Minutes of Meeting of Oct. 18, 2012
1. Call to Order: Jim: The meeting opened at 9:30 AM with the Pledge of Allegiance and then a few good jokes.2. Host/Hostess: Alice and Dennis: absent. A welcome back was issued to John and Barbara C. Also welcomed back were Woody, Alice B., Walt and JoAnn.
3. Vice-President: Joan: absent.
4. Secretary: Jeanne: 34 members attended today. SCRCR minutes of Oct.11 were approved and accepted.
5. Treasurer: Walt: The total in the treasury is now $714.72. We currently have 81 members.
6. Coordinators’ Reports:
a. Refreshments: Today: Jeanne, Larry, Jim and Linda. Next week: Joan T., Eva and Margie. Thank you! Jan P. will cover for Betty in her absence.
b. Sunshine: Linda D: a.) Linda gave an update on Bo’s condition and it sounds like he is improving. Betty and Bo may be gone for up to 3 months. Betty’s current address is on the bulletin board. b.) Agnes is still unwell and all of her meds have been discontinued since nothing seemed to be helping. c.) Kay P. has moved to the Fountains. Her address may be found on the bulletin board. D.) Lou M. will be having open heart surgery on Oct. 29. e.) Colette spoke with Vi yesterday and her condition appears to be unchanged. f.) Iris J. - her new address and phone number is available on the bulletin board. She would love to have phone calls. Please pray for all of our ailing members!
c. Historian: Magda: absent.
d. Philanthropy: Betty: absent. Jorge is collecting food donations. Alice B. will take what he has to the Food Bank. Jorge will continue to be in charge of this until Betty’s return. Military mailings and donations other than food will be placed on hold for now. Address needed for mailing out coupons. Alice B. to take over The Gaslight Theatre arrangements. Money from the donation jars to be collected by Walt, deposited into our bank account and check to Food bank written.
e. Busybody: JoAnn: Several people will be gone in the upcoming weeks and JoAnn has been notified.
7. Activities: Joyce G.: Please see the upcoming events in the agenda for details.
Joyce absent this next week and Jeanne will cover changes in activities. a.)Kartchner Caverns has been rescheduled (see events). Each person interested needs to go online or call the Caverns to make reservations and pay for their tickets. b.) The 3 Par Golf Course has only two members interested: Jorge and Walt. They will make their own arrangements. c.) The Tucson PD Crime Lab now has two scheduled dates. If anyone needs to change the dates for which they’ve signed up, please contact Jeanne. d.) Gammon’s Gulch - see events for updates/changes. d.) Nov.1 will be the SCRCR potluck picnic/meeting at the usual meeting time. Bring your own coffee, etc. Jorge will have water.
8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group): a.) Jim read the slate for nominees for SCRCR officers. No further nominations were presented. Vi motioned that we accept the nominee slate as officers for 2013 and this was seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The following members will take office on Jan. 1, 2013: Lou M. – President; Dorothy B. – Vice President; Carol A. – Treasurer and Barbara H. - Secretary. Committee chairs are also pretty well determined. b.) Alice B. would like the signup sheet for the Christmas Gaslight performance and she will be collecting money for the tickets. c.) JoAnn announced that the hikers will meet next week after the SCRCR meeting to plan upcoming hikes. d.) Edna reminded us of the Homeowners meeting tonight at 6:30PM. e.) Lou M. wrapped things up with some funny jokes!
9. Adjournment: Jim: The meeting was adjourned at 10:15AM.
