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Thank you for your
continued attendance and interest.
Future schedule (ALL meetings are open to
ALL interested parties)
Meetings are held the first Monday of the
month at Etowah, unless a holiday
intrudes .........
Etowah Tip-Off
(Basketball Booster) Club Meeting
May 5, 2008 7:00 PM
Attendees:
Mike and Lisa Mason, Cathy Schmidt, Jeff Fuller, Jeff & Alisa Anderson, Jim
and Sheila Mueller, Bill
& Lynn Reynolds, Vickie Hixon, Dean Oswalt,
Kelley Cash,Laura Wilt, Bob Hayes, Linda Hire, Ann
Moore, and Scott McNeil.
Girls
Basketball Coach Westbrook will purchase
new uniforms.
Boys
Basketball Coach Hulbert discussed summer
plans beginning June 2nd. This
summer will begin our first strength and conditioning
program for players. New strength and
conditioning classes will also be created as part of
the school curriculum for all interested players. See
the boys
summer calendar for more details.
Junior
Eagles Program The Junior Eagles has grown
to over 1200 students. Carl Rush will create a few new
positions to help with the expansion.
Financial Report Jim Mueller gave
the financial report.
New Business The Tip-Off Club
will create a "New Building" committee to
keep up with new building progress and determine what
equipment is needed for the new gym. This will help
determine fundraising needs to keep both gyms
adequately supplied..
Committee Chairs -
We
are looking for people to help or
head up some of our committees for next year. Please let any
board member know if you are interested
in helping on any committee.
Etowah Tip-Off
(Basketball Booster) Club Meeting
April 14, 2008 7:00 PM
Attendees:
Lisa Mason, Don
Schmidt, Jeff Fuller, Jeff & Alisa Anderson, Jim
and Sheila Mueller, Denise Stone, Rich Miramonti, Chris Brasher, Dean
Oswalt,
Boys
Basketball Coach Hulbert discussed plans
for the summer program beginning June 2nd.
This will include a conditioning program run by
Coach Hamilton, Open Gym sessions and Varsity player
camps. The player camps will include Kennesaw
and possibly an FCA camp. Players will also have
a few scrimmages in July.
Junior
Eagles Program The Junior Eagles and the Cobb County
league are updating the by-laws to accommodate new
additions to the program.
Financial Report Jim Mueller gave
the financial report.
The report included our main high school
account and the junior eagles account. Revenue
is down from last year. Brian Wilt is working with
YBOA to schedule additional tournaments.
YBOA
Tournament Etowah will host a YBOA
tournament on May 2-4.
All players and families are encouraged to
volunteer for a time slot.
This will generate a nice income for the
Tip-Off club.
Contact
Lisa Mason for volunteer opportunities.
Etowah Tip-Off
(Basketball Booster) Club Meeting
March 3, 2008 7:00 PM
Attendees:
Eric Okerblad, Mike and Lisa Mason, Cathy and Don
Schmidt, Jeff Fuller, Jeff & Alisa Anderson, Jim
and Sheila Mueller, Denise Stone, Rich Miramonti, Bill
& Lynn Reynolds, Tom Wald, Chris Brasher, Al
Adcock, Vickie Hixon, Dean Oswalt, Tim & Amy
Hollinghead
Girls
Basketball Coach Westbrook will purchase
new uniforms for next season.
He will also purchase T-shirts for the
undefeated Freshmen and JV teams to be awarded at the
upcoming banquet. Plans are being made for the girls
summer program which will include Lunch and Learn
sessions and 1 or 2 camps.
Boys
Basketball Coach Hulbert discussed plans
for the summer program beginning June 2nd.
This will include a conditioning program run by
Coach Hamilton, Open Gym sessions and Varsity player
camps (TBD).
He will conduct a mandatory parent meeting
next Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 to
discuss the basketball program.
Junior
Eagles Program The Junior Eagles (6th
8th grade) will join the Cobb County
program for the upcoming season.
This will expose our upcoming players to 17th
other schools and build a stronger program.
Financial Report Jim Mueller gave
the financial report.
He is becoming familiar with the financials
from last season and reported a healthy balance with a
few expenses outstanding from the previous season.
End of Season Banquet Chris
Brasher organized committees for the upcoming Banquet.
It will be held Monday, March 31st
at Hillside UMC. The dinner will begin at 6:30 and
ceremony at 7:00.
Players and coaches will be paid for from the
Tip-Off club.
Family members will be charged $13.50 per
person.
The team moms will distribute form to their
teams and collect money.
YBOA
Tournament Etowah will host a YBOA
tournament on March 14 16th.
All players and families are encouraged to
volunteer for a time slot.
This will generate a nice income for the
Tip-Off club.
Contact
Brian Wilt for volunteer opportunities.
Etowah Tip-Off
(Basketball Booster) Club Meeting
September 10, 2007 8:30 PM
Attendees:
Eric Okerblad, Lisa Mason, Lori Poer,
Paul Dumesnil, Carl Rush, Montez
Blackwell, Jeff Fuller, Jeff & Alisa
Anderson, Jim Mueller, Linda Eargle,
Denise Stone, Terri & Rich Miramonti,
Bill & Lynn Reynolds, Tom Wald, Chris
Brasher, Al Adcock, Vickie Hixon, Dean
Oswalt, Time & Amy Hollinghead; Sheb
True
Sponsor Golf
foursome for B-Ball coaches - A
request was made by Coach Westbrook for
the Tip-Off Club to sponsor a golf
foursome for the basketball coaches as a
fundraiser for the Etowah golf team. A
motion was made that the Tip-Off Club
would sponsor the golf team if the golf
team would sponsor an add in our
basketball program. The motion did pass
by a slight margin.
Financial Report - Paul
Dumesnil gave the financial report and
also reported the the gross from the
first two football games was each just
under $1000.
Football Concessions -
The sign-up sheet was passed around to
get volunteers for the remaining football
games. We will be hosting Woodstock on
Friday the 14th and need several
volunteers.
Program Ads - Denise
Stone, our programs chair discussed
sponsors for this years programs. We need
each player to try to get at least one
sponsor for the program.
Hospitality Committee -
Vickie Hixon, Lisa Mason and Robin Salet
all volunteered to head up the
Hospitality Committee, which provides
food and drink to the referees and
coaches during the varsity home games.
EagleMania Committee -
Sue Irvin and Rocky Salet have
volunteered to head up Eaglemania this
year. There will be a meeting soon to get
the planning under way. If you are
interested in helping please email a
board member and we will let you know
when the meeting will be held.
Etowah Tip-Off
(Basketball Booster) Club Meeting
August 13, 2007 7:00 PM
Attendees:
Eric Okerblad, Brian Wilt, Lisa Mason,
Lori Poer, Paul Dumesnil. Coach
Westbrook, Coach Hurlburt, Bill Queen,
Carl Rush, Keith Taylor, Dave Poer, David
Blackwell, Montez Blackwell, Lauren Wilt,
Jeff Fuller, Barb Blaschke, Jeff &
Alisa Anderson, Lisa Langston, Shari
Lewis, Jim & Sheila Mueller, Linda
Eargle, Denise Stone, Pam Hatchett, Terri
Miramonti, Bill & Lynn Reynolds,
Steve and Betsy Lameier, Cathy Schmit,
Tom Wald, John Cash, Matt Moore, Tracey
Brasher, Chris Brasher, Tim Murphy, Al
Adcock, Katherine Jesse, Tracy Stevenson,
Meg Fuhs, Vickie Hixon
Fellowship of
Christian Athletes - Bill Queen,
Cherokee County director of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes spoke to
our club about starting a FCA chapter at
Etowah for our athletes. FCA is a
faith-based ministry who's motto is
"one way to play - drug free"
FCA sent both our girls and boys varsity
to camp this summer, which was an
excellent experience for both our teams.
FCA offers Coaches Camps; "Behind
the Benches" for coaches wives;
Community Support for coaches, as well as
the camps and Campus meetings.
Coach Westbrook (girls varsity
coach) Update - The girls had a
very good summer, playing 31 games in the
month of June. Congratulations to the
14-U girls YBOA National Champs. The
varsity girls will play in the Peach
State Girls Classic on Saturday, January
19th. and the Deep South Classic between
Christmas and New Year. The Deep South
Classic is in Gwinnett County and will be
held at Brookwood High School and South
Gwinnett High School. Coach Westbrook is
in need of someone to keep score at the
scores table for every game and also some
one willing to tape each game.
Coach Hurlburt (boys varsity
coach) update - Brett Pinckard
has been hired as a full time assistant
for the boys varsity. Brett is teaching
at ET Booth. The boys had an excellent
summer, attending 3 camps and playing 27
games in 24 days. The boys went to FCA
camp in Limestone SC and went 6-2. The
boys varsity will be in a fall league at Cherokee High School on
Monday nights. This league will most
likely be coached by William LoPresti and
Carl Rush. The upcoming freshman and JV
players will have open gym with Carl
Rush...date and time to be announced.
Basketball conditioning will start on
October 22nd. Coach Hurlburt would like
for all potential players to be working
out at least 4 days a week throughout the
next two months.
Junior Eagle Program -
The Tip-Off Club will be helping with 6th
grade Jr. Eagle try-outs. The
Commissioner of the 7th & 8th grade
rec league is looking for some volunteers
to help with registration, assessment,
and opening/closing the Booth gym on
weekends for games. Please email Carl Rush if you are willing
to help in any capacity. The Tip-Off Club
will be helping with registration for
Coaches Clinics for the coaches at
Bascomb, Boston and Oak Grove.
Basketball T-Shirts are
available for $8.00 each. please email Carl Rush if you would like
a shirt or have questions about ordering.
Financials - The coaches
have turned in their wish list for this
years purchases. Among those are a new
video camera for filming the games and an
Apex software package which is used to
highlight individual athletes on a film
and make CDs for coaching instruction or
college recruitment. Half of this years
payment of the "Endowment Fund for
Etowah Athletics" has been paid to
date. The programs biggest fundraisers
this year will be membership, concessions
and hosting YBOA tournaments, please get
involved and help where you can.
Football Concessions -
Thank You to Al Adcock who will be
helping the Tip-Off Club again this year
with organizing the football concessions.
Al no longer has a child in the program
but is offering his assistance for the
10th year!!! Thanks also to Stu Hixon and
Rocky Salet who are also helping head up
football concessions. We are having our
concession stand spruce up day this
Saturday at 9:00. Please bring cleaning
supplies and come help us clean. The
players are asked to arrive at 10:00 to
help move items from the basketball
concession stand to the football
concession stand. The football team's
scrimmage against Sprayberry on August 24
will be the first time for our concession
stand this year. We are also looking for
helpers for all home games. If you would
like to sign up to help at any of the
games please email one of the board members.
Committee Chairs - we
are still looking for people to help or
head up some of our committees for this
year. The most important one coming up is
EagleMania which is the kick-off to the
season. We will need approximately 4 - 6
people on this committee. Please let any
board member know if you are interested
in helping on this committee.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25
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