Minutes of Meeting of June 5, 2014
- Call to Order: Lou was absent today and Dorothy opened the meeting at 9:30am with the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Host/Hostess: Barbara L. and Susan D.: no new members or guests today.
- Vice-President: Dorothy: we have a record breaking 100 members.
- Secretary: Jeanne is covering for Barbara until her return. Minutes of last week were approved and accepted. 37 members attended today.
- Treasurer: Carol: The total in the treasury is still at $1296.00.
- Coordinators’ Reports:
- Refreshments: Money for coffee was taken from the donation basket. Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each.
- Sunshine: Sandy P.: 1.) Julia S. brought new cards for the Sunshine committee. 2.) Don B. is not feeling too well and he took a fall recently. He has a doctor’s appointment today. Let’s work at keeping calls to their home at a minimum. 3.) Edna is doing well. Her pain has decreased. 4.) Stan is on maintenance therapy every 3 weeks. 5.) Lou M. hasn’t been feeling too well but the doctors say he is okay. 6.) Joan B. is not doing very well with activity due to respiratory problems. Let’s keep everyone in our thoughts and prayers.
- Historian: Magda: Absent.
- Philanthropy: Mike T.: absent. Jim reported no trip to the Food Bank this past week – we need more donations so if everyone could bring in one can of grocery item that would be great.
- Busybody: JoAnn: No new report.
- Activities: a.) Signup sheets are out and if anyone needs a ride for an activity please call Joyce. G. b.) Our 20th Anniversary Celebration will be postponed to October so that more people will be able to attend. c.) Regarding Father’s Day Brunch: please try to pay with cash since there will be so many individual checks.
- Group Concerns/Good of the Group): a.) In view of more military members coming home, it was decided to donate items/cash to the VAMC instead of mailing boxes of items. b.) Dorothy will be e-mailing new rosters and birthday lists. c.) Walt brought up the issue of the Christmas Party and if we intend to return to the Taste of Texas we will need to make arrangements soon. Walt will reserve Tuesday, Dec. 9th, just in case. The possibility of using the Elks Club again was mentioned and some pros and cons for both locations were discussed. (A signup sheet will be available soon without a designated location for the time being.) It will help to know how many plan to attend. d.) The meeting was wrapped up with a joke from Walt and the Thought of the Day from Sandy.
- Adjournment: Dorothy: The meeting was adjourned at 9:52 AM.
