Minutes of Meeting of Sept. 10, 2015
1. Call to Order: Iles: The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance @ 9:30am, followed by a couple of announcements: coffee is $2.00 a cup with free refills and pastries are still $1.00 each; in early October we will have nominees for officers; Iles will arrange a date (probably in November) for members to submit their suggestions for Most Valuable Person of the year.
2. Host/Hostess: Barb L. and Susan D.: Barb and Susan welcomed back those who have been gone for a while.
3. Vice-President: Larry L.: 109 members and 44 attended today.
4. Secretary: Jeanne L.: Minutes of last week were approved and accepted.
5. Treasurer: Carol: The total in the treasury is currently $2032.00. The collection for Stan S. totaled $138.00
6. Coordinators’ Reports:
a. Refreshments: Coffee is now $2.00 with free refills and pastries are 1.00 each.
b. Sunshine: Nancy P.: a.) Kay P. is not doing well per a report from Lew M. b.) Cheryl W. and Phyllis R. were both in hospital and are now home and doing better. c.) Edna reported that she saw Betty B. who has had some serious health issues but she plans to return to the group as soon as possible.
7. Historian: Magda: No new report, however Magda requested more pictures of SCRCR events.
8. Philanthropy: John Z. and Mike T.: (absent). Walt had no new report.
9. Busybody: Gladys: (absent).
10. Activities: Rose M.: a.) signups sheets for activities are available. b.) Check links in the agenda section for local activities that are not organized through SCRCR. c.) The Crime Lab Tour has been postponed for the time being. Rose will get back to us with a new date. d.) Bea S. reminded the group that payment for Gaslight theatre is due no later than Sept. 17th - $15.00 per each attendee. e.) It was suggested that the activities group arrange a Friday night for fish fry at the Station. Rose will provide a signup sheet for this event.
11. Group Concerns/Good of the Group: a.)Edna announced that one of SCRCR’s original members has died recently: Aryce Mooty. She suggested a card be sent and Magda has the address so she will take care of this. b.) Since we have enough members today for a quorum, Walt finalized arrangements for the Christmas Party. It was voted on unanimously that we again have the party at Taste of Texas on Dec. 15 and the party will include entertainment from the group who entertained us last year. Be sure to invite guests as Walt would like to see 70-75 participants. Walt also mentioned that we will again provide gifts for the school children and this will be in the $10.00 – 15.00 range each, unwrapped and to be brought to the meeting on Dec. 10th. The group gave kudos to Walt for arranging this event. c.) It’s birthday week and birthday members who were present shared some information about themselves. d.) Iles took this opportunity to share a few jokes with the group.
12. Thought of the Day: Sandy P.: Sandy presented a couple of very good thoughts for the day.
13. Adjournment: Iles shared a closing joke with the group. Meeting was adjourned at 10:14 AM.
