Glenbard North Theatre Boosters Meeting – January 25, 2021

Present: Nathan King, Mary Ellen Graf, Christine Housour, Violeta Paunova, Tina DiVarco 

President Report – Mary Ellen

• Approved December 7, 2020 minutes. Motion made by Christine, seconded by Violeta. Unanimously passed
• Open positions – Vice President, Secretary, Webmaster – will continue to look for parents to fill these positions. Mary Ellen acting as Secretary and Webmaster.
• Tax exempt certificate renewal – allow for 90 days to receive certificate – has not been received yet
• Two commercials for production – one promoting Boosters and one promoting Chipotle fundraiser

Faculty Report – Mr. King

• Kids are having fun with 10 Ways play. Everything is on schedule. Kids are less stressed than with last production.
• Decision was made to cancel musical. Will host a virtual variety show April/May weekend. Audition will be a rough version of what kids want to do. 
• Administration is meeting with various groups regarding groups meeting in person. 

Treasurer Report – Violeta  

• Ending balance: $9,268.49

Committee Reports

• Membership – Christine
  • 2 more memberships, so essentially 11 memberships
  • Mary Ellen will check website for additional memberships
• Fundraising – Tina
  • February 20th (Saturday night of show) – Chipotle – 33%
  • Mod Pizza – $130 profit
• Brunch/Concessions – Ronnie
• Scholarship
  • Due date – March 1st
• Webmaster
  • Mary Ellen will make some updates – add fundraiser, information on February production
  • Maybe we should call this something other than Webmaster – might be less intimidating
  • Maybe someone could also update Facebook (Glenbard Fine Arts)

Next meeting: March 1, 2021 – 6:30 PM

Glenbard North Theatre Boosters Meeting – December 7, 2020

Present: Nathan King, Mary Ellen Graf, Christine Housour, Violeta Paunova, Tina DiVarco 

President Report – Mary Ellen

• Approved October 19, 2020 minutes.
• Open positions – Vice President, Secretary, Webmaster – will continue to look for parents to fill these positions. For now, Mary Ellen will act as Secretary and Webmaster.
• Tax exempt certificate renewal – allow for 90 days to receive certificate
• Booster’s “commercial” – very short

Faculty Report – Mr. King

• Suggestion to combine Theatre and Music Boosters
• Boosters ad was short in Pageant Play
• 59 students were involved in Pageant Play
• Next production is 10 Ways to Survive Life in Quarantine – 40 students
• No decision made yet on musical – option might be to do a variety show

Treasurer Report – Violeta  

• Payment sent to Ruby, next payment beginning of February; Ruby will do workshops with students
• Chick-fil-A money came in
• Three more memberships
• Working on financial document for the State
• As of 11/30/20 – $8,628.11

Committee Reports

• Membership – Christine
  • 11 memberships
  • Will send email to entire list – indicate importance of senior parents to become members so that children are eligible for scholarship; also need parent support, future leaders
• Fundraising – Tina
  • Chick-fil-A – profits $610.00
  • McAllister’s scheduled for December 16th
  • January fundraiser – Mod Pizza
  • Continue to do monthly fundraisers
• Brunch/Concessions – Ronnie
• Scholarship
  • Christine will head up this committee.
  • Mr. King will create a Google doc – students can make changes until the due date.
  • Scoring sheets – electronic
• Webmaster
  • Can we use Venmo or Google Pay for donations?

Next meeting: January 11, 2021 – 6:30 PM