Soccer Festival Meeting Notes - 5/21/07

Attendance: Chris Sells, Bill Moran, Matt Togliatti, Al Togliatti, Rick Schick, Brian Stuchl, John Sidman, Greg Meyer, Jeff Smith, Larry Butcher, Russ Jones

Meeting Open: 8:40pm

Topics:

Key: Action items in bold italic.

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Vendors:
 
Tattoo artist - noon -> 6:00pm
Possible Culvers - Deal with DQ was 25% (when they did all of the work).  Looking for a better deal from Culvers
Possible Kettle Corn - Looking at getting someone to come up from Champaign.  Need to look for a guy at the Oswego tourney
Find Design Shirts Contracted - Issues with last year: wrong dates on the shirt, out of stock, no volunteer shirts
Picture sports photos -Chris will give Matt and Al the info about the photographer.  Profit share is 1%.
Chicago Fire - in
Michael's - Need to call
Noodles & Co - Need to call
Soccer 2000 -  Need to call
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Sponsors:

Hotel - AmericInn, Hampton (John), Spring Hill Suites
Car Dealership - Maybe, but Jeff's brother in-law doesn't run it anymore
Mini-golf - Need to call
Game Stop - ?  Chris is working with them.
Chipotle - Matt will call
Steak and Shake - Greg
Banks? - Maybe Bank of America
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Parking Issues:

Are there enough spots in the new lot? NO
What signage do we need for the parking? Brian will do
Staffing for the lots? Brian will take care of it.  One person with a radio to let us know if there are any spots in the "new" lot.
Parking for the tournament staff? Behind the concessions area.  Need to have permits for the ref/board lot.
Police Enforcement
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Items needed for Tournament:

Golf Carts - Matt - Ask for 4
Power - Matt
Extension Cords -  Vendors are being asked to bring their own
Other Equipment - Village is supplying Grills, tents, tables, chairs, coffee pots.
Port-o-lets & drop box - Steve? Need to ask him
Tie wraps for cards - Brian will look for some more Fire Extinguisher tie wraps
Box in the shed - Chris will inventory next in-house day.
Staff shirts - requesting with Orange
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Trophies:

Suggesting to reduce the size of the individual and team trophies so that we can have more brackets with fewer teams (and hopefully more competitive games).
6 Concessions -

Food prices should probably go up due to inflation alone.  Try to round prices to the nears $0.50.  Jeff will bring in the menu from next year to select prices for this year.
7 Field Marshal -

Need about 6 volunteers per team.
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Next Meeting: 6/18 8:00pm (BRAC)  and then 7/24, 8/6, 8/20


Meeting Close: 908pm