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3033 W 2nd ST. North. Wichita, KS. 67203




February 20, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes
                      
Attendees: Tiffany Nickel, James Watson, Rebecca Strickert, Joe Myers, and Jenny Kreutzer. Guests: Wayne Romero, Dale, Dennis Brungardt, Grady Landrum, Tammy, Dave Storm, and the YMCA representatives.

Meeting began with a brief presentation from a YMCA representative. They are organizing a committee to work on adaptive programs at the Y. WSI would like to have a member of our board serve on that committee. We had a tour of the NW Y facility.

January 2007 Minutes: Minutes were unanimously approved as corrected.

 

Old Business:

  • Annual Meeting: Saturday, January 20, 2007
    • 45 attended; 19 disabled
    • Money spent verses money made: See treasurer’s report
    • Wrote thank you notes to Kailin, WSU staff, Ron/Grace, Mark’s secretary, and Little Caesar’s
  • Thunder vs Plunder, March 20th, game at 7 p.m. at the Heskett Center
    • Flyers were folded and labeled. Jenny to mail them.
    • Tickets are $4/adult and $2/kid. Each board member to sell some. Grady and Nick will also sell them at the Thunder games.
    • Adam Keiss family will be working the door collecting and selling tickets. Need to be there by 5:30 p.m.
    • Mark, Wayne, and Joe helping with setup and auction. Be there by 5:30.
    • Concessions: Joe will coordinate getting a Boy Scout troop to sell concessions and help with setup.
    • Tiffany and Joe will go shopping at Sams for concession items.
    • Shirts/Jerseys – Apple Graphics will donate the printing for the Thunder shirts. Need to get new shirts for the Plunder since there are so many new players. The cost is $13/shirt. James moved and Jenny seconded that WSI purchase the shirts for the players to promote WSI. Will use Apple Graphics as an appreciation for the support they have given us over the years.
    • NSM-Equipment: Nick and Grady will contact them after next week’s ski trip.
    • Promotion: Grady will write a press release. Want to promote the fact that we have 2 Para Olympians (Wayne and Nick) and one promising Para Olympian (Jordan). Tiffany will notify her TV contacts and Jenny will contact B98. Will also try to get the Plunder team to a Thunder game prior to the exhibition game wearing their new shirts to promote the game. Grady to look into that possibility.
    • Next year consider sponsorship requests
    • Jenny moved and Joe 2nd the motion to approve the budget for the hockey exhibition; Total expenses: $'s
  • Bowler request: Dave Storm was in attendance to further discuss the possibility of the bowlers receiving sponsorship. We reiterated the process and Dave agreed to go to the website and print the forms off. We discussed that this was new territory for WSI. We have not have this large of a request and have thus had to formalize our request process. The bowlers need to show the board how they are active members in the organization and then we will need to look at what we have budgeted for the year and come up with something that makes sense for the organization and all of its members. Once the forms are complete we will address further.
  • Sponsor Request
    • James is working on a Spirit grant
    • Barney’s meeting with CMN was cancelled. Barney, Tiffany and James to work on this.
    • Jenny completed a donation request for Dicks Sporting Goods. Requested $1000 and tennis equipment donations. Also, awaiting final word from Sams and Wal-Mart regarding grants. Treetop Nursery to provide gift certificate as a prize.
    • All calls must be complete!
  • Tennis-June 22-24th at Riverside Tennis Center – No updates at this point
  • Junior Chair and Hand cycle Purchase: Since we have not yet received information on the CMN grant, it was motioned by James and 2nd by Joe to move forward with the purchase of the junior chair and bike. Total not to exceed $'s.
  • Basketball and Venture Crew – Jenny and Joe will pick a Saturday in March to hold a basketball session. Jenny will call the specific people that were interested in playing.

New Business     

  • Ryan’s business fundraising proposal – postponed
  • Officer Elections – postponed until April (let Tiffany know if you are interested)
  • March meeting changed to Tuesday, March 13.
  • James will put the waiver and indemnification on the website. We need to get these filled out for all people using WSI equipment.
  • LLRC funding has gone down from $1000 to $500. Barney and Tiffany to follow up.
  • Churches funding has been approved and is being sent to corporate – possible $400
  • Tennis clinic coming up. The time will be decided after next week. There will be a pre-clinic measurement so that when the event happens we can get going and everyone will be in the properly adjusted equipment. Clinic will probably be mid April on a Saturday at an indoor facility. Grady is coordinating.
  • Joe recommended having flyers available at the front desk of the YMCAs to help recruit some new members. Dennis B. will handle the NW Y; Jenny will do the NE Y and Joe will do the E Y.

Next meeting: March 13th, 5:45 p.m. at Via Christi Rehab (OLOL).

 

Last Updated: April 16, 2007
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