April
2020
The Board of Directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held
on Thursday April 2, 2020. The 65 Club clubhouse was closed due to the Corona
virus shutdown. The meeting was conducted remotely using the Zoom program and
was set up by Al Schmidt. President Bill Brown called the meeting to order at 10
AM. Roll was called and 11 members were on the call.
Fred Willis read the board meeting minutes from March 5, 2020. The
minutes were approved as read.
President Bill Brown gave a short thank you to the directors for
attending through Zoom. He gave some
recommendations to keep us busy during this extended shutdown and required isolation.
Included in his recommendations was exercise, learning to cook without poisoning
yourself, and write letters to friends.
Bill also thanked members Rich Bonnette for teaching the members how to
use Zoom and Phil Kinsey who has spent considerable time keeping the membership
informed of meetings and providing Zoom information.
Treasurers
Report
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Treasurer
Dave Tarditi provided a detailed financial statement of the club’s finances. Due to extraordinary expenditures and lateness
in dues, the club’s budget and reserves have decreased slightly but are still
in good shape.
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In the
past month, the club has made $700 in donations. $500 was donated to the Indian
King Tavern to sponsor the Yelling Contest. The winner of this contest would be
the town crier announcing the June `Skirmish’ event. Unfortunately, the skirmish
has been cancelled due to the virus situation.
The contribution will provide advertisement for the club when the Yelling
Contest and skirmish are held, probably next year. The contribution will eventually
help purchase a Town Crier outfit for the IKT.
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The
second contribution was $200 for poppies to honor World War I New Jersey veterans
who were killed and interned on foreign soil.
The two contributions were identified as extraordinary expenditures in
the budget.
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Seventeen
(17) members have not paid dues for 2020 as of April 2. The unpaid members were divided up among the directors
who will call them about dues. Dues must
be paid soon or the member will not be listed in the club directory.
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Discussion
of the unpaid members revealed a discrepancy in the club’s data base when Bernie
and Phil noticed they had different information on a specific person. Phil and Bernie will review the discrepancies
and ensure the various copies of the data base are consistent.
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Since
several trips have been cancelled, Dave asked for guidance on whether he should
return the checks now or possibly keep them if the trips are rescheduled. Based
upon information from Bill Brown most, if not all, of the attendees prefer the
check be held until the trip is rescheduled.
Dave will hold onto the check until it is determined the trip will be rescheduled
or permanently cancelled.
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The Treasurers
Report was approved as presented.
Membership
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Roger
reported he was unaware of any new club applicants. Bill informed him of one possible candidate
and will request his application be submitted.
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Roger
reported the club Trifold brochures have been placed at several churches, Borough
Hall, and the Haddonfield Library. Roger
thanked Warren Reintzel, Al Schmidt, Walt Baker, Bill Brown and Howard Rementer
for obtaining permission and placing the brochures.
Speakers
- Frank reported the speaker list is still currently
filled though May but it is in a flux due to the virus impact. Haddonfield Commissioner Colleen Bianco Bezich is scheduled to speak
April 2 using Zoom.
Trips/
Events
- Bill Brown reported the Simeone Auto Museum on
March 25 and the Barnes trip on April 15 have been cancelled due to the
virus. It will be determined later
if the trips can be rescheduled.
- Information on the following planned trips will be
supplied later.
- Phillies Ball Park Tour - 6/30
- Shofuso Japanese House Tour – 7/22
- Phillies Game 8/24
- Spring Luncheon – May 14
- The Spring Luncheon status is currently on
hold. Tavistock Country Club is
currently closed due to the virus. A decision whether it will be held,
rescheduled or cancelled will be made later.
- 4th of July Parade
- Frank made a proposal for the parade topic which
interested several board members.
More details will follow.
Old Business
- Cleaning
- The requested second cleaning proposal was not obtained when the
cleaning company declined to bid.
- Bill contracted with the cleaning company to clean the club house
once a month for $60.
- Bill also had the club house rugs cleaned for $100.
- Providing access for cleaning is an issue because the cleaning
takes in excess of two hours and some club member must be present. The board agreed to place a key in the clubhouse
mail box to allow the cleaning company access. The cleaning company will leave the key
in the mail box upon cleaning completion.
- General maintenance and repair.
- The cost of window replacement and repair ranges from $7,000 to
$30,000. Both proposals were
rejected by the board. It is
unclear what advantages are obtained for $7,000 and $30,000 is unaffordable
to the club. The club will concentrate on upgrading lighting. Bernie will direct this project.
- The Tai Chi class Jack Poupard conducted, before the shutdown, was
well received and members want it to continue. Due to the shutdown, future classes must
be shown on YouTube or Zoom. Bill
will discuss this with Jack.
New Business
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Bernie had sixty-four
(64) club envelopes printed for mailing official club business. The number of newsletters printed will be
decreased to thirty-five (35) for mailing to non-electronic members. Additional copies will not be printed this
month because the impossibility of distribution.
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The meeting adjourned
at 11:05 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred
Willis, Secretary
