Artech Promotions regarding nameplates and panels to mount them on. The idea was offered to make individual panels in an approximate size of 4 tall x 12-18 wide. It was proposed to use a closed grain wood that could either be painted black or ebonized and sealed.
Audrey reported that the nameplates were available in different finishes that could be engraved or heat embossed. The heat embossing could be done in our choice of colors. It was discussed to do the names in pink and black.
The following was also discussed:
*Yearly renewal of nameplates in only the levels for which our gymnasts have placed.
*Incorporating team honors with individual honors.
*Making nameplates for only state champions (1st place), regional qualifiers, and the top three placing at National levels.
Sponsorship Campaign:
Headfirst was added as a Gold Level sponsor by donating $250.00. Vision Construction was added as a Bronze level sponsor with a donation of $50.00.
Designs for team shirt featuring the names of the sponsoring businesses was sent to Kathy Johnson of Country Creations.
Stacy is working on thank-you letters to send to sponsors. She will send them out by the end of January. Thank-you letters will also be sent to sponsors at the end of the season.
New Business:
CATTS Classic AAU Meet
It was discussed to start setting chairpersons for the April home meet. It was motioned to wait until Februarys meeting to start meet preparations.
Next Meeting
The next CBC meeting will be held on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 7:00 p.m., upstairs in the gym. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting adjourned 8:25 p.m.
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December CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
President Stacy Divine called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.
Attendance:
Stacy Divine, Rita Gregory, Audrey Hubbell, and Pam Black.
Treasurer's Report:
Balance in the booster club account will be approximately $5,000 after payment of most recent bills.
Old Business
Fundraising
Leos from Red Wheel fundraiser were on back order.
Wall of Fame
Audrey will check with Artech Promotions about nameplates and will work on a preliminary design for the display board. Estimed cost for completion is $500. It was also discussed to recognize Team placements on the board as well as individuals.
Sponsorhip Campaig
The following businesses have contributed to the 05-06 sponsorship campaign: E&R Machines ($250), Head First Salon ($250), Country Creations (team shirts), 1st National Bank ($150), Wamego Telecommunications ($100), McDonalds ($150), Campanella Evans Mortuary ($50), Wamego Dental Center ($25) and Vision Construction.
Stacy Divine will coordinate sending thank you letters to these businesses from the booster club by the end of January.
Logbook/Membership
A letter was sent to all parents of competitive team members and the letter was also posted on the CATTS website.
CATTS Handbook
Angie will work on updating the handbook. Booster club members will help as needed.
New Business
Meeting Times
After discussion, booster club meeting times were changed to the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. upstairs in the gym.
Next Meeting
The next CBC meeting will be held on Monday, January 9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m., upstairs in the gym. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
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Letter from Booster Club President
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November 7, 2005
TO: Parents of Competitive Gymnasts
Welcome to a new competitive season with CATTS Gymnastics! I wanted to take a moment to pass along some information about the CATTS Booster Club. The booster club is a parent organization that provides support for club activities and needs through volunteer assistance and fundraising activities. Funds raised by the booster club are used to pay for meet expenses, gym equipment, and other items for the club. The booster club is governed by an executive board made up of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Reporter. Each office, except Treasurer, holds a one year term and elections are held each October.
As a parent of a competitive team member, you are automatically a member of the CATTS Booster Club. Each family is required to pay a $25 yearly fee to the booster club. This fee can be offset by volunteering a minimum of 10 hours to help with booster club activities. There is a volunteer logbook located by the payment box in the gym. Volunteers are needed to help with the CATTS gymnastics meet, National Gymnastics Day activities, Red Wheel fundraiser, and any other activities that the competitive team participates in.
The booster club executive board meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m., upstairs in the gym. Everyone is welcome to attend the executive board meetings. Minutes of the meetings are posted on the gym bulletin board and on the CATTS website: www.eteamz.com/CATTS.
Executive Board members for 2005-2006 are as follows:
President: Stacy Divine
Vice-President: Carolyn Griffitt
Secretary: Pam Black
Treasurer: Angie Curtis
Reporter: Audrey Hubbell
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments about the Booster Club. I can be reached at 456-6594 or divinebj@wamego.net.
LET'S GO CATTS!!
Sincerely,
Stacy Divine
CATTS Booster Club President
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October CBC Minutes
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Call to Order:
Secretary Desiree Renner called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.
Attendance:
Desiree Renner, Bonnie Messmer, Audrey Hubbell, Angie Curtis, Michelle Ebert, Niki Rakowitz, Pam Black, and Stacy Divine.
Treasurer's Report:
There is $7,126.81 in the Booster Club account. We made $5,991.85 from the Red Wheel fundraiser.
Old Business
Fundraising
The Schwanns fundraising idea was dropped. The Red Wheel fundraiser was completed in September and delivered early October. The pre-boxed option was successful except for maybe one or two missing items. Angie will report the exact figures at later date. Top sellers were: Kailene Gentry, Kelsi Atkinson, Rileah Sotelo, Carmen Mallon, and Arionna Davies. Angie will hold a drawing for 20 leo winners.
Wall of Fame
Stacy will talk to the Artech Promotions manager to get pricing and examples on the plates that will be needed to start the wall. Stacy will check with Tim Ekart about suggestions for the type of material needed to put the plates on and how to construct it.
Sponsorship Campaign
The sponsorship campaign will be continued for the 2005-2006 competitive season. Members discussed the different contribution levels and benefits. The levels will include Gold ($250 or more), Silver ($150-$249), and Bronze ($50-$149). The benefits were changed. Sponsors will have their names on the back of the competitive t-shirts separated by contribution levels. Angie and Des will work on editing the brochure and attempt to fit it so that it can just be stapled and mailed so no envelopes are necessary. Angie and Stacy will edit the mailing list. Angie will also include thank you letters to those businesses who sponsored the team last year. The plan is to start mail the brochures by November 4 with a December 2 return deadline. Bonnie is checking on copy costs.
New Business
CATTS Classic AAU Meet
CATTS is planning on hosting an AAU meet next spring. Stacy will check on availability of the Wamego Middle School gymnasium before we decide on a date to hold a meet. The current options are sometime in February or late March.
Volunteer Logbook/Booster Club Membership
The logbook and booster club membership was discussed at length. Stacy will write a letter to include with the USAG and AAU registration materials that will be sent out in November so that parents can be made aware that all competitive gymnasts parents ARE booster club members automatically. The Executive Board members are a separate entity from the rest of the group but all members are welcome to attend the Board meetings. Members are especially needed when there are events that require workers. Those parents that are not documenting their hours in the logbook will be monetarily penalized as stated in the handbook. Stacy will be checking the logbook and mailing those people.
CATTS Handbook
While discussing the booster club membership and CATTS Executive Board, it was determined that the CATTS Handbook is more than five years old and needs revision. Angie will edit the handbook and then Des will put the updated version on the website.
Elections
Elections were held for new officers. The officers duties are listed in the CATTS Handbook. The 2005-2006 Executive Board members are as follows:
President: Stacy Divine
Vice-President: Carolyn Griffitt
Secretary: Pam Black
Treasurer: Angie Curtis
Reporter: Audrey Hubbell
There was discussion about the best day and time to hold Board meetings so that coaches could be in attendance. We will try meeting at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month.
Next Meeting:
The next CBC meeting will be held on Monday, November 21, 2005 at 7:30 p.m., upstairs in the gym. Everyone is welcome to attend. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m.
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CATTS Official Handbook
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