Present: Chuck Grosser, Lois Siegle, Lori Viola, Patty Vogt, Beth Mizelle, Bob Mayer, Karen Hesse, Steve Linder, Mike Viola, Laura Szempruch, Ann Auffrey (scribe).

Excused Absence: Dan Howett

I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Vice President Lori Viola at 6:05 pm.

II. Approval of Minutes: The minutes from the January Board meeting were read. A motion was made to approve the minutes by Lois Siegle, seconded by Bob Mayer.

III. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Lois Siegle reviewed the monthly report. The amount of $10,000 was put into a short-term Certificate of Deposit receiving 3.85% APR at WesBanco. The Treasurer’s Report was approved by Karen Hesse, seconded by Beth Mizelle.

IV. Athletic Director’s Report: Chuck Grosser reported the following items:

• Thank you to the Boosters for their support at the basketball games and the wrestling tournament.
• There are some openings for coaches. Spring coaching positions are getting narrowed down.
• Men’s Basketball team had a buy for the first round of the tournament. They will play on Tuesday, February 19, versus Roger Bacon or New Richmond at Anderson High School at 6 p.m.
• The Women’s Basketball team played very hard against Taft in their tournament, but did not win that game.
• The Wrestling team came in third place in the CHL. They were four points away from the second place team. Demond Sanford was the league champion in the 189 pound weight class. The district tournament is in Goshen this coming Friday and Saturday.
• The Swim & Dive team has some swimmers advancing to the district meet this Saturday: Heather Savitt, Rachel Wood and Samantha Garner.
• We have gotten two estimates for the tennis courts. One group gave an estimate to completely re-do the courts for $120,000. Fencing is estimated at $20,000. Another group gave an estimate to recondition the courts for $80,000, not including fencing. This is being looked at for the future, and may be part of the Long Range Planning Facilities group.
• Regarding home track meets, there will be a 2-day high school invitational in April, and 1-2 smaller meets. We will host two middle school meets.

V. Membership Report: Lori Viola introduced and welcomed Mike Viola to the meeting. Mike is interested in being on the Boosters Board, and has input regarding our concession stand renovations. Lori reported that there is one new member since our last meeting. Currently, we have 50 members at the $25 level, 22 members at the $50 level, and 28 members at the $100 level, for a total of $5150 in membership revenue.

VI. Concession Stand Report: We are done for the winter sports season! Thanks to all our volunteers! Split-the-Pot brought approximately $750 for After Prom. There are some leftover bags of snacks that will expire before the track season. They will be given to Ann Auffrey and Kimberly Payne for Study Table snacks. Karen Hesse will also take some for the Swim & Dive team for the upcoming meet.

1. Concession Stand Renovations: Lori Viola took Mike Viola to the stadium concession stand for a tour and to get some input on possible renovation ideas. We currently can’t use the 4^th window. If we remove the wall, this would open up the concession stand. Cost may be approximately $2,000. Plumbing will need to be altered because it’s on the wall. Mike’s suggestion is that we remove the wall to open up the concession stand first, and then we could see what we want to do. If we knock the wall out, we’d be able to use the 4^th window by moving the cooler, which would create more space. This is not a huge alteration if we limit it to the above. We would not need to get a permit because it’s all inside work. Mike will call Brad King tomorrow. Lori made a motion for Mike Viola to be Project Manager and a Board member, which was seconded by Lois. The motion passed unanimously.

We’re looking at doing this after the track season so we can be ready for the fall season.

2. Boosters Bash: This will take place on Saturday, March 15, from 7 pm to midnight at The Grove. We have some flexibility with how we pay. We can pay per head if we know we have over 100 people. Under 100 people we can pay a la carte. The cost was $12.95 last year. The bar was open from 7-11:30 pm, then we paid an extra $100 for an additional ½ hour of bar service. Laura was able to buy a Wii game (cost approx. $265). We can decide what to do with it, and will think about raffling it. Our DJ will be Lori Zwick. Lois has contacted Lori to remind her. Shawn Maus knows the date as well, for assistance in setting up big screen, TV, etc. We will print our own tickets. We can discuss the refreshments at next month’s meeting. We will provide 2 tickets to the Bash to the Music Parents for their Bid-n-Buy at the "Dinner and a Show." They, in turn, will provide us for a voucher for next year. We will contact Jeff Rasulis for a parking pass. We need to continue to promote the event. We can hand out fliers at the upcoming concerts and promote it at the Winter Sports Awards.

1. Sprinkler Project: We received a request from Chuck Grosser for Boosters’ help with the sprinkler project for the football/soccer field. This has been a great need. Chuck is requesting $5,000 from the Boosters. He will use $6500 of Pepsi money, and can use other funds for the remainder. Ann made a motion, seconded by Lois, to approve this request. The motion passed unanimously.
2. Yearbook Advertisement: Laura was contacted by the Yearbook Committee asking if we’d like to put an opening page to the athletics section of the yearbook. A full-page color ad will cost $500. Beth made a motion, seconded by Lori, to purchase a full-page ad in the yearbook at a cost of $500. The motion passed 9-1.
3. Trailer Concession Stand: Laura reported that she received a call from Wes Girdler. He would like to build a 4 x 8 trailer which has an end that opens up that could hold coolers and food for concessions at baseball/softball games. The cost would be about $300. Wes would like to build the trailer and give it to Boosters. There was a brief discussion. Concern was raised about who would volunteer in this mini concession stand, who would be responsible for purchasing items, where the food/drinks would be stored, etc. It was suggested that this might be a project for F-Club. This item was tabled for now; more information is needed.
4. Scholarships: We are approaching the end of the school year when we will award our Boosters scholarships. We need to review our form and see if there are any changes need to be made.

A motion was made by Steve Linder, seconded by Lori Viola, to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 7:17 pm.