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