1. WELCOME TO THE BALE CLUB Meeting –August 26, 2015

2. Sign in… Text reminder: Enter this number 81010 with this text message @baleclub Sign in: http://goo.gl/forms/4tbuISu2K4 http://goo.gl/forms/4tbuISu2K4

3. Future Meetings  Every other Wednesday, before school Sep. 9 23 Oct. 7 21 Nov. 4 18 Dec. 2 Outing 5 /16 Jan. 13 27 27 Feb. 10 24 24 Mar. 9 10 Apr. 11 27 27 May. 11 Outing 14 *We will have competitions

4. Point System  The Club uses a point system, but DO NOT FEAR. If you come to meetings and participate in the things we will be doing this year, it will be a breeze to get the points you need.  30 points will be required in total – 15 first semester and 15 second semester.  How do I get points?  Come to meetings! +1 pt.and wear your Tshirt +1 pt.  Community service! +3 pts./hour  Participating in contests  And many other ways throughout the year.

5. Dues $$  What am I paying for?  Membership in the Club.  Your T-shirt  Opportunities and chances to earn gift cards: Chick Fil A, Movies, gas, etc.  Opportunities to learn and experience – the best gift of all.  How much is it?  $15 includes Tshirt and one free registration for a contest  $30 includes Tshirt, one toy, and one free registration for a contest

6. Tshirt Design!  What design do we want? We need designs in digital format, or at least scanned into the computer and made into.jpg or.png files.  Send it to breauxsony@gmail.com. In two weeks we will have the design ready to print!

7. Community service & Funds collected  This year we will plan to have at least 4 major events to collect funds in order to pay for a child’s surgery in Operation Smile and also to support the activities in the Woodstock Elementary school.

8. Coming soon….  Going on now: Homework club is looking for responsable people to play with Little kids. @Woodstock Library  Opportunities:  September 1st: Homework club at Woodstock Library@6pm  September TBA: In school contest (Free)  October: Downtown Woodstock Shredding with the best.  November: Cherokee High Schools Competition ($2 for members and $5 for no-members)  December: Outing

9. Elections We will need:  President: Who will organize events, tricks to learn, ladders, find ways to communicate with the Cherokee High Schools’ students, taking decisions and being a great leader for our club. Be present for every meeting and most of the events.  Vice-President: Help president, suggest ideas, be present in the events when the president can’t and a great leadership organizing people. Be present for every meeting and most of the events.  Secretary: Will track points, type and print agendas, have a sign up list per meeting, maintain a webpage, need to know how to upload videos, organize files, remind the president and vice-president about the activities.  Treasurer: will keep track of the money, write receipts, take pictures at the event. Look for places where we can donate money for charity, help secretary organize events.  1 min speech for us to vote.