April 8, 2008
Music Boosters Board Meeting Minutes

Submitted by Kathy Cranford, Secretary
Next meeting scheduled for May 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

In Attendance:

Mike Cummins, Pia and Christoph Weber, Jan Frost, Carolyn Suazo, Jeanne Hoey, Malou Rogers, Cindy Au, Isabela Weizman, Kathy Cranford

The meeting began at 6:40 pm.

The minutes were reviewed and accepted.

Financials:

Jan passed out copies of the current financial report. A subsidy (from the Music Boosters) of $2/person for the Awards Banquet will be added to the budget. The budget was approved.

Financials:

Jeanne suggesting pre-selling raffle tickets for the 2 Padres tickets (Toyota Terrace box seats). We discussed how we could do this without having the students sell on campus which is not allowed. We’ll sell tickets off campus for $1 each. Several members took tickets after the meeting to sell. Also included is a parking pass worth $25. The game is on May 23rd, and the Padres are playing the Reds. The tickets were donated by City Council President Scott Peters. Malou offered to send out an e-mail informing parents about this fundraiser. We decided the tickets will be raffled off during the Spring Concert intermission. Tickets will be sold at the door, and a few members offered to walk around the auditorium and sell tickets before the concert begins.

Carolyn is organizing a fundraiser at Souplantation, and it is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7th, from 5-8 pm. She will create flyers and hand them out at the Spring Concert. 15% of sales go to the UCHS Music Program. There will be an e-mail sent out with this information also.

Isabela will have a raffle at the Pops Concert on May 29th. So far, she has two Sea World tickets and a Target gift card to raffle off.

Spring Concert:

Mr. Cummins announced the program order for the Spring Concert on April 17 at 7:00 pm. The choir will perform first, followed by the string orchestra, intermission, concert band, and then a finale with all ensembles. Mr. Cummins was pleased to announce that the choir has grown to approximately 30 students! Mr. Marcus is inviting his students to the concert, and admission will be free to middle school students.

Disneyland trip:

Cindy commented that many seniors want to go with the music ensembles instead of going on the “Senior Disneyland Trip” because the latter costs $100. Last year, the cost for each music student was about $38. We discussed whether the Music Boosters has enough money for the trip, since we would probably have to take two buses this year. Mr. Cummins said he will ask how many students would be interested in going.

Bake sale:

The next topic for discussion was the bake sale for the Spring Concert. Malou volunteered to send an e-mail requesting baked goods, beverages, etc. Pia will contact Ellen to see if she is available to set up the table, make coffee, and organize the Pageantry girls to work at the snack table.

Awards banquet:

We briefly discussed the banquet logistics. Valerie is organizing this event and will also be setting up the centerpieces. Tickets will be going on sale soon ($35/person), and we hope to have a flyer out by mid-May. Tickets will increase in price right after the Pops Concert. The banquet is on June 4th at 6:30 pm at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse.

Other business:

The parents from the Standley Middle School Music Program will be invited to our Music Boosters meeting on May 13th.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 pm.