Minutes of Meeting for July 27, 2017
- Call to Order: Bill E. led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and singing God Bless America. He then turned it over to Barb. Than Bill told some cute jokes followed by Jim A. telling us some hilarious true quotes from famous people.
- Hostesses: Barb L. and Susan D. Barb counted 42 folks in attendance today. Great crowd for summer. We welcomed back Ed and Elaine, and Pedro and Maria. Susan and Gene had to leave to keep a last-minute doc appointment that Gene could get. We can all relate to that!
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- Secretary: Kristi G.: The minutes for the July 20th meeting were approved.
- Treasurer: Walt R.: Walt reports a total of $2,165.26 with $14.65 of that total in petty cash. Let’s try to remember to put our money in the pot for coffee “and”. It’s $2.00 for a cup of coffee which includes all refills; $1.00 for sweets. Thanks much.
- Coordinators’ Reports:
a. Sunshine: Sandy P.: No report because for the third week in a row, no one has reported being sick!!!! 😊
b. Historian: Magda Q.: Thanked us for the pull tabs. Magda also has a great idea about “history” of the group. As she has told most of us the history of the group (and any new members who would like to know that history can check in with Magda on that) her thought was that each of us have our own personal history and it would be nice if each week one of us would bring in a memento or “treasure” from our past that we’ve kept all these years and give a little talk about our individual history, where we came from, what we did when we were a tad “younger”. Think about it and let Magda know if you would like to speak.
c. Philanthropy: Jorge A.: Jorge thanked us for our contributions and asked us to continue to give money and food for the food bank. It is greatly needed and appreciated.
d. Hiking: Jim A.: No report as the hiking is over until fall
e. Activities: Pam M.: See activities list below.
- Group Concerns/Good of the Group
- I took all the goodies up to the police station after the meeting and I cannot begin to tell you how happy and excited they were to receive this outpouring of support from us. I’m attaching pictures and a thank you from them to the minutes.
- Don’t forget that Bill E. has found out that the senior park passes for all National Parks and some state parts is going up in price on August 28th. The current price is $10.00 for lifetime – on August 28th it is going up to $80.00 for lifetime, so if you plan on visiting any state or national parks in the future it would certainly behoove us to get the $10.00 pass. You could get it at the Saguaro West Visitor station over by Picture Rocks.
- Hilde had an unfortunate incident where she needed a plumber and quick and this is just another glowing review of Brian from Dunn Plumbing, how quickly he responded (on the weekend) and took charge of the situation and got Hilde the help she needed. I highly recommend them as well as we have had to use them a couple of times too. Good to know one you can trust.
- If anyone wants some raisins, please contact Edna C., as she is the lucky recipient of an 8-pound bag of raisins! Edna will gladly share 😊.
- The question was asked about what was being built next to the Qwik Mart at Coachline and Silver Bell and I think it was Sandy P. who said it’s going to be an assisted living facility.
- Thought for the Day: Sandy P. had a wonderful thought for the day and a great joke as always.
- Adjournment: Bill E. The meeting ended at 10:02 AM.
