Booster Meeting 6/9/25
Bedford Express Boosters
Board Meeting Agenda & Minutes
June 9, 2025 6:30pm Robotics Center
Present: Denny Costlow, Paul Nelson, Rich Stewart, Justin Hayter, Nick Bird, Jodi Russ, Pat Henry
Absent: None
Call to order: 6:40pm
General:
Registration is open for K-8. We have 113 currently registered.
MDE money has come in with the final funding at about 55% of the initial request. Explore teams $166, Challenge teams $277, FTC teams $831 Rookie team $1219, FRC $3324
We will only be registering the Explore and Challenge teams as we have kids registered to fill them, rather than registering more than we need.
Consider budgeting for no MDE funds in future years.
Explore:
28 kids registered
Holding off on ordering the other 4 Fire Tablets until we know how many teams we will have.
Challenge:
29 kids registered
Have an old table donated from MRE
FTC:
44 kids registered
Sidelines fundraiser was highly effective.
New FTC side walls have arrived. Purchased by Loose Screws. Each team should contribute back to the Loose Screws funds.
FTC Coaches meeting - Keep the field in the FRC area for just Autonomous practices to try to keep the field as good as possible for as long as possible.
FTC kickoff on Sept 6
FTC Event - Nov 15 (week 3 as first choice) with Nov 8 (week 2 as second choice)
Signed up to be an alpha test site for both FTC and FRC for new controls system
Bionic Broncos has a putt-putt event on June 28 at 11am at Bedford Hills. Has sponsors for 10 of their holes with some gift baskets and cards to raffle off.
FTC - invite to all girls to go drive the 8423 robot at the Goonettes event
Use Soroptimist $ to pay for the entry fee for this event
FRC
Impact group has mentioned summer camp
June 25 Parent meeting for FRC new and returning students
Fair Parking
Varsity Requirements
Need new tires for the trailer ($600 - $800)
IRI on July 10 - 12
Sponsor presentations
Public Comments: None
Board Comments:
Nick commented that he is updating the website, removing the old store, and getting the FRC registration opened. He will pull a list of everyone who had purchased from the old store so that refunds can be issued.