Minutes of Meeting for August 9, 2018
Call to Order: Bill E. led us in the Pledge and then we sang God Bless America. Throughout the meeting, Bill shared some great jokes. People, please feel free to volunteer funnies anytime to keep the group laughing. Bill then turned the meeting over to Barb.
- Hostesses: Barb L. and Susan D. Barb reported 31 in attendance today. Barbara also introduced a guest Sharon who we hope will join us. Sharon will fit right in with this group, no doubt.
- Vice President: Debbi S.: We are at 115 members.
- Secretary: Kristi G.: No corrections to the minutes and they were accepted.
- Treasurer: Walt R.: Walt reports $2,071.46 in the bank. Please people, remember to put your 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:
Sunshine: Mary M.: Mary had no report, which is good news, but Elaine H. is still not walking well and is still in need of our prayers.
· Historian: Magda Q.: No report, but she is still collecting pull tabs from cans for Ronald McDonald House.
· Philanthropy: Debi is taking a check for $70.00 over to the food bank today. Nice work folks!
· Activities: See activities listed below. Note: When you sign up for an activity, please let whoever oversees that activity know whether or not you’ll make it. It’s embarrassing if you tell a place that 30 or 40 folks are coming to a function, so they set up for that, get extra help for that and then only 20 or so show up. Please remember to RSVP if you are going to attend something and to let the person in charge know if you can’t make it. Thanks.
Bill introduced the Birthday folks who were in attendance today which was only Suzy Benjamin and Rosemary Donnelly.
- Group Concerns/Good of the Group
- Bill would like us to start thinking about different charities that we want to donate to at Christmas time as well as the “Member of the Year” so put your thinking caps on folks and let us hear your thoughts.
- I forgot who brought this up, but Jim and Linda will be home at the end of September and Jim wants us to save shoes, yes, shoes for a project one of his granddaughters is working on. So, if you have any shoes you were thinking of getting rid of, please hold on to them until Jim comes back and can get more particulars.
- Joanne Ross will have “Who’s Who” books the all the new people as well as Page 18 for anyone missing that one.
- Dennis Foster put out there that he is collecting your empty pill bottles for the Pima Animal Care facility. They need them to give out to folks who may adopt or foster dogs/cats who may need medication when they leave their facility.
- Thought for the Day: Sandy P. No Sandy today but Debi had a great thought for the day and cute joke.
Thought for the day: “How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?”
Joke of the day: An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The little girl, who had just started to read her book replied to the total stranger, “What would you want to talk about?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the atheist. “How about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?” as he smiled smugly.
“Okay,” she replied. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”
The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.” To which the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don’t know shit?”
And then she went back to reading her book. 😊
- Adjournment: Bill E.: Bill adjourned the meeting at 10:06 AM.
