Roseville Figure Skating Club

Board Meeting

Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:30 PM

 

To:

Jayne Strause, President – present

Bob Haight, Board Member/Co-Vice President – present

Ann Lundberg, Board Member/Co-Vice President – present

Dan Koopmans, Board Member/Secretary – present

Catharina Field, Board Member – absent

Andra Hall, Board Member – absent

Brian Koland, Treasurer/Board Member – present

Melissa Steinberg, Board Member – present

Kelly Christensen-Swanson, Board Member – present

Brenda Boily-Salmanpour, Board Member – present

Carole Dillemuth, Membership – absent

Cheryl Funk, Ice Committee Chair – present

Pam Sandborg, Pro Liaison – present

Cathy Taylor-Sharp, TCFSA rep - present

Steve Hartley, TCFSA rep – present

           

1          Reports/Voting

1.1      Approve Meeting Minutes (Dan Koopmans)

·        There were minor corrections to the June minutes.

M/S/C:  To accept the June minutes with corrections.

1.2      Treasurer’s Report: (Brian Koland)

·        The current balance is $10,551.91.  The Spring Ice bill has been paid. The Competition Ice bill ($6546.66) and the Summer Ice bill ($14,645.00) have not been paid at this point.  The Phalen Fall Ice bill ($5880.00) will need to be paid in the next week.  Brian would like to propose some changes in the future to ensure that checks/balances are in place in our system.  Colleen sent a message of thanks for being part of the RFSC.

1.3      TCFSA Update Report  (Cathy Taylor-Sharp)

·        Steve Hartley gave the report.  There is a club name change; Brooklyn Park Figure Skating Club is now Three Rivers Figure Skating Club.  MN State had 152 skaters in their competition; down from 200 previously.  There will be a Test Chair seminar on September 13 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in Shoreview; each club is allowed to send two participants.  There will be a Club Management seminar with date/time/place to be determined; it will probably happen next March.  Meeting times for TCFSA was discussed; there will be 8 meetings (1 of which will be the governing council meeting).  Clubs will be required to attend 7 of the 8 meeting.  There will be no July, October, December, or March meetings.  If a club rep cannot make it, there is provision for a proxy to be used once.  If we make all the meetings, we get a $500 stipend.

1.4      Ice Report (Cheryl Funk)

·        Ice fees are going up to $165 per hour. Fall Ice will be approximately $12,000; this includes testing fees.  The tentative first day of Fall Ice is September 29, depending on when the concrete is poured for the new floor.  Cheryl wants to move the first day to Saturday, October 4 so as not to conflict with Hockey tryouts.  There was a discussion of a possible Junior Class in the future.  It was suggested to talk to Laurie Benson about ice dance classes.  We will need to use a boom box at Phalen as they do not have an audio system.

1.5      Membership Report (Carole Dillemuth)

·        Carole was not present to give the report.  There were five new member applications:  Brianna Jones, Carly Jones, Kalley Stern, Tessa Westlund, and Ava Witthauer.

M/S/C:  To accept all five applications into membership

1.6      Members in Bad Standing Report (Brian Koland)

·        There were no members in bad standing reported.

1.7      Coaches Report (Pam Sandborg)

·        Pam had no report to make.

1.8      Fund Raiser Report (Andra Hall)

·        Andra was not present to give the report.  There was discussion on several fund raising opportunities.  A Davanni’s fund raiser was suggested.  Ann Lundberg will organize it and work to publicize it to the club.  It was suggested to do it quarterly on a Thursday with an October 16 or 23 start date.

1.9      Volunteer Update

·        Kathy Anderson is no longer the test chair.

2          Thank YOu’s

·        To Colleen Bloom for her work as treasurer for the club.

·        To Susan Tran for letting the Club use her car in the Roseville Parade.

·        To Ann Lundberg for organizing the Davanni’s fund raiser.

3            New Business

·        Co-ed locker room – this was discussed via email and the Board voted to make the locker room co-ed

·        Lynne Kuechle – associate membership/fee waiver – this was discussed via email and the Board voted to waive the fee.

·        Welcome Back Party – October 11^th.  There will be a membership table and a volunteer table set up.  There may also be an apparel sale.  Publicity was discussed and ways to bring more people to the party. 

·        Rink Parenting Procedures – Brenda - The rink parenting procedures were discussed and some changes suggested.  Brenda will make the changes and present the revised procedures at the next meeting.

·        Cookie Dough Fundraiser – tabled until the next meeting

·        Membership Chair (Lisa Wakefield)

·        Hospitality Chair (Melissa Santrach)

·        Programs Chair - open

·        Volunteer Chair - open

·        Alex Peter – new coach application

o       Alex met with the Board.  She has applied to be a coach for the Synchro Team.  She has skated at Roseville about 8-9 years.  She has been skating with the Synchro Team for 5 years.  She is attending the University of Minnesota.

M/S/C:  To accept Alex as a Synchro Coach

·        Skater locker rental – Catharina proposed increasing the locker fees from $12.00 per year to $24.00 per year.  The start date would also be changed back to end of June so that it coincides with the membership renewals and graduations.  It was further proposed to prorate the $2.00 per month for 9 months to facilitate the date change.

M/S/C:  To accept the new locker rental proposal; we will revisit the fee increase next May.

 

The next meeting will be Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m.  The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Dan Koopmans

Secretary, Roseville Figure Skating Club