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MSU Genesee County Alumni Assoc. Meeting Minutes - Wednesday, June 20
Attendees: Mike Symons, Scott Odette, Mike LaHaie, Chris Odette, Jim Crawford, Sara Holaly, Jim Williams, Dan Conquest, Kevin Snyder, Rob McColgan, George Liljablad (Sorry for any spelling errors)
Summer Party Update 1. Things that are done… A. Woodfield facility is secured for July 11. British Open buffet has been chosen as the dinner which is includes hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken breast, tossed salad, potato salad, chips, baked beans, cookies and brownies, ice-tea ,lemonade, soft drinks and coffee. (same as last year.) B. Special guest: Defensive coordinator from the football team, Pat Narduzzi will be at the event. We are hopeful that Head Football coach, Mark D’Antonio will also attend. A representative from the Basketball program will also be there. The Spartan Cheerleaders are confirmed. Sparty is confirmed. Taryn Asher from TV12 is confirmed as the MC for the event. C. Raffle Tickets have been printed and distributed. Prizes have been secured.
2. Assignments the night of the event… A. Mike Symons will not be able to attend the party. Chris Odette will get up and “kick off” the evening. B. Jim Williams & Dan Conquest will run the 50/50 raffle. C. Mike Jablonski will be the auctioneer for the “Live Auction”. Chris Gleason will organize the “Live Auction”. D. We will need 4-5 people at the registration table to collect $15.00 from everyone that comes in. We will need to keep this moving smoothly so we do not end up with a bottle neck coming down the stairs.
3. Things that still need to be done…. A. Publicity – contacting local news papers, TV stations and sending e-mail invitations – SARA HOLALY B. Make sure this year’s scholarship winners and their families are invited – BILL MILNE C. Contact Dave Broadstreet about decorations & Live Action prizes – JIM WILLIAMS D. Contact Dave Durant about ice cream at the event – JIM WILLIAMS E. Get signed footballs for the Live Auction – JIM WILLIAMS , MIKE LAHAIE F. Secure a “good” sound system for the event – MIKE LAHAIE G. Contact Dave Brown about 501-C3 Non Profit Status and sending an e-mail to Alumni in Genesee county – MIKE SYMONS H. Secure additional items for the Live Auction, i.e.: Foursome of golf at local courses, signed memorabilia etc… – EVERYONE I. SELL RAFFLE TICKETS! – EVERYONE
IF YOU DIDN’T GET RAFFLE TICKETS PLEASE CONTACT MIKE SYMONS OR SCOTT ODETTE Mike Symons – 810-953-9006 Home 810-864-5239 Cell Scott Odette – 810-636-7737 Home 810-845-5228 Cell
**NEXT MEETING DATE IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27TH 6:00PM AT BRICKSTREET TO FINALIZE EVERYTHING FOR THE EVENT. Michigan State Genesee County Alumni Association Board Meeting Minutes April 18, 2007
Attendees: Mike Simmons, Bill Milne, Chris Odette, Scott Odette, Jim Crawford, Jim Williams, Tim Bokrakos, Mike Jablonski, Judge Gadola, Mike LaHaie (10)
1. Date for Summer Party. We do not have a date from the football office yet. We have asked for a weekday in July, and they have indicated it should not be a problem. They told Mike LaHaie they would get him a date in the next few days. As soon as Mike gets a date from them he will send everyone an e-mail, and book the date at Woodfield. 2. Raffle Prizes for Summer Party. Scott Odette has been working hard at identifying the prizes. The “tentative” list of prizes are: 1st Prize – Sports Package with tickets to MSU home games, and a 60” Plasma TV to watch away games. (Or Cash as an option) 2nd Prize – 2 Tickets on 50 yd line for Northwestern football game, two nights stay at the “Wild Goose” bed & breakfast, and food for the weekend. 3rd Prize – Dell Laptop computer 4th Prize – TO BE DETERMINED 5th Prize – Foursome at Woodfield Golf Course . Additional prizes are needed for the raffle and the auction. We need to do a better job this year accounting for all prizes, and making sure that all winners or purchasers in the auction receive their prizes after the event. 3. Scholarship update. All packages were sent out over a month ago. We have had 1 application returned at this time. Bill Milne said some applications had been submitted through MSU. Those applicants were told to reapply directly through the Alumni Association. Deadline to Apply for the scholarships is April 27th. We will set a date to review the applications and choose the scholarship winners once they have all been received. 4. Guidelines for being a participating board member. Mike Simmons briefly discussed moving away from the “point system” that had been in place the past couple of years. He will put together some guidelines that outline what is expected of participating board members. These minimum requirements will need to be met in order to be involved in the purchase of the board’s basketball tickets in the Fall. 5. Application for National Alumni Association. We were too late in submitting Mike Jablonski’s application to sit on the National Alumni Association. We will make sure we are on time with the application next year. 6. Mike Jablonski offered Brick Street for social outing. Mike thought it would be nice to have a social event with board members and their significant others for cocktails some evening. No date was set, but we should follow through a set a date in the near future.
NEXT MEETING DATE MAY 16th, 2007 at 6:00PM at Brick Street Restaurant.
Date: 3-15-07 Attendees (8): Mike Symons, Scott Odette, Jim Crawford, Jim Williams, Chris Gleason, Mark Timyan, Mike Jablonski, Mike LaHaie 1. Summer Party
B. Potential Headline guest for
the Summer party 2. Mark Dantonio and the football staff - Mike LaHaie will get in touch with the football office and try to get a date in July or early August. I will have an update at the next meeting. 3. Cheerleaders, Sparty and past & present players - Mike Symons will have the cheerleaders and Sparty lined up. We need a group effort to get past & present players. C. Location of the summer party was discussed and it was decided we will have the event at Woodfield again in 2007. Once we have a date for the Headline Guest, Mike LaHaie will book the event with Woodfield and work out the arrangements. Suggestions were made that we do not want the food in the middle of the floor again in front of the podium. We also need to make sure we have a better sound system. 2. Mike Jablonski brought up the fact that nominations were due for the National MSU Alumni Association, and the group felt our organization should have representation. Mike Jablonski was selected by the attendees as our nominee from Genesee County. 3. Dan Conquest was absent from the meeting so no financial review was given. 4. Scholarship update - all packages have been sent out to the local high schools as of the meeting. 5. New Business - Mike Symons discussed the "point system" we have used for board members as it relates to basketball tickets. We would like to move away from tracking peoples' participation as board members and allow those who do participate in the meetings, and help plan the events to have the opportunity to purchase the basketball tickets. This will be discussed further at the next board meeting to see if a new, simpler system can be put in place. The next meeting will be held at 6:00PM on April 18th in the Birch room at Genesys. Mike LaHaie
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Attendees (7): Bill Milne, Judge Odette, Scott Odette, Jim Crawford, Mike Lahaie, Dan Conquest, Jim Williams
Scholarship Discussion - The board voted to maintain a total of 5 $1500 scholarships including 1 minority. Also, the Kraft Scholarship will be awarded for a total of 6 scholarships for the year 2007. Mike Lahaie will transition into the Scholarship Chairman position next year. Scott Odette has added the scholarship info to the MSUGCAA website.
Discussed agenda for next meeting: 1. Election of officers – The following officers were elected: President – Mike Symons Vice-President – Scott Odette Secretary – Mike Lahaie Treasurer – Dan Conquest 2. Summer Event A. Location - Woodfield, Genesys, Atlas, or Warwick. 3. Potential Headlining Guests A. Mark Dantonio - Mike Lahaie/ Bill Milne B. Tom Izzo - Brenda Goyette C. Flintstones - TBD 4. Secondary Guests for summer event A. Cheerleaders B. Band C. Other MSU Coaches D. Former players E. Current Players
5. Silent auction/Live Auction 6. Raffle – Scott Odette will work on acquiring major prizes for the auction. 7. Financial Review as of 1/1/07 - Dan Conquest Checking - $28,844.38 Savings - $ 502.01 Investment $ 7,157.27
8. Scholarship Update - Bill Milne
Next meeting date is TBD and will be scheduled by the new President – Mike Symons.
W M Milne William Milne & Associates 810-730-5099 Cell Bill.wma@comcast.net
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