The committee did not have a quorum, will approve the minutes at the next committee meeting.

Paige Teusink shared that the financials still look very strong and are running ahead of where they've been historically. Ms. Teusink believes we will attain our goal of $140,000 and will likely exceed that.

The committee did have a question as to why Wonderball funds raised were not counted in Gather and Grow. Barrett Krise will reach out to Meeghan Fortson to see if she knows the reason.

Paige Teusink presented the proposed budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Recommending lowering Wonderball goal from $60K to $30K and also drop expenses from $30K to $10K to reflect the shift in the event.

Additionally, Ms. Teusink recommends maintaining the current Annual Campaign numbers. The new budget reflects most other expenses remaining consistent, with some small decreases to clean up the numbers. The committee agreed with Ms. Teusink's recommendation that we examine how things look for 2023 and can make more meaningful adjustments once we have a better idea of how Wonderball performs.

Ms. Teusink will take the proposed budget to the financial office for a governing board vote in April.

Michele Kresge reported that the site visit at MC went well, will do future one with caterers and bar set up. Single tickets and patron tickets will go on sale in two weeks.

Overall raffle theme will be “the Great Outdoors.” and the committee is planning on different themes for each basket style:  (1) backyard BBQ or Smores night, (2) outdoor adventures, (3) travel or sports. 

The committee also wanted to see how they could bring back a Teacher time prize, but do it more equitably to reflect the school's commitment. The recommendation was that people could purchase  one ticket per family, everyone gets the same opportunity. 

The committee also recommended that we consider reframing it for 2023 to make it baked into the entire school family, not tying it to the event specifically. The Fund Dev committee could raise money to compensate teachers for the extra time and that way allow ALL kids to have that extra, outside of classroom time and attention as a gift to the school

Jenna Civitello has offered to lead this effort as we begin planning, Barrett Krise and Susannah Darrow offered to help and Pouya Dianat had offered in an earlier meeting, we will also coordinate with the PTCA. The recommendation is that we hold it the second week in May.