Phoenix Coyotes Booster Club ~ Meeting Minutes

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Phoenix Coyotes Booster Club September Membership Meeting
Date: Saturday Oct. 24, 2009
Place: Suite 1123 Jobing.com Arena
Time: 3:00pm

Agenda

Welcome
1. We have added a lot of new members since the last game, including quite a few that live outside of the Phoenix area
2. Current membership number is 248 (182 last meeting – increase of 66 in one month)
3. 2006-07 – 78
4. 2007-08 – 256
5. 2008-09 – 376
6. If you don’t have your membership materials yet, please come by the table during the game
7. Membership rewards are coming soon!
8. 1 belated birthday card – Sami Lepisto
  1. No November birthdays
  2. 3 December birthdays, we’ll do the card at the next meeting
Officers Update
1. VP –Volunteers needed
  1. 10/31 – posters
  2. 11/14 – posters
  3. 11/21 – posters
  4. 11/27 – table
2. Treasurer
  1. Financial information will be available soon
  2. Treasurer position has been vacated
3. Secretary
  1. Jon Ferrall has accepted the Secretary position
Fund Raising
1. Training camp jersey brought in $275
2. Pink jersey brought in $400
3. Raised $380 from Susan G Komen bracelets so far – will have them tonight and possibly on 10/31 as well
4. New fund raiser – kids cheer posters starting today!
  1. $2 each, three choices
  2. Let’s go Coyotes
  3. I heart the Coyotes
  4. Blank
    - Will set up outside Gate 5 each weekend game
    - Will need volunteers – can get points and free tickets for this!
5. Summer time fund raising has allowed us to purchase 6 full season tickets. They have been donated to Coyotes Charities Tickets for Kids program.
6. Are looking in to working with the Jr Coyotes from CAHA to help them raise money to get them to two travel tournaments they want to play in
7. Are selling our Phoenix Coyotes Forever t-shirts to them to use as a fund raiser. We can’t sell them in the arena, so this is a better option for them, as well as us
8. Game Used Autographed sticks left from last season –
  1. Lisin
  2. Fedoruk
  3. Lindstrom
  4. Hale
  5. Schlemko
  6. Mueller
  7. Michalek
  8. Jovanovski
  9. Yandle
9. Will work on opportunities with St. Vincent de Paul
10. Should we look into working with Shane’s pet charity – the Children First Academy (used to be Thomas J Pappas school for homeless children)
Trophies presented to NHL Lawyers and Frank Brown. Gary Bettman’s was given to Frank. Bill Daly’s is here, since he said he’d come here for a game this season. Holding it hostage until he comes here to get it!
1. Got a thank you letter from one of the lawyers
Bankruptcy Update
1. Hearing on Monday – status update
2. Will send out a recap once it’s over, and will be updating on Facebook
3. You can also follow Larry on Twitter – hkyfn
4. Thank you for staying positive through all of this
5. What the Coyotes need is to grow the fan base with loyal, forever fans. Not to have people panic and support them just for now. Stay positive, talk to people about the team, encourage positive behavior in others, actions like that will make the team successful.
6. If you don’t buy tickets because you are afraid they are going to leave, then they leave because you didn’t buy tickets, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Let’s be a group of individuals that stays positive the whole way. If we believe that a new owner is going to come in and keep the team here, and if the team keeps playing well the fans will come, then we can make that happen too!
7. Don’t stoop to the negative level of the others out there. That’s not going to help, neither is making other people panic.
Upcoming Events
1. Nov. 14th We Win You Win (Stars)
2. Nov. 21 meeting
3. Nov. 29 viewing party Oggi’s Peoria
4. Dec. 5th We Win You Win (Senators)
5. Dec. 12th blanket giveaway
Questions, comments, suggestions?
Thank you

Submitted by: Heather Schroeder