Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
June 2nd, 2008

Board members in attendance:
Paul Fitzgerald, Jenny Becker, Anne Vice, Gia Gunerius, Leah Fredenburg, Dani Sherva, Nancee Bray, Curt Slater and Morris Gifford

VISITORS: Vonda Essig

Business:
Motion was made to call to order the June meeting by Paul Fitzgerald with Dani seconding the motion and all approved.

Secretary Report: Motion was made to approve May minutes by Gia, seconded by Paul and all approved with the exception that it was noted by Dani that there is no Open Gym on Sept 9th. Web site to be corrected.

Treasures Report: No new updates. No outstanding bills reported. Motion was made to approve the treasurer’s report by Paul with Curt seconding the motion, all approved.

Gym Time Report: Zion contract was sent in for the next season. Requests for dates and times have been secured for all the schools ARAGBA will be using. Dani also stated that ARAGBA is charged the same as the boys program. The in-house program does get some gym time cheaper. Dani will check to see if this has changed since the Boys traveling has merged with the in-house program. Currently nobody has gotten back to her yet on this topic.

Registration dates have been tentatively set

Open Gym Dates: Aug. 18th, 20th, 25th, 27th at Lord of Life Church from 6 pm - 8 pm

Parent Informational Meeting: Parent Informational Meeting: Tuesday Sept. 9th at Fred Moore from 7 pm -8 pm

Try-out Dates: Try-out Dates: Thurs. Sept 11th from 6 pm - 9 pm and Sat. the 13th (times to be determined). It will be mandatory that the girls try out on both practice with the girls running 5 on 5 and 3 on 3 drills. All Potential coaches must be present at Saturday’s tryout date to observe the girls trying out. Anyone interested in coaching should contact Morris Gifford or Paul Fitzgerald. All potential coaches will be interviewed by the Board with a background check completed.

Uniforms: The Board discussed the idea of each player purchasing their own uniform and keeping it at the end of the season and using it again the following year. Curt did some checking and did find that ARAGBA could get uniforms that could range from $60 - $80. Samples were shown to the Board. It was discussed whether the Board would try to salvage some of the old uniforms and allow the incoming 8th graders to use them instead of having to purchase new uniforms to use for just one year. Morris felt that it would be tight and that we may not be able to do this as a lot of the girls from the 7th and 8th grade team last season were wearing shorts that were to small for them. He will check into how many sizes there are and what is available. Curt informed the Board that the turn around time for receiving the uniforms once they have been ordered is 2-3 weeks. It was decided by the Board that we would bring the information to the incoming 8th grade parents and let them vote on what they would like to do. All information and costs of the uniforms will be presented at the Mandatory Parent Meeting on September 16th. Curt will meet with the uniform vendors and see when they are available to meet with the Board to show us what they have to offer and what their cost would be. Curt will talk to the boys program and see if they would be willing to work with us on ordering and meeting with the vendor. This would help keep the cost down more. Gia will work on the budget to see what the Board can do to help with the uniforms and if the registration fee can be reduced. Further discussion will be had and the next Board Meeting in July.

Tournament Director Report:
Leah reported that the Tournament flyer for the MYAS book was complete. Paul will make the final copy for the MYAS book.
Tornado Classic Tournament dates are set for January 24th and 25th, 2009 and is scheduled to include the 9th grade level.
ARAGBA tournament season will begin in November this season. Dates to come at a later date.

Vice President Report: Curt has been working with a company called Varsity Gold. They will be setting up food/restaurant cards for each player to sell. They are $10.00 a piece. ARAGBA will get $6.00 and $4.00 goes back to the company. CUB and Walmart agreed to let the Organization sell these cards outside of their store. This topic will be presented to the parents at the informational meeting on Sept 9th.

10,000 Shot Club: There will be an email sent to all previous players who played last season from the Board regarding the 10,000 Shot Club. Information will also be placed on the web. If you would like to participate you will need to mail Curt a $10.00 check and then you will receive a t-shirt. You can start shooting as soon as you receive the email up until the Parent Informational Meeting on Sept. 9th at which time parents are to bring this sheet of paper to the meeting and turn it in to the Board. It will then be decided if the player made the gold, silver or the platinum level. Those that make one of those levels will get a prize.

Other Business:
Morris requested money to update the first aid kits and order more basketballs for the teams. Paul suggested he come up with a list of necessities for the season and the Board could look it over and give the final approval for the purchases.

Agenda for the July 20th meeting needs to be submitted by Monday July 14th. This will allow Paul to forward the agenda to Jenny who will then have Mike Thompson post it on the web.

Motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Anne and Curt seconded the motion, all approved.

Next meeting is Sunday, July 20th, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. at Anoka City Hall. Please use the south entrance. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary