NRAYSA MEETING MINUTES
April 27, 2008

Present: John LaMirande, Doreen LaMirande, Dave Mehls, Debbie Keller, Dave Ritter, Lisa Ritter, Ben Wanless, Mike Anderson, Bryan Graff, Mike Weiss, and John Peterson

A. Call to Order

President Dave Mehls called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm.

B. Adoption of Agenda

Motion made by Dave R. and seconded by Doreen L to adopt

the agenda for the meeting. Motion passed.

C. Approve Minutes of Previous Meeting

Change order of election of new members. Change made.

Motion made by Mike A. and Dave R. to approve minutes of

previous meeting once change has been made. Motion

passed.

D. Treasurer’s Report

Updated Financial reports through 4/22/08 handed out.

Savings (WCU) = $4546.63

Bremer Bank = $31, 609.10

Football club has decided to donate the balance of $4230.00 left over from last year to the WCU account.

Pam Gartner received a field maintenance grant for $1000 for soccer club.

Dave Mehls and Ben Wanless are getting estimates to build new goals for soccer fields.

E. Old Business

1. Parkland Update

Dave M. is getting fertilizer and seed estimates for the

new fields. He will attend a meeting on Thursday with

excavators to discuss work for this spring. The grant

application for the Andersen Foundation is still being

worked on. On May 21, Dave will meet with the National

Guard to discuss the possibility of them doing some work

on the park.

2. Fundraising Updates

Raised $793.58 at the spaghetti dinner. Will maybe do

it in the evening next time to get a better turnout.

We have the Econofoods brat stand reserved for some

Sundays in the summer. We will get those dates out

soon and will be looking for volunteers.

3. Sam’s Club/Walmart Charge Cards

We are able to get a Sam’s Club credit card that can be

used anywhere and we get 2% back. We can also just

get more membership cards and continue with that way.

Please talk it over with your clubs and get feedback. It

was thought that we would maybe wait to get the credit

card until we have concession stands and a manager for

those so only one person would have that credit card.

Please let Dave Mehls know if anyone wants to get

more membership cards.

4. NRAYSA Website

Lisa Ritter continued our discussion on the new website.

She has renewed it for 2 years ($84/yr). We can upload

updates on the park progress if we want. There are also

current weather reports as well as a 2 day forecast on it.

She is currently working on a mapping system that will

pinpoint events (like on mapquest). She now needs

email addresses to put in and a list of people who we

want to have publishing access to the site.

Motion made by Dave Ritter and seconded by Bryan Graff to allow President,

VP, Site Coordinator,and one member of each club publishing access to site.

Motion passed.

F. New Business

1. Sponsors Update

Dave M. handed out update to each club. It was thought

that next year we could send out sponsor letters earlier

and ask for pancake breakfast donation, etc. all at the

same time.

2. Background Checks

All clubs (except soccer) need to get coach’s names to

Dave Mehls so we can do background checks. They are

good for 2 years.

3. Insurance

Dave will be turning in insurance forms to NR Insurance

so our insurance will be renewed on time.

4. Fun Fest Parade

Debbie Keller will head up the float for Fun Fest. The

parade is on Saturday, July 12th at 5:00 pm. Line up is

at 4:00 pm.

G. Sports Clubs Updates

1. Baseball – Ryan Fitzgerald at Gary’s Scrapmetal will take

cans from anyone who wants to donate them to NRAYSA.

When you drop them off, just tell him they’re for

NRAYSA. John Peterson is our contact person on this.

2. Football – Met with new HS coach who seems to be on

board with using the same plays, terminology, etc.

as the club.

3. Soccer – Numbers are up in soccer.

4. Softball – All tournaments this year. No league.

H. Miscellaneous

I. Next Meeting – June 1st, 2008 6:00 pm Place to be determined.

J. Adjournment

Motion made by John Peterson and seconded by Mike Weiss

to adjourn meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at

7:15 pm.