Minutes from 4-10-06

• called to order 7:00pm

Attendees: Michele, John W., Dan H., Cindy, Carole, George, Jen C., Kathy B., Patrick, Derek, Deb

Treasurer’s report:

Banking is officially changed over completely to Kennebunk Savings.

Carole reported balances and is in the process of entering the financials into MS Money to better track the account.

Motion made and carried to table the treasurer’s report.

Old Business:

Helmets:

George will place the order for 60 helmets for the Jr. High team this week.

Coaches:

• Still need one Pee-Wee coach for the upcoming season. Most ideas have been exhausted including an ad in the paper. Deb and Michele will try to gauge interest during the baseball season.

Flag Football By-Laws:

• Highlights of proposed by-laws handed out to everyone present at the meeting. If there are no other changes or additions requested by the next meeting, then Michele will go forward with making them formal for addition to the current Squires By-laws.

SMYFL meeting:

• Kittery will officially join the league starting this season with the Jr. High. They will replace Portland who dropped out, bringing the league total to 12 teams.
• Tentative schedule handed out by George for the Jr. High teams -

Running/conditioning camp – Aug 1^st

Full gear – Aug 7^th

First games – Aug 26^th & 27^th

Cheering:

• Sherrie needs to set dates for try-outs. Tentative date to start May 15^th, pending Sherrie’s approval

New Business:

Football sign-ups:

• May 31^st and June 1^st, 6-8pm
• Have sign-ups at the baseball fields for both Berwick and No. Berwick for easier access, need to be sure that Lebanon has the info as well.
• Need to get fliers to schools
• Discussed having coaches visit the schools to generate interest

Rec Meetings for the town:

• Cindy will assume the duties of being the Squires representative at the town rec meetings – normally scheduled for the last Wednesday of the month

Additional Notes:

• Deb has presented some of her ideas for fundraising this year. Number one on the priority list is to find a way to garner sponsor money. George will draft a sponsor letter that she can hand out. Some ideas were floated on how to “reimburse” sponsors for their donations ( ie: ad in a program, signs at the field, etc .etc )
• John has indicated that the Patriots no longer give out monetary gifts, they will however send something that we can raffle to earn money. John will follow up with a request.
• Jeanne Sorrell would like to know what our plans are for the freezer. Carole and Cindy have both offered up space. George will solicit help to get this moved as soon as it has a new “forever home”

Next Meeting: Monday, May 8^th – 7:00 at the Jr. High