Players with Pride – 1st Quarter -2014 Board Meeting
February 20,2014
Hank Estes House
7:00 pm Call to Order Vice President – Frank Thorman
Attendance: Frank Thorman, Mark Feldhaus, Ray Hedger, Tony Giordullo
Hank Estes. Not enough for a quorum.
7:10 pm Treasure’s Report Treasurer – Mark Feldhaus
2014 Dinner Financial Report
Dinner Expenses
Raffel’s Catering- $2,502.00
CEI Sports- $ 590.00
Boss Awards (Pride Plaque) $ 80.00
Gift Cards for Door Prizes $ 200.00
Ruth Chris Steak House $ 100.00
(Gift Card for Guest Speaker)
Payouts for Super Squares
Mary Feldhaus $ 250.00
Chris Callahan $ 250.00
April Bachman $ 250.00
Josh McCain $ 500.00
Manning Scholarship $ 500.00
Hollifield Scholarship $ 750.00
TOTAL EXPENSES $ 5,972.00
Dinner Income
Cash/Checks S 6,790.50
Credit Card (PayPal/Square) $ 802.25
TOTAL RECEIPTS $ 7,592.75
DINNER TOTAL NET PROFIT $ 1,620.75
Current Account Status
Checking account - $ 9,385.12
Savings - $811.75
CD - $6,218.01
Treasures report accepted by Frank Thorman, seconded by Tony Giordullo
Mark will look into moving money from checking to savings. Board would like to keep at least a minimum of $5,000 in checking at all times. Moving money to savings gets a higher interest and is quickly accessible should it be needed.
All bills have been paid and are up to date.
7:15 pm Old Business – Updates All
a) 2013 Golf Outing/Picnic Mark Feldhaus
Mark to contact Sharon Woods for a date in September
We need 18 hole Sponsorships. We need 18 foursomes.
$80 a golfer last year. Mark to work with Rob Hamann on more golf shirts and golf balls we need door prizes.
b) Website Update Ray Hedger
The website is back up and running with a slightly new look thanks to Ray Hedger. Payments have been updated to hostfor2bucks.com, the host provider of the website. We also have the domain name of dpplayerswithpride.com.
Our new email addresses for organization use is playerswithpide@outlook.com or playerswithpride@gmail.com.
The Microsoft outlook site that we were paying for has been discontinued.
c) 2015 Pride Award Frank Thorman
Nominations for the 2015 PRIDE Award are now being accepted. Only criteria is that the person was a student athlete at Deer Park HS or a coach/teacher at Deer Park HS.
Nominations will be accepted until June 30,2014.
d) 2014 PWP Sports Dinner Mark Feldhaus
The 2014 Dinner was a success. According to Raffel’s, we had 76 plates served. The Super squares continue to be a success as we sold out before the dinner. We sold 10 items from CEI in the silent auction. Thank you to everyone who helped. A discussion followed about dropping the dinner price from $75 to $65 to attract more people. How can we get the word our better? We use email blast, us postal mailings, Willie on the Radio, Suburban Life articles and signage at the school and various businesses and establishments. The date for the dinner is
January 31, 2015.
e) Outline of yearly events Frank Thorman
Discussion about making sure that we have a timely time line of events for the year and what we need to get done for the next meeting/event. Better communication plus better planning equals successful events.
New Business – Open Discussion
Baseball Game: Deer Park’s baseball coach has designated April 19 as Players with Pride Day at their Saturday doubleheader against Taft. Checking to see if we can fire up the grill and provide food for those in attendance and the teams between or after games.
9:00 pm Adjourn
Meeting adjourned.
Motion for adjournment made by Tony Giordullo, seconded by Ray Hedger.
