Saturday, December 6, 2014

Minutes of Meeting of Dec. 4, 2014

Minutes of Meeting of Dec. 4, 2014

  1. Call to Order: Dorothy opened the meeting at 9:30am with the Pledge of Allegiance, and then again shared some great jokes.
  2. Host/Hostess: Barb L. and Susan D.: Welcome back to those who have been gone for a while. We have a new member – Barbara H. who shared a little personal information.
  3. Vice-President: Larry L.: We have 107 members.
  4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of 11/20/14 were approved and accepted. 59 members attended today.
  5. Treasurer: Carol: Reported that the total treasury amount is at $716.00.
  6. Coordinators’ Reports:
    1. Refreshments: Coffee and pastries are 1.00 each. A tip jar is now available for the staff of the Station.
    2. Sunshine: Sandy P: Lew M. had minor surgery on his ear and is doing just fine! Betty B. is doing well. Stan S. is handling the new chemo treatments pretty well.
    3. Historian: Magda: Thanks to all who have donated tab tops for Ronald McDonald House.
    4. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T: No report today.
    5. Busybody: JoAnn: Thanks to Gladys for covering the Busybody position while Walt and JoAnn were in balmy Minnesota!
  7. Activities: Joyce: a.) Updates on upcoming activities may be found in the agenda. b.) A collection of $116.00 was taken up for Holiday House which is part of Brewster House, to provide gifts for children for Christmas. Some members added to that amount today. c.) JoAnn has the Christmas card box available. d.) Dorie still has tickets available for the concert on Sunday if anyone is interested. Please contact her. e.) Walt informed us that there are now enough members signed up for the Christmas Party to put us in the big room!
  8. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.) Val announced that there is a new page for the Who’s Who SCRCR book and they are available as of today. UPS assisted her with producing this page and gave a discount to the SCRCR. If anyone is using UPS for their mailing services, please thank them for this generous offer. b.) JoAnn informed the group that there was an unofficial hike to the top of Sombrero Peak but only 2 hikers managed to complete it. Information for next week’s hike will be e-mailed to those taking part. c.) Sue R. requested that the group check into a microphone for the meetings. It’s getting harder to hear those who are speaking. Larry said that the Station has one available and he will check into it.
  9. Thought of the Day: Sandy P. left us with a couple of interesting "thoughts of the day".
  10. Adjournment: Dorothy: The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 AM.