Talons.org

 

Talons Meeting: Monday April 2, 2007 @7pm

 

Meeting conducted by: Cindy Mundschau, Vice President

 

Board Members in attendance: Cindy Mundschau, VP

                                                  Jennifer Slaughter, Secretary

                                                  Liz Cunningham, Treasurer

 

Mission Statement read by: Cindy Mundschau

 

Minutes for March 2007 meeting: read and accepted

 

Financial report given by:  Treasurer (Liz Cunningham)

  • We are in good shape.
  • It was decided that 3 accounts should be closed and the funds put into the uniform fund. Those accounts are the former student accounts. It was determined that we pay more for having the account that is not increasing in funds.
  • It was also determined that these funds will be available for use in any account if necessary.

Script totals given by:  Script coordinator (Jeannie Allen)

  • For the month of  March was very low
  • Total sales $6216.50
  • Student profit $162.42
  • Talon profit $177.12

E-script totals

  • For there was no report given.

 

Old business: 

  • Uniforms: Mr. Campos has placed a call to the company and is waiting for our representative to call back to place the order.
  • Spring tour: The students will be going to Disneyland. There is no tour guide for the trip so we will have to take care of all the arrangements. Mr. Campos will get the count for the number of students that will be going. We need the following: tickets & hotel reservations.
  • Symphonic Festival: The gold band received the highest marks. Red band increased their scores from last year from a 3 to a 2.
  • Jazz Band Festival: The jazz band was very successful with 3 members receiving high honors. Matt Michaels, Drew, and Jeff Slaughter received outstanding soloist awards. Drew also received the outstanding saxophone award and Jeff Slaughter received the outstanding trombone award.
  • The fireworks booth is done. We were able to be released from our contact.

 

New business:

  • It was announced that Aaron Van Cleave had resigned since his daughter no longer attended Centennial.
  • The Nominating put forward the names of the follow for the upcoming election next month:
      • President:    Teresa Cushnyr
      • VP:              Cindi Mundschau
      • Co VP:       Kendra Penner
      • Treasurer:   Liz Cunningham
      • Secretary:   Jennifer Slaughter
    • Anyone wanting to be nominated for the board please contact Cindi Mundschau
  • It was proposed that anyone wanting to discuss a topic at the general board meetings must submit their topic for review by the Monday before the next meeting to one of the board members. All agreed
  • It was proposed that an incentive be given to board members: one suggesting was to have the fees waved for president, 50% waived for VP, Treasurer & secretary, 25% for Script and e-script. Another suggesting was a 10% savings for parent volunteers based on a number of hours. Another suggestion is a basket for all new board members with a Marching hawk, shirt, and free tickets to Spring fling, etc. The idea is to encourage parents to come to meetings, volunteer for events and competitions as well as join the board. It was agreed to move this to the agenda for the next meeting and talons member are encouraged to submit suggestions for a vote next month. Please submit suggestions to a board member.  
  • Spring Fling:  The date has been changed due to a conflict. The new date will be May 15. Students will be asked to pre-sell tickets.
    • Dinner will be served at 5:00pm
    • Program in the gym will begin at 6:30pm
    • Concert on the green at 7:00pm
      • Meat: Skip Penner will contact the meat vendor
      • Aaron will contact Ozzie about BBQing
      • Kendra Penner will take care of the tickets
      • Cafeteria staff handled the salad, beans & rolls last year. Mr. Campos will check into that. 
      • Stacy  Green will get the paper products, cookies and drinks.
  • Awards Dinner: Date May 29 @ Centennial cafeteria
    • Olive Garden catering
    • Seniors are free
      • Talons board serves dinner
      • Mr. Campos to get a rough count
      • Scholarships to be announced
      • Leaders of marching band to be announced
      • Talons give pens
      • Student awards given out
  • Drum major tryouts begin Monday night @ 5pm and each Monday until a decision is made.
  • Junior High visits: The jazz band will be visiting the schools to encourage incoming band members to join. Old MIM tee shirts will be given out to alleviate the overage of tee’s on hand.
  • Orientation for incoming freshmen Tuesday April 17. Jazz band will be performing representatives are needed.
  • Freshman registration Monday April 23 & Tuesday April 24. Boar members needed to represent our group. We will have a table set up with flyers (to be done by Teresa) about summer camp and a video playing of different performances over the past few years. This will help to bring in new members.
  •  A suggestion was made by Mr. Campos for a Little Hawk day for next year. This would entail inviting incoming freshmen and their parents to our Oxnard competition to experience a day in the life of the band. It was agreed that this topic would be moved for further discussion
  • Band attitude: It was discussed that the year is nearly over and it has been a tough year for all. There had been some discussion of needing to change the atmosphere of the band to a more positive one and that it should start with the parents. Mr. Campos came into a tough position with virtually no information on how the band was run and turned it into a successful year for all bands. As members of the talons we need to promote a positive experience for our students and turn around the negative atmosphere the band has been suffering with all year. All agreed.

 

Mr. Campos Report

 

·        Mr. Campos discussed a change for the budget for next year. Since the school had a lower income due to the field problems at the beginning of the year we will need a larger bus budget for next year and ASB will not be able to pay for as much.

·        Mr. Campos discussed that if anyone has information on where to find or if they know how the budget was normally put together he would welcome the help.

·        Band camp will be Aug 6-17 this year.

 

Next Meeting:  May 7 @ 7pm  

·        Voting for new board

·        Please have items for agenda in by May 1

 

Vice President Cindy Mundschau closed the meeting at 8:38pm