bridgeland high athletic booster club

Bridgeland High Athletic Booster Club 15201 Mason Rd Suite 1000, PMB 361, Cypress, TX 77433

The new BHABC Board had two special meetings to kick off the new year: June 26 and July 2, 2020

The purpose of the Bridgeland High Athletic Booster Club is to promote all athletic programs at Bridgeland High School in an atmosphere that is consistent with the educational philosophy of the school community. Said organization is organized exclusively for the charitable,

religious, educational, and scientific purposes including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under the Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code

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The meeting on June 26 was informal and we discussed the following:

• Introductions

• Outstanding Invoice to Barcelona for $22,450

• Adrian took June minutes to credit union to transfer bank account to Scott and Kristen; they are

planning to go on July 2 to get new cards and sign on account

• Discussed Annual events and upcoming events that need to be planned for: Bear Necessities

• Fan Guide

• Using the Sports You ap to send messages to all athletes and by team (from Raffield)

• Planned upcoming meetings: Special Board meeting on July 2, Committee meeting on July 9 and 1st

meeting for all members on July 14. All by Zoom.

Meeting on July 2, 2020 by Zoom was a Special Called Board meeting. All new board members were in

attendance along with Coach Raffield.

I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6 PM by Scott Walle, President.

II. Minutes

Minutes from June 9, 2020 board meeting were presented. Motion by Kristen Ruiz. 2nd by Karla

Crippen. APPROVED

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions

IV. Officers’ Reports

President: Scott Walle and Kristen Ruiz went to bank to have account transferred over and new cards

issued.

Treasurer: Kristen Ruiz reached out to Stacie Keneker but had not heard back from her. Stacie is

finalizing books for the year and providing Kristen with documents to present at July 14 meeting.

Stacie emailed and indicated she did pay the Barcelona invoice. Scott has the invoice for the GPS

sensors. Need to set up meeting with bookkeeper ASAP. Scott has contact name and number. (Renada

Patterson)

Secretary: Karla Crippen indicated that Tricia Stott had set up a QR code to use on social media and

signage; it’s a link directly to new membership sign-up page in SquareUp that Shannon Crippen set up;

Tricia will send to Stacie to share on social media. Karla sent to Renelle Cadena to post on website.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield

N/A

VI. Coaches’ Requests

N/A


The new BHABC Board had two special meetings to kick off the new year: June 26 and July 2, 2020



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VII. Committee Reports

Meeting being held on July 9 with all committee heads to discuss roles and upcoming year.

VIII. Old Business

Digital Media Guide / Fan Guide – would replace hard copy fanguide book with digital content, ads, coupons, student videos, parent shoutouts/videos, sports schedules and rosters, etc. Free to fans; paid for by advertisements. Sent Scott an updated contract with requested terms: Total Cost is $6000 25% due now – “Kickoff Fee” ($1,500) 25% paid upon confirmation of 2020 Football Season ($1,500) 50% Remainder ($3,000) paid prior to first football game Tommy Wallis made a motion to approve; Kristen Ruiz 2nd APPROVED

IX. New Business

Hype Video to kick off the new year / football season. Will feature Principal, Coaches, Athletes, Claw

Crew, Band, Cheerleaders, Belles, etc.; 2 “trailer” type videos to be released just before football season

starts with Hype Video to kick off the season. Cost estimate is $2,500. Would be done by Bridgeland

resident, Mike McCurdy, www.mccurdymedia.com. All costs go to the production of the videos. Ben

Stott will be heading up the project to keep it on schedule.

Karla Crippen made a motion to approve; Kristen Ruiz 2nd

APPROVED

Pressbox Branding – Mauricio Vazquez joined the call to give a presentation on a new concept for

Bridgeland Football social media accounts. Program is designed to dominate w/ a social media

presence to bring fans and kids to the accounts. Data driven results and metrics. Take the social

media posts off Raffield’s plate. Contracts divided into three seasons: Fall (8/3-12/25); Spring (12/28-

5/21; Summer (5/24-7/30); 5 posts/graphics per week; working with photographer for quality photos

to shoot media day, headshots, poses, games; use graphics for recruiting, scouting, messaging, holiday

posts, kid highlights, etc. All with a consistent look and feel. $2,000 for each semester; $1,000 for

Summer; $500 goes toward photographer; $250 donation to leukemia research.

Put vote on hold to research and discuss.

X. Announcements

N/A

XI. Member Inquiry / Questions

N/A

XII. Adjournment

Scott Walle adjourned the meeting at 7:03 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 6:00 PM Meeting Location: Zoom Call

The purpose of the Bridgeland High Athletic Booster Club is to promote all athletic programs at Bridgeland High School in an atmosphere that is consistent with the educational philosophy of the school community. Said organization is organized exclusively for the charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under the Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code1 | P a g e

I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM by Scott Walle. Meeting was held by a Zoom call with all board members present.

II. Minutes The minutes from the Special Board meeting held on July 2, were presented. Motion to approve by Tommy Wallis. 2nd by Kristen Ruiz. Approved.

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Scott welcomed all the Zoom attendees and reviewed the agenda.

IV. Officers’ Reports Treasurer – Kristen Ruiz gave an update on the transition from Stacie Keneker to her. Stacie tuned over all the books reconciled through June 30, 2020. Spring fundraisers were mostly non-existent, so memberships and fundraising to start the new year will be a big push. The media guide is also expected to be a large fundraiser for the booster club. The annual balance sheet and profit/loss statement was reviewed. Overall net income for 2019-2020 was $61,079.50, and we have about $166K in the bank. Karla Crippen made a motion to approve the report as presented. Tommy Wallis 2nd. Approved.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Coach had no update. No news from UIL on when MVP, camps or practices would be able to start back up.

VI. Coaches’ Requests Coach Raffield made a request on the behalf of Cross Country –

1. Cypress Relay – Bibs and Pins - $138.58 2. ALTIS Apprentice Coach Program for Speed Development - $99 reimbursement to

Coach Kennedy 3. Medals for Cypress XC Relays – $1,000 4. US Track & Field XC Coaches Association Program Mgmt Certification Course - $100

reimbursement to Coach Kennedy

Note: Medals would not be purchased at this time; only if meet is held.

Tommy Wallis made a motion to approve. Scott Walle 2nd. Approved.




VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler – Troy Guidry – nothing to report.

Concessions – Kirsten McFarland – kept cash to get started; deposited everything else. With inventory in concession stand, lost a few hot dog buns but that’s about it. All drinks and candy will be fine in fridge. Kirsten also mentioned Door Dash. Will liking not do this in the new school year due to COVID precautions.

Looking into purchase of Sign up genius pro version to use for all sports. $270 / year for the Silver Membership. Allows 10 admins. Scott Walle made motion to approve. Kristen Ruiz 2nd. Approved.

Fundraising – Renesse Landry taking over this job. Shannon Crippen will get with him to transition sponsorship for trailer. To start making calls and solidify 2020-2021 sponsors.

Membership/Sport Liaison – Tricia Stott – She created a QR code for the membership web address on SquareUp. Will need to work with Shannon to get report of members by sport before each parent meeting. Asked if there was a way to get list of coaches and parent meeting dates – Coach Raffield said not yet but will share. Shannon will get with Tricia and send her a list and can show her hot log in and run reports if she wants to.

Social Media – Stacie Guidry – member of all “class of” sites to spread news on Facebook. Also manages Twitter and Instagram. Can post about memberships, but how often?

Spirit Gear – Shannon Crippen – he was not present, but Karla Crippen gave an update. Have been working with Halo to get new designs ready for Bear Necessities. Right now, it’s still August 19, but AP Jill English said she would reach out to Shannon once they went back July 20. Also working with Trademarks to design a football shirt and masks. There have been some memberships coming in; will get a report to Tricia.

Webmaster – Renelle Cadena – making updates to the website. Took down all old stuff. Added QR code and membership information/link. Have all social media accounts on there. Will make updates as received. Ask for Tricia to send her names and mention website at parent meetings. A parent can be given rights to the sports page to maintain.

VIII. Old Business Scott Walle will get invoice for the GPS sensors to Kristen to pay. $4,025. Approved at meeting in Spring.

IX. New Business Pressbox Branding – one-time contract to create graphics to brand BHABC social media, Facebook, Digital fan guide, website. 100 graphics for a one-time service. $1,500. Scott will send proposal for board to read for more details. Scott Walle made motion to approve. Tommy Wallis 2nd. Approved.




BHABC branded tent – currently BHABC borrows tent from school when needed. Will be used at all events such as Bear Necessities, BBQ cook off, Spring festival, Dad’s Labor Day lunch, etc. Other events where spirit gear will be sold or memberships will be set up. Keep tent in BHABC trailer so it’s available when needed. About $1,500 for 10’x20’ tent. Motion to approve by Tommy Wallis. 2nd by Kristen Ruiz. Approved. Karla will order from Halo.

Teacher Breakfast – Friday before school starts. Currently planned for Friday, August 21. Need to get donations or purchase food for about 280 teachers. Tommy Wallis is taking the lead. Tricia Stott and Renesse Landry will help.

Banners for membership / media guide – Karla and Tricia Stott will discuss and get pricing. Banners to hang at BHS sports complex and gyms.

Kristen McFarland asked about eventually buying 2 new iPads so she doesn’t have to transfer between gyms and outside concessions or share with SpiritGear. We currently 4 iPads / set ups. Spirit Gear uses 2 sets ups and concessions uses 2 set ups. Karla will talk to Shannon about AT&T account and thoughts on getting a Verizon hot spot for Berry Center. AT&T does not always work. Renelle has one we can borrow to try.

Update: Karla spoke to Shannon and BHABC has 4 iPads they bought outright. They are AT&T and on Shannon Crippen’s personal account. $52.04 is charged for the accounts each month. Will eventually need own BHABC account so may want to price shop between AT&T and Verizon. Two of the iPads carry data plans, two do not.

X. Announcements N/A

XI. Member Inquiry / Questions N/A

XII. Adjournment Scott Walle adjourned at 6:48 PM.


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM Meeting Location: Zoom webinar


I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM by Scott Walle, President

II. Minutes Minutes from the July 14, meeting were presented and approved. Motion by Tommy Wallis. 2nd by Kristen Ruiz

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Scott Walle welcomed all attendees and presented slide deck to discuss topics. 24 attendees on zoom call. Many with no camera but looked to be new members and potential members. Will do introductions at next meeting so attendees know who is on the call.

IV. Officers’ Reports Treasurer report given by Kristen Ruiz. She presented balance statement showing $196K in bank. Kristen indicated that she and Scott would use some of the data from the last few years and start to do some trending reports on memberships, spending, and other categories. This fiscal year, we have collected $1800 in memberships. Discussed old checks that have not been canceled. A separate discussion will be set up to go through names and determine if replacement checks were written. Possible there is an outstanding invoice for Sign Champs that needs to be paid and Kristen will get with Coach Raffield. As presented, Karla Crippen motioned to approve the financials for August meeting and Tommy Wallis 2nd. Approved.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Kids gathering at school for strength and conditioning are doing a great job of obeying social distancing rules. Football – 72 freshman and 149 10 – 12 grade boys are working out. Proving it can be done safely. 2 kids have tested positive for Covid but not at camp and no spreading. Confident scrimmage and 1st game is a go and schedule should be released soon. Cross Country – 100 cross country kids are running

Volleyball is working out. Tennis. Swimming. All gearing up. Official UIL start state is September 7.

VI. Coaches’ Requests No requests.




VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler – Troy Guidry. In hibernation until first football game!

Concessions – Kirsten McFarland. Nothing to report until there are events.

Fundraising – Renesse Landry. Working with Scott and JD to help with Fan Guide sales. Will start to work on calling current trailer sponsors. Received report from Karla Crippen.

Membership/Sport Liaison – Tricia Stott. 53 memberships as of last Friday. Letter went out to coaches asking 3 questions about their teams and asking for a name for the team sports liaison. Received 3 back and will send follow up email next week. Also working on a welcome email to go out to all new members. Talked about doing a quick video of athletes to circulate and gain interest in supporting BHABC. Mentioned that vouchers need to go out to previous members who had purchased a multi-year membership. If parent meetings for sports are held by zoom, would like to present one slide with information about Booster Club for parents. Need help finalizing what that would look like.

Social Media – Stacie Guidry. Posting about memberships. Will post what people send. Ask if there was anything different she could do to generate interest in membership. The idea of the video came up and Tricia will look into it.

Spirit Gear – Shannon Crippen. Working on new stuff with vendors. Placing a smaller order than usually do to start the new year since no in person Bear Necessities. Sending link to store with a 15% discount code to teachers at Bridgeland. Increasing shipping costs to $10 per order. Once back up and running like normal with concessions and in person sales, need to think about purchasing additional iPads. Also working with a few coaches to update team store offerings.

Webmaster – Renelle Cadena. She was unable to attend. Karla Crippen mentioned the discussion about renewing Sports Engine. Needs to be paid. Although we do not use all the functionality of the tool, it would be best to just renew this year and work on finding a cheaper web host for the future. Board agreed. Kristen will pay the invoice.

Fan Guide – JD Grier. JD joined the meeting and presented goal, update and plans for Fan Guide. He presented dollars from last year and announced already have commitment for $13K. Belles, Cheer, Football, all have given $3K in commitments to raise money. Sold table of contents page and other ads with just limited information. The Bridgeland Media is committed to a weekly update of 3 – 7-minute video showcasing all things BHS to drive traffic to webpage. Goal is $50K. Have draft cover page and graphics. Will need help from members to sell ads, sell shout outs. Packet of information to use to should be ready by week of August 17 and deadline will be September 15.

VIII. Old Business Teacher Breakfast. Set for BHABC to provide to teachers Friday, August 21. For 300 teachers. Tommy Wallis got contact names from Shannon Crippen. Called Chick fil A but no return call yet.




Tricia Stott received estimate for pricing for banners and signs from Ink Dots. They would hang at BHS stadium and in gyms. And have available for events to announce memberships and provide QR code. Would like to use some of the graphics Coach Vazquez is developing. Motion by Karla Crippen to approve up to $500; 2nd by Tommy Wallis. Approved.

IX. New Business Shannon Crippen mentioned that the data account for iPads (AT&T) is on his personal account that Booster Club reimburses. Really need to look into a BHABC account. Trailer insurance is also on his personal account and it really needs to be it’s own policy.

Fan Guide is asking for $750 to cover additional costs and expenses to get up and running. Motion by Tommy Wallis. 2nd by Kristen Ruiz. Approved.


XI. Member Inquiry / Questions Question was asked about Father/Son cookout on Labor Day for football boys. Nothing will happen like that until Governor makes changes to 50% capacity rule. No Luby’s for game day meals can happen as of now. All food served at school for any activity must be pre-packaged. No serving lines. This changes things for concessions too. Must be pre-packaged. More to come on these things as school opens.

Question was asked about recording zoom meetings. They will not be recorded. Face to face meetings held at the school are not recorded and no plans to record zoom. Meeting minutes will be kept and posted on BHABC website.

XII. Adjournment Scott Walle had a hard stop at 7 PM for another meeting; Tommy Wallis, VP, took over for final minutes and adjourned at 7:15 PM.


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 (Held by Zoom)


I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:31 PM by Scott Walle

II. Minutes Last meetings minutes were presented. Karla motioned to approve; Kristen 2nd. Approved.

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Tommy Wallis was absent. Scott welcomed attendees and did introductions to those on the call.

IV. Officers’ Reports About $187K in the bank. Income this month include about $9K in memberships, over $30K in spirit gear sales and Fan Guide ads are starting to come in. Working on CFISD financial report; will reach out to former treasurer to see if the report was completed. Kristen made a motion to approve; Karla 2nd. Approved.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Football started. Cross Country is running. VB tryouts are coming up and then scrimmage soon after. Swim and Dive is underway. Tennis tryouts are soon.

VI. Coaches’ Requests Boys Basketball asked for equipment for $1200. The equipment being requested can be used by all sports; it is work out / conditional equipment such as ropes, weights, etc.

The following items were approved by the executive board by email after the meeting held on Sept 8:

• “The Coffee Bean” book study / program for coaches - $510.10 • Bridgeland Media requested equipment to help film for media guide. Received multiple bids

and approved equipment for $3840 • Fog Machine to use with run through bear - $500 • U-Haul truck to haul equipment for Varsity games - $100 each game • 2 new iPads and Stands for Spirit Gear store (2 set ups are in indoor concessions and 2 set ups

are in outdoor concessions) - $800

VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler –

Still waiting to see if the run through will be allowed at CFISD games.


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 (Held by Zoom)


Concessions – Waiting on district final decision. Only 2 parents can work. No key club volunteers. All prepackaged foods. Can use an outside vendor like chick fil a sandwich.

Fundraising – Working on ads for trailer. Calling companies from last year’s fan guide.

Membership/Sport Liaison – Sending updates to coaches. Reaching out to all new liaisons. Have bar graph of % of members. 174 families have joined the booster club. Will work on getting banners and signs printed.

Social Media – No report.

Spirit Gear – Not selling at games or events as of now. Over $45K transactions through the square account. $16K in football athletic gear. $15K in SpiritGear. Other transactions are memberships, advertising and donations. Have team stores up for Cross Country, Football, Swim& Dive, Volleyball, Soccer, and Basketball. Working on store for Tennis.

Webmaster – No report

Fan Guide – Initial deadline is Sept 15 to get content and shoutouts submitted. For inquiries send to booster club website.

VIII. Old Business We approved purchase of new leather footballs, renewed sports engine subscription (online website), and approved purchase of football helmet logos ($400). This was all done by email and voted on by executive board.

IX. New Business Cheer coach reached out to Karla and wants help with Orange Out fundraiser. Will run the shirt sale through booster club. Finalizing design.

X. Announcements


XII. Adjournment Scott Walle adjourned at 7:25 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:00 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 – Held by ZOOM


I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:34 PM by Vice President Tommy Wallis

First order of business was to vote and accept current President, Scott Walle’s, resignation from his board position. Karla motioned to accept and Kristen 2nd.

Next, Board presented Tommy as taking over President role, and nominating Tricia Stott to fill the Vice President role. This was motioned and 2nd and approved.

II. Minutes September meeting minutes were presented. Motion to accept by Tommy and 2nd by Kristen.

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Tommy welcomed new Zoom attendees and everyone to the meeting.

IV. Officers’ Reports Kristen gave the treasurer’s report. About $213,000 in bank. Next income for month of September was about $23K. Funds are still coming in from memberships, media guide ads and shoutouts, spirit gear and now concessions. Tommy motioned to accept financials as presented. Karla 2nd.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Coach gave an update on COVID protocols and expectations of students. Wear mask in class and sit behind a desk shield. 1st contact within 6 feet and no mask or behind shield, home for 14 days – period. Negative covid test does not count. Sports . . . Swim duels, CFISD meet for cross country. District meet coming up very soon. Volleyball doing awesome. Ranked. Football teams are doing well. Varsity is ranked. Do have a few athletes on protocol for exposure. 250 students coming back to school building 10/19.


1. Swim & Dive - $324.45 for yoga floor mats 2. Cross Country / Track – timing system on clearance ($500) 3. Triple play – prime pitching machine; current machine is down and need to fix. Need two anyway. Possibly $300 - $500 to fix. New one is $6,185. 4. Bigger / Faster motivation program - $200 license 5. Volleyball – team banner ($250); team slides ($97)

Karla motion to approve all expenses; Kristen 2nd.




VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – N/A

Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – Needs help. Husband having surgery. Need parent to shut down Freshman and JV games at football. Shannon Collier will help. Heather Hurley and Shannon Crippen have also been helping. Joyce Spencer has stepped up for handling indoor concessions for volleyball games. Has put together a proposal to spruce of the indoor concession with paint, signs, cabinets and shelves. Have started to sell spirit gear. Total supplies are about $500. Karla motioned to approve; Kristen 2nd. Coach will need to get us vendor name for painting concessions sign and stripes.

Need new printer for outdoor concessions – about $200. Approved

Need to check to see if we have a contract with COKE. Their delivery scheduled did not work for anyone but one cooler is broken. Won’t fix if not ordering product. Shannon will look at it.

Fundraising (Renesse Landry) – N/A

Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – Have 5 liaisons. Will be following up with coaches. 240 memberships (365 athletes). Will be working on signs for gym. There are banners at football field.

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – Will post whatever parents and coaches send. Only really knows about football and what she sees on twitter

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – Have stores in Square for Tennis currently. Sold $4 K at Varsity game on Saturday, 10/10. Sold at JV game – about $1200. Selling gear at indoor concession stand. Working on Den Mom fundraiser for Pink out. Cheer fundraiser for Orange Out. On board with what Joyce is requesting for shelves and cabinet for indoor concessions.

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – Making updates as asked.

Fan Guide (JD Grier) – was not present. John Booker has offered to take over and work directly with Fan Guide team for all Bridgeland sports and updates. In one month, Bridgeland guide accounted for 48% of all Fan Guide traffic. 58,000 hits and 95% stayed on our guide for more than 5 minutes.

VIII. Old Business Shannon Crippen got AT&T account set up in Booster Club Name. Still working on trailer insurance quote.




IX. New Business N/A


XI. Member Inquiry / Questions Swim parent asked about signing days. Right now, it’s a district decision on what can and cannot be done. There are multiple signing days – Fall, December, February. Coach Weige handles some of the coordination but nothing planned by Booster club at this time.

XII. Adjournment – 7:24 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433



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I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6:34 PM by Tommy Wallis

II. Minutes

October meeting minutes approved.


Tommy welcomed new members. Many team liaisons are present for first time.


Treasurer’s report - $236K in bank. Most income this month from Fan Guide, Memberships and

SpiritGear. $6K in Orange Out shirts for Cheer Fundraiser. Den Mom Football Moms club donation for

Pink Out Fundraiser is being tallied. Financials approved as presented. Tommy motion. Karla 2nd.


Tennis – District Champs and Bi-District Champs. Lost at Area.

Girls XC – regional 6th overall. 1 Girl to State.

Boys XC – boys team going to state (3rd overall)

Boys & Girls BB is starting up.

Volleyball – finish this week; District Champs.

Next month – golf and soccer tryouts.

Football Varsity team is 7-0


2 New Camera for football films; others broke; no time to fix - $2899 (approved by email 11/24)

Boys Soccer – new nets - $1,716

Girls Soccer - $125 for Varsity tournament

All approved . . .Tommy motion; Kristen 2nd


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2020 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433



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BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – No report.

Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – Did plug for cooler get fixed? Yes.

Fundraising (Renesse Landry) –

Inquired about give backs; restaurant nights, etc. Just can’t sell door-to-door which is why we did not

do discount cards this year. Renesse will inquire about some of the give back programs.

Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – 265 members representing 424 athletes. Have many liaisons

and working well with coaches to get information out. 18 teams – 15 have liaisons.

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – no report.

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – Consistent online orders – nearly every day. Working on District

Champs shirts for tennis; football playoffs. Team stores for Soccer.

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) –

Cross Country girls dad will help do weekly updates; send calendars and schedules to post online.

Fan Guide (John Booker) –

Working with vendor to understand pricing, updates, links and past charges. Need to do some updates

to existing material. Has a list of items to look at cleaning up such as varsity headshots, rosters, new

Bridge Recap button on front page, media pages added, etc. Will have separate meeting to discuss.

Did not approve $612.50 charge until we understand what has been charged in past.

VIII. Old Business

Shannon – work on getting trailer insurance transferred. Painting “concessions” over indoor concessions window and paint stripes inside indoor concessions. Coach needs specifics and can put us in touch with vendor.

IX. New Business

Raffle basket from Whataburger – sponsor of Fan Guide. 52 weeks of meals and other Whataburger

stuff. Need to add ticket pricing to store and figure out best way to advertise and when to hold

drawing.

X. Announcements


XII. Adjournment – Tommy adjourned at 7:28 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433


I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Tommy Wallis.

II. Minutes Minutes from November meeting were reviewed and approved. Motion by Kristen Ruiz; 2nd by Tommy Wallis

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Tommy welcome all the members to the zoom call.

IV. Officers’ Reports Treasurer: Kristen Ruiz gave the treasurer’s report. About $260K in the bank. Funds are coming from Membership, Fan Guide, Concessions and Spirit Gear. Volleyball hit-a-thon fundraiser brought in about $13K Motion by Karla Crippen to approve; Tricia Stott 2nd

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Fall Sports – all won district! Boys and Girls Cross Country went to state. Athena Reyna went to state for 3 year in a row. Randy Smith was 9th overall for boys.

Volleyball went three rounds

Football is 10-0; 7th in the state. Won district.

Basketball stated district play.

Wrestling starting practice; meets in February hopefully

Soccer scrimmages are starting up.

15 athletes participated in early signing in fall. 2 signing in December.

VI. Coaches’ Requests Softball – 3 tournament fees ($350, $100, $400); $47.88 signing day cupcakes

Football – camera system to replace broken camera; can’t wait to repair - $1000

Track – hosting meets in spring ($2500 for meets, trophies, etc.); entry fees for meets about $600

Wrestling – iPad and Case – $1,000

Kristen made motion to approve; Karla 2nd




VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – Took the Bear to set up for Volleyball girls heading to 3rd round; drove the bus through it!

Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – Soccer and Basketball; not paint on the indoor right now; will still work on it.

Fundraising (Renesse Landry) – Nothing to report.

Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – 4 – 5 new members this past month; 269 totals; wants to add concession stand duty to liaison description

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – Nothing to report

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – Karla reported for Shannon; selling football playoff shirts; used photo from a Belles’ mom and sharing $1 per shirt profit for Belle’s booster fundraiser ($500 total); did district champs shirts for JV and Varsity tennis; team stores for Soccer and Basketball; team meals for Basketball; meals for Varsity football; playoff gear

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – Adding rosters, schedules and team pics to webpage as received

Fan Guide (John Booker) – Met with Fan Guide owner, Patrick. Updates have been made to F45 page; full commercial added; HS media team is doing a shout out each week to F45.; will working to update agreed upon changes and reorganize table of contents to make it easier to update going forward; will touch base with winter and spring sports liaison to get schedules and inform about shout outs and ads; received 2 more ads; made about $26K so far this year. Karla will update shout out / company ad document. Approved to spend up to $612 for changes.

VIII. Old Business Paid national booster club membership - $95 and Karla and Shannon Crippen will look into what insurance companies they recommend possibly to use for trailer insurance

IX. New Business N/A





XI. Member Inquiry / Questions N/A

XII. Adjournment Tommy adjourned meeting at 7:18 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433



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I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Tommy Wallis, President.

II. Minutes

Presented by Secretary, Karla Crippen. Approved by Kristen Ruiz; 2nd by Tricia Stott.


Tommy welcomed members and guests. About 21 people on Zoom call hosted by Coach Raffield.


• Kristen Ruiz presented the treasurers report. About $262 K in bank. Funds coming in during

December from Memberships, concessions and spirit gear.

• Kristen talked about members setting up an “Amazon Smile” account. .5% of purchases made on

Amazon automatically paid back to Booster club by a check at the end of the year. Tricia will send

instructions to members by email. Stacie will post on social media accounts.

• Tricia Stott made motion to approve treasurer report and 2nd by Tommy Wallis.


• Football – Area Champs; two individuals invited to Houston Touchdown club and Coach Raffield

nominated for Coach of the Year. Asked booster club to cover the cost of the tables.

• Basketball – Girls in 3rd; boys in 4th

• Soccer is rolling

• Wrestling starts in February

• Track & Field started practice

• District Swim meets in a week

• Coach talked about the struggle to get good officials; the pool of officials in Houston is dwindling.


• $1500 to buy three tables for Houston Touchdown club – January 20, 2021

o Bryce McMorris – Finalist for Defensive Player of the Year

o Dylan Goffney – Finalist for Offensive Player of the Year

o Coach Raffield – Finalist for Coach of the Year

• Motion by Kristen; 2nd by Tommy – Approved.

• $750 Balfour trophies for Football; Motion by Tricia; 2nd by Karla – Approved.

• Girls Soccer - $750 camera / supplies; Motion by Tricia; 2nd by Karla – Approved.

• Girls Basketball - $100 SD chips; Motion by Kristen; 2nd by Karla – Approved.

• Track – will host a total of 5 minutes. Need to buy up front supplies, ribbons, etc. Will get entry

fees to cover most costs. Need approval to purchase up front items; Motion by Tricia; 2nd by Karla

– Approved.

• Pressbox Branding – Tommy motion to approve to pay invoice; Karla 2nd. Approved.





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1. BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – BABS will need some stitches; Troy will get with Shannon; vendor is owned by Dallas Foster

2. Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) –

Lists will go out for many sports; mostly being handled by liaison / coach. Will need lots of volunteers

through spring season and hosting track meets.

3. Fan Guide (John Booker) Current contract in tact through June 2021; need to have separate meeting to discuss details and

renewal contract. Working with liaisons to get content; going well and responsive.

4. Fundraising (Renesse Landry) – N/A

5. Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – Several new members; sending communication about Amazon Smiles and Whataburger basket raffle.

6. Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – Keeping up with sports and sending what is sent her way.

7. Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – Track & Field store; Basketball stuff delivered and in concessions for sale; soccer store; sales daily.

8. Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – Using the website is an alternative to Fan Guide; just a thought; posting info as it comes; Karla helping

with schedules and sending links to John for Fan Guide.

VIII. Old Business

N/A

IX. New Business

• 2021 Scholarship; need to finalize documents; vote on amount and number of scholarships to give

out; Kristen Ruiz will need to run it since other board members have 2021 athletes.

• Whataburger basket Raffle. Tickets are on site ready to sell. $5 each / 5 for $20 – Whataburger

for a year (52 coupons) and other Whataburger items; raffle at March meeting.

X. Announcements

• Kids are still doing great job of wearing mask and shields.

• NCAA possibly adding another signing day in June; recruiting for 2021 kids is tough with transfer portal and seniors at colleges in mix for another year of eligibility; changes daily. Once portal shuts down, maybe will open other opportunities; some JuCo and other colleges playing football in spring.





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• All parent meetings are still virtual.

• Concessions volunteers need to have health forms filled out.

• Spring fundraisers will include soccer; baseball/softball hit-a-thon


Questions: Will there be banquets for fall sports? Still looking at it. Want to have a Varsity only

football banquet. Other sports doing but social distancing and food would be individual plates. 1

family per table, etc.

Where is best place to get some info about recruiting? NCAA.org

XII. Adjournment

Tommy Wallis adjourned at 7:30 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433


I. Call to Order Zoom Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Tricia Stott, Vice President

II. Minutes January meetings were presented.

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions President Tommy Wallis was absent; there was no quorum to vote at the meeting, but all notes were taken and items needing a vote were discussed after the meeting with all Board members.

IV. Officers’ Reports Kristen Ruiz, Treasurer, discussed financials.

About $200K in bank. Money still coming in for concessions, spirit gear and memberships.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield o Swim/Dive; Coach Perkins voted Regional Coach of the year; JV & Varsity Girls & Boys all won

district; Varsity Girls finish 2nd at Regional; 5 girls going to State o Soccer Girls – 5 games in District and undefeated; Soccer Boys – undefeated at all levels o Girls Basketball going to Playoffs! o Track Meets are getting started; will host several meets at BHS; look for sign-ups to help

VI. Coaches’ Requests o Volleyball - $175 for plaques o Swim/Dive - $950 for banners and plaques o Girls Soccer – Previously approved $750 for camera; didn’t work the way anticipated; so asking

for additional $750 to by different camera; can return original camera o Wrestling coach will be sending request by email

VII. Committee Reports BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – no Report

Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – o last year for Kirsten to be committee lead; need to find replacement o Did not approve Coke contract; will purchase own cooler, if needed o Will be hosting 9 track meets, lots of soccer, softball and baseball games too o Asked if we would be a neutral site for any playoff games; coach did not know yet

Fan Guide (John Booker) – o Working on winter and spring sports pages and getting info from coaches and liaisons o Guide is looking really great; not too late to purchase ads or shout outs o Will get statistics of page hits from vendor to share


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433


Fundraising (Renesse Landry) – no Report

Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – o 21 new members; have total of 311 o No liaison for girls basketball or girls golf

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – no Report

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – o Was planning to be at hit-a-thon; waiting on coach to let us know new date o Stores for T&F and soccer o Working on getting baseball and softball items to replenish stock

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – no Report

VIII. Old Business N/A

IX. New Business o 2021 Scholarship – 10 total at $1500 each (5 girl athletes and 5 boy athletes); must be member, in

good standing and 4.5 GPA; will announce by email and post on social media o Two Open Board Positions

X. Announcements o Coach Raffield announced that there will be no in person banquets for fall sports o Football, baseball and softball – COVID outbreak; everyone needs to remain diligent o Baseball/Softball hit-a-thon postponed


XII. Adjournment – at 7:12 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 (ZOOM)



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I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Tommy Wallis

II. Minutes

February minutes reviewed and approved. Kristen Ruiz motion; Karla Crippen 2nd


Tommy welcomed all attendees.


Treasurer – Kristen Ruiz – Whataburger basket brought in $1,086. Paid General Insurance policy

renewal.

Funds continue to come from memberships, SpiritGear, Concessions. About $240K in bank.

Karla Crippen motion to approve; Tricia Stott 2nd.


Trainers working hard! Lots of events . . .soccer, wresting, softball, baseball, golf and tennis!

Softball and Baseball both rolling . . . doing great.

Basketball regular season ended. Girls made playoffs.

Swim & Dive – Girls headed to state

Wrestling – started last week. Dual meet.

Soccer – late district play; boys fighting for playoffs; girls made playoffs

Track – hosting 9/JV meets and Varsity Invitational. Also hosting District and 2 Middle School meets.

Concessions needed!! (Postell broke CFISD record in pole vault!)


Baseball: $250 each for baseball coaches for training = $1000 total; $300 for banners; may need

money for speaker system; district may fix but it’s being looked into; $17K in hit a thon fundraiser

Wrestling: $6,000 for weight rack to use upstairs; creates a 3rd weight room space for all athletes.

Track: Funds for food, ribbons, etc.

Quote for Branding came in at $60,000 – gym and weight room area (discount cards the last few years

were earmarked to use for this expense.

Wrestling fundraisers – sponsors money went to Raffield; he will check on it.

Approved. Motion by Karla Crippen; 2nd. By Kristen Ruiz.





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BAB Wrangler (Troy Guidry) – N/A

Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) –

Discussion about coolers in outdoor concessions. Down to one large cooler for drinks and will be a

good test during track meets to see if we really do need another one or not. Karla, Tricia and Kirsten

are going to meet to get all info from Kirsten since she is stepping down next year. Will need a new

committee head.


Contract coming to an end. Will no renew with this company. Price more than doubled and

communication with owner is difficult. Will wrap up spring sports and get price for PDF / Printable

version. But not too late to get ads and purchase shout outs!


Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) –

Membership counts chart shown.

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – N/A

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) –

Sent treasurer a few invoices to pay. Had planned to attend hit-a-thon but dates conflicted with track

meet dates.

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – N/A

VIII. Old Business

Scholarship accepting applications. Due April 30th. Must be current member. Will need to have two new board members for next year – President and President Elect. Email a

board member if you are interested.

IX. New Business

Weights will need to be replaced at some point in weight rooms; might think about setting aside $20 -

$25 K in CD to earn money and earmark for this expense in 2 – 3 years. Cost could be $200K

X. Announcements

BBQ cook-off at Frio Grill. All proceeds from BBQ plate and 20% of sales from Frio Grill go to BHABC.

Thank you Bridgeland BBQ committee! Event: March 27. 11 AM – 4 PM

Football will be doing a dedicated fundraiser – call a thon

Whataburger basket drawing held – winner was Catherine Mallory





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Any changes to COVID restrictions with changes from CDC and governor?

Not really. Mask wearing will still stay. There were some changes to numbers for golf and other

individual sports.

XII. Adjournment

7:15 PM by Tommy Wallis.


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433 – ZOOM Meeting



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I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM by Tommy Wallis, President

II. Minutes

March minutes were reviewed and approved.


Tommy welcomed attendees.


Treasurer – Kristen Ruiz. About $277,000 in bank account. Fundraisers totals are in for baseball and

softball hit-a-thon. Baseball brought in about $16K, Softball about $17K

Football fundraiser – call-a-thon – also brought in about $27K. Waiting on final figures.

BBQ cook off was a success . . . about $1200 in plate sales and about $2000 in Spirit Gear sales. Still

expect a check from Frio Grill. And SunPro referrals.

Money also coming from concessions and Spirit Gear.

Report approved.


Girls and Boys track both won district. District Tennis happing this week.

Girls Soccer won district; lost in first round;

Boys Soccer didn’t finish 1st in district but made it 5 rounds in the playoffs. Softball and Baseball doing

great. Girls are tied for 1st; boys are playing for district title.

Coach updates: Coach Williams is retiring; Coach Livingston is stepping down; Coach Vasquez is

stepping away from coaching.


Baseball - $1,176.09 – new outfield sign and pennant.

Football - $2500 for professional cleaning of shoulder pads.

Virtual Combine - $1500 for football and $500 for any other sport if they want; keeps track of stats and

highlights for kids and can be posted on social media accounts.

Banquets / Varsity gathering - $10 / kid can be used to rent alternate location for gathering to mimic

somewhat of a banquet. No food.

All approved. Motion by Karla. 2nd by Kristen.


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Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – Karla, Tricia, Kristen and Kirsten meeting to discuss handoff.

Kristen purchased a Sam’s membership for $100 to buy snacks and candy instead of using Ben E. Keith

for those items. It’s more cost effective. Kirsten would like to move one cooler from inside

concessions to outside concessions. Coke will do this with a purchase; she purchased 10 cases of

water to use at upcoming baseball, softball and several track meets.

Fan Guide (John Booker) – Looking at other options; will report at meeting in May.


Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) – showed membership graph by % of each sport. Baseball has

highest membership with 61%; Boys XC then Girls Track. 39% of 1200 athletes are represented by a

membership.

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – posting what anyone sends and tries to get things off Twitter from

other sites. Will be putting highlights in Fairfield Gazette.

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – Request to buy 2 new cabinets for gear. $500 approved.

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) – N/A

VIII. Old Business

• Scholarship – deadline is April 30; so far 10 applications have come in.

• Need 2 new board positions – President and President Elect

• Invest in CD - $25K - $30K each year to save for weight room remodel; Kristen will look in it with Credit Union.

IX. New Business

Tricia will email all committee members to determine if any are not returning next year. And email

members with open board and committee positions.

X. Announcements

Karla sent thank you note to Bridgeland Cook-off committee.


XII. Adjournment

Tommy adjourned meeting at 7:04 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433



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I. Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 6:33 PM by Vice President Tricia Stott

II. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions

President Tommy Wallis was not in attendance; only 3 board members present so not a quorum.

Notes were taken but no voting on items presented. Will be voted on by board by email.

Welcome all members and coaches. Coach Raffield announced that new head soccer coach was

named, current assistant coach, Katie Bourgeois

III. Minutes

Minutes for April meeting were presented. No questions.


Kristen Ruiz, Treasurer, presented the financials. Concessions did great in March – over $9000;

SpiritGear still coming in. Football fundraiser brought in over $24,000. Have over $300K in back and

need to discuss dollar amount to put in savings / CD. Rates are low - 02% or .05% on money market.


18 Sports teams and 12 were district champs at Varsity level. 17 of 18 made a post season playoff run.

Amazing accomplishment! Tennis was at state meet, #1 and #2 girls and #3 doubles. Girls and Boys

Track took athletes to state. Girls won district and area and 2nd in region. Baseball and Softball in

playoffs – softball is playing for regional quarter finals and baseball is playing for bi-district.


Track - $236 for medals

Boys Basketball - $1,250 for basketballs

Boys & Girls Basketball - $6,300 for shooting machine

Girls Basketball - $550 to Image 2C (banner); $350 for awards

Girls Soccer - $89.90 for awards; $510 for banquet (approved in April meeting)

Softball - $430 for banner; $214 for reimbursement for supplies (senior night); $200 awards



Concessions (Kirsten McFarland) – extra drinks and chips in concessions for coaches to drink/eat over

summer so they don’t just go bad


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John spoke to a Digital Sports guide and they sent presentation for our review. $4000 for 200 pages;

includes PDF at end and similar functionality; $900 for analytics; need to review presentation and

decide; also need to vote on PDF file from The Fan Guide - $1,460 for us to get version to save.


Membership/Sport Liaison (Tricia Stott) –

A handful of members have come in; will shut out this year membership at end of May; any June 1 or

forward go to the next year.

Social Media (Stacie Guidry) – N/A

Spirit Gear (Shannon Crippen) – N/A

Webmaster (Renelle Cadena) –

Karla send Renelle open positions and Renelle will post on the website

VIII. Old Business

• Scholarship applicants still need to be informed of winners; Kristen is sending an email to all applicants; will need to set up a time to come to weight room and take picture with backdrop and big check.

• Received a few interests in committee positions – Dione Booker for Sports Liaison; Shon McKnight for inside concessions; Rebecca Warriner for Website

• Karla Crippen would be willing to move to President if she had to for a board to continue. Implored all on the call to think about where they might be able to serve and help; must fill at least one board position for 2021-2022.

IX. New Business

• Signage and entrance signs for gym and indoor concessions; Tricia will reach out to gym

coaches and get ideas; get quote from Sign Champs (approved CFISD vendor) for painting and

wraps

X. Announcements

Karla, Tricia, and Kristen went to Cy-Fair Credit Union to accept check for $1,183.08 for the debit card program. They gave us materials to use to promote the card.


None

XII. Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 7:10 PM


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433


I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 6:40 PM

II. Minutes Minutes were presented by Secretary Karla Crippen. Review and approved.

III. Welcome / Announcements / Introductions Tommy welcomed everyone and thanked them for attending last meeting of the school year.

IV. Officers’ Reports Kristen Ruiz presented the treasurers report. Talked about Amazon smile account and how it is an easy fundraiser to link to Amazon purchases. Will share info with coaches to use in parent meetings for new school year. About $279K in bank, and working on closing out the year and finalizing financials for the year.

V. Athletic Affirmations – Coach Raffield Coach discussed the successes for softball and baseball and their playoff run.

Tennis was had a doubles team and two singles make it to state.

Coach talked about the Lone Star Cup. A prestigious award from UIL honoring schools. Bridgeland finished in the top 20 for 6A schools. A great honor!

The UIL Lone Star Cup is awarded annually to six high schools, one in each of the six UIL classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A), based on their team performance in district and state championships. The winning schools in each classification will receive the UIL Lone Star Cup trophy and a $1,000 scholarship. The UIL would like to thank Texas Farm Bureau Insurance for their sponsorship of the UIL Lone Star Cup. Honoring the best overall athletic and academic programs in Texas, the UIL Lone Star Cup is open to all UIL participant high schools.

VI. Coaches’ Requests Coach Perkins for Swim requested end of season plaques/awards and banners to hang. Did order banners but wrong year so will save for next year! Need 2020-2021 banners. $459 total.

Coach Khalil from Volleyball is requesting items needed to kick off the new school year . . tournament fees, membership fees, hotel and travel for one varsity tournament. $5,419.52

Girls Track – shot / discus training, plaques. To Coach Kennedy for $171

All requests approved. Motion by Karla. 2nd by Ticia.

$10,000 in weigh room equipment was paid for by CFISD. Good news.


Meeting Time & Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:30 PM Meeting Location: BHS, 10707 Mason Rd. Cypress, TX 77433


VII. Committee Reports Fan Guide (John Booker) – John is finalizing contract to review and sign by board with new company. Digital Sports Consulting. Product should be very similar, if not better and definitely better customer service. Product is less expensive than what was being proposed by former company – by over $5,000. John has been in contact with Clay at Image 2C for getting team photos and head shots. Hope to have forms and kick off ready to go by July 1.

VIII. Old Business Savings/CD/Money Market – interest rates are very low. Hate to get large sum of money tied up in an account for a $15 annual return. Karla and Kristen will investigate other investment options and will reach out to National Booster Club association for contacts.

IX. New Business Proposed Amendments to By-Laws – board conducted research on set up and positions at other booster clubs and local PTOs. President Elect position had no duties or real responsibility. Propose multiple VPs with distinct ownership of large committees. Executive Board positions would include: President, VP Membership, VP Fundraising, VP Spirit Gear, Secretary and Treasurer. Other changes included minor formatting, punctuation, spelling. Adding date and time of meetings. Draft was provided to members by email. Discussed and approved. No objections from members present. Will finalize draft and get signatures from current board.

Board Elections. Nominations presented include: President – Karla Crippen Vice President Membership – Tricia Stott Vice President Fundraising – OPEN

Vice President Spirit Gear – Shannon Crippen Secretary – Shon Knight Treasurer – Kristen Ruiz

Members presented voted. New Board approved for 2021-2022 school year and take office July 1.

Committee Leads include: Website – Rebecca Warriner Social Media – Stacie Guidry

Sports Liaison – Dione Booker Fan Guide – John Booker

Concessions – shared amongst several for indoor; still need outdoor concessions lead

X. Announcements Great year!


XII. Adjournment Meeting adjourned by Tommy Wallis at 7:16 PM

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