RAVENS ROOST 73

GENERAL MEETING

July 12, 2010

Meeting called to order at 7:40 pm

Pledge of Allegiance:  Led by Lenny Banack, Jr.

Council Report:  As most of you are aware, the Council of Ravens Roosts has a booth every year at Raven’s training camp.  Camp this year begins on Tuesday, July 27^th.  The booth is open only on the days that the camp is open to the public.  The Council is looking for volunteers to man the booth during those sessions.  The morning sessions would be from 8:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. and would require some setting up.  The afternoon sessions would run from 2:45 until about 5:30 and would include closing up for the day.  If anyone is interested in volunteering some time there or would like additional information please contact Lenny at lbanack@comcast.net

Board of Directors Meeting:  The board met prior to the general meeting tonight to go over some of our upcoming events.  The next Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:00 should anyone need to present something. 

Special Guest:  Ray who is a member of RR 71 addressed the membership with a heartfelt thank you to our Roost for its donation of $250.00 to his cause.  He was raising money for the Kidney Foundation of MD.  If he could receive $1,000.00 in pledges, he would be able to rappel down the side of the Legg Mason Tower in downtown Baltimore.  He raised a total of $1,511.00 and despite his fear of heights, accomplished his goal J.

Treasurer’s Report:

Current working balance is $10,075.27.  There are a few outstanding bills that will need to be paid this evening.

Committee Reports

Membership:    Currently have 76 paid members.   The board has approved 3 applications.   Welcome to Glen Wilcher.  Thank you to Shelly Marsh who has agreed to take over as Chairperson of the Membership Committee and that will take place this evening. 

Website:  www.ravensroost73.com  Suggestions or ideas are always welcome. 

Convention: The Annual Convention of Ravens Roosts held Thursday, June 3^rd to Sunday, June 6^th, was another great success.   There was overwhelming publicity this year due to some of the other events going on in Ocean City that weekend.  The convention itself received coverage from the Press Box, Radio 1370, and Keith Mills from channel 2 to name a few.   Bill West, President of Roost 15 in Arbutus, has received a contract with Fox Sports radio and his show will air on Saturday mornings at 9:00 a.m.  He will feature some of the interviews from the convention, so be sure to listen in. 

Entertainment:

Bridgette is looking into a River crawl and will be sending out a couple of dates.

Also may be putting together another trip to Atlantic City or Charlestown.  More information on this will be available at the next meeting.

Old Business

Scholarships

The Awards Ceremony at Chesapeake High School was held on Thursday, May 27^th.  Lenny presented $2,500.00 scholarships each to Lauren Lotz and Volmy Lizardo.  Lenny read a thank you letter from Volmy indicating that he will be attending the U of MD in the fall, pursuing a degree in engineering. 

Tailgate Party will be held on Sunday, September 19^th.  The game is 1:00 p.m. against the Cincinnati Bengals.  Ticket sales will be limited to 110.  The cost is $15.00 for members and $20.00 for guests.  As always, a great menu is planned.  Tickets will be available at the next meeting.  Anyone interested in being on the committee please see Lenny after the meeting.

The Susan G Komen Walk is scheduled for Sunday, October 3^rd.   Registration is now open and Gail Weaver has set up our team page.  You can follow the link from our web site or you can go directly to www.komenmd.org and look for the Ravens Roost 73 team page to register on-line.  Transportation will be provided from Lenny’s to Hunt Valley and back.  Once we return, lunch will be served.  The Ravens play away that day against Pittsburgh J so let’s shoot for a banner year for our roost.  After the walk, we can hang out at Lenny’s and watch the game.

Shrimp Feast:   The 4th annual shrimp feast will be held on Saturday, October 9 at the UAW Hall on Oldham Street from 7 - 12.  Tickets are $40.00 each with a $5.00 rebate to members at the door.  Music this year will be by Spin.  Tickets are still available; however, 12 tables have already been taken, so they are going fast.  For more information contact Al at alpietras321@comcast.net    As always, there will be lots of door prizes and some great Ravens memorabilia to be raffled off. 

Road Trip – Charlotte, North Carolina – Friday, November 19^th to Monday, November 22^nd.  The Ravens will be playing the Carolina Panthers at the Bank of America Stadium on Sunday, November 21^st at 1:00.   The trip is sold out.  A tailgate party is being planned.

Season Ticket Raffle – Raffle tickets are still available; please pick up some from Mike Weaver.  The tickets are $3.00 each.  This is one of our best fundraisers, so please do you part and sell, sell, sell J  The drawing for the winning ticket will be at the next general meeting on August 2nd.

New Business

For those of you who attended the convention this year, you saw our one and only Mark Yost in the dunk booth.  Well, Mark raised $228.00 during his 15 minutes of fame.  The board has voted to match that amount.  The council will name the charity of their choice at their next meeting in August.  Way to go Mark!

Lenny’s will be hosting a fundraiser for the Leukemia Foundation on Saturday, July 17^th.  Please show you support by stopping by.   There will be live music and lots of door prizes and raffles.  Mark Yost motioned that the Roost donate $100.00 to this cause and it was unanimously approved.

50/50 Raffle:  $63.00 to the lucky winner:  Mike Weaver

Next General Meeting:  August 2, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.