Minutes of Meeting Held October 1, 2009
1. Call to Order: President Joan Travis-Triumph: In Joan’s absence, Jim opened the meeting at 9:30 AM. Thirty-three members were present. Jim asked for a moment of silence for Ed Altmann.
2. Host/Hostess: Ed & Colette: Absent. Jim and Linda were welcomed back.
3. Vice-President: Jim: Jim told some jokes.
4. Secretary: Lew: Last week’s minutes were accepted as written.
5. Treasurer: Walt: Absent. Status: Checking: 701.86; Cash: 16.35; Total: 718.21. (Extra-ordinary expenses incurred in the past week included memorial checks to Carol and Joan T.)
6. Coordinators Reports:
6.1 Refreshments: Jan & Linda A.: Today’s refreshments were by Sandy and Tony with Lynn. Those on 8-October will be by Betty & Bo with Kay; also there will be birthday cake for the October celebrants. If unable to help as scheduled, please let Linda A. or Jan know by Tuesday, if possible.)
6.2 Sunshine: John & Linda D. No report. Please call if you hear of any health issues.
6.3 Philanthropy: Betty: (a) Took 38 pounds to the Food Bank. ….. (b) She reminded us of the book sale at “A Lot of Storage” on Saturday starting at 9:00 AM. If you feel like helping the arrangement of books, go there between 3:00 and 6:00 on Friday. ….. (c) Collection for overseas service personnel continues, along with coupons, and books. We will be packing for the military on 15-Oct. Give her addresses to which she can send the parcels.
6.4 Activities: Alice B.: Alice has the tickets for Gaslight Theater. She mentioned the Caterpillar trip display on the table and requested people to sign up for the trip. The $100 charge for it will be split equally among the participants. See the attached agenda for events in the next few weeks.
7. Old and/or New Business:
8. Good of the Group: (a) JoAnne said that it was decided to acquire another plaque of the same size when needed. Costs for a larger one, including repositioning the current notices, were too high. There were no objections. ….. (b) Suzanne highly recommended a carpet cleaning service called Aladdin. ….. (d) Lew told of bad customer relations of a local Garage and Door service when their big door spring broke: The company promised to be there between 10:00 and 12:00 but never showed up and no one called to say they were not coming. Phone calls to them said “mailbox full, leave number, we will call” – they never did. He called a competitor (Precision Garage) and they fixed it within two hours. Lew advised the BBB and they contacted the delinquent company, but there was still no response after two weeks. Incidentally, FYI: Most garages have only one large spring and when it breaks you cannot lift a heavy 2-car garage door. It was recommended that two smaller springs be installed instead and that was done. Now, if one breaks, the door can still be lifted. ….. (e) Gladys mentioned that the local bus service has new codes. ….. (f) John L. said that the new company, HOA Management Solutions, was now in action. He also emphasized that the CC&R’s say No Parking; that means no exceptions whatsoever and, if applied literally, even means that service trucks are disallowed!
9. Adjournment: 9:58 AM.
