January, 2018

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday January 11, 2018. President Henry Leimkuhler called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 13 members were present.

The secretary read the board meeting minutes from December 7, 2017. The minutes were approved as read.

Dave Tarditi gave the treasurers report and it was approved for audit. He presented a proposed budget for 2018 that also was approved. He also reported that 49 members have not paid their 2018 dues at the time. The president divided up the list into groups and board members volunteered to make the phone calls soliciting the dues.

Jay Cokos reported verbal commitment for speakers through March and is waiting on final confirmations. He encourages members to continue providing leads for this activity.

Membership

Since the ‘special’ members percentage has dropped to 14.4%, the board approved moving guest member Ed Howe to the special member category. Ed will now be a dues-paying member with all the privileges of regular members. This increases our special member category to 14.94%.

Trips

· Bill Brown reported that the trip to tour the Evergreens on January 16^th is all set. He will provide the Evergreens with a final count after today’s business meeting.

· The trip selected for February 8^th after the regular Thursday meeting to the Eclipse brewery in Pennsauken has run into a bus availability issue. Bill will continue to explore alternate bus possibilities but it may end up requiring members to car-pool.  Lunch will be brought to the brewery since they don’t serve food.

Old Business

· President Leimkuhler reported that he and Howard Rementer delivered the Christmas gifts to the Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center and that they were very much appreciated.

· Bill Brown reported that the manning of the Salvation Army kettle at the Acme on Friday, December 15^th was very successful. This year members used the bell from the club instead of the little bell provided. Members believe that the louder bell made a significant difference in collections. The club obtained $845 for their effort, which was almost double last year’s collections. The Salvation Army greatly appreciated our help.

New Business

· The consensus of attendees at the Christmas party was that it needs more organization. There was considerable chaos resulting from not having an agenda which was followed. Apparently, there was a shortage of certain foods. and a lopsided emphasis on desserts. It was suggested that we get back to having a party chairman responsible for restructuring the event with a more formal agenda as well as a consideration of purchasing sandwiches for the event. In addition, it was felt that access to the food must be delayed until after the formal agenda and that better guidance should be provided to the Pine Barons. Jay Cokos volunteered to b chairman for this year’s event.

The meeting adjourned at 11:10 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernie Schaming, Secretary