Next Booster Club meeting is scheduled for May 3 2023  in Holbrook Elementary Library at 6 pm

MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL MEETING

Grand Ledge Softball Boosters
Minutes April 5th, 2023
Attendees: Danielle Lundstrom, Amy Wilkins, Lisa Starks, Jason Perez, Mark Naccarato, Bill Priese, Heather Fulton, Mike Price, Jeff Campbell, Cory Nelson
Call to Order – 6:13pm
Review of Prior Meeting’s Minutes (March 1st, 2023)
Lisa motioned – Greg 2nd. Motion approved.
Treasurer’s Report
Lisa reported a $45,451.10 balance at the end of March. Majority of expenses were from the Florida trip. There will be additional expenses added in April that had not posted yet from the Florida trip. $402 dollars raised on the most recent spirit wear online sale. Heather motioned/Amy 2nd. Motion to approve passed.
Jr. Comets’ Report
Danielle advised approximately 150 players registered. Tryouts for upper teams was postponed due to weather and will be held the following week.
Coach’s Report – Dave is running practice and could not be at the meeting, nothing to report.
Concessions Report
1. JV and Varsity tournament concession shifts – Varsity will need to have parents cover the varsity tournament in GL because JV has a tournament out of town the same day.
Concessions stand is stocked and ready to begin the season. Danielle and Heather are working out payment for buying out the basketball boosters concessions stock.
Need to ask for water donations for the concessions stand and for players during practices, etc.
Tournament Report
Old Business
1. Florida Trip recap – Bill reported that it went well, and weather was good. No major issues occurred during the trip. The girls appeared to have a lot of fun and improved a lot over the course of the trip.
2. Spring Horse show recap – no official numbers in yet for money raised but everyone who participated in working shifts agreed that sales were very high over the weekend so we should
3. Fundraiser discussion (BW3 fundraiser) – Mike is working on setting up a date for this with BW3 and will get the details out once they are finalized.
New Business
1. Field sign discussion – updated field sign forms will be sent out again by Jeff. Most of the field signs are expired, so we’re going to try to get businesses in the area to renew or purchase a field sign. The board discussed the possibility of a system that rewards players for selling field signs to potentially reduce their cost for the Florida trip. Heather

recommended checking our bylaws and making sure we would not violate them by doing so. The board consensus was to table this and do some research on what this plan would look like for next season. Discussion about the current state of signs and those that need to be renewed.
2. Senior night plans – need to ask Dave to pick a night for this and military, alumni night, etc. Heather will be working on ordering the banner and Mike will order blanket and flowers for Ashleigh (our only senior this year).
Open Discussion
Discussion was held about state of JV equipment and looking at updating helmets, uniforms, etc. There are parent concerns about the helmets and state of the gear bags that JV players are expected to use. Suggestions were made about approaching the school to potentially help fund this or look at other sources of funding to cover this cost. Mike suggested we loop Dave into this discussion and put this issue on the agenda for discussion in May.
Meeting Adjourned – 7:14pm
Next meeting Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 6pm at Holbrook Elementary School