FISHERS BAND BOOSTERS 

MEETING MINUTES

February 9, 2026

  1. Call Meeting to Order 7:03pm
  2. Board Actions
    1. By-Law Revision Recommendation
      1. Article II, Section III (Board Member Eligibility)
      2. Article VI, Section II (Unbudgeted Expenses)
    2. Booster Member Vote
      1. Article II, Section III (Board Member Eligibility) Cheryl Christian Motioned, Larry Stockton Seconded – Passed
      2. Article VI, Section II (Unbudgeted Expenses) – Patrick Clarke Motioned, Shaughn Reilly Seconded, Passed
  3. Fundraising Updates
    1. SNAP raise for Winter Percussion and Winter Guards
      1. Kids enter emails and phone numbers to contact family and friends – goal is 20 per kid. Big on security, your information is safe. Contacts are saved in the kids accounts from year to year.
      2. 60% of donations typically come from the email campaign. 
      3. You can post your personal link on social media to share the campaign
      4. We need to net $16,000 for this campaign – split between winter guard and winter percussion
    2. Flower Fundraiser
      1. March 16th kick off
      2. Deadline for orders – March 30th
      3. April 3rd – orders submitted
      4. Delivery – May 5th at FHS
      5. More information at Registration Night
  4. Financials as of 2/9/2026
    1. January income: 27,804.80, Expenses 55,288.28. Difference (-27,483.88)
    2. YTD (June 1) Income: 510,164.75 Expenses 486,413.72 Difference (+23,750.03)
    3. Last 12 Months Income: 628,693.57, Expenses 646.860.85, Difference (-18,167.28)
  5. Student Accounts
    1. Current Winter Season collected as of Feb 9
      1. Percent Fully Paid: 40%
      2. Percent up-to-date: 56%
    2. Winter Scholarships – 11 scholarships awarded, $4990 total
  6. Discussion
    1. Nominations for Exec Board
      1. Voting will happen in May, slate needs to be finalized by April booster meeting, find more information on the Fishersband.org Get involved page
    2. Concerts – Chamber 2/10 – Cancelled 
  7. Director’s Report
  8. Other Committee Reports and Needs
    1. Food – For winter percussion, signup genius will go out, anyone can come in to help serve food
    2. Uniform – everyone has been measured and assigned a uniform for winter percussion
    3. Social Media/Photography – A Guard photographer still needed 
    4. Spirit wear – Available on fishersband.org
    5. Sponsorship
    6. Props and Equipment
    7. Section Parents
  9. Current Needs
    1. Next meeting will be grouped in with registration night, no booster meeting will be held on March 9th.
  10. VIP Fee Credit
    1. Larry Stockton $25 fee credit