This is where the problems start creeping in, I think. I thought the vice president was the actual leader, she is young, energetic (parent to some of the kids), and she is one of those people like Wife, who is anal about compliance and knowing all the rules. She keeps everything written down in her books and all around, she is who leads us. The president is an older lady (a retired grandma type), and does things old school, probably like I would if I was in charge, which is why I couldn't.
The latest kerfuffle was over the use of the leftover funds from last season. The president took it upon herself to buy a couple cases of Gatorade for the summer workouts, which sounds like stuff the booster club should do, but she didn't discuss it with the club, she just did it. The vice president had earmarked some of that money to pay for fees associated with the club operating. At the same time, a coach/mom decided she was going to become a booster club member but came in acting like an authority and trying to impose her will on the booster club. Both Wife and vice president seem to be saying the same thing, you can't join the club with dual roles. If you are going to be a coach, listening in, then stay on the sidelines, you don't get to input like that. If you are going to be a parent, then fine, but again, you can interject and bring stuff up, you don't get to decide what will be. Then there are new parents, with the incoming freshmen, one of the moms came in hot wanting to be a big contributor to the booster club, but you can't come into your fist meeting acting like you're going to be running things. She wanted to look at the books and where all the money is coming from, and what we've been doing.
Basically, there was a lot of drama going on, and although I love hearing about it, it isn't good for a club to operate this way. The vice-president bought some baseball hats (with her money, just 11, as a demo starting point), with the idea of putting the Cougars logo on them, she also wanted a football and possibly some other embroidery, such as a wrestling or basketball, or whatever for the other sports, but the president took the lead and instead of getting some quotes, she just went ahead and told the first shop she talked with to go ahead and embroider the logo. This made the hats cost like $28 a piece. I thought they were a little expensive at $30, but hearing this, I understand now. Again, this is another point of contention, where the president just acts, while the vice president is trying to find the best deal and actually make some money for the team.
It isn't all bad, the booster club just started last year, after being idle since 2017. We made enough money to buy the football team a set of black pants, to add to the tan ones and white ones. We were able to buy more equipment for the weight room, and once it got going, we were buying food after some of the games. I guess it'll be interesting to see where this club goes this year, and I hope it does well, everyone has the kids' best interest at heart, it is just that people approach it from different angles.
No comments:
Post a Comment