Meeting minutes for ARAGBA
May 4th, 2008

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

VISITORS: Vonda Essig

Business:
Motion was made to call to order the May’s meeting by Anne Vice with Paul Fitzgerald seconding the motion and all approved. Paul also welcomed everyone to the meeting.

Secretary Report: Motion was made to approve last minutes by Gia, seconded by Dani and all approved; in addition handouts were given to all Board members which included Paul giving out Board member manuals and Jenny gave out a new contact list of Board members. Jenny also presented the letter Sue Niedenfuer had sent to the Andover Board in regards to them not attending the Anoka Classic Tournament.

Treasures Report: Motion was made to approve the treasurer’s report updates by Paul with Dani seconding the motion, all approved.

Gym Time Report: Gym time requests were sent in for the intent of gym time rental. No contracts have been signed. Contracts were voted on and it was agreed upon to keep gym time the same as last year. Motion was made by Paul and seconded by Jenny and all approved. 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. Curt discussed the idea of renting the Becker gym in Ramsey as an alternative space for the 4th and 5th grade levels. He will gather contact information and provide it for Dani.

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

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. All potential Coaches must be present at Saturday’s tryout date. Potential Coaches should contact Morris Gifford or Paul Fitzgerald. All potential coaches will be interviewed by the Board with a background check completed.

Uniforms: Morris emailed Paul and informed him that a uniform for one player would cost $140.00 to duplicate the ones that are in place. He found he could cheaper ones for about $75.00 but were not good quality. He also felt it would take 3-4 years to replace all the uniforms that we now use at that cost. 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 will be looking more into prices for this idea and present it at the next meeting as well as bringing some samples for display. It was decided that if the Board went with each player purchasing their own uniform that the registration fee may be able to be reduced. Further discussion will be had and the next Board Meeting in June.

Tournament Director Report:
Leah reported that the Tournament flyer for the MYAS Book was almost complete.
Tornado Classic Tournament dates are set for January 24th and 25th, 2009. Both locations are to be reserved.
Away Tournament- Leah has 10 tournaments set for each team that does not include an away tournament. It was decided that each coach will decide whether they want to alternate one of their tournaments for an away tournament or not. They will still have the opportunity to decide what out of town tournament they would like to attend.
Referees will be determined yearly
Trophies to be bid out every year

Vice President Report: Curt discussed with the Board ideas for fundraising for both off season and during the season as well as selling something to help reduce the cost of the registration fee. Ideas were also given to Curt regarding getting donations from various businesses. Curt will work on these ideas and make a plan for fundraising.

Other Business:
There will continue to be a link for basketball camps through ARAGBA’s website informing players of camps and 3 on 3 tournaments. Leah will send out a mass email to all the previous players of camp ideas. Leah, Paul and Curt will organize the "10,000 shot club" for players. Prizes to be awarded to the winner.

Paul to check with Dan Webster (with the in-house program) and see when their registration dates will be and have a representative present to recruit new players. Paul will draft flyers and print them out to be distributed.

Agenda for the June 8th meeting needs to be submitted by June 2nd. 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 Paul seconded the motion, all approved.

Next meeting is Sunday, June 8th, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. at Anoka City Hall. Please use the south entrance. All are welcome to attend.

Jenny Becker
Aragba secretary