Phoenix Coyotes Booster Club ~ Meeting Minutes

2011-12 Members
As of 1/4/12

97 primary members
145 family members
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242 total members

Minutes

Meeting Date and Location: Saturday, February 7th at 4pm, NW Tower Suite, Jobing.com Arena

Attendance: All 4 board members in attendance/36 Booster Club members in attendance
Guest Speaker – Brad Treliving - Assistant General Manager & General Manager, San Antonio Rampage

Agenda:

Guest speaker Brad Treliving
1. Mr. Treliving addressed the current losing streak and injuries to several players
  - Mueller is still listed Day-to-Day
  - Tikhonov skating with Rampage for conditioning
  - Sauer is skating but still a long way from returning
  - Praised hard work of Perrault, Schlemko, Hoggan, Goertzen
2. Key Questions Asked:
  
  Q. Up and down roster involving call-ups?
  A. We have roster vs role issues that are constantly in flux, right now we need hard work ethic and a good checking line which we may have found in Goertzen/Hoggan combo
  
  Q. Quick recap of prospects?
  A. Porter needs more experience with schedule rigors, McClean needs polishing skating but good net presence/PP, Spina has been hampered with injuries (concussion) but works hard and has good speed
  
  Q. 2011 All Star Game?
  A. To be addressed in next board meeting but would be “shocked” is it isn’t coming. Also mentioned some All Star/Draft scheduling matching issues
  
  Q. Buyers or Sellers for trade deadline?
  A. Unsure at this point but looking to add depth/scoring to the blueline. Future signings were questionable
  
  Q. Shane Doan’s future? Will we “rebuild” enough in his career lifespan?
  A. NO WORRIES. This “big horse” has TONS of time left.  Likened our effort to the Blackhawks
Thanks to everyone
1. Coyotes events have been VERY well attended by the Club
2. We have had volunteers for most game nights, which is very helpful
New Officers
1. Welcome to our new Treasurer Ellen Wayne
2. Welcome to our new Secretary Sabrina Woods
3. Elections will be next month. All positions will be open, but all existing officers are eligible and would accept reelection
Membership number – 343
1. Don’t forget that you can earn 25 points for referring your friends to join! Just have them add your name to the application as the person who referred them
2. Rewards are here, so please check with us to see that you have gotten everything you have earned
3. Team photos have come in, so if you haven’t gotten yours please let us know
Volunteer Update
1. Need volunteers for 2/16, 2/19, 3/17, 3/19, 3/26, 3/30, 4/2, 4/7
2. 50/50 Raffle is 2/14 – we will still take volunteers for pregame
Birthday Cards
1. Darren Pang – 2/17
2. Daniel Winnik – 3/6
3. Tyson Nash – 3/11
4. Ulf Samuelsson – 3/26
5. Kurt Sauer came up to Heather and thanked her for the card and the Starbucks gift card. His was delivered by the team, where most of the others Heather has delivered in person. The cards are being well received.
6. Point of Order: The cost is $12.50 each, is that okay with everyone to keep doing them?
  40 members present of The Booster Club agreed that we would still continue producing the birthday cards for the team- Point CLOSED.
American Heart Association Heart Walk Update
1. Saturday February 28th at Tempe Town Lake
2. Current walk team is 12 people – goal is 40
3. Current pledges collected online is $719 – goal is $7500
4. Please sign up to walk
5. Send out emails to get your friends, family and co-workers to donate and/or walk too
Teammates for Kids reminder
1. Club donation so far is $329
Jovo game worn jersey raffle reminder
Buttons
1. New buttons available now. All of the regular team is now available, plus the Carcillamari button
2. We have purchased 1000 new button sets, and each one we make from now on is pure profit!
State of the franchise
1. NHL Live interview with Gary Bettman on our website
2. Phone interview from Detroit game video on our website
3. Heather (Booster Club President) was asked to do a fan perspective interview on XM radio – will most likely be Thursday before the game. If we can get an MP3 of the interview to put on our site we will
Membership for next season
1. Point of Order: Should we get better stuff and charge more?
  Suggestions were made for coffee mugs or water bottles for club member incentives Point OPEN
2. Renewals can start after March 1st
3. March 1st we start our season+ membership special, the rest of this season and all of next for just $10 extra
4. Bonus for signing up early last year was 25 points plus the promise of “something” but we never got the “something” any suggestions for the bonus for renewing early? .
End of season party(s)
1. Point of Order: Last meeting is last game of the season. Should we have a “party” along with the meeting? Maybe start earlier and bring in food? Have people pay for the food?
2. It was suggested that we host an end of the year party for the team and invite them to join us as they will not be doing any sort of year-end event
  Another suggestion was for us to do a potluck and invite a member of the team out to join us Point OPEN.
Questions, comments, suggestions, ideas?
Next meeting –
1. Saturday March 21st
2. Elections for all offices
3. All offices will be open, if you are interested in any position, please see Dave or Heather for more information
Meeting CLOSED- 5pm

Submitted by: Sabrina Woods