Dragon Lacrosse Booster Club

Meeting Date: Thursday, Oct 2, 2014

Meeting Location: The Trestle, Cornwall On Hudson, NY


PRESENT:
President Colleen Dunning
Vice President Matthew Korycki
Treasurer Jackie Gaillard
Secretary Christine Richardson
Members: Dave Corey, Rich Gaillard, Dan Hardey, Becky Milano, Tim and
Laura McGuire, David Olsen, Janet and Bruce Reitenbach, Michael
Shanley

I. CALL TO ORDER
The President called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm.

II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The President presented the minutes to the board and they were
approved.

III. OFFICERS REPORT

A. Presidents Report
The President welcomed all of the members to the meeting and thanked
them for attending. She told the group that her son Zack Dunning was
awarded a lacrosse scholarship to attend college at Southern New
Hampshire University.

B. Vice Presidents Report
Nothing to report.

C. Treasurers Report
The treasurer went over the income and expense report. We have just
over $6,000 left in the account and will need to raise $26,000 this year, for
a total of $32,000, to cover expenses for this season. Our first payment of
$14,000 is due to the district on January 1, 2015.

D. Secretarys Report
The secretary let all the members know that sign up sheets were available
for upcoming fundraisers and to please take a look at them at the end of
the meeting.


IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS:

A. Village Wide Yard Sale (Colleen Dunning) - The yard sale will be held
at the DeTheresa's house at 73 Weeks Ave, Cornwall on Hudson, NY.
Several members signed up to volunteer at the meeting. We will send
another request out on Facebook and email asking for volunteers.

B. Fall Tournament (Dave Corey) Nov 8 - 9 at NYMA. There are several
JV and Varsity teams that are planning on signing up for the tournament
but he is lacking 5/6 and 7/8 teams. He is hoping that more teams sign up
by the deadline of November 1st. A facilities use form has to be filled out
to request the use of the Middle School Parking Lot. Christine Richardson
has agreed to pick up the form and get it to Dave Corey.

C. Rudolf Rumble Tournament (Colleen Dunning) The event will take
place on December 27
th
. Colleen is waiting for an amended contract for
the dome rental and will send in the deposit once it is received.

D. Car Show (Matthew Korycki) The car show will take place mid-May
2015. The dealership is building a new building on the lot where the car
show took place last year. It looks like we will be able to use the
remainder of the lot, but we won't know for sure until we get closer to the
event.

E. July Fourth Rebecca Cassidy did an outstanding job at the July
Fourth fundraiser. We raised $1,517.

F. TV Raffle (Colleen Dunning): The TV raffle will begin after the team is
selected. Once a donation amount is determined for the 2014-2015
season, tickets will be distributed to the players to sell so they can meet
their donation requirement.

G. 5K Run No update provided.

G. Apparel Committee (Cathy Korycki): Cathy was unable to attend the
meeting but her husband Matt brought the fall tournament shirts and the
new black lacrosse blankets. Everyone was very happy with the design
and quality of the product.

V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. School board attendance. Over twenty family members and players
attended the school board meeting that was held on Monday, Sep 22 at
the High School. Jackie Gaillard presented the school board with an
overview of how the teams are funded and a suggestion on how money
might be redistributed from the other teams to pay for the lacrosse budget.
Several other members spoke to the board asking them to consider
funding the team next year. Jackie asked that members of the booster
club attend the next meeting school board working meeting on Monday,
October 6th.

VI. NEW BUSINESS:

A. Jess Gurrieri is interested in organizing a mini-golf fundraiser for the
booster club. She was not at the meeting, but Jackie Gaillard gave an
overview of the fundraiser. We will wait for Jess to provide further
information.

B. Colleen Dunning will be talking with LAX World about apparel and
equipment to see what type of discount they will give us.

C. Dan Hardey volunteered to help build some goalie stands for the
booster club. Dave Corey and Rich Gaillard are going to work with him to
get this accomplished. Dan also mentioned that he has a point of contact
at Crankshooter who can give us a good price on lacrosse equipment.

D. The idea of a spaghetti dinner fundraiser was discussed. No decision
was made.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A. This was the first meeting of the academic year so free appetizers and
non-alcoholic drinks were provided to the members and several items were
raffled off. The winners were announced at the meeting.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:10 PM.

Respectfully Submitted
Christine Richardson
Secretary










Attachment

TREASURER REPORT


June 5, 2014


New bank account opened at Walden Savings Bank on 6/5/14.

Transfer from TD Bank: $13,985.92

Deposit of Raffles/Donations: 1,180.00

Cash on Hand for Car Show: 460.00

Monies received at 6/5 meeting:

Hazard $400
Fayo 400
Corey 200
Flaten 400
Varghese 200
Raffle Tickets 50 1,650.00

TOTAL: $17,275.92*


* $8 left in TD bank account; when account terminated, anticipate refund

* The remaining balance for this years season must be paid to the
Cornwall Central School District in August 2014.