October 2022 Meeting

Call to order

• The 6th meeting of St Mikes Dad’s was held on 1/27/22 at the VFW. It began at 7PM presided over by Mike Wolf with Fabian Yaklin as Secretary and Evan Cahanes as Treasure
• Motion to call to order, second to complete

Attendance

• Note members in attendance
  • TBD

Officers Report

Treasure – (Financial Report)

• Update group on status of Non-Profit, Bank Account status, and process of tying a Venmo account to it.

Secretary– (Old Business)

• Shed project on hold until spring. We will need to decide if it is a project we want to fund or if we want to continue to look for a sponsor/donator.
• Golf Tournament – No Chair or Co-Chair stepped up so this event will be on hold until 2024.
• James Kuca was in discussion w/ Ms. Vochoska and Mr C to look at installing a bench, fence, or raised wall to protect flower garden area N of garbage dumpsters on S. side of building. Discussion is ongoing awaiting final decision on what they want w/ work to begin in the spring. On Hold until Spring
• “Dad’s Week/Day”? – Look at options to volunteer at school for a specific week or a day. This may include and not limited to, greeting line at entry of school, watch recess for teachers, volunteer in kitchen, teachers’ aides, “send off” line at end of day with possible give away, etc. Invite was sent out, VITRUS training needed for all volunteers. We will be doing a greeting line for pre and post school, helping w/ recess duty and lunch duty.
• Adding additional bench at E side of playground to eliminate mulch spillage.  Will be removed from old business as we are no longer looking at this option.
• Facebook Page – Looking for someone(s) to help set up a super basic page for us w/ new logo, mission statement and some photos of projects? Good way for us to market ourselves for future fundraising. Still looking for Volunteer for basic page.
• Chamber of Commerce - We are enrolled, what does it do for us, etc. Will remove from old business after addressing our involvement.
• Logo – Preliminary Logo has been chosen, understanding we can change in the future or add for shirts, etc.
• Cubbie upgrade (paint) for AP. Matt Arnds has stepped up to lead. Just need to procure the items needed and send a sign up.
• No other current action items/projects ongoing

President- (New Business)

• General Announcements
  • Current Update – 
    • Email – Matt Arnds has helped set up a Dads Group email, all notifications moving forward will be sent through it, thanks Matt!
    • Website – Bob Wagner has helped get us up and running and it looks great. Another quick spot to have folks check out what we are up to. (We plan to keep it basic)
    • Upcoming projects, volunteer opportunities, etc. – Please snap a photo or 2 and send to us. We are keeping them filed away for the website, Facebook page, promotions, etc.
  • New Motions/Projects pre submitted by School/members 
    • Health Room Gym Pad – There were some gym pads that were made slightly incorrectly. The idea is to use 1 and place it where the current white board is on the gym side wall of the health room. Need 2 volunteers and set a date/time.
  • Open Discussion New Motions/Projects from Members
    • Fundraising Options for the Gala
      • “Ride Home w/ local police and fire
        • Mike Wolf is working w/ local police and fire to see what the are willing to do. This fundraiser would change to our Golf Tournament when we get it going.
      • Dad’s Cook Out for 20?
    • TBD
  • Plus/Delta (what are we doing well and what can be improved)
    • Deltas -TBD
    • Plus – TBD

Closing Statement

• Motion to adjourn and announce next month’s meeting time and place.