Minutes of Meeting of July 23, 2015

Minutes of Meeting of July 23, 2015

1. Call to Order: Iles : The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Iles announced that the plaque in gratitude to The Station will be presented at the close of this meeting.

2. Host/Hostess: Barb L.(absent) and Susan D.: Barbara is currently on vacation and Susan will be gone next week. Susan welcomed back Barbara R. who, in turn, thanked everyone for remembering her while she was absent.

3. Vice-President: Larry L.: 109 members and 36 attended today.

4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of last week were approved and accepted.

5. Treasurer: Carol: $2,120.00 is the current balance in the treasury.

6. Coordinators’ Reports:

a. Refreshments: Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each

b. Sunshine: Nancy P.: a.) Jennette is now home and improving. Cheryl W. took a basket to her this past week. b.) Kay P. took a fall while at the Fountains - no detailed information available.

c. Historian: Magda: Expressed thanks for all the tab tops for R M House. Please keep donated books/novels to a minimum and if you take one, don’t return it. Extra books are being donated to nursing homes and magazines are going to Urgent Care.

d. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T.: (absent). Jim A. will make a trip to the food bank next week. e. Busybody: Gladys: No new report.

7. Activities: Rose M.: (absent). Edna stated that we have enough signups for the Arizona Opry to reserve three tables and that will also give us 2 free tickets for those who would like to go but can’t afford it. Approval was given by the group for her to go ahead and make the reservations.

8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.) Sharon S. offered information on volunteering to coach students or adults in reading. If interested, please contact Reading Seed (Literacy Connects) at 882 -8006. b) Joann R. gave us a rundown on the Town Hall Meeting. Many new activities starting up and many new businesses coming in. (For more information, contact JoAnn.) The next Town Hall Meeting will be in October. c.) Joey L. thanked everyone for the plastic bags and stated that if we have old blankets, rugs or pillows, she can take those to the animal shelters as well. d.) Jim A. reminded members that the nominating committee will meet next week. If anyone is interested in nomination to an office please contact Jim A, Kristi G, or Alice K. e.) Larry L. announced that one of the original members of the group Al L. died on May 12, 2015. If anyone who was close to Al or Susanne has a desire to contact Susanne, please let Larry know and he will handle it from there. Magda and Walt shared fond memories of Al – a very remarkable man indeed.

9. Thought of the Day: Sandy P.: Sandy wrapped things up with a couple of very interesting thoughts of the day.

10. Adjournment: Iles shared a closing joke with the group. Meeting was adjourned at 10:07 AM.

Addendum to minutes: The plaque was awarded to the Station staff after the close of the meeting.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

IMPORTANT NOTICE

PLEASE NOTE We are an active group of congenial senior citizens and retirees who meet at 9:00 AM on most Thursdays at The Station Pub and Grill at Wade and Silverbell in Marana, Arizona. The group has been in continuous existence since 1994. Prior to January 2013 we met at the Continental Ranch Community Center. The Association Board of Directors changed the use policy of the community center to include a $40.00 fee for each weekly meeting. With our small operating budget we were unable to continue meeting there. Rock N Java hosted our meetings until their business closed.   Now our home is The Station.

Minutes of Meeting of July 16, 2015

Minutes of Meeting of July 16, 2015

1. Call to Order: Iles : The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Iles announced that the plaque which was made to express our appreciation to The Station, would be presented next week after the meeting.

2. Host/Hostess: Barb L. and Susan D.: Five new members were introduced and they shared personal information about themselves. Those members are George, Alice, Bill, Elizabeth and Joey. Welcome!

3. Vice-President: Larry L.: 108 members and 33 attended today.

4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of last week were approved and accepted.

5. Treasurer: Carol: $2,120.00 is the current balance in the treasury.

6. Coordinators’ Reports:

a. Refreshments: Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each

b. Sunshine: Nancy P.: a.) Jennette is doing much better and is able to have visitors. b.) Sandy announced that she and Tony have some Ensure (nutritional drink) to donate. If no one from the group wants this, it will be given to the food bank.

c. Historian: Magda: An explanation was given for the benefit of the new members about Magda’s collection of pop tops from cans to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. She also announced that the opening of the outlet mall is to take place in October.

d. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T.: (absent). Jim A. was also absent today so no report was given.

e. Busybody: Gladys: Very happy about the cooperation from members in notifying her when they will be out of town.

7. Activities: Rose M.: Please check the agenda for the tentative schedule. Rose does not have an update as yet on the status of Arizona driver’s licenses meeting TSA requirements.

8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.) Gladys again reminded the group of the Marana Town hall meeting at the Community Center on Wednesday at 6pm. b.) Iles shared information on getting action regarding complaints of “barking dogs”. Apparently this procedure in not being enforced so he suggests writing to the mayor. c.) Marana Police Dept. will be recycling discarded drugs six times per year. More information to follow. d.) Susan requested that we not give her coupons for the military at present since she no longer has a contact person to handle them. e.) Gladys announced that she is still collecting travel size toiletries for the women’s shelter. Our new member Joey, collects plastic grocery bags for the animal shelter. Sandy collects education labels for the schools.

9. Thought of the Day: Sandy P.: Sandy wrapped things up with a couple of very interesting thoughts of the day.

10. Adjournment: Iles shared a closing joke with the group. Meeting was adjourned at 10:09 AM.

Minutes of Meeting of July 9, 2015

Minutes of Meeting of July 9, 2015

1. Call to Order: Iles : The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Birthday celebrants were announced and those present shared a little bit about themselves. Iles also mentioned that we have a couple of people volunteering for the nominating committee but could use at least one more member. Alice K. agreed to do it again this year so our nominating committee consists of Kristi G., Jim A. and Alice K.

2. Host/Hostess: Barb L. and Susan D.: Nancy and Rob Pearson introduced their daughter who is visiting. Barb L. gave us a rundown on the incident with her wrist injury, which, thankfully, isn’t broken.

3. Vice-President: Larry L.: 103 members and 36 attended today.

4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of last week were approved and accepted.

5. Treasurer: Carol: $2,163.00 is the current balance in the treasury. Carol will give the Food bank report quarterly from now on. The last donation consisted of $208.00 and 115# of food. Iles mentioned at this point that we have had more than $50.00 in the coffee/pastry fund each week.

6. Coordinators’ Reports:

a. Refreshments: Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each

b. Sunshine: Nancy P.: a.) Jennette is doing better and is able to have visitors. b.)Lew M. was in hospital and is now home. Apparently the problem was mainly due to dehydration. He is back at the Fountains and doing well. c.) Stan S. is about the same – holding his own.

c. Historian: Magda: (absent).

d. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T.: (absent). Jim A. reported that there was no collection from last week. Jim will not be here next week so Walt will handle the food bank donations and Richard B. will take care of games.

e. Busybody: Gladys: No new report.

7. Activities: Rose M.: Please check the agenda for the tentative schedule. 20 People attended the Texas

Roadhouse dinner and a good time was had by all.

8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.) The plaque presentation to the Station will take place next week. b.) Gladys gave a pitch for attending the Arizona Opry. c.) Rose gave us some information regarding the AZ state driver’s licenses and noncompliance with TSA. She will update us next week as this may have been corrected. d.) Nancy P. stressed the need for good hydration (especially among “seniors”) during this time of year. e.) Jim shared some comments on a new problem of addiction to artificial sweeteners. f.) Gladys reminded the group of the Marana Town hall meeting at the Community Center on Wednesday at 6pm.

9. Thought of the Day: Sandy P.: Sandy wrapped things up with a couple of very interesting thoughts of the day.

10. Adjournment: Betsy D. shared a joke with the group. Meeting was adjourned at 10:10 AM.

 

Minutes of Meeting of July 2, 2015

Minutes of Meeting of July 2, 2015

1. Call to Order: Iles (absent). Larry opened the meeting at 9:30 AM with the Pledge of Allegiance. Jokes told by 3 different members followed and Larry took a vote as to who was the best storyteller. That honor fell to “yours truly”.  Larry informed the group that as far as the cost of pastries, coffee and our dues, nothing will change at this time.

2. Host/Hostess: Barb L. and Susan D.: Susan gave her description of the Alaska trip made by several of our members. Barb introduced a new member, Betsy, who shared some personal information with the group. She is a friend of Donna S. who has been encouraging her to attend for some time now.

3. Vice-President: Larry L.: 103 members and 42 attended today.

4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of last week were approved and accepted.

5. Treasurer: Carol: $2,240.00 is the current balance in the treasury. No change since last week.

Carol shared that 15 members attended the play and dinner last week and enjoyed both.

6. Coordinators’ Reports:

a. Refreshments: Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each

b. Sunshine: Nancy P.: a.) Jennette is doing better and is able to have visitors. b.) Nancy’s vision is much improved since her eye procedure last week.

c. Historian: Magda: No new report. She thanked the group for saving tab tops from cans for

Ronald McDonald House.

d. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T.: (absent). Jim A. reported that there was no collection from last week.

e. Busybody: Gladys: Everyone is cooperating with informing her of any travels away from town.

7. Activities: Rose M.: Please check the agenda for the tentative schedule.

8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.) Sandy has a new washer and dryer and no longer needs her powdered laundry detergent or powdered oxyclean. If anyone is interested, they can have it free. b.) Gladys reminded us of the Marana Town Hall meeting on July 22nd @ 6:00pm in the Community Center. c.) Nancy said that the Casino del Sol will have fireworks on Friday – very good ones too.

9. Thought of the Day: Sandy P.: Sandy wrapped things up with a couple of very interesting thoughts of the day.

10. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 10:00 AM.