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Statement of Purpose:  The Crusader athletic board of St. Bernard's Catholic School is a non-profit corporation which is devoted to assisting the Athletic Department by way of providing a financial donation annually, assisting at athletic competitions and in athletic plant development and maintenance.

Responsibilities to the School:  General responsibilities are the assistance of running athletic events including ticket sales (with proceeds to the AD), field preparation, concession sales and cleanup, crowd control, scoring and scoreboard operation, and any other activities requested by the coaches and/or athletic director.

The Board makes an annual donation to the athletic department to offset the costs of running the program.  The amount ($25,000 currently) is determined by the board with input by the AD.  Additional request for purchase of uniforms, equipment and other supplies on handled on case by case basis.

Periodically, the board assumes the responsibility for construction and/or renovation of the athletic plant.

The CAB does not recruit athletes to attend the school.

The Athletic Directory and the Principal of the school are the only persons charged with the employment, pay scale and dismissal of any members of the coaching staff.  The CAB has no voice in such matters, is not consulted in such matters and would not consider any actions were they mistakenly consulted in such matters.

Membership: The membership of the CAB is restricted by the charter to thirty active members.  In addition, there may also be an unlimited number of active retired members who are fomer CAB members who have retired from full membership but who wish to assist the organization when possible.  Active retired members may attend meetings but are nonvoting members.

The purpose of the restriction of the number of members are (1) Each member understands that full participation is a requirement and that there is a limited number of members upon which the organization depends and to encourage attendance at all events to which the member has been assigned. (2) Each participant of the event has been fully trained and ready to participate with training not being an ongoing activity.

Officers:  Officers who are elected to serve the organization are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.  The duties of these officers is typical of those in other organizations.

These officers also form the executive committee which has the authority to make decisions for the organization in emergency situations when a full meeting of the membership is not considered practical and an immediate decision is required.

Nominations for these offices are made at the March meeting with elections held at the April meeting.

Other Positions: There are two other positions in the organization which are critical to the financial well being of the group which are voluntary or assigned.  The are the Bingo Manager and the Concession Manager who are responsible for maintaining the adequate supplies and materials, oversee the operation of their area of responsibility and make all decisions relating to questions arising concerning the bingo and concessions operations respectively.

The vast majority of the funds for our operation are derived from the Bingo and Concession operations and the success of these operations is therefore most critical to our continued assistance o the Athletic Department.

Meetings:  Meetings are held monthly with the exceptions of the months of June, July, and August on dates as selected by the President.

Special meetings are held as called by the President of the Vice President in the absence of the President.