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.
