The Board of Directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday March 4, 2021. 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 and Richard Bonnette.
President Frank Lodge called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM. Roll was called and thirteen (13) board members,
were on the call. Frank led the directors in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The secretary read the February minutes and the Directors approved
the minutes as previously distributed and posted.
President’s Comments – Frank Lodge
- Frank did not have any special comments today.
Treasurers Report – Dave Tarditi
· Dave informed the board of the following developments
and expenditures.
- Bernie Schaming ordered prepaid envelopes to replenish
the clubs’ stock. The bill was higher
than Dave expected or had set aside in the budget. The difference will be charged to Miscellaneous
expenses
- There are twenty-eight (28) unpaid members and eight
(8) unpaid guest members. This is nine (9) members ahead, in each
category, than last year.
- Doug
Raschenberger and Dave will begin the process of chasing down the unpaid members.
- Walt Baker reached 90 and no longer has to pay
club dues.
- Phil Kinsey will check the club’s data base to determine
if any other members have reached 90 in the past year.
· The Directors approved the treasurers
report.
Health
& Welfare – Henry Leimkuhler
· Henry reported on the following members.
- Don and Carol Beck and Charles Legge remain in quarantine.
- Dan Columbi must start chemo again.
- Al Richie may have Covid.
Speakers
– Roger Jacobs
- Roger reported the following presentation have
been confirmed
- March 4 – Downtown Cookies.
- March 18 – Sunset Valley Flowers
- March 25 – Video on making the Museum of the
American Revolution.
- April 1 – History of the Delaware River Valley
- Invitation to the Commissioner candidates to
speak to the club members. Roger received six (6) No’s, five (5) Yes’s
and seven(7) board members did not
respond. The candidates will not be invited to speak to the membership.
Membership
– Rich Bonnette
- No report on membership.
Trips/
Events – Bill Brown
- Bill reported the following developments
- No trips are scheduled.
- The Spring Luncheon is proceeding for May 13. Wives
and guests are invited. A speaker has been lined up and the menu will be received
in the mail. Pre luncheon payment is greatly encouraged.
Old Business
- Roger recommended the club advertise again in the
Haddonfield Patch and other local newspapers. Rich Bonnette will follow up with this
- A 2021 Directory will be published and distributed
at the Spring luncheon.
- Rich made an extensive
presentation on using zoom to expand the number of speakers, involve more members
who live in assisted living facilities, record presentations so they can
be shown later and involve more people from the general community. He also suggested changing the format from
Zoom to Webinar which allows the moderator to mute all attendees and
prevent them from inadvertently unmuting themselves.
- The proposal re-initiated an
extensive discussion on why, how and if this should be done. There is concern
the meetings may become only zoom or webinar. There was no resolution on
the idea and it was eventually tabled. Members are willing to continue
zoom when they return to the clubhouse so distance members or members unable
to attend for physical reasons may attend. The evolving issues are whether
members are willing to include the general public or have many
zoom-webinar meetings without local speakers. These issues are unresolved
and further discussion is required.
New Business
- Grace Church in Haddonfield
has set up a Vaccine assistance group.
The group will help people, who are not computer literate, to sign
up on the state vaccine lists. If a club member knows a person who
requires assistance or if the member would like to assist the group, they
should contact the church.
- HMHS Scholarship. The club awards a $1000 Perseverance
award yearly to a graduating senior. The HMHS counseling department selects
the winner and the club President makes the award presentation. Frank was unsure
how the Club president was notified of the presentation time and date.
- Frank asked if it was possible to have the borough
open the clubhouse for small groups such as cards or chess. Bill Brown
informed Frank he, Bill, contacted the borough weekly about reopening the
club house but so far there was no positive response.
- There was suggestion the borough would be more
willing to open the clubhouse if members have been vaccinated and club
officers request members notify the club of their vaccination. Bill will
discuss this with the borough.
- Dave Tarditi submitted Donald Carey’s application
for members. The Directors approve the
membership.
- Henry will contact two members who hold positions
in the club but have been unable to engage in any meeting.
- Three joke masters entertained the club members. Each joke was terrible which made the member’s very happy.
The meeting adjourned at 11:20 AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred
Willis, Secretary
