Coopers Board Meeting February 2020

February 12^th, 2020
Against the Grain

Attending: Glenn Grumm, Matt Owens, Anthony Leanhart, Doug Scott, Shana Farmer, Jestin Mounts, Joe Vala, Herman Quinn

Absent: Michele Reise, Dawn Caudill

Meeting Called to order: 7:00 PM

Treasurers Report:

January 1^st Balance $8808.27
Expenses $5976.89
Income $2582.25
January 31^st Balance $5413.63

Notable Expense

Twisted Pink $1012.19
Baptist Health $1315.99
Floyd Memorial $1268.89
Hibernian Foundation $100.00
Wear Inc (Scarves) $500.00
Merchology (Parkas) $1316.64

$700 needs to be accounted for due to a check needing to be deposited by Louisville Power Soccer

Bylaws Addition:

Matt Owens: Bylaw proposed to continue to include Wayne Estopinal initials on all future Coopers kits.

Updated Mission Statement (Website): Club wants an updated mission statement, exercise ideas and be prepared to share them at the next months Board Meeting.

Current Mission Statement is located in the ABOUT section of the Coopers Website

Do/Love/Live: (Ten20 Brewing?)

1020 East Washington – 24,000 Sq ft, with 6,000 Sq ft outdoor space. 3 Floors, naming rights of the bar in the stadium under the scoreboard. Anticipate hosting watch parties, international games, movie nights, etc.

Open at some capacity for the first home game of the season, a parking lot and tented event for the Coopers, with hopes for the March to be included. Grand opening likely to be June 1^st.

Supporters beer? Talks with the Team about making an official beer
Cross-branding with Merch, logos, etc.
Ad-hoc group for planning some events with the 1020 group (also Slack)

Patrick’s Day Parade

We have a truck!
Our entry is paid
Possibly try to combine with a run-through of the March to the Match with 1020 on March 28^th (?)

Angels Share

Motion to appoint Liza as the head of Angel Share – Herman
Seconded – Glenn
Motion Passed

Charity Update (Lisa Hines)

April – Try to promote the Harbor House open house next week
May – Dwayne Villanova (Custom tumbler cups raffle)?
June – Louisvulle Youth Group
July – Prideraiser/Power Soccer
August – Power Soccer (possibility of a Trivia Night at Bowman Field)/Golf Scamble at Woodhaven, t-shirts, scarves, etc.
September – La Casita Center/Active Heroes?
October – Breast Cancer Awareness (Charity TBD/Brianna)

Matt Ballard/ Media Committee Discussion

Looking to have a head, Media Director, in order to work with FO and the local businesses in order to increase overall exposure and coverage of Louisville City.

Subcomittees:
Purple Press – Match Analysis, League news, etc.
Adding more people to lighten load and broaden the content
Photography – Needed to supplement the rest of the content
Podcasting – How podcasting works with spreading news, and getting guests/content
Social Media – Utilizing it to engage with fans through more mediums
Being more present in the team/player eyes, get our image out there

New Business:

Motion to make the 2-star crest the official Cooper crest
Katie seconds
Passes.

Motion to give away the old Cooper t-shirts at the St. Patrick’s Parade
Glenn seconds
Passes.

Adjourn:
Meeting adjourns at 8:28