December, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday December 5, 2019. Secretary Bernie Schaming requested Acting Secretary, Fred. Willis, to take the minutes.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called, and 13 members were present.

Fred. Willis read the board meeting minutes from November 7, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Treasurers Report

·         Treasurer Dave Tarditi provided a detailed financial statement of the club’s finances and told us we were in good financial shape.  The fall and spring luncheons ended up making money because a no show for the fall luncheon sent in the reservation money of $30.

·         Some club CD’s are coming up for renewal and Dave is checking local band for the best available rate.

·         Thirty (30) members have paid dues for 2020, as of December 5.  Last year, at this time, forty-three members had paid their dues.  Dave is not concerned though about sufficient dues payments.

·         The donations to the cash jar are down from last year’s donations.  The total donations for 2019 is about $700, last year it was about $1,100.  Dave will recheck the donation amount and report on it in January.

·         The treasurers report was approved as presented.

Membership

·         Lloyd Davis paid his 2020 dues early and then passed away.  His 2020 membership fee will be added to the club’s Memorial Fund.

·         The club’s general policy is to send get well cards to sick members and Christmas cards to members no longer living in the area.   However, the exact details of this policy, as to who should or should not receive Christmas cards and who should sign the cards is not well defined. After considerable discussion this issue was tabled and will be discussed and a policy established next year.

·         The issue of attracting additional Haddonfield residents was discussed. Frank Lodge will contact Crell Advertising to obtain costs to send out a mass mailing to eligible Haddonfield residents.

·         Frank Lodge will send out notice of the Christmas Party to new members.

·         Bill Brown make a presentation on 65 club membership at the Lions club is the spring. Dave Tarditi will contact the Rotary and Fred Willis the Fortnightly to make presentations.

·         One new guest member was approved by the board.

·         There was a considerable discussion of whether a new member should be identified as a member or guest member, what information about the new member would be in the newsletter and whether changes in address or email can and should be placed in the newsletter. Recently passed privacy laws, which could affect the club, were driving factors in the discussion.  The board approved listing only a name, brief history and home town in the membership announcement.  All other issues concerning privacy were tabled and will be reviewed by the incoming board.

Speakers

·         Saul Resnick was not present and there was no discussion of the speaker status.

Trips/ Events

·         Bill Brown informed the board the December 10 trip to the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City has 38 sign ups and has broken even.  Three open seats remain.

·         Bill Brown requested board approval to investigate having an annual Phillies trip.  He will also investigate having food on the trip although that can be very expensive.  The board granted approval

·         Christmas Luncheon – this will be held December 12 in the Methodist church Fellowship Hall. 12-2 PM.  The club will provide food and the attendees will provide an appetizer of dessert.  The club will make a $100 donation to the Methodist church and pay the musician , Jack Poupard $50.  Food cost will be about $225. Attendees must sign up.  

·         Salvation Army – Bill Brown passed around a sign-up sheet for the Friday December 6 Salvation Army money raiser at the Haddonfield Acme.  Eleven hours of fund raising is required and only about five hours have been filled.

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Standing Committees

·         John Cokos suggested a club librarian be appointed to maintain the clubs’ book collection and determine what books should to donated to other organization.  This motion was tabled until new officers took over.  

Old Business

·         John Cokos volunteered to serve on the Haddonfield Senior Citizens Board.

New Business

·         Bill Brown informed the board he would like to step down from arranging trips

·         Diabetes Run – the Saturday after Thanksgiving. –the club supplied twenty marshals

·         The new club brochure was approved and 100 copies were authorized for printing by the board.

·         A revised list of proposed officers and board members for 2020 was presented. Bill Brown will be the interim President with 1^st vice President Frank Lodge substituting for him as required.  This list was approved by the board and will be submitted to the membership for approval at the January 9, 2020 meeting.

·         The newly created Data Base Manager and Newsletter Editor positions were added to the bylaws and the bylaws were revised.  The board reviewed and approved the bylaw revisions.  These revisions will be submitted to the membership for approval on January 9, 2020.

·         Poppy Project. - Joe McElory will come to a club business meeting and instruct the members how to assembly the poppies. Joe will bring the required materials.  The date must still be established.  

·         The meeting adjourned at 11:120 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Willis, Acting Secretary  

November, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday November 7, 2019. Secretary Bernie Schaming requested Acting Secretary, Fred. Willis, to take the minutes.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called, and 13 members were present plus Phil Kinsey who will assume the newly created Data Base Manager position in January.

Fred. Willis read the board meeting minutes from October 3, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Treasurers Report

·         Treasurer Dave Tarditi provided a detailed financial statement of the club’s finances and told us we were in good financial shape.  The fall and spring luncheons combined almost broke even.  The total loss was $10 between them.  The fall luncheon however lost $160 because four people did not show, and the club was required to pay for the luncheons.  

·         The failure to pay for a reservation promoted some discussion.  One suggestion was people should pay upon making upon a reservation.  The counter argument was this would remove paying at the door and may hold down attendance.  One solution suggested was notifying the luncheon attendees that there were unclaimed reservations and did anyone want to purchase the food themselves to take home.  This promoted some concurrence. This issue will be discussed next year before the spring luncheon and a policy decided then.

·         The treasurers report was approved as presented.

Membership

·         No new members were added in the past month according to Frank Lodge. 

·         Frank will email all the new members who have joined in the past year and invite them to the November 11 Wine and Cheese party. Al Schmidt suggested purchasing name tags for the Wine and Cheese party to help new members feel more comfortable.  The Board approved the suggestion and Al will obtain the name tags.

·         One question was how many new members attended activities and not the weekly meeting.  Frank said it was unknown how many new members were attending only activities and it would be very difficult to obtain this number or if it is even possible. This question led to the issue of the decreasing number of Haddonfield members.  While guest members are vital and welcomed, the concern is the club is supported by Haddonfield money and if the borough commissioners see proportionally too many non-Haddonfield members, would there be an effect on the club.  The answer is unknown, and the board does not want that situation to develop.

·         Bill Brown suggested sending out a mass mailing to all retired men in Haddonfield.  The cost would be about $130 to obtain the mailing list.  This idea met with the board’s approval and Bill will contact the mailing company, Crell Advertising, to determine a time frame, exact feasibility and cost.  Bill also suggested a 65 Club member make a presentation on 65 club membership at the Lions, Rotary and Fortnightly clubs.  Dave Tarditi will contact the Rotary and Fred Willis the Fortnightly.

Speakers

·         Saul Resnick informed us the speakers list is complete through the March.  Saul will continue to obtain speakers until his term as 1^st VP ends in December.  Saul hopes to have the speaker list full into April, by the time he steps down, and Frank Lodge becomes responsible for speakers.

·         The December 15 Christmas party will have about ten members discuss notable personal Christmas experiences.  Presently five members have volunteered, and Saul is looking for five more members with significant experiences.

Trips/ Events

·         Bill Brown informed the board the December 10 trip to the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City has 31 sign ups and requires 40 to break even.  Bill believes reaching the break-even point will be done but is concerned about 50% of the signups are not club members.  He hopes more members will sign up.  Cost will be $50 per person and include a meal voucher, attendance to the Christmas show and $15 in coin.   The bus will leave from Wedgewood Swim Club at 9:30 AM and return at 6:30 PM.

·         Wine and Cheese Party – Bill Brown will provide the wine and cheese.  Jack Poupard will provide the music.  Cost $10 per person. Bill is concerned about attendance and has required another mass mailing be done today or tomorrow.  Phil Kinsey will handle the mailing.

·         Fall Clean up – the club will perform an interior cleaning of the club house on November 14. Everyone is welcomed to assist

·         Christmas Luncheon – this will be held December 12 in the Methodist church Fellowship Hall. 12-2 PM.  Tom Mervine oversees the potluck lunch.  Members with names beginning with A-L will bring dessert and M-Z appetizers.  Attendees are requested to bring unwrapped sanitary products as gifts. Assistance is required for these gifts to be collected and delivered to recipients.

·         Salvation Army – Bill Brown is waiting for a December Friday date, preferably December 6, for the club to man the Salvation Army Collection kettle at the Haddonfield Acme.  Bill is concerned Acme will not permit the Salvation Army to set up this year.  Acme had some problems with another vendor this past year may be changing its charitable vendor policy.  

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Standing Committees

·         Bob Parsons made a video of Dan and Tish Columbi’s October 17 club presentation. The club received a Thank You note from Tish for the video and opportunity for the presentation.

Old Business

·         Walt Baker is unable to serve on the Haddonfield Senior Citizens Board due to a conflict of schedules and meeting requirements.

New Business

·         Diabetes Run – the Saturday after Thanksgiving. –the minimum number of Marshals has been signed up, but backup and additional marshals would be very welcomed. All volunteers should report to the 65 club for assignment.  Three dozen donuts are being donated by Dunking donuts.

·         Saul, Bill Brown and Al Schmidt provided a draft of a new brochure they developed for club’s advertising and promotion.  This was given to the board members for review who have one week to evaluate and make revisions and suggestions. Comments should be sent to Saul or Al. The proposed brochure conforms to the club’s web page, no names are included in the brochure.

·         Al Schmidt provided a list of proposed officers and board members for 2020. Lee Wise will be the interim President with 1^st vice President Frank Lodge substituting for him as required.  No other positions were discussed.  This issue will be reviewed at the December meeting.

·         John Cokos asked if the club would support the Poppy Project.  Poppies will be placed at the HMHS from Memorial Day to the 4^th of July.  Exactly who is promoting this project is unclear.  The Why for this promotion is not known by this author. This is identified as a Community wise project.  The poppies require assembly, which will be performed by club members.  A total of 4000 is required, the club is willing to provide 100 which will cost $200.  This was approved by board with Howard abstaining  

·         The club received some personal adds to place in the newsletter.  Newsletter Editor Dewaine Osman requested the Board define what is and what is not an acceptable personal ad.  The newsletter editor should not and will not be the judge as to acceptability of an ad. Board guidelines are essential.  After discussion, the board voted to ban all personal ads of any kind.    Promoting sales of anything is not the purpose of the club.

·         The meeting adjourned at 11:15 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Willis, Acting Secretary 

October, 2019

 October 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday October 3, 2019. Secretary Bernie Schaming requested Acting Secretary, Fred. Willis take the minutes.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 13 members were present plus Phil Kinsey who will assume the newly created Data Base Manager position in January.

Fred. Willis read the board meeting minutes from September 5, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Treasurers Report

·         Treasurer Dave Tarditi provided a detailed financial statement of the club’s finances and told us we were in good financial shape.  In the past month the club received $185 in income because a CD matured.  The CD was reinvested at First Colonial Bank.  Dave checked interest rates at several banks and First Colonial was considered to be the best.  The CD was reinvested at 2%, down from the previous rate of 2.5%  

·         The Flea market of last Saturday produced $741.25 in income. This was a response and necessary source of club income.

·         The treasurers report was approved as presented.

Membership

·         No new members were added in the past month according to Frank Lodge. 

·         Frank will email all of the new members who have joined in the past year and invite them to the October 10 stage luncheon.

Speakers

·         Saul Resnick informed us the speakers list is complete through the first week of February.  Saul will continue to obtain speaker until his term as 1^st VP ends in December.  Saul hope to have the speaker list full into the spring, when he steps down and Frank Lodge become responsible for speakers.

·         Saul will prepare the speaker introduction of the Weidenman’s at the stag luncheon, for John Cokos.

·         The newsletter will have the list of speakers for the rest of the year.

Trips/ Events

·         Bill Brown a trip to the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City will be held December 10.  Cost will be $50 per person and include a meal voucher, attendance to the Christmas show and $15 in coin.   The bus will leave from Wedgewood Swim Club at 9:30 AM and return at 6:30 PM.

·         Flea market – John Cooks thought the Flea market went very well.  There was excellent support from the 65 club.  While everyone who assisted worked hard, John asked for special recognition of Bernie Schaming and his wife.  They spent much of the week before the Flea market moving and getting things ready for the Saturday event.

·         Stag Luncheon- John requested someone volunteer to help Bob Parsons at the check in table.

·         Stag Luncheon – A suggestion was made to replace the long head table with a round table for the guests, this would allow more normal talking between the guests, commissioners and club president.  John would talk to Bob Parsons about implementing this change

·         Fall Festival – Al Schmidt and John Cokos will man the table.  Other club members are invited to assist.

·         Wine and Cheese Party – Bill Brown will provide the wind and cheese.  Jack Poupard will provide the music.  Cost $10 per person.

·         Fall Clean up – the club will perform an interior cleaning of the club house on November 14. Everyone is welcomed to assist

·         Christmas Luncheon – this will be held December 12 in the Methodist church Fellowship Hall. 12-2 PM.  Tom Mervine is in charge of the potluck lunch.  Members with names beginning with A-L will bring dessert and M-Z appetizers.  Attendees are requested to bring unwrapped sanitary products as gifts. Assistance is required for these gifts to be collected and delivered to recipients.

·         Starving Children – Bernie informed us all of the October 26 slots are filled.

·         Salvation Army – Bill Brown will arrange for a December Friday, preferably December 6, for the club to man the Salvation Army Collection kettle at the Haddonfield Acme.  Attendees will sign up for time slots.

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Standing Committees

·         Friendship – Dan Columbi is now on dialysis. It is expected that he and Tish will make their October 17 club presentation. Bob Parsons will make a video of their presentation.

·         Bob Parson’s video open a significant discussion among the directors. The issue was could a speaker bring a woman guest to hear her presentation. After considerable discussion and disagreement, the directors agreed a speaker may bring a woman guest.  There was no formal vote on this issue.  The issues include the club’s purpose and possible legal aspects. There were numerous positions and aspects of these issues discussed, they are not being presented here. A more formal and detailed discussion process is required.

Old Business

·         Walt Baker has volunteered to serve on the Haddonfield Senior Citizens Board.

New Business

·         Diabetes Run – the Saturday after Thanksgiving. –Marshalls are required to direct the runners.  The club has provided marshals in the past. A request for marshals is required.  Bill Brown is negotiating with Dunkin Donuts to donate coffee.

·         Club Brochure - John Asked Saul to review the brochure and update the pictures. 

·         Al Schmidt and John Cokos report on the proposed replacement of officers and director for next year.  The normal progression of officers is distorted by Saul Resnick’s inability to become president due to health issues.  Neil Wise has agreed to return as president for a year with additional officer support since he spends the winter in Florida. John and Al are working on providing the necessary officer support.  There was some discussion and disagreement with this plan. The changes were not brought to a formal vote.  The plan will be presented, with changes if necessary, at the next board meeting.

·          Directors and board member numbers. – the splitting of the secretary position into three positions affects the number of officer and director slots available.  Bernie will revise the by-laws to add two additional director spots and present the revision to the board.  

The meeting adjourned at 11:10 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Willis, Acting Secretary 

September, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday September 5, 2019.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 12 members were present.

The secretary read the board meeting minutes from August 1, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Dave Tarditi gave the treasurers report for June and it was approved for audit.

Membership

· The board accepted Richard A. Bonnette as a regular member in the club.  In addition, Richard Carney was accepted as a guest member. After discussion, a  motion was made “to present all new members of the club a 65 Club hat”. The motion passed.

Speakers

·   Saul Resnick reported that there are no changes in speakers through the end of the year.

Trips

·   Bill Brown reported that the trip to the Brandywine museum trip on September 24^th has been cancelled due to lack of participation. Bill will talk to the Senior Citizens United Community Services (SCUCS) regarding piggybacking on their trips. This would alleviate our need to have a 40-person minimum for trips. The minimum is driven primarily by bus costs.

Old Business

· Bill Brown reported that his article on the flea market to the local papers has still not been published. If it does not appear, this will impact our fundraising ability at the event.

· Jay reported that he has heard from Haddonfield Senior Citizen Council contact. The contact information was given to Walt Baker who volunteered to be the 65 Club representative on this council.

· Jay reported that the fall luncheon on October 10^th is set and speakers have been obtained. He also reported that the Fall Festival is on Oct 12^th and that at least two people are needed for set-up. If we take the tent, 4 people would be better. Bernie reported that he had designed a poster for use at the festival and now just needs to print the pictures and mount on poster board.

· There was no further discussion on keeping the printed version of the directory regardless of cost.

New Business

· Bill Brown announced that the wine & cheese party will be November 9^th at the Episcopal church hall from 7pm to 10pm. The cost will be $10 per person.

· With the resignation of Bernie as secretary, the following changes to the club officers and directors will be made. Fred Willis will assume the secretary position, Phil Kinsey will become the newly created database manager and will take Fred’s place as a director. Bernie will assume the director’s position vacated by the passing of Bud Pusatere.

· Howard Rementer suggested that the passing of Bud and the fact that Ron Howley may not be able to act as coordinator for the Children’s Diabetes Run this year will require new people to act as coordinators. Bill Brown and Al Schmidt volunteered to assume this role and will contact Ron Howley for any information that he may have.

· Bernie reported that he has no information at this time on the Feed My Starving Children event coming up this fall.

· Saul Resnick announced that due to health issues for both he and his wife, he will not be able to assume the presidency next year as planned. This increases the number of position to fill for next year. The nominating committee will begin to address this issue as soon as possible.

The meeting adjourned at 11:15 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernie Schaming, Secretary 

August, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday August 1, 2019.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 12 members were present.

The secretary read the board meeting minutes from July 11, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Dave Tarditi gave the treasurers report for June and it was approved for audit. He reported that we lost approximately $200 on the Phillies trip.

Membership

· The board accepted Charles Reinert and John Testa as regular members in the club.  Frank Lodge presented a draft letter to be sent to Haddonfield resident club members announcing the membership drive. A motion was made “to authorize postage to send letters to Haddonfield members regarding the membership drive”. The motion passed. An article will also be placed in the newsletter.

Speakers

·   Saul Resnick reported, via Jay, that there are no changes in speakers through the end of the year.

Trips

·   Bill Brown commented that the walk from the bus to the stadium was too far. He has contacted the Phillies organization and suggested that they need some better way to facilitate bus drop-off access at the games. This would be especially helpful for senior citizens.  

· Bill also reported that the trip to the Brandywine museum trip on September 24^th currently has 7 or 8 people signed up. He is also looking into a trip to the Barnes museum as well as a potential Christmas season trip.

Old Business

· Bill Brown reported that he has submitted an article on the flea market to the local papers. He will try to have it appear in multiple issues.

· Frank Lodge indicated that he currently has 10 names of Haddonfield athletes that participated in major league sports or the Olympics as well as one professional announcer and one NFL official.

· Jay again mentioned the need for a Haddonfield Senior Citizen council contact. Walt Baker requested that he send him the information.

· There was no further discussion on keeping the printed version of the directory even regardless of cost.

New Business

· Howard Rementer reported that a woman at Borough Hall is collecting old shoes. Somehow, she turns them into support for the Pet Savers organization. You can drop old shoes off at RM 105 at Borough Hall or you can give them to Howard at the club and he will make sure she gets them.

· Jay brought up the fall clean-up. It was agreed that we would set aside November 11^th for this activity.

· Dewaine Osman suggested that folks who have pictures from club activities, such as the Phillies game, email them to him for use in the newsletter.

· Bernie suggested that the database manager should be on the board of directors. It was agreed that rather than changing the By-Laws, he would be made on the directors to ensure his participation on the board.

· Al Schmidt suggested that it is time to start thinking about the Fall Festival. Multiple ideas were suggested to attract people to our table including a photo poster of club activities, a list of trips from the last year, a list of the year’s speakers and munchies such as pretzels and mustard. Bernie volunteered to look for photos for a poster.

The meeting adjourned at 11:15 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernie Schaming, Secretary 

July, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday July 11, 2019.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 13 members were present.

The secretary read the board meeting minutes from June 6, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Dave Tarditi gave the treasurers report for June and it was approved for audit.

Membership

· There were no new members this month.  Frank Lodge proposed having a membership drive between August 15 and November 15. He would be encouraging all members to try to bring in one new member into the club. As an incentive, the person who refers the most new members would receive an award. After discussion it was concluded that a $100 gift certificate would be the award.

Speakers

·   Saul Resnick reported that he now has only one open date, December 19, for speakers through the end of the year.

Trips

·   Bill Brown reported that the Laurel Hill & Girard trip was enjoyed by all that participated.

· Bill Brown reported that the trip to the Brandywine museum will be coupled with a visit to the Hagley museum as well as a restaurant. This trip is planned for September 24There was discussion about changing the cost of the trip from $85 to $90 but that would only reduce the number of people required to break even by three people. The cost of the trip will remain at $85.  

· Bill also reported that we still have a number of seats open for the Phillies trip. The cost of the trip is $50.

Old Business

· A big thank you and round of applause was given to Frank Lodge for the great job he did with the 4^th of July parade. The 65 Club received 1^st place among organizations and floats. Frank is already thinking about next year and presented a suggestion for a theme. He suggested that we honor Haddonfield athletes that have made it to the professional level and/or the Olympics. He is requesting help to identify such people. The idea would be to make up pseudo baseball card type sign for each person

· Jay Cokos asked whether we need a committee for the flea market. Bernie responded that he didn’t think it was necessary since most of the people enjoy helping out that day and we should have adequate people to arrive early to transport sale items and set up. If that changes, he will cry for more help.

·  Bernie reported that he got together with Dewaine Osman to transition the newsletter production to him. Dewaine will handle the September issue and Bernie will be available for any assistance needed.

· Bernie will also meet in the near future with Fred Willis and Phil Kinsey to discuss the transition of the secretary and database functions to them. This will most likely require more than one meeting. Al Schmidt indicated that he would like to be involved with this transition and may have additional ideas for the email database.

· There was a suggestion that we keep the printed version of the directory even though the cost is nearly $200. This was not pursued at this meeting but deserves further discussion.

New Business

· Jay Cokos asked about replacing the open director position. Bernie indicated that it was ok to ask someone to fill the position but if unsuccessful waiting until the end of the year was also ok.

· Jay also brought up the notion of a fall clean-up. I was agreed that we should have one but since it was getting late, further discussion was postponed until a subsequent meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 11:15 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Bernie Schaming, Secretary