April 2006 VTAACC Minutes

Attendees: Jennifer Jones, Jon Purdy, Craig Dennis, Gary Lark, Henry Brassel, Chris White

Wine Tasting/ Silent Auction Update

  • Tentative date is Saturday, June 3rd
  • Jennifer is working on a location ( possibly Dolce Vita in NoDa or Bonterra)
  • Lauren is working on gathering auction items
    • Suggestion to contact donors from 2 years ago. Purdy has the list for Lauren
    • We will auction off the first football game tickets
    • Lauren still needs auction items. Please contact her if you have something to donate.

Scholarship Update

  • Applications are slowly coming in. The application deadline is May 15th. Mattox will need help with interviews.

Community Service Update

  • We are going to do Restore for our community service project this year.
  • The date is Saturday, June 10th
  • Contact John Glass if you would like to volunteer

Golf Tournament Update

  • 18 teams signed up
  • We are making money so far
  • Purdy following up with F&H General Manager concerning sponsorship

Recruiting Drive/ New Alumni Function

  • Randi gathering dates for Pops in the Park- are we still on for this event?

Fundraising Updates

  • Nights of Columbus check was received
  • Jon reviewing travel website opportunity
  • Discussed the possibility of having a “ specialty item” on the site
    • Embroidered VT pants
    • Jennifer looking into companies that make such pants

Go Around the Table

  • Agreed to Mariah’s Request for her school project. She will come up with a questionnaire for us to put on our site for members.

Next Meeting- Wednesday, May 3rd @ Eastover Ridge Clubhouse