Minutes of Meeting for March 16, 2017
1. Call to Order: Bill E. led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Dorie led us in singing God Bless America. Bill then turned the meeting over to Barb.
2. Hostesses: Susan D. and Barb L. Barb counted 44 in attendance today! No Susan today – she took Gene to get the stitches out of his hand after he had surgery on it. Barb spoke last week of seeing one of her former students, Jimmy McGuire, participate in the game show Jeopardy. It was brought to her attention that he’d be here at the book fair last week and Barb wrestled with the idea of going to see him and wondered if he’d remember her. Well folks she went and not only did he remember her, he introduced her to all his other friends there and was so happy to see her. He told her to become his friend on Facebook and when she did that, it opened up a treasure trove of memories from her former students who remembered her and got in contact with her. The moral of this story is as Barb put it so well, don’t pass up an opportunity to touch base with the past – it may open a whole new chapter in your life! Thanks for sharing Barb, it’s a wonderful story! 😊
3. Vice-President: Debbi S.: Debbi reports we have a total of 111 members. Thank you so much Deb for making the extra copies of the roster and birthday lists for those who don’t have a computer. Debbi will also take over keeping a current list of emergency numbers. We are abolishing the “Busybody” position. More on that in “Good of the Group”.
4. Secretary: Kristi G.: The minutes for March 9, 2017 were approved and accepted after I make the correction that Sharon brought up about the LA Fitness. It doesn’t cost anything IF you have the right insurance that covers “Silver Sneakers” or “Silver and Fit”. If you don’t have that kind of insurance, then unfortunately, you’ll have to pay. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
5. Treasurer: Walt R.: Walt reports we have $2,790.83 in the bank.
6. Coordinators’ Reports:
a. Sunshine: Dorie Z.: Well now Dorie’s husband John is doing much better. Our dear Bea is down with pneumonia but is on the road to recovery and grateful that her sister-in-law Fay has been visiting and is able to help her through this. Elaine B. fell at her daughter’s and spent a night in the hospital. She is pretty well banged up and has a bad sprained ankle. Cheryl W., is having a lot of problems with her asthma which harms her breathing capabilies and then to make matters worse, the “creeping crud” has returned, a double whammy for poor Cheryl. Let’s get the prayers going out to these folks please.
Dorie has gotten Betsy D.’s address and will be sending out a list of our folks who have moved for one reason or another and can’t come to the meetings anymore, and asked that we remember them with a card or a phone call every now and then to let them know they are still thought about and cared about. A kind gesture Dorie, thank you for doing this.
b. Historian: Magda Q.: Thanked everyone for the pull tabs once again. Iles even brought her one all the way from Israel which she is going to keep.
c. Busybody: Barbara J.: No report.
d. Philanthropy: John Z.: No report.
e. Hiking: Craig S.: Craig hiked at Parker Canyon had a good time.
f. Activities: Pam M.: See activities list below.
7. Group Concerns/Good of the Group:
* Jorge offered free tickets to the golf tournament at El Conquistador.
* Elaine H. warned us of another mail scam that’s going around.
* Bill brought up some of the changes to the By-Laws and Rules. They are attached hereto. Bill will also bring some extra copies for those who don’t have computers. Some of the changes are that they have abolished the “Busy Body” position with Debi now taking over keeping the emergency numbers (just in case). The Sunshine position will no longer be sending out birthday cards. A new way of selecting the member of the year was discussed and voted on and passed that you can’t be a member 2 years in a row, it will be non-consecutive years only. We also passed into enactment that the quorum will now go to 30% for our group instead of 40%.
8. Thought of the Day: Sandy gave us a wonderful ending thought straight from Mother Theresa and a really cute joke.
9. Adjournment: Bill E. The meeting ended at 10:35 AM.
