The Board of Directors meeting of the Haddonfield 65 Club was held on Thursday April 1, 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 fourteen (14) board members,
were on the call. Dave Tarditi led the directors in the Pledge of Allegiance
and delivered the invocation.
Minutes – Fred Willis
The secretary read the March minutes and the Directors approved
the minutes as previously distributed and posted.
President’s Report – Frank Lodge
- Frank acknowledged that all directors were assisting
in the club’s welfare but wanted to provide special thanks to a few board
members.
- Bill Brown for his work on the spring luncheon.
- Phil Kinsey on getting out another good Newsletter.
- Dave Tarditi for his financial reports.
Treasurers Report – Dave Tarditi
· Dave informed the board of the following developments
and expenditures.
- He promised there were no April fool’s numbers
in the report
- The club is in good financial shape and the balance
only decreased by $5 for last month.
- The club’s income for the year is $2801 which is
$99 less than last years.
- The $200 increase in postage and envelopes will
be covered by a transfer from the clubs’ refreshment fund instead of the miscellaneous
fund which is already overdrawn.
- There are fourteen (14) unpaid members and four
(4) unpaid guest members.
- There was an extensive discussion whether the nonpaying
members should be included in the 2021 directory. Some directors felt the
non-payers were affected by Covid in some way and should be allowed
another year’s membership before being removed from the membership roll. Some
directors disagreed and felt sufficient time and notice had bee given to
pay dues. A vote was taken, the result was 7 to 4 to delete non payers
from the 2021 directory.
· The Directors approved the treasurers
report.
Health
& Welfare – Henry Leimkuhler
- Due to time constraints Frank ask the
H&W report be delayed until the afternoon meeting.
Speakers
– Roger Jacobs
Membership
– Rich Bonnette
- Due to time constraints Frank ask the
Membership report be delayed until the afternoon meeting.
Trips/
Events – Bill Brown
- Bill and Dave reported the following developments
- Due to time constraints Frank ask
the trip report be delayed until the afternoon meeting.
- The Spring Luncheon is proceeding for May 13. Fifty-two
(52) members and guests have paid up and an additional five (5) are registered
but have not yet paid. It is hoped
one hundred (100) people will attend.
- Because of the lack of physical meetings, the luncheon
is the first opportunity for members to socialize in many months. Bill
will set a time limit on the entertainment to allow additional socialization
time.
- The Head table will be removed for this luncheon. Directors will sit at each table to assist
with keeping members up to date.
- Out going Haddonfield mayor Neal Rockford and borough
administrator Sharon McCullough will be invited to the luncheon and will
sit with the Club President and First Vice president.
- Frank will contact each activity leader to
determine if awards will be presented at the luncheon.
Old Business
- A 2021 Directory will be published and distributed
at the Spring luncheon.
- Storm Doors will be installed in the clubhouse in
a few weeks.
- Rich had previously stated he wants to change
the Zoom format to a Webinar format. Webinar provides better control of when
an attendee can speak. Al provided some details on the difference and informed
the directors there would be no cost to the club for using Webinar. However,
Rich had to leave the meeting early and was unable to add details. Frank decided to table the request until
Rich provided additional details
- Frank requested the director opinions of
expanding the clubs’ audience by having long distance speaker via Zoom or Webinar
and opening up meetings to more of the general public. Fred questioned whether theses changes, particularly
including a more general public audience, was changing the purpose of the
club and whether the borough object, agree or even care about this. Since the
club operates under a specific agreement with the borough, this issue was
considered to be significant and the table was motioned until further details
could be obtained.
- Roger thanked Al for his work with
speakers to acquaint them with Zoom operation.
- Bill Brown had computer problems and had
to sign in through his cell phone.
He described the procedure and information required if other members
had to do the same thing.
- Bill mentioned there were some lists
regarding veterans and other groups available from the borough. These could be used to contact possible members.
New Business
The meeting adjourned at 11:03
AM.
Respectfully submitted,
Fred
Willis, Secretary
