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SAN ANTONIO REGION MEETING NOTES, DECEMBER 4, 2009
Robert Gonzales,Francisco Maldonado, Bob Perez, David Reta, and Jose Ventura attended the meeting at the PSC on Friday, 4 December 2009.
Jose reminded us that the San Antonio TAMHN will have a Christmas party at the home of Vangie Flores at 6:30 PM, Saturday, 12 December. Please bring a gift with each adult attending ($10-$20) to be included in the gift exchange.
Jose also mentioned that the San Antonio TAMHN will host a reception at Aggie Park on Thursday, 7 January 2010, for students who have been accepted to A&M and their families. A Mexican meal will be served. We need at least one dozen TAMHN members to attend and mingle with these prospective Hispanic Aggies and their proud parents.
The PSC concluded its work assisting prospective students with completing their scholarship applications. Deadline was 1 December.
Francisco received a progress report from Alice Reinarz that indicates the following Hispanic numbers as of 1 December: 2661 applications, 1337 completed applications, and 731 accepted. 15 January 2010 is the deadline for submitting a complete admissions application to A&M. This date coincides with the national deadline date for all universities.
And now for the results of our only fund-raising drive of the year - selling tickets to the AT&T Golf Tournament on 23-25 October. The main way we raise sufficient funds to support our projects is to ask our entire membership for a donation to purchase tickets to this October event. Every dollar we sell will be returned to us. Thus, the more we sell, the more we get back. Additionally, the top four organizations in ticket sales will receive a "bonus" check of $10,000, $5000, $2500, or $1250. TAMHN has been fortunate to receive a "bonus" check the past three years. In 2006 we received an amount equal to our ticket sales ($2100) plus a matching amount of $2100 for a total of $4200. In 2007, in addition to receiving back the $4025 we sold in tickets, we also received an additional "bonus" amount of $5,000, because our organization sold the second highest amount of tickets, for a total check of $9,025. Last year, although we raised more donations ($5600), we finished third and received a smaller "bonus" amount ($2500) for a total of $8100. This year, we sold $6640 (towards our goal of $7,000) worth of tickets, which was good enough for a second place "bonus" check of $5000, meaning AT&T will give us a check for $11,640. This was a great effort by the 12 TAMHN Aggies (14% of our membership) who contributed to this effort. First place went to The Child Guidance Center of San Antonio, who sold $15,000 worth of tickets and it will receive the first place "bonus" check of $10,000. Third place went to the Hill Country Daily Bread Ministries for its $4020 in ticket sales, which earned it a "bonus" check of $2500. Fourth place went to the Boerne Champion High School Swim Team for its $3540 in ticket sales, which earned it a "bonus" check of $1250. Remember, every dollar we received from AT&T will be used to recruit Hispanic students to A&M. This was a win-win situation for everybody. Thanks again!!
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