McDowell Girls Lacrosse Steering Committee Meeting
Dec. 6, 2011
7:00 pm
Attendance- Dave, Julie, Marissa, Sue, Bruce, Greg H., Lu
- Coach’s report:
Marissa-would like to speak to the middle school girls once the flyers are done.
The schedule was handed out at the meeting but will be posted on the website. This includes practice schedule and game schedule. For the overnight trip on the 20th-21st of April- we have 3 vans reserved. Parents who want hotel rooms will have to let the us know. For the scheduled Saturday double header, we can get 6 vans. Drivers will need to be approved and will need to make sure that they have all the clearances needed. If anyone has had clearances done for elementary schools, you may need to check with your respective school to get copies. Buses have been locked in for other trips. All coaches will be involved in coaches meetings in Pittsburgh in January and February. Discussion was held about other potential team bonding events. Marissa provided Dave with information from Brian F. concerning the concession stand but it doesn’t seem to address the issues that needed to be dealt with before the season starts. Information was given out concerning potential assistant coaches. It was decided that an interview (Dec. 13) would be offered to the candidates and they would meet with Marissa and Dave. The amount of pay will be tabled until all candidates are met and a decision is made. Dave asked if Marissa could find out if we could tailgait after the Black hawk and Butler games.
Bruce- talked with middle school parents about transportationand the parents agreed to transport the kids. Bruce is working on setting up a game with Butler for the middle school that could possibly run between the double headersHe is currently looking at 4-6 games. Middle schoolers will join the winter clinic from 7:30-8:30. He will request the practice fields in March for T, Th. He initiated the discussion of starting to build a slush fund for the middle school program. He has volunteers for most of the positions. Bruce is going to clarify insurance coverage for the middle schoolers. We may need to pay for a trainer for the middle school program. As far as fund raising—they will participate in the sub fundraiser with the high school as well as the sponsorship program. Discussion was also held concerning the USA lacrosse membership. May need to wait until closer to March so we know exactly who will be playing.
Equipment:Lu talked about the spirit wear and when it should arrive. We decided we did not need more water bottles. Lu, Marissa and Bruce will figure out the number of lax balls and bags they will need.
- Communications: Tabled discussion aboutposters et al for the Jan meeting. We are waiting for flyers to put up in the schools
- Web master:Tabled discussion about status of new site. Will need to put player bios and pictures on the site.
- Fundraising: Bon Ton fundraiser was not as successful as we had hoped it would be. We will be putting together a Super bowl sub sale.
- Treasurer:We currently have about $8800 in the account. Recent bills paid include League athletics and sub supplies. Sue is planning to have the January “ledger” sheets for the players.
- Secretary; Julie provided information on the Wheelchair Lacrosse program and the opportunity to fundraise for a high school student lacrosse player (not a local student) to attend a Wheelchair lacrosse clinic in NYC. The majority of the committee felt that we should try to keep the fundraising for a local charity and did not feel that we had the ability to provide the necessary time commitment. Julie will pass this information onto the Boys lacrosse teams.
- Misc- we need to continue to encourage parents to get involved at some level as we will be losing many senior parents this year! We also need to encourage parents to come to the meetings if they would like to do so.
Meeting adjourned- 9:15 pm
Next meeting- January 2012
Respectfully submitted,
Julie Hartmann, Secretary