April, 2021

 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

• Due to time constraints Frank ask the Speakers report be delayed until the afternoon meeting.

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