Minutes of Meeting for August 10, 2017

Minutes of Meeting for August 10, 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 and Susan.  Then Bill told some a couple of great jokes supplied by Richard B. 
• Hostesses:  Barb L.  and Susan D.  Barb counted 46 folks in attendance today.  Great crowd again for summer.  Barb then introduced our newest member Bitsy from Brooklyn.  Welcome Bitsy.  Also welcomed Donna and Betsy back.  They have been missed.  Susan wished us all a great week.
• Vice President:  Debi S. reports we have 115 members!
• Secretary:   Kristi G.:  The minutes for the August 3rd meeting were approved. 
• Treasurer:  Walt R.:  Walt reports a total of $2,162.26 with $10.65 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 again – now we are up to 5 weeks without anyone being ill, yeah!!!!

b.       Historian:  Magda Q.:  Magda told the newcomers why she collects the pull tabs for Ronald McDonald house and thanked everyone for their donations, especially Donna St. John who brought a very large bag from her recent trip to Italy!

c.       Philanthropy:  Jorge A.:   Jim and Walt will be taking this over for a month or so.  Please keep the checks coming. 

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

• Betty N. shared that the Wheeler-Taft library is handing out free 
  “eclipse glasses” and information about the eclipse coming on August 21^st.
• Sandy P. shared that she and Tony have medical equipment such as a wheelchair, walkers, etc. at their home for members use.  Just let them know if you need something.
• Gladys P. shared that she has been keeping 2 card tables for group use as well.
• Jim A. shared that he recently saw Betty and Beau and they seemed OK and wished everyone well.
• Craig S. will kindly stay after next week’s meeting to teach pinochle to anyone who would like to learn. 
• Pam M. asked for thoughts for a change of venue for the Christmas party for next year due to the acoustics at Taste of Texas.  A discussion was held and a couple of folks said they understood it got loud towards the front of the restaurant so they moved back further and then it was OK.

• Thought of the Day:  Sandy P. had a great thought for the day and a cute joke.

• Adjournment:  Bill E. ended the meeting at 10:20 AM.

Minutes of Meeting for August 3, 2017

Minutes of Meeting for August 3, 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 and Susan.  Then Bill told some a great joke supplied by Greg. 
• Hostesses:  Barb L.  and Susan D.  Barb counted 44 folks in attendance today.  Great crowd again for summer.  We welcomed back Alice and George R. and Barbara Romo is finally back in the fold for good! 
• Vice President:  Debi S. reports we have 114 members!  Deb also kindly made copies of all lists for those who don’t have computers. 
• Secretary:   Kristi G.:  The minutes for the July 27th meeting were approved. 
• Treasurer:  Walt R.:  Walt reports a total of $2,166.36 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 again – now we are up to 4 weeks without anyone being ill.  Larry L. is going to check on Don O., because no one has heard anything about him in quite a while.  People let’s try to remember our past members if we could.  Just a quick phone call to say howdy and inquire how they are doing would be greatly appreciated by them for sure.

b.       Historian:  Magda Q.:  Magda kicked off our “History of Us” today.  She and Armando celebrated their 52^nd wedding anniversary this past Monday and she found her beautiful high heels that she wore that day.  All the women could identify with them and wished we could cram our feet into a pair one more time, but alas, I don’t think it’s meant to be, well for most of us anyway. ☹

c.       Philanthropy:  Jorge A.:   Jim and Walt will be taking this over for a month or so.  Please keep the checks coming.

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

• A discussion on all the various phone scams that we all get bombarded with from day-to-day, night-to-night.  George R. spoke about the fact that really, nothing is sacred anymore unfortunately.   Everyone has access to everyone no matter how many times you asked to be taken off lists.  The “bad guys” always figure out a way.
• Craig S. will kindly stay after next week’s meeting to teach pinocle to anyone who would like to learn. 
• Sandy P. told us of another scam involving Back to School supplies – how low can people go….

• 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 10:26 AM.

Minutes of Meeting for July 27, 2017

Minutes of Meeting for July 27, 2017       

                     

1. 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. 
2. 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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4. Secretary:   Kristi G.:  The minutes for the July 20th meeting were approved. 
5. 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.
6. 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.

7. 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 28^th.  The current price is $10.00 for lifetime – on August 28^th 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.

8. Thought for the Day:  Sandy P.  had a wonderful thought for the day and a great joke as always.
9. Adjournment:  Bill E.  The meeting ended at 10:02 AM.