Ravens Roost 74 - Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes - May 2009

2009-06-04T14:29:00.001-04:00

Raven’s Roost #74
May Meeting Minutes
June 9th, 2009

Members in Attendance:
Darlene Richards Dane Crook Ron Pierre
Bobbie Jo Cargo Tiffany Richards Karen Petrecca
Ron Petrecca John Schulteis Velma Schleicher
Dave Schleicher Vicky Jagodzinski Gary Jagodzinski
Ken Paulick George O’Connor Betty Krysiak
Laurie Krysiak Frank Alston JR Frank Alston SR
Maria Alston Bonnie Schleicher Jim Schleicher
Kristin Stoneberg Roy Lam Ken York
Dave Meir Rob Warner Sharon Warner
Bill Richards

Officer’s Present: Bill Richards, Jim Schleicher, Rob Warner, Sharon Warner, Bob Bauer was late

Bill Richards called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. Rob led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Last month’s minutes were presented and Tiffany advised that Joe Grosso’s name was misspelled. With that correction, the minutes were accepted by Tiffany Richards and seconded by Darlene Richards.

Rob Warner thanked Bill for donating his winnings from the 50/50 raffle back to the Operation Homefront. The Roost thanked him and applauded his generosity.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Nothing to report.

President’s Report:
1. Bill welcomed our new members-Ron Pierre, Bobbi Jo Cargo and Dane Crook.
2. Bill asked the two nominees for Treasurer, Rob Warner and Karen Petrecca, to introduce themselves.
3. Rob attended the Council meeting on behalf of Bill and reported the following from the meeting:
A. The Council raised $144,000 for the 2009 Polar Bear Plunge
B. Charity was the foremost theme for the council.
C. All were preparing for the convention in OC. The council stressed that no alcohol was allowed during the parade.
4. Bill gave the draft a rating of C+. Where is the receiver that we need? He is excited about Ohler. Being the last in that room might give him just enough chip on his shoulder that he will really need to prove himself. He could be our Ogden with attitude. We definitely need to recruit a cornerback and linebacker. He is excited about Birk at center, a former pro-bowler. Paul Kruger might be Michael McCrary reinvented. The first training camp looked good and all are excited about the Ravens vs. Redskins preseason game on August 13th.
5. Thanks to everyone that helped with the Bull Roast, especially the Schleicher girls for selling so many tickets. A special thanks goes to Bonnie Schleicher for all of her hard work and leadership! The financial report will follow concerning this when Bob arrives.
6. Bill passed around information concerning road trip availability.
7. New members can register late for the OC convention if they would like to attend.
8. Bill wished Rob and Karen good luck on the election and thanked Bob for his 5 years of service as Treasurer to the Roost.

Committee Reports:
1. Membership-Welcome to the three new members. Membership fees are due this month.
2. Social
A. Bonnie recapped the Bull Roast and asked if anyone had any comments. It was brought up that possibly “older” music could be played. Bonnie said the DJ is open to whatever we want, so we can request that next year. The liquor quality and the grumpy bartender also were discussed. We can revisit these things next year during the planning stages.
B. There will be no regular July meeting. We will replace that with our annual pool party and picnic on July 18th from 12:00noon-9:00pm. Bonnie will be sending out an evite and each member is requested to bring a dish. Guests are welcome. Any nonmembers of the Fountain Green Swim Club need to pay $5.00 to get in and the Roost will supply hot dogs, hamburgers, fixins and paper products for members as well as guests. Please let Bonnie know if you are bringing guests so she can plan around the food. BYOD-alcohol is allowed but no glass containers.
3. Good and Welfare-Nothing to report.

New Business:
1. Ken Paulick talked about Spring football and what a big success it was. He was wondering if the roost would like to go as a group next year. Bill suggested that Ken could chair that activity and that we would put it on the January 2010 agenda.

Old Business:
1. Sharon sent around sign up sheets for events at the convention.
2. Elections were held. Raven’s Roost 74 2009-2010 Board will be:
Bill Richards-President
Jim Schleicher-Vice President
Treasurer-Rob Warner
Sergeant at Arms-Ron Petrecca
Recording and Corresponding Secretary-Sharon Warner

Meeting adjourned at 8:34pm. The next meeting will be on June 9th at 7:30pm at the Silver Spring Mining Station. Hope to see you there!

April 2009 Meeting Minutes (05/12/09)

2009-05-14T07:00:00.002-04:00

May 12th, 2009
Raven’s Roost #74
April Minutes

Members in Attendance:
Darlene Richards Bill Richards Bonnie Schleicher
Jim Schleicher Frank Alston Maria Alston
Betty Krysiak Don Schoppert Gary Jagodzinski
Vicky Jagodzinski Dave Schleicher Velma Schleicher
Ken Paulick Tiffany Richards Joseph Grasso
Bob Bauer Ron Petrecca Karen Petrecca
Kristen Stoneberg Sharon Warner Roy Lam
Rob Warner Kym Adams Jim Adams
Barb Clark George O’Connor

Officer’s present: Bill Richards, Jim Schleicher, Bob Bauer, Rob Warner & Sharon Warner

Bill Richards called the meeting to order at 7:43pm. and started with the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was then taken and all officers were present. The members reviewed the March minutes and they were accepted by Frank Alston and seconded by Tiffany Richards.

Treasurer’s Report (out of order due to a time conflict):
As of that night, 277 tickets had been paid for per Bob. We have approximately $13,000.00 in our account but there were still expenses that needed to be covered for the bull roast. Bob will have a more detailed report next month.

President’s Report:
The 2009-2010 schedules came out and Bill discussed briefly. He mentioned the San Diego or Oakland game as possibilities for road trips. More to come….
Thanks to Silver Spring Mining Company for giving us a home and offering us such hospitality!
T-shirt orders for the convention were due this Friday so Bill needed the orders and money tonight.
Convention registration is also due this Friday so Bill needed to collect that tonight.
Election nominations-we will take them during Old Business.

Committee Reports:
Membership- Velma reported that we currently have 64 members. She will be issuing new membership cards in May. Dues for the next year are due at that time. The cost is $35.00 per single, $60.00 per couple and $75 per family. Silver Spring Mining is offering the following discount to all roost members:
25% discount on menu items during meetings except alcohol and food specials
25% discount as above any time after May 1st (excluding alcohol and food spec)
Private room during games (a large screen will be added to the room)
Same servers until at least July
Karen Petrecca will serve as the contact between SSM and the Roost. Please address any questions or concerns to Karen and she will relay them to the SSM staff and/or management. We will be getting a signed commitment from the manager.

Social-
Bonnie gave 4 free tickets to the SSM staff (our servers) as a gesture of thanks. If anyone has any donations for the Bull Roast, bring them at 7:45pm that night. Bonnie will send a list of job assignments for the Bull Roast via email tomorrow. Roy wanted to know which jersey we would like to auction off and the group voted on Flacco.
Annual Picnic- Bonnie offered some possible dates and the group decided on July 18th as a first choice and July 11th as a second choice. Either Bonnie or Sharon will secure the pool and pavilion for these dates as soon as possible.

Charity-Tina will have charity flyers on the tables at the Bull Roast.

New Business:
1. Ocean City Convention-Bill had the agenda (attached) and the deadline for participation is the May council meeting. The activities available are: horseshoe tournament, karaoke (1 person per roost to compete), dunk booth, mini golf, scavenger hunt, volleyball, parade, and tug of war. Please email Sharon and let her know if you would like to participate in these activities and you won’t be at the May meeting. Velma and Maria offered to chair the parade committee, so Roost 74 will again be participating. Velma will coordinate a meeting for all interested in helping.

Old Business:
Nominations: Bill Richards will remain president unopposed, Jim Schleicher will remain Vice President unopposed, Sharon Warner will remain Recording and Corresponding Secretary unopposed. Ron Petrecca will run for Seargant of Arms unopposed. Rob Warner and Karen Petrecca will run for Treasurer as Bob Bauer has been in office for the limit allowed. Voting will take place in May and only members present and in good standing will be allowed to vote.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:57pm.

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 12th at 7:30pm at the Silver Spring Mining Station. Please try to come and cast your vote!!!!!

March 2009 Meeting Minutes (04/14/09)

2009-05-08T08:47:00.004-04:00

Members in Attendance:
Jim Schleicher Bonnie Schleicher Dave Schleicher
Velma Schleicher Ken Paulick Diane O’Connor
George O’Connor John Schulthes Vicky Jagodzinski
Gary Jagodzinski Lucille Philip Betty Krysiac
Marge Koman Darlene Richards Bill Richards
Karen Petrecca Frank Alston Maria Alston

Officer’s Present: Bill Richards, Jim Schleicher.

Jim Schleicher called the meeting to order at 7:37 and started with the Pledge of Allegiance and afterwards roll call was taken. Bill Richards called on a couple guests to allow them to go first before the mtg got started.

First guest Chrissy was presenting the group with framed pictures/posters which were autographed of different Ravens players (D, Mason, T. Suggs, R. Lewis, E. Reed) $60 for bigger team types and $40 single player. Chrissy was suppose to send her email address for us to send out to the group for anyone who wanted to place orders

The second guest Jason from Classic Team Sports had some give-a-way t-shirts with St. Patrick theme and was offering his services for all sorts of things like hats, key chains, bumper stickers and such. His shop is in the Emmorton Business Park Rt. 24 Belair. After these two brief presentations, the February minutes were reviewed and accepted by Frank Alston and seconded by Bonnie Schleicher

President’s Report:
Bill spoke about how nice it was to have Ray Lewis signed as well as the new 5 time Pro Bowler Matt Birk. And the signing of Dominique Foxworth is a hometown crowd pleaser.

Polar Bear Plunge out of 31 Roosts, combined to a total of around $125,000 which was great

Bill had OC Convention forms and made the announcement of this year’s theme: MargaraRavenville. Bill also had a sample official Convention t-shirt and many members placed orders. Regular price for Convention goers to get the free food and beer as well as participate in festivities is $55 ea. Velma Schleicher agreed to be the Convention Parade Coordinator, Maria Alston Parade Costume Extraordinaire. And Bill made mention of the fact as a reminder that no parade participants can have adult beverages while taking part in the parade procession.

The Marching Ravens are selling the old uniforms

Bill was pushing to sell the Bull Roast tickets seeing how this is our main fundraiser.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report:
No Secretary

Committee Reports:
Membership-Velma reported 64 members now that John Schulthes just joined
Social-Bonnie reported she had 300 tickets out and only 20 back as sold. Need to sell at least 200 seats as this is minimum at Richlin and the Roost will have to pay for this.

Good and Welfare- Gary Jagodzinski had a blood clot and was in the hospital for a short stay.

Old Business:
By-Laws: Karen Petrecca revised the bi-laws and they were passed around to all members. Maria Alston made a motion to accept the bi=laws and George O’Connor seconded, all in favor.

Need to get access to the website and keep updated to make sure we have all current material

New Business:
Karen Petrecca made a motion to meet at a different spot for the monthly mtg.s and Bonnie Schleicher seconded it, all in favor. Karen also made a motion to use Silver Spring as the mtg spot and Bonnie Schleicher seconded and all in favor as well

Bill brought the idea up to purchase 100 t-shirts to include RR74 logo to be used for promotional and new members. Karen Petrecca made the motion and Bonnie seconded, all in favor. A vote was taken we get purple shirts.

After some discussion, a motion from the floor Bonnie Schleicher was made to donate 50% of all proceeds to the charity of choice this year Operation Homefront, Frank Alston seconded and all in favor.

Bill discussed that anyone interested in running for office will need to be nominated at the April mtg. Any candidate will have needed to attend at least 4 mtg’s prior to nomination. We will need to nominate a new Treasurer this year as Bob Bauer’s term limit is up

Turtle Bucks
After all the tickets were passed out, Maria Alston was the winner of the Turtle Buck gift certificate.

Adornment
Motion from the floor Vicky Jagodzinski was made to adjourn and Frank Alston seconded, meeting adjourned at 8:58PM