2025-2026 EPBOA Board Meeting No. 1
What: First board meeting of the 2025-2026 season
Date: May 6, 2005
Location: Sunset Funeral Home, 9521 N Loop.
Present: President Andy Garcia, VP Armando Romero, Treasurer Michael Sanchez, Sec. Victor Martinez, D2 Isaac Hernandez, D3 Rep. Andrew McCullen (via Zoom) and D4 James Carr.
Absent: D1 Rep. Junie Chavez and D5 Rep. Ski Noriega
Board meeting called to order by President Andy Garcia at 6:03.
Item 1: Budget report presented by Mike Sanchez. Review 2024-2025 and propose budget for 2025-2026. Budget for 2025-2026 unanimous approved (6-0).
Item 2: Motion from treasurer Sanchez and seconded by D4 Carr to increase dues by $10 for 2025-2026 season. Dues for returning members will be $160 and $80 for new members. Rational: Dues have not increased in three years. Also, meeting hall rental is projected to be $150 to $200 for each meeting. Last year the fee was $145. State will increase varsity game fees to $85; $70 for subvarsity and $60 for middle school in 2026-2027.
The vote was unanimous (6-0).
Item 3: Open discussion on forming two new committees. President Garcia proposes and ethics committee and an education committee. Rep. Hernandez will chair the Ethics Committee with Rep. McCullen will co-chair. Rep. Carr will chair the Education Committee. The scope of these two committees will be discussed in further detail at the 2025-2026 retreat. The addition of the Ethics and Education committees will make a total of five committees chapter members can join. The other three are the Mentorship/Rentention committee (chaired by Sec. Martinez) the Crew Chief committee (chaired by VP Romero) and the Chapter Constitution and By Laws Committee chaired by Treasurer Sanchez.
Item 4: Set a date for the annual retreat. Unanimous vote to have annual retreat at 10 a.m. June 21 at a location TBA.
Item 5: Set a date for board appointed position interviews. Unanimous vote to have interviews at 6 p.m. June 9 at a location TBA. Applications will be due at 11:59 MST, June 1. Notice of positions will be emailed to chapter by May 12.
Item 6: State appointment. President Garcia has been appointed to the State Executive Board and will serve on theEthics Committee. This will require him to attend bi-monthly Zoom meetings.
Item 7: Discussion to updated evaluation question for crew chiefs.
Item 8: Motion from treasurer Sanchez and seconded by VP Romero to accept evaluation question for 2025-2026 season.
Item 9: Motion from treasurer Sanchez and seconded by Rep. Carr to increase square fee for manual entry keying to $7. The vote was unanimous (6-0).
Item 10: Motion from VP Romero and seconded by treasurer Sanchez for a two-year term for the varsity assigner beginning in the 2025-2026 season to the 2026-2027 season. In addition, the sub-varsity assigner will be hired for a one-year term for the 2025-2026 season and consequently by hired for a two-year term beginning in the 2026-2027 to the 2028 season. Rational: Varsity assigner needs flexibility in scheduling with district athletic directors in the summer. The vote was unanimous (6-0).
Item 11: Check writing approval. New chapter secretary Victor Martinez will be granted check-writing privileges along with President Garcia and Treasurer Sanchez. Past chapter secretary Gil Cartagena is to me removed from check-writing privileges. The vote was unanimous (6-0).
Motion to adjourn by VP Romero and second by D2 Isaac Hernandez at 8:06 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Victor Martinez
Secretary
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