May, 2019

The board of directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday May 5, 2019. Secretary Bernie Scheming was absent so minute notes were taken by Fred. Willis.  President Jay Cokos’s called the meeting to order at 10 AM. Roll was called and 11 members were present.

Fred. Willis read the board meeting minutes from April 4, 2019. The minutes were approved as read.

Dave Tarditi was absent so there was no treasurers report.  Dave informed John Cokos previously that club made $100 on the Fort Mifflin trip.  This $100 was composed of $80 by adding Al Schmitt at the last minute and $20 for a pub discount ticket. Bill Brown requested the pub amount be transferred to the trip fund.  This was accepted by John Cokos.

Membership

· No new members were added in the past month.  However, one new member is expected to join the club this afternoon.  He completed his forms on line without problems.

· Al Schmidt added information to the club website on how to join the club.

·   There was a suggestion to have a club Facebook page.  This will be discussed again in the future.

Speakers

·   Saul Resnick reported that today’s speaker, the owner of McMillian Bakery, would be unable to attend because of health problems.  She is anxious to speak and will reschedule upon recovery. Saul will substitute for the speaker today and speak on early 60’s Daily News journalists.

·      Saul informed us Kevin Riordan of the Philadelphia Inquirer will speak August 1.

·      Saul is pursuing other speakers and several suggestions were presented to him.

·      A proposal was made to replace a speaker with a trivia meeting contest.  This evoked a debate and the board decide to offer this as an option to the membership today.

Trips

· Bill Brown reported that the trip to the Brandywine museum and are is developing problems. The bus cost is sufficiently high that more than one destination for the day is required so Bill is looking for a nearby winery and restaurant.  Both are difficult to find.  The closest winery is open only on the weekend. Bill will continue searching for other locations to visit near Brandywine.

· Bill indicated four additional Philly tickets were obtained for the July 30 game trip.  The four tickets are for handicap seating and have been sold.  There are still twenty unsold normal seating tickets.

·   Bill informed us The Evergreens has invited the club to visit the facility and have lunch sometime in June.  Bill is working on the details of this trip

Old Business

· The Spring Luncheon on May 9 has about 104 attendees.  John Cokos and Bob Parsons will collect the luncheon money and Al Schmidt and Jim Dunn will conduct the 50/50.

·                     Borough Administrator Sharon McCullough will attend the luncheon.  No commissioners will attend.

·    Bill Brown met with the luncheon singer and her agent and showed them the venue at Tavis tock.  This was acceptable to the singer and no changes are required.

· Frank Lodge, head of the July 4th parade committee this year, has not meet with the parade committee but has discuss the issue with Bernie Schaming, a former parade committee chairman.  The plan for this year is to have a long rope which will be held by marchers and will have signs describing events from Haddonfield’s history.  Frank passed around some signs which met the board’s approval. Frank requested a $50-60 appropriation for the parade

·  A member requested to bring a dog to the club meetings.  Walt Baker showed the bylaws specifically exclude pets from attending meetings unless the animal is a seeing eye dog or service animal.  John Cokos will convey this information to the member.

· No 65 Club member has volunteered to serve on the Haddonfield Senior Citizens Board. The club has requested more particulars regarding frequency and timing of the meetings but has not received an answer.  John Cokos will contact the HSCB.

New Business

• The 65 club is still looking for a volunteer to become secretary at the end of the year.
• John Cokos inform the board that board member Dewaine Osman recently returned home from the hospital.  His return to the board is still unknown.
• The 65 club received a thank you letter from the Ronald McDonald house in Camden for its recent contribution of lunch meal packs provided to the family of the children patients.
• Bill Brown informed the board about the May 10 sushi dinner.  This dinner is run by the Japan exchange and is held at Grace Church.  Bill is active in this organization and asked who would attend the dinner.

The meeting adjourned at 10:55 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Fred Willis, Acting Secretary