The meeting minutes will not be posted until approved.
The following meeting minutes were approved on Monday, May 14 2012
Meeting Minutes – Monday, April 16 2012
I. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Jim Sprague.
II. Welcome and Introductions
Baseball – We are 3-0 in conference and overall 4-1. We have an invitational coming up this week and on the 28th we are hosting the Forest Hills invitational and this year we are sponsoring Juvenile Diabetes and we are going to be collecting donations, selling bracelets and a little competition between each of our schools to see who can collect the most money by selling the paper running shoe. Each school will be selling these shoes that will be in the school colors. The winner will win something and we will also have a 50/50 raffle as well.
Crew – Our first regatta is this Saturday and hosted by FHC. We have a regatta every weekend from this weekend until June with just Memorial Weekend off. This weekend it is at Riverside park in Grand Rapids and starts at 8:30am.
Golf (B) – The boys are doing well, probably in the middle of the pack. This evening is their first conference game; prior to today’s game they have been playing all Division A schools. We are a very young team, 2 freshmen are on the varsity team and we only 1 returning varsity.
Lacrosse (B) – JV-A 2-1, JV-B 1-2, Varsity 2-1. Lots of young guys are on the varsity, good mix of boys and we are looking forward to developing this program. Wednesday we have a Trifecta with East Grand Rapids.
Softball – Started off last weekend, had our FH invitational and ended up 1-2. We are still a developing team and this year we have a JV team which is excellent and we are looking forward to this team improving each year.
Tennis (G) – Congratulations to coach Sukup last Thursday he celebrated his 400th win. This is going to be a great year but we are considered to be the underdogs because last year we graduated 10 seniors out of 12 varsity players. We lost a close match on Saturday and we split with Marion and but we lost by 1.
Track (B) – Ran against Comstock Park and we won every single event except for 2 sprints. We competed in the Grand Rapids Public Schools Bob Ubanks invitational this past weekend and finished 4th. There is a nice write up in the Grand Rapids press about our 4×800 team.
Track (G) – Ran against Comstock Park and won all events. We competed in the Grand Rapids Public Schools Bob Ubanks invitational this past weekend and won the event.
III. Booster Athletes of the Month
This month athletes included Ingrid Johnson (Softball), Angel Wang (Tennis) and Cam Wysocki (Baseball). Congratulations to them.
IV. Approval of March 19 2012 Minutes: Approved
V. Athletic Supervisor:
Stephanie Hare reported we are in the midst of switching over to Google and trying to get familiar with Google calendar. We will be hosting the Girls soccer districts scheduled for May 29, May 31 & June 2. FHNsports.com need writers so please email me articles about your teams progress and I will post it on the site. We will also be using Twitter soon and Facebook. We want to increase that traffic so please encourage your teams to watch the site. We are busy getting ready for summer with our summer camps and next year for football we have 4 home games and we will be hosting a home game for North Pointe Christian. Our home coming is September 28.
VI. Treasury Report:
Kelly Murphy reported that our total cash balance is $79,518.56 and our total cash available is $46,699.93
VII. Volunteer Report:
Andrea Smith reported she is still waiting to hear from a few of the teams regarding volunteering for spring sports so please email this ASAP. And since we will be hosting Soccer districts teams that have not been contacted to help volunteer will be soon. Please get this information to me a quickly as possible so we can guarantee we have coverage. Thank you everyone for your hard work, it is greatly appreciated.
VIII. Concessions Report
Gerri Winks reported that we are kind of off to a slow start but thinks are starting to pick up ending this week and for the next couple of weeks we have events going every day.
IX. New Business/Announcements
Ski announced the Ski team will be having a car wash on Sunday, April 29th at Forest Hills Foods from 11am – 4pm. Please stop by to get your car washed & support the team. Proceeds will go to purchase new team jackets.
Baseball will be having some mini activities during games to attract spectators.
Black and Blue Bash IV is Saturday, March 23.
Coke should be coming in the next couple of weeks to take pictures of our football concessions and hopefully we will win and come away with a $10,000 scholarship.
Jim Sprague reported that we are going to add a couple of students to the boosters to give the students one student will help drive the social media (twitter, Facebook, fhnsports.com) and the other student will help with our booster events. There will be an interview process, and we will keep you informed. Also look in your emails regarding a survey of the boosters. I am really looking for information as to what you think about the boosters, what do you like, dislike, etc.
X. Adjournment
Next Boosters Meeting – Monday, May 14 7pm FHN Media Center Athletic Board Elections 2012/2013, Thank you celebration for a great year.
Future Booster Meetings – 7:00 pmFHNMediaCenter
August 21, 2012 –
The following meeting minutes were approved on Monday, April 16 2012
Meeting Minutes – Monday, March 19 2012
- Call to Order:
Meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Jim Sprague. Jim announced that a thank you to the Athletic Boosters was received from the 2012 Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity Lacrosse Teams
- Welcome & Introductions:
Baseball is in “full swing”. FHN will be hosting the Forest Hills Classic on March 28th, with proceeds going to Juvenile Diabetes Research. The three Forest Hills high schools will compete in the tournament. Baseball’s Mattress Sale was very successful
Boys and Girls Lacrosse held tryouts last week and practice began today.
Boys and Girls Track has been conditioning and the first track meet will be on March 27th.
Softball was able to get enough interest this year to have both Varsity and JV teams. Softball sold burritos and had a pancake breakfast at Applebee’s, which were both very successful. The manager of Applebee’s asked to have team photos and/or posters sent to him because he would like to hang them on the walls of the restaurant.
Girls Tennis held tryouts last week and 20 athletes tried out for 14 varsity positions. Twelve seniors have graduated and only two are returning to create a very “young” team.
Golf: Tryouts this year were actually held outside on a golf course due to the excellent weather and the first match will occur on April 11.
Crew has begun practice and was able to put in the dock so as to hold practices on the water instead of using the rowing machines indoors. The first regatta is called an Ergatta and will be held at FHC on Saturday, March 24. The competition will be performed on rowing machines called “Ergs”
Wrestling: Gabe Stepanovich took 2nd place at the state competition.
Gymnastics: they took 3rd in Regionals and 12th in State.
Patty Selnor reported that coaches participated in CPR training over the weekend. It was pointed out that the school’s AEDs are located in the health room, near the old, temporary athletic office near the concession machines, and Patty always has one with her.
- Booster Athletes of the Month:
This month’s athletes included Brandon Miklosovic (Lacrosse), Lauren Wilberding and Chad Bradbury (Ski Team), and Teigan Mitcham (Girls Soccer). Congratulations to them!
- Approval of February 20, 2012 Minutes: Approved
- Athletic Supervisor:
Stephanie Hare reported that teams were able to actually be ON the fields to practice their sports and compete. Scheduling is almost complete for the new OK Bronze Conference of which FHN is a member. With Wyoming and Godwin Schools combining, there were no scheduling issues for us because we did not schedule them.
6. Treasurer’s Report:
Kelly Murphy reported that our total cash balance is $81,089.36 and our total cash available is $48,270.73.
- Volunteer Report
Andrea Smith reported that schedules went out via email. If reps received an email, then volunteers are needed from that sport. Spring sports do not require as many people to staff concessions and so fewer are needed. Jim Sprague volunteers have worked 60 “days” of events with over 250 hours invested. There are 17 total events this spring. New this year, concessions will be available during baseball games, including an ice cream cart with beverages available for purchase.
- Concessions Report:
Gerri Winks stated that we will be moving items from the North Gym Concession stand to the Stadium Concession stand on Thursday, March 22 at 9:00 AM. Any help would be appreciated.
- New Business/Announcements
Frank Jenks related that the Second Annual Forest Hills Athletic Department Golf Outing will be held on August 20th at Watermark Country Club. Coaches have been informed of incentives to earn up to $500 for their teams. In 2011, the Golf Outing made about $15 thousand. Registration will be available online with PayPal. Information will be on the website in one to two weeks.
The Black and Blue Bash is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Watermark Country Club. The last auction cleared approximately $44 thousand in 2010. Michael and Jen Hawkins will be heading up the Black and Blue Bash Committee with a meeting scheduled for the end of April to form subcommittees. Mike Cook introduced Frank Berrodin as our new VP Concessions Coke Representative for 2012-2013 school year.
The following meeting minutes were approved on Monday, March 19 2012
Meeting Minutes – Monday, February 20, 2012
I. Call to Order – The meeting was called to order by Jim Sprague
II. Welcome and Introductions -
Jim shared a couple of thank you notes written to the boosters. One was from Lake Michigan Credit Union for the opportunity to help out in the concessions for the Saturday in January that FHN hosted Rockford basketball. And a thank you from Patty Sellner thanking us for the sponsorship of $500, this money has been used to teach CPR to high school students and f to the feeder schools as well.
Boys Hockey, having a very good season current record is 18-5. Bowling – 2 girls & 2 boys made top 10. Steve Haggart – spectator, Shannon Sprague – Husky supporter,
Pom & Dance – took 4th in a competition a couple weeks ago at Davenport. Gymnastics finished 2nd in district conferences. Girls Basketball – 11-8 overall, finish 3rd in the conference. Wrestling – 4 boys placed at district and went to regionals and we had one athlete Gabe Stevonivich conference championship two runner ups & he will be going to state.
Skiing – 3 people going to State. We did awesome at a championship at Cabere; girls finished 1st & boys finished 2nd. It has been a great season.
III. Booster Athletes of the Month
Basketball (B) – Rep: Pam Thomas; 12 – 6 overall, hope to be conference champs. Our coach has a real passion for commitment to our boys both on and off the court. Coach:Joe Soules, Out players have been working hard in training and conditioning since November 12. Athlete: Brett Michaud. Brett is one of our captains and plays fantastic defense. 2 year varsity player, started in all 18 of our games and Brett is one of our lead chargers & he has the school record of of 9 steals in one game. Brett is very active in other school activities and has a 3,97 overall GPA. He is an overall fantastic young man, great roll model for the players and classmates. Brett plans to attend either Grand Valley or GRCC with study in Foresinec Science.
IV. WISL Conference (Stephanie Hare & Patty Sellner)
This conference occurs every 2 years. We asked the coaches to nominate players and then from that list of nominees we had to get down to 8 girls. Awesome weekend & the girls got to hear from some very cool speakers regarding athletics & leadership. The honored girls were: Amy Larsen, Hanna Sprague, Marissa Saldivia, Ashlee Moran, Claudia Vredeveld, Katie Hollemans, Emily Kozal and Lindsay Jenks
V. Approval of Last Meeting’s Minutes – Minutes Approved
VI. Athletic Supervisor (Stephanie Hare)
Our Friday night in February for the elementary feeder schools were awesome, great success. The boys and girls from basketball stays after the game and each of the elementary students receive a poster and then sign the posters for the younger students.
We also just recently had a signing for Olivia Griffith; she is playing volleyball for Taylor.
Scheduling is fast and furious for our OK Bronze, football is set for next year.
VII. Treasury Report (Kelly Murphy)
Cash Balance $79,977.52
Available Cash $47,158.88 ($32,818.63 Total Outstanding Athletic Requests to be paid)
VIII. Volunteer Report (Andrea Smith)
Check you emails, you will be receiving signup sheets for spring sports. Also thank you to the boys & girls basketball reps and parents they did an awesome job with volunteering responsibilities for this past season. We really appreciate your effort.
IX. Concessions Report ( Mike Cook, Lisa Crampton, Gerri Winks)
Our concessions sales has really picked up and the elementary schools participation has been a huge success.
We won an award from Coke and it was a West Michigan Award and two days later we won a Michigan award, and 10 days later we won a 5 state region award and now we are in the competition for Nationals. If we win this one there is a $10,000 scholarship. The award is determined by volume of how much Coke product we sell and it is also based on how we advertise the products. Coke provides a lot of free advertising materials which we have used in the concessions and they made some posted just for us & Mike took advantage of their offer.
Mike is still looking for a replacement for his position on the board as well as a rep for boys cross country & boys track.
X. Fall Sport Requests
Athletic Director Hudl Program 4/2013 – 4/2014 $1200.00
Flipped Scoreboards $ 84.38
Football Coaching Clinic – 2/2012 $ 734.50
High Step Agility- replaces grid $ 50.00
Practice footballs (20) $ 720.00
Triple Wrist Coaches Wristband $ 170.00
Blocking dummies (6) $ 1200.00
Golf, Boys Indoor Hitting Time $ 400.00
Golf, Girls Rain Suits (6) $ 557.00
Golf, Girls/Boys Umbrellas (12) $ 167.40
Practice Balls (24 doz) $ 432.00
Soccer, Boys Practice Soccer Balls $ 720.00
Softball* Wheel for Pitching Machine $ 720.00
Catching Equipment $ 190.00
Practice Softballs (4 doz) $ 251.80
Tennis, Boys Practice Balls (10 cases) $ 630.00
Indoor Tournament Time $ 800.00
Indoor Practice Time $ 600.00
Track* Hurdles (30) $ 3000.00
Volleyball Hitting Boxes (2) $ 730.00
Warm-up Jackets (18) $ 576.00
Total Approved Requests $14,155.08
* spring sports
XI. New Business
Baseball thanked the boosters for the donation of the cans & announced that their annual matteress sale is this Saturday. Girls softball is having a fund raiser on March 10 which will be a pancake breakfast at Applebes off the Beltline; all you can eat, $5 for adults & $3 for children 8am – 10am & a silent auction, over 50% proceed goes to girl softball
XII. Announcements
Homework for booster reps. At our next meeting please let us know if you are planning to be a rep next year; If you are not please find someone to replace you. Also as Mike stated we are in the need for someone to fill Mike’s position as Coke rep in concessions, everyone else on the board is planning to stay on for the following year.
Our meeting next month is Monday, March 19 at 6pm
XIII. Adjournment
The following meeting minutes were approved on Monday, February 20 2012
Forest Hills Northern Athletic Boosters
Meeting Meetings January 17, 2012
I. Call to Order
II. Welcome and Introductions
Husky Supporters: Shannon Sprague, Wendy Jenks, Boys Swim & Dive 2 – 0, won the FH Invitational 125 points above the 2nd place team; Hockey 10 – 4; Boys Basketball 5 – 3 overall, 2 – 2 in conference; Competitive Cheer team is doing very well, Varsity has taken a couple of 3rd place finishes, a 2nd place finish & JV has placed 2 4th place & 1 2nd place. Wrestling doing very well so far placed a couple of 1st & 2nd places, just getting in the heart of the season. This is the first time in 10 years that we have athletes in all 14 weight divisions. Pom & Dance doing very well have placed 2nd and 3rd in a couple of competitions. Girls Basketball are 2 – 2 in the conference and 4 – 5 overall have not had a home game yet but will be soon.
III. Booster Athletes of the Month
a) Basketball (G) – Rep: Jim Sprague, Coach: Stephanie Hare this is the 5th year of coaching in this program. She has been with many of the senior athletes since 8th grade because she started coaching in that level as well. Athlete: Anisa Shaw she has been playing with Northern since her junior year. She plays tough as anyone, she is awesome jumper and dribbler she is wonderful player on the court and a great leader off the court. She has a fabulous personality; she is a very hard worker. She has been accepted at U of M and she is going in the nursing program. Two big wins recently were Anisa was a major contributor to our wins.
b) Wrestling – Rep: Lisa Feistritzer, Coach: Jon Boyd this is his 4th year of coaching the wrestling here at FHN. He is also a graduate of FHN where he also participated in wrestling for all 4 years. He has over 12 years of coaching. He is a wonderful coach he helps ours boys to become well rounded young men. He leads these boys by example. Athlete: David Solon he has been in wrestling for 3 years, he is involved in student government, school musicals & plays, he is an Eagle Scout and overall a well rounded young man and he finds a way to balance it all. He gives a lot of heart in all of his competitions. Just recently we participated in a tournament and part of this tournament they pool the top 16th athletes and David was one of the top 16. They have A & B competitions and David was in the B competition and won the tournament which was his first win in a varsity tournament. The wrestling team was in attendance to support David in this honor.
IV. The November meeting minutes were approved.
V. Athletic Supervisor Report
- FHN is officially members in the OK Bronze with Cedar Springs, Greenville, Northview, FHE & West Catholic. We have been busy working on all of our schedules for next school year 2012/2013
- Corporate Sponsorships: we have 6 banners in the north gym and just got a 7th banner which we will be putting up soon. This program is going great. We are starting to sell advertising on our website.
- We are trying to get more stories up on FHNSports.com. So if you have pictures or articles please send them to me and I will try to put them up on the website.
VI. Treasury Report (Jim Sprague for Kelly Murphy)
- Cash Balance $69749.62 (as of 11/21/2012)
- Available Cash $38,466.32 (Outstanding Athletic requests to be paid $31,283.30)
VII. Volunteer Report (Jim Sprague for Andrea Smith)
- Both girls & boys Basketballs are providing the volunteers for all of their games – fabulous, thank you.
- Look for emails from Andrea with sign-ups for our spring sports.
VIII. Concessions Report (Gerri Winks, Lisa Crampton, Mike Cook)
- Mike announced that he won a competition Coke was running with High School concessions in the display of product and advertising. He does not know the detail of this honor; he will be meeting with representatives from Coke Wednesday January 18, 2012.
- Coke increased their pricing which comes to about 6 cents per bottle. As of now we are not going to increase our prices but I am going to start checking out at other concession to see what they are charging for drinks.
- Concession has been slow not a lot of home varsity games but that will be changing quickly and we are ready to go. Lake Michigan Credit Union will be helping in the concessions on Saturday January 28. This is the first of our corporate sponsors offering partnerships and building community.
- We are going to start selling subs from W.G. Grinders on a trial basis along with our pizza & hot dogs.
- An oven has been donated to concessions from the Wrestling representative Lisa Feistritzer. Mike will be in contact with Lisa to pick up the oven and put it in the football concessions.
- Gerri has spoken with the high school regarding volunteer hours for students and it has been confirmed that working in concessions will count toward volunteer hours. There is one stipulation, the concessions can not be ran completely by students we would like a 1 to 1 ratio (student: parent/guardian)
- Mike announced that this will be his last year serving as our Coke representative and is seeking a replacement for this position. Basic job description; place orders, stock shelves, assist in open/close of concession, be our point of contact with Coke.
IX. New Business
- Jon Gregory – principal at FHNHS Put together a few slides just to present to us how athletics are a very important part of our school. Last year enrollment 1008 and this fall the count was at 1088 so we are up about 80 students. Athletic participation is over 50% of our student body; this is very significant and it is a wonderful way to get students involved. Being involved helps build a connection with the school and builds pride in the school and helps build our community. Students learn so much by being involved in athletics and we are blessed with the involvement and the support of all of you. So thank you for being involved and helping us build up our program and our students.
- Frank Jenks will be heading up the golf outing next year. The first planning meeting is Monday January 30 at 7pm. The funds rose from the golf outing all stays within Northern.
X. Announcements
- Reminder that the Black & Blue Bash will be in March 2013 and we will be looking for a committee chair person to help head that up.
- Baseball is looking for a JV coach if anyone knows of someone interested please contact the baseball coach Dane Wysocki . Baseball will be doing a can drive the Saturday after the Super Bowl. And Baseball will also be doing their annual mattresses sale, more information will be forthcoming.
XI. Adjournment
Forest Hills Northern Athletic Boosters
The following meeting minutes were approved on Tuesday, January 17 2012
I. Call to Order
II. Welcome and Introductions
Tony Dorster – Owner of WG Grinders provided cookies for our meeting – Thank you Tony
The fall teams finished strong. Boys Soccer was 12-0 in conference and finished 17-4-1 season. They won their districts and scored 104 goals during the season – most goals scored ever! Girls Cross Country finished 3rd in state all 7 top runners are returning. Boys Cross Country finished 12th in the state.
III. Booster Athletes of the Month
a) Bowling (B&G) – Rep: Sue Hieshetter, Coach: Trent Chamberbliss this is the 3rd year coaching this program. Since he has been coaching, 2 of his athletes have gone on to state. Bowing is one of the fastest growing sports in the state of Michigan. Athletes: Erika Voss brings a lot of encouragement and outgoing. She is involved with middle school leadership program and very involved with her church. She has been in bowling for 4 years she is one of the team captain. Mark Washburn he has a great sense of humor, and is very knowledgeable of all sports. He is very out going and he is also the 2011 homecoming king. Mark participates in the school musicals, and participates in FHN TV. He participates in Cross Country, Bowling, Tennis & Baseball. This is his 3rd year and Erika was the one who encouraged him to participate in this sport. As a captain I try to encourage all of the athletes in our sport.
b) Cheer – Rep: Michelle Gumbko, Coach: Jenni Wood is doing a fabulous job and she is very protective of her girls – she refers to them as “her girls”. She is doing great things to build the program. Program is growing, last year we had 30 girls and this year over 40 tried out. Athlete: Corinne Smelker she is a strong leader and has been involved with cheer since elementary. She is a great leader and she is a mentor to the younger girls.
c) Hockey – Rep: Mark Buddy, Coach: Todd Gallup, he has been coaching for FHNE for 3 years. He has raised the bar for our athletes and increased our competition by getting games with teams in Detroit. He is a great coach and believe we are very fortunate having him. We just beat FHC, our record with FHC is 8 wins. Athlete: Chris Holemans is our team captain and he leads by example. Chris is a very positive player and a great leader. He is very well respected; this is his 2nd year on the team. Last year he was voted as an alternate captain. He is passionate about this game and always in control. He works part-time and never misses a practice during the summer he works 2 jobs and is very involved with family activities and his church.
IV. The October meeting minutes were approved.
V. Treasury Report (Kelly Murphy)
- Cash Balance $71,291.54
- Available Cash $36,128.26 (Outstanding Athletic requests to be paid $35,163.28)
VI. Volunteer Report (Andrea Smith)
- Fall sports we finished up well, so thank you all for contributing. Basketball will have 3 Friday nights, varsity double headers and 1 event on a Saturday, both boys and girls basketball are filling the volunteer positions for their own sports with the AB board members opening/closing. We will need volunteers for Competitive Cheer & Wrestling and Andrea will be sending out that request shortly. Also remember to watch you emails for an occasional volunteer request. Thank you for your support.
VII. Concessions Report (Gerri Winks, Lisa Crampton, Mike Cook)
- The concessions team had a nice 2 week sabbatical and are now all geared up ready for winter season. Concession training was provided during the winter sport meeting, and that went very well. The concession at the football field is closed for the season and we successfully moved all the items up to the north gym. Thank you Vicky Olson for helping clean the concessions we greatly appreciated your help. We are still in need of an electric oven/stove so please keep us in mind if you plan to do any kitchen remodeling.
VIII. Athletic Supervisor Report
- At our winter coaches meeting we had CPR training that the boosters financed which was very helpful and the coaches feel much more comfortable.
- Corporate Sponsorships at the first meeting 6 people were in attendance. Due to the late startup we were hoping for 4 banners in the gym and at the start of the winter season and we far exceeded that benchmark, it looks like we will have 8 or 9. Some of our sponsors are: Lake MI Credit Union, MC Sports and a family with a company matching. We are very excited. The money generated from the sponsorship program will help in filling in the gap from what the boosters have been able to contribute. The money generated about 10% will go to printing costs and the rest will be split 50/50 to FHN athletic department and athletic boosters. Not only will we be collecting revenue to support our teams but we are also building some great partnerships. In January at our booster meeting we will recognize all our sponsors and we will also recognize them at a basketball game.
- Effective next year FHN is in a new conference called the OK Bronze. The teams in this conference are: FHN, FHE, Northview, Greenville, West Catholic, & Cedar Springs. We will begin working on game schedules next week.
IX. New Business
- Center for Physical Rehabilitation – Chris Nawrocki Guest Speaker (CPR) we are locally own and been in business since 1994. Patty Sellner is our employee and we contract her out to your school. We have been trying to grow our name in different school districts and we are working hard with the schools in Forest Hills. Patty was recognized a couple of week ago for the health Husky program. We hope to participate in a lot more similar programs. We are really looking into health care reform and we want to push what else we can get out into our community. We have also just started up a partnership with an Orthopedic doctor and Patty provides a great form of communication between the kids who come to see her and the care she provides or if their is a more serious situation Patty will refer the athlete to an Orthopedic surgeon or a hospital. We are also looking to partnership with the schools academically and possible offer a mentoring/job shadowing program.
X. Announcements
Wrestling representative, Lisa Fiestritzer wanted to let everyone know how wonderful the wrestling coach is and that due to his involvement and enthusiasm in the program this is the first time in 10 years that FHN will be participating in all weight classifications. . The past few years the interest in wrestling has been going up and she contributes that to the hard work of our wrestling coach. He has been working very hard going out to gym classes bringing in the younger kids in the program.
XI. Adjournment
The following meeting minutes were approved on Monday, November 21 2011
Meeting Minutes Monday, October 17 2011 FHN Media Center 7pm
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Jim Sprague
II. Welcome and Introductions
Ten coaches were present for the meeting (wrestling, hockey, boys basketball, girls basketball, girls lacrosse, pom & dance, ski, swim & dive, girls golf, Track). Boy’s tennis completed the season strong; Conference & Regional champions finished 3rd in State tournament. 8 seniors graduating, lots of potential for next year they will be changing divisions; moving up from 3 to 2. Boys soccer JV – OK Blue Champs; Girls Volleyball run 2 tournaments; Football currently 5-4 this Friday last game plan to beat Comstock Park and then we will be 6-3 and heading for conferences. But we may have a chance to be in the conferences because 2 of our losses were in overtime. Girls Cross Country – great season, fighting injuries & cold & flu. Boys Cross Country – we taken couple of 2nds in invitational, we won the conference 3rd year in the row, and we took 3rd in Portage invitational which is a big gage for the State meet and all 5 of our top runners placed in the top 35.
II. Booster Athletes of the Month
a) Golf (G) – Vicki Olson introduced the girls’ golf coach, Kent Graves who introduced the athlete Lexie Lynn. 1 player qualified for State tournament, Melissa Cox who is a junior and she finished 9 out of 15. The senior athlete of the month for girls’ golf is Lexie Lynn and she is here with her parents Dan & Yvonne. Lexie is one of these kids who I just don’t want to let go, she works hard, does everything we ask and has a beautiful swing. She has already been accepted at MSU inLymanBriggsCollege.
b) Swim (G) – Susan Heydenberk introduced the girls swim coach, Dennis Neat who introduced his wife Barb, he has been coaching at Northern for 20 years. His senior player of the month is his daughter Bridgett. She shows great enthusiasm and leader to the younger swimmers. She has been on the team for 4 years.
IV. Approval of Last Meeting’s Minutes – September 19, 2011 meeting meetings approved
V. Treasury Report
- Kelly Murphy
Total Cash Balance: $81,343.59
$11,000 in concessions; concessions have been very good to us but we are running into a little of a bottleneck so we are asking for you to take on the responsibilities to ask each family to volunteer concession at least 2/times per sport.
Total Cash Available: $74,034.60
VI. Volunteer Report
- Andrea Smith
All is going very smoothly, thank you keep responding to my emails.
VII. Concessions Report
- Lisa Crampton, Gerri Winks & Mike Cook
Concessions sales have been great; the volunteers are doing a wonderful job. Just remember to remind the volunteers to bring a hat, tie long hair back or wear a hairnet in the concession stands, this is a health requirement and we don’t want to get fined for this infraction. The Pretzel warmer has been fixed but the oven needs replacing. If anyone has an old oven they would like to donate to the boosters please let us know.
VIII. Athletic Supervisor Report
- Stephanie Hare
Great new opportunity to help us raise funds for our athletic teams, the district has approved Corporate Sponsorships and we are looking to put together a sub-committee from the boosters to find corporate sponsors. We don’t want to ask the corporate sponsors too many times. The sponsors will be able to purchase banners which we will display during the games. We need a group of people to help us to get this going. This is an awesome opportunity to help fill some gaps in supporting our sports teams. We are hopeful that this will help our teams with uniform purchases. We want to put out an organized effort.
I would like to thank the boosters and all of you for all the hard work and the approval of the funds to help support our teams.
We are looking at a realignment of the conferences, we are trying to get things settled but as of now we can’t do anything, no schedules or anything. Next vote is scheduled for November 1.
IX. Request for financial assistance
- Winter/Spring sport teams
Total Approved Requests $34,753.20
Total funds for Athletic department = $3585.85
Huddle Video Program $600; Pump $80, iPad $750, HD Video Camera with USB $500, Speaker System $469.95, Electronic Scoreboards $770, Radios $415.90 (these items will be owned by the athletic department and then they may be borrowed by the teams to use the items)
Total funds for Baseball = $3538
Practice bases $120, L-screens $198, Practice balls $720, Practice bats $800, Batting cage net $1,100, Warm-ups $600
Total funds for Boys Basketball = $729.40
Balls (12) $539.40, Sticky mat $190
Total funds for Girls Basketball = $370.00
Dribbling glasses $70, Practice jerseys (12) $300
Total funds for Crew = $5000 (partial purchase price of an additional boat)
Total funds for Pom & Dance = $355.00
Small bag $230, Coaches clinic (1) $125
Total funds for Hockey = $5000 (ice fees)
Total funds for Boys Lacrosse = $1452.00
Balls $562, Indoor time $840, Stick Repair kit $50
Total funds for Girls Lacrosse = $1375.00
Indoor Time (1/3) $425, Tent (1/3) $500, Practice balls $75, Coaches clinic (3) $ 375
Total funds for Ski = $915.00
Gates $523, Tape measure = $67, Intermediate beam $325
Total funds for Girls Soccer = $720 (balls)
Total funds for Swim = $678.00
Training equipment $500, meet software timing program $178
Total funds for Girls Tennis = $5000.00
Warm-ups $2000, Indoor time $1,600, Balls $600, Tournament indoor time $800
Total funds for Track = $4210 (Hurdles 50% of $8,420 request, Athletic department will pay other half)
Total funds for Wrestling = $1824.95 (Sterilizer)
X. Announcements
Frank Jenks – Golf Outing received over $22,000, expenses $6600, net about $15,000. We split it 80/20; 80% for the athletic department & 20% for the boosters. Stephanie Hare so thankful to Steve Pasenault & Frank Jenks; top teams for selling holes were Ski & Hockey.
XI. Adjournment – Corporate Sponsorship Meeting immediately following this meeting all who are interested please stay for a brief meeting.
Next Boosters Meeting – Monday November 21, 2011 – 7pm FHN Media Center
Future Booster Meetings – 7:00 pmFHNMediaCenter
December 2011 – No Meeting
January 17, 2012 (Tuesday) 7:00pm
February 20, 2012 – Fall Sports Request Meeting
March 19, 2012
April 16, 2012
May 14, 2012 – Athletic Board Elections 2012/2013
These meeting minutes were approved on Monday, October 17, 2011
Approved Meeting Minutes
Monday, September 19 2011
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Jim Sprague
II. Welcome and Introductions
In season sports: Swim & Dive, Susan Heydenberk – great start of season but it is hard to tell sense we are in a new conference this year. So far we are 2-1, and we have a good number of girls competing with 17 being freshman. Boys Tennis, Cindy Shaver – all the matches have been blow outs, they are doing very well. Girls Golf, Vicki Olson – having a very good season. Football, Jama Wolf – so far 3-1, we play Cedar Springs this Friday, fan turnout has been great. Boys Soccer, Jay Dunwell- a very good season so far 6-3-1 undefeated in the conference. Girls Cross Country, Andrea Smith – a great season, wonderful turnout 49 girls participating. Boys Cross Country, Mike Cook – Doing very well, so far participated in 3 invitational and won all three and just finished participating in a conference at MSU and one of our runners, Jack Towne finished in top 30 – #18.
Husky Supporters – Tami Brand, Wendy Jenks, Steve Mulder
II. Booster Athletes of the Month
a) Cross Country (G) – Andrea Smith introduced the cross country coach, Joe Cucuro who introduced the athlete Terese Jenks. Terese has made a wonderful impact on being on this team. She has a great attitude, shows perseverance and strong ability. She works hard and has enjoyed every minute of cross country and is honored to be a part of the team.
b) Cross Country (B) – Mike Cook introduced the cross country coach, Joe Cucuro who introduced the athlete Grant Cook. Grant has been an amazing contribution to the team. He joined the team to improve his overall conditioning and endurance. So much of what Grant has accomplished and set out to do is a big extension of where this team has gone and what it has accomplished.
c) Boys Soccer – Jay Dunwell introduced the soccer coach Dan Lipon who introduced the athlete Mike Smyser. Mike is an all around great athlete, person and student. He is kind, outgoing and supporting both on and off the field. He is a 2nd year captain for the team. He has a 3.98 GPA. Mike is a leader on and off the field participating in multiple school related activities like Young Politician club and National Honor Society.
IV. Approval of Last Meeting’s Minutes – August 23, 2011 meeting meetings approved
V. Treasury Report
- Kelly Murphy
Total Cash Balance: $73,723.09
Total Cash Available: $66,264.10
Very good start of the school year, over $12,000 in patron donations and the football games concessions have been very busy. So far we have generated $16,000 in concession sales.
VI. Volunteer Report
- Andrea Smith
Great turnout, thank you for all your recruiting efforts, great coverage; volunteers are showing up on time and providing great team effort. In a couple of weeks I hope to send out the winter schedules. Keep checking your emails daily I may be sending out additional need requests if events are rescheduled or there are new events.
VII. Concessions Report
- Gerri Winks and Mike Cook
Concessions sales have been great; the volunteers are doing a wonderful job. Just remember to remind the volunteers to bring a hat, tie long hair back or wear a hairnet in the concession stands, this is a health requirement and we don’t want to get fined for this infraction. The Pretzel warmer is broke and we may need to purchase a new one. We are looking in to getting it repaired but this appears to be a recurring cost and it might be wiser to purchase a new machine.
VIII. Athletic Supervisor Report
- Stephanie Hare
Everything is great, up and running. Football attendance and gate has been wonderful. We are hosting district soccer, regional golf & district and regional tennis.
46% of girls are participating for the year & 51% of the boys are participating for the year, we do not have the breakdown for the fall; we have 32 varsity sports.
IX. Committee Report
- Sport Program – Tami Brand
Fall program nearly to the printer. Fox Acura signed up to sponsor the premiere spot. The premiere spot is the back page. The Winter and Spring programs is still open for the premiere spot. So far $9500 for advertising dollars, more then pays for all three season printing of the program. Still have open spots if you know of someone who would like to advertise please let Tami know.
- Spirit Events – Jama Wolf
Everything is fantastic this year. Well run events the carnival was well supported, thank you. Still looking for someone to help especially would like to have representatives at the feeder schools. The events has done a lot for the school and brought in the fans. The principals of feeder schools love the program.
X. Old Business
- Golf Outing – Frank Jenks
Still need one golfer to pay and 3 advertisers to pay. If all money came in we probably just break $16,000. Hope to have all the breakdowns done by our next meeting. Next year plan to do it the 3rd Monday of August, still planning to hold it at Watermark. The monies will go to FHN Athletic department to help fund items that Athletic Boosters can’t fund. The Athletic department will receive 80% and the Athletic Boosters will receive 20%.
XI. New Business
- Athletic Trainer – Patty Sellner
3rd year at FHN and I enjoy it here very much. We were just awarded free software called Impact, provided by Dicks Sports they were offering 1500 versions in the country and because I was quick to request one and we were awarded a version. This software is nationally none and it will help with tracking concussions for our athletes. Basically a baseline test is done for all athletes and this will be one of the tools used to help determine if an athlete is ready to return back to the game after they suffered from a concussion. The test is pretty extensive covering memory, cognitive, and reflexes. We won’t get it installed for our fall athletes but we hope to have it in place for our winter athletes.
Patty has been using injury tracking software and requested monies to update the software, this year the company is moving the software via the web so now FHN trainers can access the software mobile. With this move there will be a yearly subscription fee and the boosters have Okayed this expense. There is a parent portal to input the information and eventually coaches will be able to access the information.
XII. Announcements
Just find a niche how best you can serve the boosters. Jim asked that each rep reach out to your younger families we know parents can get confused and we want to make sure that they are well informed. So please try to get to know your varsity parents as well as JV and freshman and the athletes. Make sure you are accessible. Get out and support our other sports.
XIII. Adjournment
Next Boosters Meeting – Monday October 17, 2011 – Winter & Spring sports request meeting. Need request in by September 30, please email them to Athletic Supervisor, Stephanie Hare.
The actual approval meeting is October 10 at 9am with the board and athletic supervisor. We ask that one the request the coach name and contact phone number be on the form so we can contact them if we have any questions. At the next meeting we will review the approved requests. We ask that the booster rep and the coach attend that meeting.
The sports to be represented at our next meeting are Girls Golf & Girls Swimming and Diving. If there is no senior diver then please bring an additional senior swimmer.
Future Booster Meetings – 7:00 pmFHNMediaCenter
November 21, 2011
December 2011 – No Meeting
January 16, 2012
February 20, 2012 – Fall Sports Request Meeting
March 19, 2012
April 16, 2012
May 14, 2012 – Athletic Board Elections 2012/2013
These minutes were approved on Tuesday, August 23 2011
Meeting Minutes From August 23, 2011 meeting
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Jim Sprague
II. Welcome and Introductions
Everyone introduced themselves and informed the attendees the team they were representing or if they were a attending as a ‘husky supporter’. Two people attended as ‘husky supporters’ Tony – owner of W.C. Grinders, who also provided cookies for our meeting and
III. Booster Athletes of the Month
a) Volleyball – Debbie Kiekover introduced the volleyball coach, Tracy Kirk who introduced the athlete Danelle Harrison
b) Football – Jama Wolf introduced the football coach Jeff Rapelji who introduced athlete Mitchell Larsen
c) Boys Tennis – Bob Shaver introduced the tennis coach Dave Sukup who introduced the athlete Mark Washburn
IV. Approval of Last Meeting’s Minutes – May 2011 meeting meetings approved
V. Treasury Report
- Kelly Murphy
Total Cash Balance: $52,467.32
Total Cash Available: $44,033.30
VI. Volunteer Report
- Andrea Smith
Everyone should of received there assignments for the Fall, if they have not received a schedule please email Andrea. Each sport will be required to provide volunteers to work concessions. The concessions is the Athletic Boosters main source of income. Please stress the importance of the parents/guardians that they must volunteer at least 2 times per season per sport. We are scheduled to have 5 home football games this year which is a great opportunity to increase our revenue.
Also once you complete the signups please email a copy of the schedule with the contact information for the volunteers who signed up to Andrea & Gerri Winks
VII. Concessions Report
- Lisa Crampton, Gerri Winks and Mike Cook
All is in order, busy stocking our shelves and purchasing Coke products. The concession under the Press box will be open this fall for the home football games. Please have all volunteers report to the main concession area nd then we will assign volunteers to where they will work.
Training will be offered on Wednesday, August 24 at 6:30pm during the soccer game, for actual hands on training.
VIII. Athletic Supervisor Report
- Stephanie Hare
IX. Committee Report
- Golf Outing – Frank Jenks
The golf outing was a great success. Many thanks to Frank Jenks and the committee to getting this started and following through to the end. Watermark said this was one of the best run golf event they have had the privilege being part of.
112 golfers participated, there were 28 teams out of a possible 36 teams; great turnout for a first time event. There were a total of 46 hole signs, each sport had the opportunity to sell a hole sign for $150, and the team made $50 for each sign they sold. The top seller of signs was Ski Team with 7 signs. Total profit from the event about $14,000
X. Old Business
- All Sports Workshops
A well attended event and Dale was a wonderful presenter and the presentations were well received. Three presentations were offered, a morning event to FHN athletes; afternoon event to FHN coaches; and an evening event to FHN parents.
We are looking for some feedback, what people thought of the event. One suggestion from this meeting was if we offer something like this next year that we open it up to athletes in the middle school.
XI. New Business
a) Football Spirit Events – Jama Wolf
This is Jama’s 5th year in providing support to the boosters, her original goal was to boost the gate attendance at the home football games. She is looking for someone to help this year and willing to step in and take over next year. Jama this will be Jama’s last year in this role.
First event is the fall athlete parade which is on the first home game, September 1 all athletes who want to participate need to be at the field between the top of the stadium and the school by 6:15 and have with then either $5 for admission fee or a punch card
b) Athletic Trainer – Patty Sellner
XIII. Adjournment – by Jim Sprague 8pm
Meeting minutes provided by Chris Eckman
These meeting minutes, approved on Tuesday, August 23 2011
Meeting Minutes from May 2011 meeting.
FOREST HILLS NORTHERN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7PM by Steve Biondo.
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS: Steve B. read thanks received from the Varsity Football Team for financial contribution, and from Girls Lacrosse team for Athletic Boosters’ support.
Rep Reports: Baseball: V and JV doing well despite lots of rainouts: Pom & Dance: Tryouts begin June 1: Boys Basketball: no new coach yet. Interviews may begin this week: Girls Track: won conference, Girls Tennis: season looking very good, 6 undefeated flights: Girls Lacrosse: beat Rockford; Crew: some nasty weather for rowing, regatta hosted by FHN Saturday, May 21 at FH Boathouse: Boys Track: 2nd in conference, regional Friday: Boys Lacrosse: First in tier in conference, states soon, only one
Approval of Minutes: Minutes form April approved
Presentation and vote –slate for 2011-2012 School Year:
President—Jim Sprague
Treasurer—Kelly Murphy
Secretary—Chris Eckman
VP Volunteers—Andrea Smith
VP Concessions—Mike Cook
VP Concession – Lisa Crampton
VP Concession – Gerri Winks
Slate approved.
Handover of Meeting Duties: Meeting was handed over to new board members. Jim Sprague handed out thank yous to outgoing board members. They received a concession stand gift certificate and FHN bleacher seat back chair. Steve Biondo spoke in thanks to board and reps.
Steve Harvey spoke on behalf of the basketball team to say thanks to boosters and reps.
Treasurer’s Report—Chris Eckman
Total Cash Balance: $71, 673.30
Total Cash Available: $44,283.49
Concessions Report—Gerri Winks
Concession made $900 last Friday. Concessions closing down after May 25. Watch for email asking for volunteers to help clean up. Baseball and Softball will have their own concessions during Districts, which FHN is hosting.
Volunteer Update—Kerry Ottenwess
Everything going well
NEW BUSINESS
Golf Outing: Frank Jenks is chairperson. Outing cost = $100 per player. Information being sent out via listserv. Celebration Cinema is committed to sponsor. Looking to have dinner and/or lunch donated. The Golf Outing is a revenue source for FHN Athletic Department. Info found at fhnsports.com/golf.outing
Concession Improvement—Press box concession will not need to have any special connection for hot water access.
Girls Varsity Soccer Team has been named Academic All-State Team (5th year in a row) with an average grade point of 3.73, in addition to being first in the OK Blue Conference.
OK Conference was one vote short of FHN becoming members of OK Bronze Division. A new vote will occur soon.
Steve Passinault attended symposium on sudden cardiac arrest in high school athletes. Finding was that schools need not only AEDs but people who are trained to use them. Steve will set up training for FHN and Spectrum Health will donate the 3rd AED. There may be one permanently placed at the football stadium. An anonymous person has also said he will donate an AED to FHN.
Linda Kappes mentioned a lacrosse fundraiser for the Haugen family. It will occur on Friday, May 20 at 6:30 PM, FHE football stadium.
Coke has “donated” a very large laminated menu which can be posted outside the concession stand to help facilitate shorter lines at concessions.
Jama Wolf presented magnets with fall football spirit events, times, and dates.
Jim Sprague’s goal for upcoming school year is to have a master list of contact info for athletes, parents, and sports alumni to facilitate communications. He also would like sports that are in season to send a student athlete rep to speak at athletic booster meeting.
Meeting Minutes provided by Lisa Crampton
