Connections Weekend Planning Meeting                           September 11, 2019

Meeting Notes

Attendance - Jennifer Allerding, Kyle Baughn, Terry Gribble, Jim Grubbs, Joe Kleinknecht, Steve Melchior, Sandy Powell, Dave Spraw and Ash Welch;

Financial Report - Dave reported that the Synergy account has $21,589.99 and the investment fund w/Edward Jones has $21,369.60.  As of this morning, $945 has been deposited from dinner reservations;

Committee Updates

Bonfire/Pep Rally -  Will occur Thursday evening @ 6:45 pm, October 3^rd.  Elementary Tiger Dash will run in the afternoon of October 3rd at the stadium; also, a PB& J 5K will occur on October 5th and begin from the Alliance Church.

 Pancake Breakfast - Is planned for October 5th from 8:00 am to 11:00 noon at the Intermediate School Cafetorium. Sarah Wegesin is coordinating the student greeters.

Alumni Band Performance - The band will participate in the October 3rd rehearsal and October 4th @ Homecoming Game.

Hall of Fame Nominations -the HOF inductees for 2019 - HAROLD "TUBBY"  GARVERICK (55), HARRY GARVERICK (56), JAMES GARVERICK (58), JERRY JAMES (44), KEN JARVIS (65), JOE KLEINKNECHT (60), KELLIE ROWLAND (77), VICKI TRAPP (79) & KYLE ZEUCH (03).

HOF Banquet - October 5, 2019 @ Galion MS; reception begins @ 6:00 p.m., dinner begins @ 6:30; AVITA will be catering;  45 people have registered for the banquet; Ash will provide the invocation and benediction for the ceremony; flowers will be ordered from Pioneer Horticulture program; student greeters will be available to assist guests before 6:00 pm. Sandy will send a reminder to MS principals and custodians; Jen Allerding will provide the welcome for the superintendent.

Fund Raising -  Sponsorship has collected $4551; Our 2019 sponsors are as follows: $50 from Vic Smith, $251 from United Bank, $300 from Jeff Kirk - Dostal & Kirk Insurance & Financial Services, $300 First Federal Savings & Loan, $250 from  Hottenroth, Garverick, Tilson & Garverick Co., LPA; $500 from the Galion Community Education Foundation; $250 from Galion Building & Loan; $2,100 from the Galion Alumni Association, $250 from Donley Ford and $300 from AVITA.

Program - A1 Printing will continue to be the company used for 2019. Dave has been receiving photographs and Bios for the program.

Awards - Dave will be using Deans Trophy House for the 2019 Banquet. He is waiting for a few photos;

Career Day - Jim shared that Career Day will still happen for Grade 8 students at the Middle School and is working with the MS principal.HOF inductees have been invited to participate.

Other Business -  a Meeting with Dan Seckel (architect) to discuss changes to original auditorium drawings was held on Thursday, August 22nd; the sub-committee approved a contract and fee of $10,500 for The Seckel Group to rework the drawings for the auditorium.

Next Meeting - September 26th (Thursday) @ 7:30 a.m. @ the Administration Center;

Meeting Adjourned @ 8:00 a.m.