Hello Everyone,

Hopefully, you had a chance to get to fanfest yesterday at the
Coliseum. Even with the rain and no Zito, there was a great
turnout. Stampede Members Keith, Bobby, Balistic Bill, and Quintona
even camped out in preparation for the event!

Thanks to everyone who came to our Board Meeting last Friday night.
The meeting ran a little longer than usual, but since it was our
Annual "Official" Meeting and Board Member Ygnacio Becerra provided
a sumptuous feast from his restaurant, Mi Linda Mazatlan, it was a
good time by all. The Green Stampede is looking to do even more
Community Service, more Tutoring with East Oakland middle school
students, and more "A's Fanness" for the 2007 season.

First of All, Congratulations to our New Director, Officer, and
Department Chairpersons!

Director Jerveece White was elected to the Board in Director's Seat
1 (which had been previously vacated). Jerveece is an Eastbay
native and loyal A's fan. Her term will last one year.

For the Officer Positions,

Barbara Henry will remain as Board Secretary for another 2 year
term. A new focus of her position will be to post the meeting
minutes on this Yahoo Groups site. If interested, go to the Files
section of this group:
groups.yahoo.com/group/thegreenstampede
Minutes will be posted after they have been approved by the Board.

For the Treasurer Position, we want to welcome back Cathy Bullard.
Cathy was formerly co-chair of the Tailgate Committee, and now she
will serve as the Treasurer. Professionally, she is the CEO of
Books by Bullard, a bookkeeping service. She will do a corporate
audit of The Green Stampede's finances which will be available for
all to view. We want to thank outgoing Treasurer Ken Stickney. Ken
is an original founder of The Green Stamepde. He will continue his
active involvement with the Board in other capacities. Thanks again
and way to go Brother!

The Chairperson Positions are as Follows:

Tutoring Program - Directors Natalie Soto and Melissa (Fortenberry)
Williams will continue as chairpersons of our most important program.
Youth Relations - Ana Mendez - 7th Grader at Bret Harte Middle School
Fundraising - still Vacant, to be determined at 3/2 Board Meeting
Community Relations - Jorge Leon will take on this challenging
position and take an official role with the organization.
Public Relations - Maurice Cortez will also take an official role
with the organization.
Website - Ray Hazel will continue.
Art/Design - Ted Stalcup will also continue although he is currently
working out of state. Other help will be appreciated.
Expansion (more info on this to come) Quintona Branch
Tailgate - Back by popular demand - "Chefboyardean" Dean Fajardin
Game Day Operations - Keith Salminen will also continue for another
year - Thanks Keith!
Special Events - Bobby (510 Left Field Guy) Tselentis is joining The
Green Stampede in an official capacity. Bobby will continue to be
the Manager of the "hated" :) Left Field Softball team, but will
bring his talents over to our side of the Coliseum.

Thanks again for everyone's support!

Next Board Meeting: Friday March 2 @ 7:30 PM at 1450 Fruitvale
Avenue

Go A's!