Jag Club Meeting: Monday, April 4, 2016
Attendees: Jill Tate, Travis Seese, Stephanie Riddle, Emily Smith, Karin Evanoff, Susan Hume, Darren Stuart, Joyce Fay, Carolyn Songey, Becky Ruth, Kim Keyes, Jodi Snyder, Terri Voltz, Lisa Patterson, Marlene Schneider, Robbie St. John, Julie Hinshaw
Update from Travis Seese:
- We will offer about six different Jag sports’ camps (rising 7th to rising 11th graders) this summer; these camps will be offered different weeks and will cost approximately $100; some of the money will pay the coaches and pay for insurance; the remainder of the revenue from a sport’s camp will be a fundraiser for the team that hosts the camp
- This fall we will have an “Orange and Blue Day”; the sporting events will be free; we will use this opportunity to engage parents, sign people up for sports passes, recruit members to the Jag Club, etc.; we might be able to get the band involved in this as well; there will be a pig roast that day
- We plan to start a Rivalry Cup
- Student Booster Club is now in its planning phase and will kick off in the fall; a primary goal of the club will be to find better ways to engage the student body
Treasurer Update:
- Sent out statements to all the coaches so they would know what funds are in their accounts
- Fundraising income for this school year is higher than our expenses
- Need to clean up Quickbooks for next year
Ways and Means Update:
- Restaurant Nights—Ruckus on 4/18 and 19; Chipotle on Kildaire Farm Rd. wants to sponsor a Restaurant Night
- Golf tournament update—scheduled for 6/14; need people to help on committees both prior to the event and on the day of the event; Peggy Cheek is working with Lochmere Golf Club to see if we can have a beer cart on the day of the tournament
Corporate Liaison Update:
- Mac wants to be a sponsor
- We are talking to potential new sponsors for the new scoreboard, etc.
Membership Update:
- Lowered the price for sports passes for the spring; recently sold two family and two individual passes (about $400 in revenue)
Concessions Update:
- Recommend that 4 people run concessions next year—two people for the fall, one for winter, and one for spring; the time commitment is substantial (about 20 hours/week)
Stadium Update:
- Work in process: concrete work (sidewalks, etc.); storage unit; drywall
- Work completed: electrical; roof; HVAC system
- Hedrick asked about the option of privacy fencing, but this is not an option for us because the field sits too low
- Wifi in the press box and concession stand will be the same as in the classrooms
- Punch list item for the new track is the blisters that are becoming apparent; we have been told that the blisters are normal and the coaches will be shown how to repair the track where blisters are forming
- We are now waiting for the City of Raleigh to install meters so that we can get water to the baseball field
- Stadium scheduled for mid-May completion
Old Business:
- Strength and conditioning equipment was ordered before spring break and should be delivered soon
- Casino night was cancelled; although this was felt to be a good idea, the venues were very expensive and would have made it difficult to break even; perhaps should consider a food truck rodeo for next year instead?
- Discussed various options to celebrate the opening of the new stadium; the hope was expressed that any revenue made at a celebration would go to ADHS and/or the Jag Club as opposed to having an event where we would have to share the gate with another school
New Business:
- We have a number of Board positions opening; we also need to recruit new volunteers for concessions, team parents, etc.
- Spring Signing Day is Wednesday, April 13; if we have people signing, we will be happy to recognize them
Meeting adjourned at 8:00.