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
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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.
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Some club
CD’s are coming up for renewal and Dave is checking local band for the best available
rate.
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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.
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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.
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The
treasurers report was approved as presented.
Membership
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Lloyd
Davis paid his 2020 dues early and then passed away. His 2020 membership fee will be added to the
club’s Memorial Fund.
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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.
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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.
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Frank
Lodge will send out notice of the Christmas Party to new members.
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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.
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One new guest member
was approved by the board.
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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
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Saul Resnick was not present and there was no
discussion of the speaker status.
Trips/
Events
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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John
Cokos volunteered to serve on the Haddonfield Senior Citizens Board.
New Business
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Bill Brown informed the board he would like to step down from
arranging trips
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Diabetes Run – the Saturday after Thanksgiving. –the club supplied
twenty marshals
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The new
club brochure was approved and 100 copies were authorized for printing by the board.
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A revised
list of proposed officers and board members for 2020 was presented. Bill Brown
will be the interim President with 1st 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.
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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.
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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.
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The meeting adjourned
at 11:120 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred
Willis, Acting Secretary
