August 08 Board Minutes
These are the Minutes as submitted to Board members. I plan to put the minutes here so you can see what is happening with your club.
Board Meeting
CSA Board Room
Submitted by Chuck Osborn, Secretary
Present
Alan Goodman, Ken Schwarderer, Tom Meyers, Sheila Hodgkinson, Jim Cochran, Chuck Osborn, Bert Raphael, Cheryl Moller, (by phone conference - Alicia Crank)
Secretary
Tom Meyer moved, Jim Cochran seconded and it was moved to accept the Minutes as distributed. LOA discussion was delayed until Fred came.
President Elect
The speakers for all months are signed up except March. Holiday Party, date and location not yet determined.
President
Roger Kao has asked what is to be done with the remaining $550 from the Charities on Fire Event held in 2007. All of the designated projects have been funded and the Board of Directors will decide remaining allocation when written requests have been received. We deferred the offer from the Italian Rotarian for a piano concert.
Membership
Ken Schwaderer presented an excel sheet showing Board Members responsibilities with Club members assigned to various areas under them. Ken requests that additional responsible areas, additional club members or subtractions of same be submitted to him within the week. He also has names of potential new members.
Youth
Alan Goodman will try to have Interact Board attend one of our Rotary meetings in September (Youth Services Month).
International
We have committed to conduct our Iwata Exchange as part of the short term Rotary program. Our decision is: "Do we have the wherewithal to do it?" No firm decision was made. The Bill Mahood/M.A.T. Caparas project for learning hardware and software was discussed with out much knowledge of what the project entails.
Foundation
Jim reported that we have 10 - 12 people paid with about 20 pledged to become Double Sustainers. More will happen during Foundation Month in November.
Club Service
Cheryl Moller reported on her attendance at the District Training session. We need to involve members to keep them interested and active. We need a "Sunshine" committee (Ken's assignment sheet has people assigned to do this function under a different name). A hard copy of the Club Bulletin should be made available at the sign-in table for visitors and members without email. The use of Club Runner was discussed extensively. There are other club who have resources to help us if needed.
Community Service
Main discussion was regarding the Bulletin (Newsletter). We need to explain to some club members when to expect the Bulletin; how to access it via Club Runner; and that we need help publishing it. We should ask the person responsible for the speaker to have the speaker give a paragraph or two about their topic to forward to Alicia or Karen.
Leave of Absences
Twana Karney requested a Leave through the end of the year. Tom Meyers moved and Alan Goodman seconded to accept her request. It was approved.
All other Leaves of Absence (4) will be extended pending payment of dues.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at