2025 Committee Events – April

Standing Agenda Points:

• Review of Minutes and Actions from last Committee Meeting & Coaches Meeting
• 2025 Fundraisers & Sponsorship Drive
  • Work in Progress:
    • Minors Team Sponsorship – Neil to action
    • Affiliate Sponsorship – Physio on Whitehall Road – Neil to action
    • Eoin & Des Marathon – Support and promote with a target of at least €2,000
  • A1 Tradesmen
    • Banner for Academy – Neil to action – Done
    • Weekly Social Media posts are in progress – Jack to action – Done
    • Drone footage to be organised – Jack to action – Overdue
  • Dublin Maths affiliate sponsorship agreement. Went Live: First payments received
  • Bag Packing – Dunnes
    • Club insurance cert required – provided
    • Dates to be confirmed
    • Teams involved to be confirmed
    • Adults required
    • Stripe Touch to Payment & QR codes to be setup for all adults
  • Cul Camp
    • Promotion and identification of resources required – ASAP – Action for Declan
  • Contacting & Following Up on Volunteers
    • As part of membership, we ask if anyone wishes to volunteer with club activities.  We received 18 notes of interest and these require follow up – Action for Declan
• PRO Handover
  • Handover overdue – Action for Jack
• Child Safeguarding
  • Continue to have a major gap both Garda Vetting and Child Safeguarding Training Level 1
  • These are mandatory for ALL COACHES and anyone that may be supporting the younger teams
  • Action plan and identification of all people that need trained and dates/times of when this will be closed is required
• 5 Year Strategy
  • Review of 2023/24 Finances – Operational Costs vs 2025 Projected Costs vs Income
  • Cost of Registration (Cost to Club vs Cost to Member)
  • GPO activities
    • Cost vs Return and review of membership stats related to schools
    • Target for membership push in the coming months (summer) and years ahead
  • 2025 Team Entertainment Budget – Propose €250 pre-approved Budget for ALL Teams
    • Review of 2023/24 Expenses revealed an imbalance on entertainment spend
    • To provide equity and for club/team building, suggest that ALL Teams will be given a €250 per year budget that they can spend on team event(s).
    • This does not include special events such as Winner Competitions or Xmas/Halloween etc.
    • These expenses can be obtained via a new Robert Emmets Expense form
    • PROPOSAL – Vote Required
• Implementation of Club Lotto
  • Review of Sales
• Review of Club App onboarding
  • Which teams went live on 1st April & Next Teams – gaps
  • Review of membership
    • All members MUST be paid and registered by end of March (Male & Female – all ages)
• Follow-up discussion on Club Branding
  • Kit Supplier will be O’Neills for 2025
  • Club Shop – Go-Live
  • Open order for 60 Academy Jerseys, Balls & Sliotars provided by A1 Tradesmen
  • Coaches Gear – Proposal – Vote Required
    • Provide Coaches Jacket for ALL Managers & Coaches across the club so everyone looks the same
    • Design is up on the Club Shop
    • This jacket will be FREE to all registered Coaches (Non Playing Member/Player)
  • U12s Boys Football – €500 Donation from March
    • Request from donor that this money is a contribution towards half zip or similar for U12s (Paul Tully’s team)
  • Note 1: Assist teams with purchases to remove duplication of effort and misaligned branding
  • Note 2: Kit purchasing should pass via the club accounts to capture fundraising/cash flow and for compliance