2008-09 Members
As of 8/26/08

  87  primary members
112  family members
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199  total members




Minutes

Meeting Date: Saturday October 6th 2pm

Attendance: All listed were on time and present for the entire meeting. Heather Schroeder, President, Dave Horn, Vice President, Rebecca Wininger, Treasurer, Larry Halliday, Membership Chair, and Jaclyn Halliday, Secretary. Also in attendance were Sarah Finecey and Don Schwartz from Fan Development and Community Relations of the Phoenix Coyotes. Members present were Diane Brown, Darlene Speaker, Sheri Kerr, Robert and Brittany Corral, Scott Hartman, Rick and DJ Purcell for a total of 15 people present. Seven other members were unable to gain entrance to the building for the meeting.

Agenda:

  • Intro
  • Board Introduction
  • Election
  • Bylaws Acceptance
  • Guests
  • Financial Update
  • Membership update
  • Volunteer update / discussion
  • Discuss what members want to get from the club
  • Summary / Thanks

Items on the agenda were presented by the President, Heather Schroeder:

  1. Heather introduced herself and gave background of the Booster Club starting in 1996, originally as a social club. Then, last year became a 501c3 organization to support the team and the community. In July 2007, the official creation of the new Club was completed. Doug Moss got the Club started with becoming a member and from there the Club has grown to more members so far this season than all of last season.
  2. The board was self appointed to get the Club started; all officers introduced themselves. Darlene Speaker made the motion to approve the officers as board members for the next two years. This motion was seconded by Diane Brown and was voted yes by all eight members present.
  3. Heather explained the Club’s primary purpose is to support the Phoenix Coyotes, Coyotes Charities and any of the Coyotes Causes that the Club would like to focus on.
  4. The duration of a membership is July1 through June 30 for all dues paying members.
  5. All members agree to comply with the Code of Conduct at all times and be the best fans of the team.
  6. The full Code of Conduct and Bylaws are on the website.
  7. Guests present were Sarah Finecey and Don Schwartz. Don gave an update on items orders. Pins will be in on October 15th, lanyards in on October 11th, T-shirts in next week and pouches will be in soon. These items will be given out at the meeting on October 27th. Sarah explained there will be a specific cause for each month’s focus. October’s focus is Breast Cancer; On October 27th the Susan G Komen Foundation will be present at the game, the first 250 survivors will receive a pink rose. Peter Mueller will be auctioning off a basket of his favorite things. His grandmother is a survivor and this is close to his heart. All in attendance are encourages to wear pink. The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure on October 14th was discussed. Don will get more information to determine if the Booster Club can be of assistance or have a team walking. The November’s focus will be adult health. Future causes will be police and fire fighters, animals, child safety and a possible blood drive.
  8. Rebecca gave the financial update; stated she and Heather are the only signers on the account yet the board makes the decision how the money is spent. The financial statement will be posted on the website monthly. She stated our first auction will be at the Redwing game on October 20th. She also explained there are some start-up costs that will not be seen in years to come.
  9. Larry gave the membership update; as of the meeting there were 92 members. He would like to see 300 members by the end of the season. He explained the Membership Points Program and point rewards also.
  10. Dave explained there will be two people per game night at the Club booth. The Club would like volunteers for this as well as officers being present at the booth. If members have friends that are not season ticket holders, they can see the game for free by helping at the booth. Anyone interested in volunteering for the booth or any other event can contact him directly or through the website. He explained the Club will need 20 volunteers on any night we do 50/50 raffle.
  11. What the members would like out of the Club. Mention of viewing parties for non-televised away games, bowling parties or even paintball would be a fun way to interact with one another. Members would like points for recruitment. This will be discussed with the board members. Members would like to be very involved in helping with the Coyotes Causes/Charities.
  12. Other events mentioned were the viewing of the movie The Rocket. On Sunday October 7th in Scottsdale, and Derek Morris and Keith Ballard will be a Chapman Chevrolet on October 21st from 3-5 for pictures and autographs. The Club will be going on a road trip to Prescott Valley to see the Roadrunners and the Sundogs on Friday October 12th. There are over 20 people going to this game and the price is $10 per seat.
  13. Heather explained the Booster Club would like to have an end of the season award to present to a player. This award will be named after Beth Champie, who drove from Payson for every game. She recently passed away.
  14. Heather thanked everyone for their time and support and hopes to have a fabulous season.

The next Booster Club meeting is scheduled for 10/27/07 at 2:00 PM in the Coyotes conference room.

Submitted by: Jaclyn Halliday, Secretary

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