Pickerington Panthers Athletic Boosters Meeting Minutes
September 24, 2003

Panthers Officers, Committee Chairs and Sport Club Officers and Representatives Present: Mark Aprile, Athletic Director
Mark Uher, President
Gene Montgomery, Vice President
Hope Boren, Secretary
Dennis Schone, Fundraising Director
Vincent Krivda, Chairman, Membership
Dick Schultz, Co-Chair PABC & Fastpitch President
Acer Club - Marsha Stewart, President and Coach Hoff
Cross Country - Jim Marn, President, Kathi Combs, Treasurer, Coaches Tim Starkey &
Langenderfer 
Diamond Club - No Representative
Fastpitch Club - Dick Schultz, President
Goal Club - Coach Van Kandel
Lady Panthers Rebounder Club – Beth Smith, Treasurer
Par Busters Club – Coaches Mulligan & McGrievey
Pizzazz Club – No representative
Quarterback Club - Bob McFadyen, President & Phil Jablonka, Treasurer
Relay Club – No representative
Spikers Club - Tammy Corriveau, President and Coach Marci Truex
Spirit Club –Scott Meyerrose, Booster Representative
Takedown Club – Joel Melin, President
Tip Off Club – Phil Jablonka, Treasurer
Track & Field - Rick Favret
Volleyball ‘Kill’ Club – Mike Mahoney, President

At 7:30 pm Mark Uher convened the meeting in room 101 Pickerington North High School. Minutes from Aug. 27th meeting move for approval, seconded and minutes approved.

TREASURER’S REPORT (Patti Williams)
Beginning balance of $20,000.00. Deposited $30,065 in booster memberships. Balance as of 9/24/03- $61,998.57

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR REPORT (Mark Aprile)
- Coach Langenderfer-cross country twenty participants- first team trophy on Aug. 25th
- Bailey Flask fastest time in all divisions Agonis Athlete of the week. Getting grounds ready.
- Tim Starkey- boys cross country-Riley Marn consistently strong runner. Ben Stinson running very well having a good senior year.
- Casey Milligan- coaches boys golf- junior high has won every Invitational they have entered. High school won six tournaments. Eighteen individuals; ranked anywhere from 1st to 6th. Start tournament next week.
- Marci Truex- girls volleyball- has latest trophy in the case. Thirty-three participants.
- Brian Hoff- tennis Jessi Hilborn nominated as 610 tennis player of the week. 13 –3 record
- Greg Van Kannel- assistant coach boys soccer- Had nice win over last years state champ.
- Kitty McGrievey- women’s golf- very young team. Won Fairfield County Invitational. Six girls at the high school level, nine at the junior high level. Sectionals next Tuesday.
- Mark Aprile
1. Facilities: Baseball, softball, track, and cross country has taken list of items that need to be completed to Turner Construction
2. Be conservative financially- gate receipts of around $5000.00 per game, much lower then past years. It is critical to take a conservative approach to keep within budget. One idea is to find a way to keep banquets at a lower cost. Combined budget of all banquets is probably a 6 figure cost.
3. Concessions- The design of the stadium separating the visitor crowd and the home crowd has not been put into place and most likely will not be put into place this year. With the opened gate, the crowd flow has not favored the athletic booster concession stand.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE (Vince Krivda)
- Have taken in 355 members with a total of $30,845.00.
- We have reached 91% of our goal.
- Each team representative present was given a list of memberships for their organization.
- Forms available at www.pickeringtonpanthers.com

Current membership
Quarterback Club: 104
Spikers: 28
Goal Club: 76
Take Down Club: 28
Tip Off: 64
Softball: 27
Track & Field: 61
Volleyball: 23
Spirit Club: 47
Acers: 19
Diamond: 45
Par Busters: 13
Rebounders: 36
Relay: 12
Cross Country: 33
Pizzazz: 5

PROGRAMS COMMITTEE (Hope Boren and Tammy Corriveau)
- Work is complete except for Winter Sports team pages
- Sales money turned in to Patti for first two home games
- Starting to brainstorm for next year

CONCESSIONS COMMITTEE
- Looking to put a window into the booster side of the concession stand facing the field.
- Looking into taking bids. In the process of having signs made to increase visibility of the athletic booster stand.
- Looking to make portable stand to sell hamburgers and brats.
- Selling breakfast during early morning games

NEW BUSINESS
- PABC Sports Raffle. PABC raffle for sports club kick-off meeting at PHS Central On October 15th. Both schools will run together. This is one product that the whole community is selling.
1. Top prize -25,000.00 car
2. Second prize- one year lease on a car
3. Many other prizes available
Decision to have the raffle was made due to the fact that many sport groups had included the raffle in their annual budget plan.
- October 15th Joint Meeting. Details of the plan will be discussed at an Executive board meeting October 15th.
- Discussion took place as to the details of the raffle from last year and how it should work.
- Uniform Fees. Question was asked as how to seek reimbursement for parents from a sport group who purchased a uniform for a student who was unable to pay. Discussion to handle athletic costs for those students who do not have the funds to participate in the sports. When the athletic director is made aware of a situation with an athlete who cannot meet costs for uniforms, equipment etc., the individual sport club should attempt to handle the situation and meet costs. The satellite club should need additional help, the booster club should be approached.

- ACTION TAKEN. For this immediate situation, motion was made by Scott Meyerrose and seconded by Marcia Stewart to reimburse those parents. Motion passed to reimburse the Acers Club $65.

- Parking Fees. Discussion about the parking fee. Mark reports that the majority of the parking is free. The reserve area is for those that pay through their booster membership fee. The parking fee originated from the deficit in transportation costs.It was suggested that someone take ownership of the parking policy and their regulation. 

- ACTION TAKEN. Mark Aprile will go back and discuss the situation with those who approved the situation and then will report back at the next meeting.

- Fundraising. Dr. Schone discussed the importance of putting a fund raising policy in place that works for the community. The executive board is open to new ideas for how to raise funds. Draft fund raising policies on October 1st.

- ACTION TAKEN. Refer the proposal for action by PABC Executive Board on October 1st. Proposal from Lady Panther’s Rebounder Club to sell sponsor slots on the basketball scorer’s table. Parents of the basketball team will sell the sponsor slots in conjunction with the Tiger Tip Off Club. The Lady Panther’s Rebounder Club will keep 80% of the proceeds and Panther’s boosters board will receive 20%. Motion was made by Mike Mahoney and 2nd by Vince Krivda. Motion carried to refer action by the Executive Board.