Board of Directors Open Business Meeting Minutes 17-March-2026

Board of Directors Open Business Meeting Minutes

17-March-2026

Approved April 21, 2026

Call to Order:

Mark Anderson called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. by video conference call.

Meeting Minutes:

Moved by Jeff Hanson seconded by Mark Anderson ‘Motion to approve the February minutes as amended.’ -  Carried unanimously.

Financial Report:

February 2026 Financial Report

1. It was a very good month financially for the club, with revenues exceeding expenses by just

under $19,000

• For the season to date, the club has made a profit of just under $38,000
• Total balances in Chase and PayPal accounts amounted to $560,887 as of Feb. 28.

2. The major revenue item during February was Learn to Curl events which brought in just over

$21,000 with the Winter Olympics publicity.

• For the season to date, these events have generated just under $37,000

3. Corporate events were also strong in February with $9,260 in revenue.

• Season to date total amount is now just over $35,000

4. League fees generated $8,340 during the month.

• For the season to date, total league fees are just under $91,000.
• This is approximately $3,200 better than last season at this time and $5,000 more than

budgeted.

5. The Spring Training bonspiel generated a preliminary gross profit of just under $17,000.

6. Entries for the Donna Purkey bonspiel amounted to $2,400 for February

7. The club received a donation of $5,000 from Aspen Technologies during the month.

8. The club paid just over $2,000 to Canada Curling Stone for sharpening of 7 blades.

• The freight & brokerage charges to & from Ontario made up $1,262 of this amount.

9. The Donna Purkey Competitive Women’s fund paid $1,000 to Team Aubrey for the Senior

Women’s Championships.

• Question re: Donna Purkey compared to last year, quite a bit lower than last year.
• Mark reported that Sean has a solution for the blade shipping and duties.

Moved by Karen Cole, seconded by Jeff Hanson that ‘the February 2026 financial report be approved as presented’. Carried unanimously.

Committee Reports and Recommendations:

Budget – Paige Peterson, Wayne Garman

• No Report provided.
• Nothing new.
• Question from Darryl re: how to link PayPal to the new web page donation links.

Building – Kelly Fleischaker, Wayne Fleming

• Report provided.
• Nothing major for board approval.
• Working on pricing the main door and the back double doors. Replaced ADA door to restroom.

Events –Jenn Collins, Christy Trageton

Members: Perry, Karen Cole, Jenn Collins, Denise Juillard, Ashley Siggins (ad hoc), Christy Trageton.

• Report provided.
• Nothing to cover for board approval.
• Donna Purkey registration is down due to cost of staying in Phoenix at this time of year. Andie wants to find a different time of year. Suggestion to discuss at the calendar planning meeting.
• Wayne Garman brought up the issue of the ‘Old Fashioned’ suggesting that it is going to bad results and the board was against it last year. Karen felt we should try it once and see how it goes. If it doesn’t work we can discontinue.

Leagues – Joseph Rice

Members: Wayne Fleming, Wes Seeger, Tracy Drummond, Joseph Rice, Lindsay Estabrooks.

• No report provided.
• Season 2 came out with more numbers than projected.
• Season 3 registrations are rolling in.
• Thursday changed the registration method to be team based to try to lessen guess work for the league coordinators.
• Joseph feels the Intro to Curling series should be scheduled to better match the Social League startups.

Marketing and Communications - Darryl Horsman

• No Report provided.
• Everything going swimmingly, lots of promotional stuff going out. We now have a country song on Spotify promoting the club.
• The request to members to participate in Social follow up has been successful.
• The money spent on promotion seems to be working.

Membership and Skills Development – Lindsay Estabrooks and Wes Seeger

• No Report provided.
• 247 members now, more to come.
• Try Curling events through end of May are sold out and we have waiting lists. We could provide more spots but haven’t had sufficient volunteers.
• Haven’t had any Constant Contact emails recently, Darryl will check.

Women’s Committee – Andie McDonald, Debra Aubrey.

• No Report provided.
• Volunteer requests are being filled.
• All American has 16 sign-ups. There has been some discussion re: inviting outside club people who play in facilities where they can’t host this type of event. Wes indicated that his history in arena curling suggests that many of the women in arenas don’t have opportunities.  Mark suggested that this should be up to the Women’s committee.  However he feels holding the event is still questionable.  Also a suggestion to have these other clubs help host.  Karen will follow up.

Club Safety Committee – Jeff Hanson, Wes Seeger, Marty Blomberg, Brittany Tosi.

• No Report provided.

Old Business:

New Business:

In Committee

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 17/2026 @ 5:30P.M. by video/conference call

Adjournment: A motion was made by Joseph Rice and seconded by Karen Cole ‘to adjourn the meeting at 6:10 p.m.’ The motion Carried unanimously with no further discussion.

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Respectfully Submitted,

W. Seeger, Secretary

Coyotes Curling Club